Black Theatre Live

Luton Hat Factory

Venue details

65 - 67 Bute Street,
Luton
LU1 2EY Telephone: 01582 878100
Venue Email: [email protected]

Contact: Fahin Qureshi
Email: [email protected]

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Luton's leading arts and entertainment venue featuring live music, club nights, theatre, dance, films, children's activities, workshops, classes and gallery exhibitions.

The Hat Factory is a centre of artistic excellence set within a vibrant urban environment. It offers the young and the young at heart the chance to engage with the arts, to be inspired by the UK’s leading arts practitioners, and to develop artistic skills and confidence.

The Hat Factory is a combined arts venue in the centre of Luton. It opened in 2003 and since then has been the area’s main provider of contemporary theatre, dance and music.We work with both emerging and proven producers and artists, through programming, engagement programmes and our Associate Artist scheme.

Our music programming is vibrant, offering an eclectic portfolio of high quality artists
from the worlds of jazz, blues, folk, world music, indie and hip hop. Complementing our own programming, we welcome local/regional promoters to the venue, broadening our music offer and at the same time supporting young promoters and their businesses.

We programme contemporary theatre and dance with a focus on fresh, new and relevant stories from both established and emerging touring companies who are making high quality work in the UK. We’ve programmed companies like Earthfall, Chickenshed, New International Encounter (NIE), Trestle, Menagerie, Eastern Angles, Atma, State of Emergency, 30 Bird, Tavaziva, Analogue and Jean Abreu Dance to name but a few.


UPCOMING SHOWS

Blood

Blood

Tamasha Theatre Company

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Nine Lives

Nine Lives

8 December 2015

Leeds Studio

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Different is Dangerous

Different is Dangerous

Two's Company

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The Diary of a Hounslow Girl

The Diary of a Hounslow Girl

4 May 2016

Ambreen Razia

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Love, Bombs and Apples

Love, Bombs and Apples

28 March 2018

AIK Productions

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Tales of Birbal

Tales of Birbal

19 May 2017

Mashi Theatre

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Made in India

Made in India

24 January 2017

Tamasha Theatre Company

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(Dis)Connected

(Dis)Connected

Mandala Theatre Company

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Child of the Divide

Child of the Divide

29 September 2017

Bhuchar Boulevard

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The Tempest

The Tempest

27 September 2017

Bilimankhwe Arts

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We Are The Lions Mr Manager

We Are The Lions Mr Manager

14 October 2017

Townsend Theatre Productions

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