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Manchester's opera plans 'on track'
Lottery award for
Trustees of £100m opera scheme reach agreement with directors of The Lowry
Leicestershire museum
The Snibston Discovery Park By Tom Walker
and Museum in Leicestershire has
been awarded an £80,000 grant Efforts to establish a new north-
from Arts Council England (ACE). ern base for the Royal Opera
The monies will be used to fund House at Manchester's Palace
the Transform project, which Theatre have taken a step
consists of four new outdoor forward after officials reached
visual art installations being an agreement with trustees of
added to the grounds of the park The Lowry arts centre.
between January 2010 and July Lowry trustees had opposed
2011. According to Tina Smith, the £100m scheme on the
regional partnership officer at grounds that it could have a
ACE, the project will "animate negative impact on the city's
and enliven" the museum and existing arts provision and It's feared the opera would have a negative effect on existing sites
country park. threaten the long-term viability
of the Salford centre, which producing theatre, as well as MCC leader, Richard Leese
Green light for Banbury
opened in 2000. hosting opera and concerts. said: "Creating Royal Opera
cultural proposals
However, the Royal Opera The Lowry will continue to be House Manchester (ROHM) will
Plans for the development of a House (ROH) and Manchester the North West's regional base consolidate the region's
new Cultural Quarter in Banbury, City Council (MCC) have now for lyric theatre under the position as a leading creative
Oxfordshire, have moved to the struck a deal with The Lowry, proposals, with a core pro- economy. ROHM will be a
next stage after Cherwell District which will see the Palace gramme of theatre, ballet and major production centre for
Council submitted a planning Theatre mainly act as a dance from across the world. world class performances."
application. The local authority
has resolved to invest £60,000 to
move the plans forward, following
Council secures funding for £4m Scarborough Spa
months of discussions with
Oxfordshire County Council and By Tom Walker The Spa's sun court, buffet
the Mill Management Committee bar and caretaker's cottage will
over the scheme. The proposals Work on a multi-million pound all be revamped, while the
include the development of a new scheme to transform Scarbor- grand hall will benefit from
library, the refurbishment of the ough's spa complex into a new additional backstage areas, new
Mill theatre and a new public entertainment venue is set to lift pits, an improved dance
open space and a restaurant. start in January 2010 after floor and an extended stage, as
receiving a £4m funding boost well as a renovated foyer.
Jerwood Gallery
from Yorkshire Forward. SBC cabinet member for
proposals approved
Scarborough Borough strategic planning, Derek
Plans for the development of a Council (SBC) confirmed that The spa will be redeveloped Bastiman, said: "This important
new contemporary arts venue in the regional development funding from Yorkshire
Hastings, East Sussex, to house agency has approved the the Grade II-listed building Forward will allow us to move
the Jerwood Foundation's financial support for the undergo a major upgrade of its forward with a significant
collection of 20th and 21st redevelopment, which will see interior facilities. development scheme."
century British art, have been
given the green light. Hastings
Borough Council approved
John Peel arts centre plans move forward
planning permission for the
Jerwood Gallery, which will act as Plans for the transformation of a former town the John Peel Centre for Community, Innova-
a regional venue for the hall in Birkenhead, Merseyside, into a new tion and the Creative Arts, which is set to
foundation's Visual Arts community arts centre dedicated to the include a theatre and studio space.
programme. Designed by memory of late broadcaster John Peel have Arts workshops, an academy, the John Peel
architects HAT Projects, the taken a step forward. archive and a business and enterprise centre
scheme is set to boast 500sq m Wirral Council has invited The Hamilton are also included in the proposals, as well as
(5,382sq ft) of gallery space, a Partnership to submit a full business case for providing space for weddings and conferences.
sculpture courtyard and a café.
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