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five children celebrate Gosforth Civic Theatre's summer school
We're running week-long summer schools for ages 7 to 16 and one specifically for young people with additional needs.

About us

Opened in 2016, Gosforth Civic Theatre (GCT) is an independent arts venue, café bar, events space and community hub three miles north of Newcastle upon Tyne city centre. GCT programmes high-quality theatre, memorable live music events and diverse performances.

 

 It was founded by disability arts charity Liberdade community development trust (pronounced lib-er-dar-jie). Founded in 2003, Liberdade began as an apprenticeship scheme to support and enable a group of young people with learning disabilities to set up and run their own theatre company. In 2012 the company members wanted to open a theatre where everyone was welcome, they wanted to have jobs in their theatre and to provide the opportunities they’d had for other young people, so Gosforth Civic Theatre became a reality. Now, those company members play an essential role in its governance and future direction.

“We wanted to provide something for the community, instead of it being the other way around… here people can see that we’ve got skills, that we can be useful”

Ed, Liberdade Company Member

Gosforth Civic Theatre

Regent Farm Road,

Gosforth,

Newcastle upon Tyne,

NE3 3HD

0191 284 3700 

info@gosforthcivictheatre.co.uk

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Liberdade Community Development Trust registered charity number 1163955

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Opening Hours

From Monday 1 July our café bar will be opening during the following times:

Monday: Closed
Tuesday: 8.30am – 8pm
Wednesday: 8.30am – 8pm
Thursday: 8.30am – 8pm
Friday: 8.30am – 8pm
Saturday: 8.30am – 8pm

Sunday: 9am - 5pm

Please note we are closed on Thursday 19th June.

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