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WSA On Display

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  • The Curation Process

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.

Studio Gallery

8 July 2020 - 15 July 2020

Evie Dixon

Pontypridd Community Theatre This proposal is for an adaptive reuse project involving a…

8 July 2020 - 15 July 2020

Morgan Taylor

The Town Hall Theatre Pontypridd is a small valley in the Rhondda Cynon…

8 July 2020 - 15 July 2020

Annabel Hocking

The Old Town Hall Pontypridd has a rich history and tradition of performance…

8 July 2020 - 15 July 2020

Kate Urwin

Taff Vale Community Arts Centre The proposal for a new cultural centre in…

8 July 2020 - 15 July 2020
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