Rotherham Arts Centre Studio
Rotherham Arts Centre, a 200-seater theatre, is a receiving house for small-scale touring shows. The only Arts Centre in South Yorkshire offers some of the most challenging drama in the area, and is the home of the Out of the Blue Theatre Company and Rotherham Youth Theatre.
I have seen some excellent productions here over the years, and some crap. Nowadays the theatre is most often used for the children's plays on Saturday afternoons. There are also single night drama productions by professional theatre companies and innovative and experimental touring dance and music events.
Shows and events at Rotherham Arts Centre Studio are included in the Recreation in Rotherham >> Rotherham Events >> Monthly Events Diary month by month pages.
Film @ The Studio
From May 2008 a variety of films will be shown at the Arts Centre Studio Tel. 44 (0)1709 823641 for full details. In Autumn 2009 a number of comments have been passed about how few people actually attend these film showings. On Friday 23 October 2009 The Pedant and I went along to see Star Trek (the prequel). The audience again was sparse despite only £3 for the tickets and the free bag of popcorn. I have not been to the Arts Centre Studio for many, many years and I don't think that the seating has been upgraded in all that time. It is very uncomfortable and produced a lot of wriggling, one numb bum and another dead leg. The café was closed, there was precisely no "going to the cinema" experience. The picture was adequate, but the sound system was dreadful and some of the dialogue was incomprehensible. As for the movie, and I am a Star Trek lover here, it was pretty faithful in its own way to the originals but I think that the script writer and/or the editor had disappeared up their own anomalies.
Information
Tickets can be booked or reserved by telephone and Switch and Credit Cards are accepted. Box Office Open 9am – 8pm Monday - Saturday (if no performance closes 5pm Mon – Fri, 4pm Sat). Book online at www.rotherham.gov.uk - booking charges apply.
Address:- Walker Place, Rotherham, S65 1JH Tel. 44 (0)1709 823621 or 823640.Youth Groups that use Rotherham Arts Centre
Mondays at either 5pm – 7pm or 7pm – 9pm Rotherham Arts Centre for 11 – 18 years Cost £2.50
Saturdays at either 10am – 11am or 11.15am – 12.15pm Rotherham Arts Centre for 7 – 11 years Cost £2.50 (2010) Tel. 44 (0)1709 823641.