Alibi’s Centre for the Imagination awarded capital funding from Arts Council England

A note from Debbie, our CEO: 

We are delighted to have been awarded capital funding by Arts Council England. This allows us to take the next huge step towards our vision of creating an exciting new venue for Children and Young People which will serve the families and communities of Exeter and beyond. With this funding we will be able to enhance our performance space and make improvements to our building bringing it closer to the young people-centred venue we’ve been dreaming of.  

Thank you to Arts Council England for supporting our vision through this funding, funding which aims to build a country filled with creative people and cultural communities. And a huge thank you to our audiences so far; we’ve felt your support during this period of transformation and are so excited to see our glorious old building filled with smiling faces. We hope this will be the beginning of more, bigger and greater things…  

And a reminder that the doors have been flung open; the changes to the space will allow us to keep programming exciting work for children and young people – whether it’s performances or exhibitions or workshops or anything in between… the space is here. So do reach out, share your thoughts and your dreams and we’ll do our best to make them happen in this next chapter of Alibi’s Centre for the Imagination. Onwards! 

Keep checking in on this webpage so we can keep you in the loop with updates and progress of our journey. This is where we’ll post pictures and the latest news about how Emmanual Hall is transforming over the coming months…. and don’t forget to sign up to our mailing list to follow along!

Photos of our 'What If...?' Festival by Emily Appleton