Reading’s much loved arts centre, South Street, celebrated the end of its £800k major improvement work this February. The arts centre has been revamped to feature new seating, toilets, dressing rooms and a brand new purpose built bar. The theatre now boasts state of the art intelligent LED lighting, new staging and fully equipped technical … Read More
Month: February 2017
Reading International’s first event Matt Copson and Alastair MacKinven ‘Eggy and Seedy’
Tuesday 14 February – Saturday 13 May Reading International is pleased to announce Matt Copson and Alastair MacKinven’s ‘Eggy and Seedy’, a multifaceted project comprising an exhibition of works on paper by forty international artists in a local café, a show in a refurbished office block, a serialised radio play, a group performance in a … Read More
Ladybird Books Gallery to launch with new climate change artwork
The first and only permanent exhibition of Ladybird Books artwork will be launched at the University of Reading, to coincide with the release of a new book penned by HRH The Prince of Wales. The gallery, located within the University’s newly-refurbished Museum of Rural English Life (MERL), contains more than 20,000 illustrations.It will include artwork … Read More
Artists to perform at “Düsseldorf at the Reading Fringe Festival 2017”
To celebrate 70 years of the special relationship between Reading and Düsseldorf, some of the German city’s finest artists will be coming to Reading to perform during Reading Fringe Festival this July. Reading and Dusselfdorf have had close links since 1947, just after the end of the Second World War and it is probably the … Read More
Reading Bach Choir 50th anniversary programme
Reading Bach Choir is an amateur choir based in Reading, consisting of 40-50 members, passionate about achieving the highest possible standards. The choir gives four concerts a year, in and around Reading, Berkshire. Some are a cappella and others are with professional soloists & instrumentalists. The repertoire is very varied – from the Renaissance to … Read More
Ray Atkins; The Reading Years
Sat 28 January – Sat 6 May 2017, Reading Museum, Reading The exhibition will consist of 12 great paintings by Ray Atkins in Reading Museum’s Sir John Madejski Art Gallery. Some of these huge paintings have not been exhibited before. An exhibition for art lovers and people who remember Reading in the early 1970s, the last time … Read More
ARENA Arts Grants 2017
Reading UK CIC and Reading BID view investment in arts and culture as a key component of place making for Reading – making it a better place to live, work and do business. In 2016, Reading BID provided a number of grants for town centre arts and heritage projects as part of Reading Year of … Read More





