Warwick Arts Centre
Warwick Arts Centre, Main Entrance | |
Interactive map of Warwick Arts Centre | |
| Address | University of Warwick Coventry England |
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| Coordinates | 52°22′47″N 1°33′42″W / 52.3798°N 1.5617°W |
| Owner | University of Warwick |
| Capacity | Butterworth Hall: 1,340 Theatre: 547 Studio: 150 Helen Martin Studio: 143 Woods-Scawen Room: 250 National Grid Room: 50 Creative learning Space: 30 Screens Cinema 1: 210 Cinema 2: 137 Cinema 3: 53 |
| Type | performing arts centre |
| Construction | |
| Opened | 1974 |
| Architect | Renton, Howard, Wood Associates |
| Website | |
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Warwick Arts Centre is a multi-venue arts complex at the University of Warwick in Coventry, England. It attracts around 300,000 visitors a year to over 3,000 individual events embracing all types of theatre and performance, contemporary and classical music, dance, comedy, visual art, films, talks and family events. Warwick Arts Centre is the largest arts centre in the Midlands, and the largest venue of its kind in the UK outside the Barbican Centre in London.
Warwick Arts Centre consists of numerous spaces on the same site, including a large 1,500 capacity concert hall, theatre, three cinemas, art gallery (Mead Gallery), Helen Martin Studio and conference room, as well as learning space, hospitality suites, a café and bars.
The centre houses the University of Warwick Music Centre with practice rooms, and an ensemble rehearsal room where music societies and groups rehearse.