Pontypridd: Performance Space
Studio tutors: Pippa Smith, Tim Burton
Pontypridd does not currently have a theatre or cinema. This has not always been the case. In 1885 the Pontypridd Market and Town Hall Company built the Town Hall theatre above the covered market. The theatre was accessed via Penuel lane via two corrugated iron clad walkways that bridge over the top of the market. The theatre housed up to 1700 people. The theatre closed in 1982 and has been derelict ever since.
Students were tasked with providing a new cultural centre for the town. The primary program for proposals was a high quality cinema and performance space, providing an arts venue suitable for showing a wide range of films, and a performance space for international acts, use by community groups and for supporting local talent.
Evie Dixon
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Morgan Taylor
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Annabel Hocking
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Kate Urwin
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