We have a vibrant programme of live music, theatre, dance and comedy and we’re always adding new events to the calendar. Click the button below to view our full line-up.
About Us
Arlington Arts is the best choice for live music in West Berkshire. Our line-up is always introducing you to up-and-coming blues and folk artists, as well as veteran craftspeople of their scene. Alongside this we have a vibrant programme of Theatre, Dance and Comedy – as well as being available to hire for conferences, meetings, art galleries and team-building days. The venue has had some massive names perform on our stage; some of our most notable performers have been K.T. Tunstall, Michael Mcintyre, RusseLl Howard, and King King.
All proceeds from Arlington Arts go to the Mary Hare School For The Deaf Charity. To find out more about this cause please visit the Mary Hare page and see what your money can go towards in the life of deaf and hard hearing people. You can also find out more information about The Mary Hare Foundation via their own website.
The box office is open between 10am and 4.30pm Monday-Friday. We are occasionally open later/at weekends, depending on whether we have an event on. Please call on 01635 244 246 for ticket bookings and general enquiries.
For accessibility information, please click here.
News
Support Announcement
We are pleased to announce that The People Versus will be supporting Speak, Brother next Friday 27 September.
Tickets are £12. For more details please click on the link below.
October 2019
Featuring Tibetan Monks, Superheroes, a Hitman, magic beans and some of the most anticipated music performances of this season, next month promises to be full of top entertainment!
Click the button below to see our full October line-up.
Support Announcement: Jon Allen
The highly talented and highly rated Jon Allen will be performing as support to PP Arnold featuring Steve Cradock on Thursday 10 October.
You can find out more via the button below.
Show Announcment: Ben Poole returns!
Ben last performed here in a double header with Stevie Nimmo in 2016 and now he is back with his own headline show!
“Truly astonishing” – Classic Rock Magazine
“F***ing amazing!” – Jeff Beck
Welcome NYT!
Welcome Newbury Youth Theatre to Arlington Arts.
This September, NYT are starting an exciting new chapter in their long, rich career as they have recently announced that they are moving up to Arlington Arts as the venues resident theatre company.
Announcements: Cara Dillon & Megan Dixon-Hood
Two of the best voices in music are coming to Arlington Arts in 2020: Cara Dillon & Megan Dixon-Hood. Both of these shows will go on sale Friday 23 August at 10am.
You can find all the important details below.
September 2019
Glam Rock, Theatre, Folk, Blues, Ska. September is a perfect example of the variety you get at Arlington Arts.
So take a look via the button below and remember, a show or 2 may qualify for our current discount offer.
Bank Holiday Closure
Just so you know, Arlington Arts will be closed during the August bank holiday weekend. We will also be closed Tuesday morning during a staff training session.
To view a full breakdown of our opening hours click on the buttom below.
Show Announcements: Live/Wire & Pop Divas Live!
Live/Wire and Pop Divas Live! both played to a sold out Arlington crowd this year, so it’s only right we bring them back for 2020!
More Details
New Exhibition: The Great Escape
Former Mary Hare teacher, John Boyd is exhibiting some of his photography at Arlington Arts from Monday 29 July. The exhibition will be open to the public during our standard opening hours of 10:00-16:30 Monday to Friday.
For more information please visit our visual arts page.
Mary Hare
The Mary Hare Foundation
The Mary Hare Foundation was established in 1991 by Sir Philip Wroughton supported by a group of individuals who wanted to help Mary Hare School by raising funds. The Foundation is a registered charity (number 1002680). All profits from Arlington Arts go to The Mary Hare Foundation.
Since the Foundation was established, it has raised over £8 million for development projects at Mary Hare School, including an indoor heated pool, a Year 11 boarding house, and the Arlington Arts Centre. The school is the biggest school for the deaf in the UK. Whilst the school receives funding from local authorities and the government, these only cover the teaching and care of pupils. Development of new facilities and updating of existing ones depend wholly upon fundraising and donations. The work to raise much needed funds is therefore key to the future of Mary Hare School and its ability to supply excellent provision to so many deaf pupils going forward.
If you’d like to learn more please visit the Mary Hare website. To find out more how you can donate through Arlington Arts, visit the How To Book page.
The Legal Bits
As a separate registered charity, (number 1002680), The Mary Hare Foundation has been established to raise funds for deaf and hearing impaired children. It depends on the support of donations, grants and other fundraising activities to develop its work in the field of educating deaf children.
The Primary School Appeal
We’re moving to a secure and even brighter future, and we need your help!
Our current primary school is based in a Grade 2* listed building on the edge of Greenham Common in Newbury. It is a beautiful building set in wonderful grounds but it no longer meets our needs, and is difficult to maintain and expensive to modernise. We are passionate about the children in our care and know that we could do so much more for them if we had a purpose built, modern learning environment, situated on the same site as the secondary school at Snelsmore Common.
To find out more please visit the appeal page or view the appeal brochure.
Visual Arts
Next exhibition: The Great Escape
Opens Monday 29 July. Mon-Fri 10am-4:30pm.
This exhibition marks my retirement of teaching photography at Mary Hare School for 28 years.
I embarked on my photographic journey at a time when the processes that enabled an image to be realised, were firmly within the analogue tradition. I enjoyed the mechanical and tactile aspect of creating photographs, particularly those that required me to enter a dark-room. Whilst I reluctantly made the transition to digital photography, I have now fully embraced the techniques associated with this method, the results of which are laid out before you in this exhibition.
In this mixed-media display, you will see a range of work that engages with different photographic genres. In addition to pure Landscape, you will be able to experience Abstract and Portraiture photographs. Some of the images reflect a very personal standpoint whilst others emerge from experimentations with the medium, both in camera and in post-production through the application of photoshop.
It is my intention to share some of my photographic experiences whilst at the school and this includes my work from several school trips that were undertaken – New York (2), Barcelona (2) and Hong Kong (3). Whilst the focus of these trips was to develop the pupils understanding of photography in different social and cultural contexts, they also enabled me to challenge my own established photographic ontology and on occasion, to embrace less traditional compositional forms.
I will leave the final say to you and would appreciate any comments you may have – to be left in the book below.
I hope you enjoy this exhibition.
All the images that are marked for sale can be purchased in either Landscape or portraiture sizes of 29.7cm x 21cm – 42cm x 29.7cm – 59.5cm x 42cm, unless otherwise stated.
Thank You.
John A Boyd