Barbican Centre Barbican Centre is owned, funded, and managed by the City of London Corporation, the third-largest arts funder in the United Kingdom. It was built as The City's gift to the nation at a cost of £161 million (equivalent to £480 million in 2014) and was officially opened to the public by Queen Elizabeth II on 3 March 1982. The Barbican Centre is also known for its brutalist architecture. The second-floor library is one of the five City of London libraries. It is one of the largest public libraries in London and has a separate arts library, a large music library
The Brewhouse Theatre & Arts Centre The Brewhouse Theatre & Arts Centre The Brewhouse Theatre and Arts Centre (or The Brewhouse) is the largest theatre and arts centre in Taunton, a town in Somerset, England. The building opened 28 March 1977, on the banks of the River Tone, and offers a 350-seat auditorium and supporting studio and exhibition spaces. Its first professional production was Alan Ayckbourn’s "The Norman Conquests", starring the then unknown David Jason. The administrative offices are on the first floor of a Georgian Grade II listed building which gives the theatre its name. In 2005, Arts Council England announced that it would cut