Sue Townsend Theatre
The building in 2009 | |
Interactive map of Sue Townsend Theatre | |
| Former names | Phoenix Theatre (1963–1973) Phoenix Arts (1973–2010) Upper Brown Street Theatre (2010–2015) |
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| Location | Leicester, England, U.K. |
| Coordinates | 52°37′52.50″N 1°8′6.50″W / 52.6312500°N 1.1351389°W |
| Capacity | 266 |
| Type | Contemporary music |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | 1962 |
| Opened | 1963 |
| Renovated | 1988 |
| Expanded | 1988 |
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| Sue Townsend Theatre | |
Sue Townsend Theatre (formerly the Phoenix Theatre, Phoenix Arts Centre and the Upper Brown Street Theatre) is a theatre in the city of Leicester, England.
The centre hosts live shows and films of the arthouse and world cinema genres. Julian Wright is credited for his work to preserve the theatre from demolition in the 1980s and in the 2000s. In 2010, after a new Phoenix Square opened on the other side of the city centre, the space became the Upper Brown Street Theatre, a music-training and performance venue. It has since been renamed the Sue Townsend Theatre, to honour the late Leicester author and playwright, Sue Townsend.