The independent arts centre recognised. Phoenix’s interim co-CEO Sarah Vallance and Mike Dalzell, Leicester City Council’s Director of Tourism, Culture and Investment. Phoenix, Leicester’s independent cinema and arts centre, has been recognised at the prestigious ProCon Leicestershire awards, winning the award for Medium to Large Non-Residential Scheme of the Year at the county’s largest celebration of the built […]
Film, art and special events will help mark six decades as part of the city’s cultural fabric. A Leicester institution for well over half a century, Phoenix started life as the Phoenix Theatre on Upper Brown Street in 1963, becoming a registered charity in 1989. Over the decades Phoenix has developed and grown, relocating to […]
A local contractor will be carrying out the works. Phoenix Cinema and Art Centre will gain a new extension to house creative and education spaces. There’ll be two new cinema screens, a larger cafe and roof terrace and it’ll be accessible to everyone. The £6.7m project is being accelerated through SCAPE Construction. Parts of the […]