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Facilities for Drama, Theatre and Performance
Find out about our facilities and learning spaces for Drama, Theatre and Performance students.
Facilities and resources
Your practical work will take place across a number of venues including:
- Attenborough Centre for Creative Arts
- the Creativity Zone
- the Silverstone Studio.
The facilities, especially the ACCA and the Creativity Zone, are so inspiring to work in, and the course content is bubbling with ideas that truly challenge how you critically view theatre.”JOHN GIANNINI
Drama, Theatre and Performance BA
Attenborough Centre for Creative Arts
The space hosts a state-of-the-art flexible auditorium with:
- up to 350 seats (480 standing)
- gallery and display areas designed for art and audio visual installations
- rehearsal studios
- breakout creative spaces
- a new café and bar - to be enjoyed by students, staff and the public.
Creativity Zone
The Creativity Zone, located in Pevensey III, is a reconfigurable, technology-rich laboratory space, featuring:
- over 300 individually controllable coloured LED lights
- seven plasma screen TVs
- seven projectors and 20 audio speakers.
Silverstone studio
The Silverstone Studio is an intimate black box theatre complete with:
- control room
- flexible lighting and sound system
- curtain track and dressing room.
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