What are the differences between programming for a multi-media, multi-purpose arts centre and a conventional theatre?
Programming for a multi-purpose arts complex is in many way just like a theatre. The main thing is that you are still expected to be a juggler. In theatre you are juggling plays whereas here you are juggling plays, cinema, dance and celebrities and holding a violin in one hand whilst pirouetting. It gets parts of the brain working which ordinary people don’t have to function with. The secret is if you don’t catch all the balls you are juggling, bluff it and do it with style! Given Bishop’s Stortford’s proximity to London and the fact that it’s prime commuting territory, are there special issues in this location which would not necessarily occur elsewhere? Bishop’s Stortford is unique in comparison with other commuting territory in the sense that it has Stansted Airport on its doorstep. So there are workers from Portugal, Poland and Brazil. The Arts Complex respects the diverse nature of its community and builds in to its cinema and arts programming events which attract wide cross-secti
