Salford tourist attractions, such as Ordsall Hall, the Bridgewater Canal and the Lowry Centre, an award-winning theatre and art gallery complex, consisting of two theatres and three art galleries. The centre is named after the artist L. S. Lowry, who attended Salford School of Art and lived in nearby Pendlebury for 40 years. Many of his paintings of Salford and Manchester mill scenes, populated with small matchstick-like figures, are on display. The waterfront development at MediaCityUK will make Salford a major centre of UK media production. The development houses BBC departments including CBBC, BBC Sport and Radio 5 Live which moved
Novello Theatre 2005, the theatre was renamed by its owners (Delfont Mackintosh Theatres) the Novello Theatre in honour of Ivor Novello, who lived in a flat above the theatre from 1913 to 1951. The black comedy "Arsenic and Old Lace" had a run of 1337 performances here in the 1940s, and "Sailor Beware!" ran for 1231 performances from 1955. Stephen Sondheim's musical "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" opened here in 1963, running for nearly two years. In 1971, the comedy "No Sex Please, We're British" opened here, remaining for over 10 years of its 16-year run until