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Lighthouse is an arts centre in Poole, Dorset, England.According to Arts Council England it is the largest arts centre in the United Kingdom outside London. [1]It has a 669-seat theatre, a 1,500 seat concert hall, a 130-seat studio, a 103-seat cinema, a large gallery for photography and art, a restaurant and four function rooms.
The theatre was built in 1935 as part of the New Deal's Works Progress Administration (WPA) programme. [2] It was designed by architect Aymar Embury II, who also designed the Cape May Point State Park Lighthouse and the New Jersey State Capitol Annex. [3] From 2010–2017, the venue was leased by the Downtown Performing Arts Center (DPAC).
In the fall, the theater is transformed into a black box where the annual children's show takes place; the indoor children's musical tradition began in 1992. In the winter, Plays-in-the-Park uses the State Theater in New Brunswick, NJ to put on their final show of the season.
The playwright hopes to bring "Pilot Island & Her Keepers," which dramatizes stories of their lives, to a Door County theater as early as next year.
The Lighthouse theatre closed during the cost of living crisis, and it due to be demolished to make way for council houses as part of the expansion of Kettering. External links [ edit ]
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Once a guide for sailers nearing the New Jersey shores, today the lighthouse is haunted by ghosts and frequented by visitors who seek a frightening adventure. Looking for more ghosts? Show comments
Lighthouse Theatre may refer to: Lighthouse (arts centre, Poole) Lighthouse Theatre (Kettering) Lighthouse Theatre (Warrnambool), Victoria, Australia; See also.