Mission Theatre
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The Mission Theatre is a theatre
in Bath, England
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In 2004, the Next Stage Theatre Company took possession of a grade II listed building originally built as a Congregational hall in 1797, which had been used by The People's Mission until 1998, and began building work to convert it into a theatre. It is now owned by the Bath and North East Somerset
Council, which has granted a lease to occupy and use the building as a 100 seat theatre, arts centre and multi-purpose facility for community activities.
On the first floor there is a small 30 seat theatre (The Theatre Upstairs) and a Bistro open during the day and providing meals before performances in the theatre.
Theatre
Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance...
in Bath, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
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In 2004, the Next Stage Theatre Company took possession of a grade II listed building originally built as a Congregational hall in 1797, which had been used by The People's Mission until 1998, and began building work to convert it into a theatre. It is now owned by the Bath and North East Somerset
Bath and North East Somerset
Bath and North East Somerset is a unitary authority that was created on 1 April 1996 following the abolition of the County of Avon. It is part of the Ceremonial county of Somerset...
Council, which has granted a lease to occupy and use the building as a 100 seat theatre, arts centre and multi-purpose facility for community activities.
On the first floor there is a small 30 seat theatre (The Theatre Upstairs) and a Bistro open during the day and providing meals before performances in the theatre.