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
Market Theatre (Johannesburg) Market Theatre (Johannesburg) The Market Theatre, based in the eccentric suburb of Newtown in Johannesburg, South Africa, was opened in 1976, operating as an independently, anti racist theatre during the country’s apartheid. It is named after original a produce market which was located there. Its also calledthe Old Indian Market or the Newtown Market, which closed after 60 years. The Market Theatre was renamed John Kani Theatre in 2014 after the renowned South African stage actor John Kani. In 1974 a group of theatre people came together, called The Company, and included Mannie Manim and the late Barney Simon. They