The Met (popularly known as Bury Met) is a performing arts venue in
Bury
Bury may refer to:
*The burial of human remains
*-bury, a suffix in English placenames
Places England
* Bury, Cambridgeshire, a village
* Bury, Greater Manchester, a town, historically in Lancashire
** Bury (UK Parliament constituency) (1832–19 ...
,
Greater Manchester, England
Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county and combined authority area in North West England, with a population of 2.8 million; comprising ten metropolitan boroughs: Manchester, Salford, Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tameside, T ...
. It consists of two theatre spaces (Derby Hall and The Box), as well as the Edwin Street recording studio. There is also a café bar that provides refreshments.
The centre is operated by Bury Metropolitan Arts Association, a
registered charity
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,
.
Location
The Met is situated in the
Derby Hall, a large Victorian classical building on Market Street in the centre of
Bury
Bury may refer to:
*The burial of human remains
*-bury, a suffix in English placenames
Places England
* Bury, Cambridgeshire, a village
* Bury, Greater Manchester, a town, historically in Lancashire
** Bury (UK Parliament constituency) (1832–19 ...
.
Programme
The Met houses a busy programme of events which includes theatre shows, many varieties of music, and stand up comedy.
History
Bury Metropolitan Arts Association was founded in 1975. The association originally operated out of a disused bank building at 2 The Rock, promoting events in civic halls and parish churches. It moved into the Derby Hall in 1979.
The organisation's founding Director was
Dewi Lewis
Dewi Lewis (born 10 March 1951) is a Welsh publisher and curator of photography.
Career
In 1975, Lewis was the founding director of the Bury Metropolitan Arts Association which operates the Met.
Lewis also founded and was the first director of ...
, who went on to found Manchester's
Cornerhouse
Cornerhouse was a centre for cinema and the contemporary visual arts, located next to Oxford Road Station on Oxford Street, Manchester, England, which was active from 1985–2015. It had three floors of art galleries, three cinemas, a booksho ...
arts centre.
References
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External links
The Met
Met arts centre, The
Buildings and structures in Bury, Greater Manchester