AQW 23464/17-22 Written question to the Minister for the Economy
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail the anticipated date when Ulster University’s Riverside Theatre will re-open for live performances.
Asked by Claire Sugden MLA on 30 September 2021
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 30 September 2021
- Answer due by
- 15 October 2021
- Answered
- 14 October 202114 days after tabling
- Department
- Department for the Economy
- Priority question
- No
Answer
My Department does not have responsibility for arts or culture and does not hold responsibility, nor oversight, for this theatre. However on receipt of your question my officials sought a response, Ulster University stated:
‘The Riverside Theatre at Ulster University’s Coleraine campus has continued to host a range of cultural and arts activities and performances in the context of restrictions related to covid-19, using online and outdoor facilities.
Following the recent changes in advice relating to social distancing in theatres, the Riverside has scheduled a number of in-house public performances and workshops for the coming season and will continue to work with local and national production companies to develop a more varied programme of events to be delivered in-house, online and in other locations around the campus.