MORPETH CULTURAL CENTRE / THEATRE ??

Greater Morpeth Development Trust (GMDT) and Northumberland County Council are currently exploring the potential for a new Arts Venue in Morpeth, and we undertook a research questionnaire engagement during July 2022 to guage the support within our local community: GMDT Arts Venue Questionnaire v2 170722

Over 200 responses were received, providing a wide range of excellent feedback – thank you.

The proposal is to create a 200-250 seat multi-purpose, adaptable and flexible venue that can accommodate theatre, cinema, pantomime, concerts, comedy, dance, and live screenings. The venue could also have space for community workshops, a gallery and café.

A potential site has been identified of the old Coliseum cinema / nightclub on New Market, on the first floor above The Electrical Wizard public house. Architect draft proposals were presented at our recent GMDT AGM (Oct 2022) as per the graphic below:

Much more work is required to progress this early stage proposal, and a key next step is to engage a structural engineer to determine if our plans are do able. Beyond that we will need to secure major funding, if we hope to progress this proposal into a reality…