Theatres · South Wales
Tobacco Factory Theatre
Tobacco Factory Theatre is a theatre in the United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 2 h–3 h
- Nearest railway station
- Butterfly Junction · 0.7 km
- Wheelchair accessible
About
Tobacco Factory Theatre is a working theatre in the United Kingdom, listed in OpenStreetMap as a public performance venue. Address: 278, Raleigh Road, Bristol, BS3 1TF. Wheelchair accessible (per OpenStreetMap). Coordinates: 51.4423°, -2.6133°.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Severn Estuary SSSI
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Tobacco Factory Theatres is located on the first floor of the Tobacco Factory building on the corner of North Street and Raleigh Road, Southville in Bristol, England. The venue has two performance spaces - The Spielman Theatre (a flexible studio space for up to 72 people) and The Factory Theatre (the main house consisting of a studio-style space with a low ceiling and fixed grid with structural pillars which intrude into the acting area). There is also a bar/foyer area, meeting rooms and Box Office. The main theatre can seat up to 350 people, although usually it has a capacity of about 250. The programme includes classic and contemporary theatre, comedy, dance, puppetry, film, opera, music and family shows. In 2012 over 100,000 people came through the theatre doors and the theatre is regularly attracting national critical acclaim.
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Background
History
Tobacco was the main industry in South Bristol from the beginning of the twentieth century and at its peak around 40% of the local workforce worked in the Imperial Tobacco Factory. The relocation of Imperial Tobacco in the 1980s was devastating to the local area, causing massive unemployment and deprivation. The Tobacco Factory building itself fell into disrepair but was renewed from the late 1990s when George Ferguson acquired the building, inviting Show of Strength Theatre Company to use part of the first floor as a theatre space. The building became a mixed-use cultural space with a café-bar and a 250-seat studio theatre, under the name of Tobacco Factory Theatre. In 2005 the Tobacco…
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- Coordinates
- 51.4423, -2.6133
- District
- Bristol, City of
- Parish
- Bristol, City of, unparished area
- Postcode
- BS3 1TF
- Parliamentary constituency
- Bristol South
- Nearest railway station
- Butterfly Junction — 0.7 km
- Official site
- tobaccofactorytheatres.com
Sources
- osm: n8880579272 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: Tobacco Factory Theatre (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Tobacco Factory.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Tobacco Factory Theatre?
- Tobacco Factory Theatre is in South Wales, United Kingdom (postcode BS3 1TF), in the parish of Bristol, City of, unparished area.
- Is Tobacco Factory Theatre a protected site?
- Yes — Tobacco Factory Theatre is part of the Severn Estuary SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest.
- How do I get to Tobacco Factory Theatre?
- The nearest railway station is Butterfly Junction, about 0.7 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode BS3 1TF.