Harrow Arts Centre

• Theatre ID
  3118
• Built / Converted
  1992
• Dates of use
  • 1992: continuing
• Current state
  Extant
• Current use
  Arts Centre
• Address
  Uxbridge Road, Hatch End, Harrow, London, Middlesex, HA5 4EA, England
• Website
  • http://www.harrowarts.com

Details

The building contains two spaces, the Elliott Hall, essentially a concert hall, and the Travellers Studio Theatre. It was originally the laundry of the Royal Commercial Travellers School, built in 1906. The concert hall has an occasional stage plays licence. The Travellers Studio is very narrow relative to its length. There is no ceiling and the roof is full of an elaborate ventilation system. Flat floor, stepped at the rear. Portable staging, usable in a variety of configurations with an acting area of 7.3m by 18.8m. It has a technical control room and modern lighting and sound. Limited capacity throws doubt on its financial viability for both professional and amateur drama. Separate from this building, but interconnecting, is the bar and the dressing rooms with shower and toilet. Plans have been discussed for a 300 seat theatre on adjacent spare land, using the old laundry building for circulation and exhibition space. The adjacent former boiler house would become the scene dock and paint frame, its chimney demolished.

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• Events
  • Owner/Management: Harrow Arts Council for London Borough of Harrow
  • 1906 Design/Construction: as Royal Commercial Travellers School (architect unknown).
  • 1992 Use: continuing
  • 1992 Alteration: converted to arts centre (architect unknown).
• Capacities
  • Current: 585; Studio 130
• Listings
  • Grade II
• Stage type
  • Concert platform
  • Studio has portable staging