The grade II listed former St Mary’s Church in Bangor is to be transformed into an arts, culture and community hub dedicated to young people by Frân Wen theatre company.
Funding of £3.21m has been secured to transform the church, which closed in 2014 after nearly 150 years. The project has been allocated £1.8m from the National Lottery, administrated through Arts Council of Wales, £1.2m through Cyngor Gwynedd by Welsh Government’s Transforming Towns programme, £200,000 from the Garfield Weston Foundation and £10,000 from The Pennant Foundation.
Once complete, the new centre will become a creative hub where young people and artists can develop their ideas and create exceptional and relevant theatre that speaks from North West Wales to the rest of the country and beyond.
The site on Garth Road, will be opened up on Thursday, 29 July to give the public the opportunity to see the plans for the new centre.
The plans for the building will be displayed at the open day and will include a large state-of-the-art performance and rehearsal space, a smaller cellar studio, office space and flexible gathering spaces.
“We understand how important this building is for the local community so It’s really important to us that people have the opportunity to see the building before the work starts to get a sense of the transformation planned,” said Nia Jones, Frân Wen Executive Director.
HOW TO ATTEND
You must pre-register in advance through our online booking form ( https://forms.gle/BjEz6cU8D7zveJvn9 ) or by calling 01248 715048. Please select a suitable time slot to help control numbers.
Please note Frân Wen will be following Covid-19 rules and restrictions. We will be limiting the number of people for each slot and we will ask everyone to wear a face covering unless they have a valid medical reason not to.
NYTH OPEN DAY (LL57 2RW)
Thursday, 29 July
11am – 7pm
Booking: https://forms.gle/BjEz6cU8D7zveJvn9 or Phone: 01248 715048.
