Alley Arts & Conference Centre
Strabane, Northern Ireland
Project Type: New Construction
Seat Count: 270
Opening: 2008
Construction Cost: £8m
Architect: Glenn Howells / Alan Jones Architects
AD Scope: Acoustics, Theatre ConsultingThe Alley Arts and Conference Centre is a theatre complex, art gallery and conference centre based in the heart of Strabane, County Tyrone.
At the center of the complex is a fully-equipped, flexible auditorium with seating for up to 270 people. The auditorium has retractable seating, allowing for conversion into a flat floored exhibition hall, round table conference area or even a banquet hall.
The auditorium is equipped with adjustable acoustic curtains at high level and tracked sound-absorbing acoustic panels at audience level, providing a variable acoustic to accommodate unamplified and amplified speech and music performances.
