The Brindley
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 Exterior view of the entrance to The Brindley | |
 Interactive map of The Brindley | |
| Address | High Street, Runcorn WA7 1BG |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 53°20′26″N 2°43′53″W / 53.3406°N 2.7315°W |
| Owner | Halton Borough Council |
| Type | Theatre |
| Capacity | 420 theatre / 108 studio |
| Construction | |
| Opened | September 2004 |
| Architect | John Miller and Partners |
| Structural engineer | Dewhurst Macfarlane & Partners |
| Services engineer | SVM |
| Main contractors | G&J Sedden |
| Website | |
| thebrindley | |
The Brindley is a theatre in the town of Runcorn, Cheshire, England. Located by the Bridgewater Canal, the centre is named after the canal's engineer, James Brindley. It opened in autumn 2004; the architects were John Miller and Partners.[1] The building is owned and operated by Halton Borough Council.[2]
Halton Borough Council were concerned about the building's impact on the environment and about its energy requirements. Therefore "low energy, high efficiency techniques" were used in its construction.[3] These include a TermoDeck slab system, a storage technique for controlling the environment within large and medium-sized buildings using hollow cores within pre-cast concrete floor slabs as ventilation ducts.[4]
Facilities
The venue consists of a 420-seat main auditorium playing host to touring productions, a professional pantomime each Christmas season, local amateur shows and in-house productions, a 108-seat studio which also serves as a single screen cinema, an exhibition and gallery space, an education room, a dark room, a digital imaging room, dressing rooms, a meeting room, a bar and a café overlooking the Bridgewater Canal.[2]
