Welcome to Theatr Colwyn & Cinema, Colwyn Bay
STREET LIFE
Thursday April 26 – Friday July 27
An exciting exhibition launching the new Oriel Colwyn gallery housed within the recently regenerated Theatr Colwyn.
The Street Life project gives you the opportunity to contribute to and help create your very own piece of community art.
FREE ADMISSION
THE BIG BIG GIG! QUATTRO
Want to play live on stage at Theatr Colwyn? Now is your chance!
We are giving Under 18s who are in bands the opportunity to perform in a professional venue with all the lighting and sound experience that comes with such a gig.
If you think your band is good enough to take part in this show, which will take place on June 14, call in at Theatr Colwyn for an application form or email (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) and request one. The closing date for all applications is May 17.
Performers must be aged between 11 to 18, in full time education and a resident in or attend education in Conwy County Borough at the time of the performance. Bands that are selected to perform with artistes under the age of 16 years must be accompanied by one adult representative (over 18 yrs) for rehearsal and performance.
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THEATR COLWYN has reopened with an exciting new programme of live performances and cinema lined up.
Following the £732,000 front of house redevelopment (£500,000 in funding from the North Wales Regeneration Area Programme and £238,000 from Conwy County Borough Council, who own and run the theatre), Theatr Colwyn now has a completely new box office and foyer, full disabled access, a community room and redeveloped basement area.
The project was part of the Bay Life+ Regeneration Programme.
The exterior of Theatr Colwyn has also been given a facelift, with a work costing in the region of £60,000, £45,000 of which was funded through the Property Grant Scheme, administered by Conwy County Borough Council’s Conservation and Regeneration section.
Theatr Colwyn was built in 1885 and is the oldest working cinema in the UK and both the oldest civic theatre in Wales and the oldest working theatre in Wales.
Cllr Goronwy Edwards, Conwy’s Cabinet Member for Communities said: “I would like to thank all the officers and members of Theatr Colwyn, together with Sarah Ecob and her team at Venue Cymru for all their hard work in delivering this major investment.This is a fantastic transformation of this unique building which is dearly loved and appreciated by so many in the area and beyond. Good luck and well done!”
