North Somerset to benefit from Performing Arts Centre partnership

Valley Arts and a Multi-Academy Trust in the Chew Valley are submitting a two-stage plan to Bath & North East Somerset Council for developing a new Performing Arts Centre – a flexible 250-seat auditorium costing £1.7m, together with a cafe, box office and dance studios costing a further £1.5m.

The design also allows for breakout areas, cinema facility and visual arts exhibition spaces. The building will be owned by the school, which will use it during the day for arts activities, while Valley Arts will have the facilities outside of school hours, at weekends and in the school holidays.