Number 8 Community Arts Centre

Our Venue

The Auditorium

Number 8 has a 250 seat auditorium in theatre style with the stage at ground level. The space is ideal to hire for live events, training seminars and conferences.

Half the seating can be retracted making the space suitable for trade shows, exhibitions, craft fairs and training events.

The Abbey Room

Number 8's attractive Abbey Room can accommodate up to 20 people theatre style or in the round for meetings and small scale seminars.  It is a private space with wonderful views across the town.

There is a variety of equipment available as part of any hire including a flip chart, 50" NEC Plasma Screen and TV/Video Combi.

The Studio has a integral kitchenette for you to make tea and coffee and has an adjoining toilet.

The Courtyard Room

The Courtyard Room has a sprung floor, ballet bar and mirror wall.  It is ideal for rehearsals, dance classes, fitness and leisure activities.  It is also suitable for small-scale presentations for up to 40 people 'end-on'.

The Gallery & Exhibitions

It is the aim of the gallery to promote high quality semi-professional and professional visual art work from within and beyond the county of Worcestershire.  It also aims to provide the local amateur visual arts community with an opportunity to exhibit some of their work.

Number 8 programme art exhibitions every three weeks and craft exhibitions every six weeks. 

We are calling for submissions from designer craft makers who would like to exhibit their work in our Deisigner Craft Cabinets from Jan 2010 onwards .  For further details download the Designer Craft Submission Info Sheet (see side menu). 

For further information relating to exhibitions at Number 8 please contact the Programme Manager on programming@number8.org

The Coffee Bar

Number 8 has its own coffee bar serving drinks and wonderful locally made cakes.  The Coffee Bar is also home to our art gallery and provides access to our craft exhibitions.