Theatres · West Midlands
Arts Theatre
Arts Theatre is a theatre in the United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 2 h–3 h
- Wheelchair accessible
About
Arts Theatre is a working theatre in the United Kingdom, listed in OpenStreetMap as a public performance venue. Coordinates: 51.6089°, -1.6385°.
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Protected designations
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Cotswolds
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: North Wessex Downs
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
The Arts Theatre is a theatre in Great Newport Street, in Westminster, Central London. It opened on April 20, 1927.
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Background
History
It opened on 20 April 1927 as a members-only club for the performance of unlicensed plays, thus avoiding theatre censorship by the Lord Chamberlain's office. It was one of a small number of committed, independent theatre companies, including the Hampstead Everyman, the Gate Theatre Studio and the Q Theatre, which took risks by producing a diverse range of new and experimental plays, or plays that were thought to be commercially non-viable on the West End. The theatrical producer Norman Marshall referred to these as 'The Other Theatre' in his 1947 book of the same name. The theatre opened with a revue by Herbert Farjeon entitled Picnic, produced by Harold Scott and with music by Beverley…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 51.6089, -1.6385
- County
- Oxfordshire
- District
- Vale of White Horse
- Parish
- Watchfield
- Postcode
- SN6 8SS
- Parliamentary constituency
- Witney
- Established
- 1927
Sources
- osm: w62058620 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: Arts Theatre (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Arts Theatre?
- Arts Theatre is in Oxfordshire, the West Midlands, United Kingdom (postcode SN6 8SS), in the parish of Watchfield.
- When was Arts Theatre built?
- Built or established in 1927.
- Who owns Arts Theatre?
- Arts Theatre is owned by Consolidated Development.
- Is Arts Theatre a protected site?
- Yes — Arts Theatre is part of the Cotswolds National Landscape (AONB) and the North Wessex Downs National Landscape (AONB).
- How do I get to Arts Theatre?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode SN6 8SS. It sits within the Witney parliamentary constituency.