Reading Roars!

In an earlier post, I welcomed Reading’s Station Hill development, but added that we needed to increase cultural efforts to strengthen Reading’s recognition on the international stage.

And, appropriately enough, we may get just that - with a new stage of a different sort. According to The Stage (that word again), if the Station Hill project goes ahead, the development would include a 200-seat theatre for professional and amateur productions, film and comedy.

Developers Sackville Properties said that the theatre would not compete with The Hexagon (which will probably be replaced, anyway, by something bigger, powered by Thames river water) and South Street Arts Centre.

So the art of Reading beats on (though I’d still like to see a WOMAD replacement).