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Plymouth is home to a number of theatres and performance spaces used for professional, community and amateur work; the main professional spaces are located in and around the city centre, offering a variety of performances all year round.
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is a regional producing theatre which incorporates three stages - The Lyric (1315 seats), The Drum (c.200 seats) and The Lab (c.50 seats). Its production and education centre, TR2, is in an award-winning building at
Cattedown. The
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Devonport Playhouse (used primarily by community and amateur groups), the Soapbox Theatre (presenting shows for children and young audiences) and Marjon Arts Centre (based at
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in August, which attracts tens of thousands of people across the waterfront. In August 2006 the world record for the most simultaneous fireworks was surpassed, by Roy Lowry of the
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Culture, an arts and cultural development agency, was set up to provide strategic direction for cultural development across the city.
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and cinemas, the street is now run down but is still home to a number of bars, clubs and casinos. Although most clubs play commercial dance and
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is home to The House - a state-of-the-art performance venue with 200 seats - and can also host performances in two lecture theatres within the
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is South West
England's largest independent artist-led contemporary arts gallery and studio space, based in the Stonehouse area of Plymouth.
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Theatrical performances periodically happen across the city in public and established spaces, such as the world premiere of
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is a station dedicated to the city's patients, broadcasting to
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stages music concerts from rock and pop to ballet, as well as hosting basketball, wrestling and line dancing.
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There are currently two multi-screen chain cinemas located in Plymouth -
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was at the heart of Plymouth's historical culture. It became known as
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listed theatres currently out of use, and included on the
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TR2 is Britain's "Building of the Year", BBC website.
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Looking towards the sea, from Cliff Road near the Hoe
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