The Pound hosts three annual seasons of professional live performances, film, participatory arts events and exhibitions. It’s a welcoming and vibrant venue in the centre of Corsham with a 100-seat auditorium, an exhibition space, café bar, parking and baby-friendly facilities. The centre also includes rehearsal and workshop spaces, studios housing three resident visual artists and a community workshop.

The Pound is run by The Pound Arts Trust Limited, a charity registered by guarantee, and is the arts hub for north Wiltshire based in Corsham We also run two annual Festivals, and Rural Arts Touring, which comprises the rural touring schemes for Wiltshire and South Gloucestershire.

Blue Sky Festival is a joyous, warm, quirky, family festival of the arts in June. Magic and Mayhem Festival is a contemporary arts blend of illusion, glamour, laughter, oddities and imagination in
November.

Rural Arts Touring, covering Wiltshire and South Gloucestershire, is one of 40 rural touring schemes in the UK. Pound Arts works in partnership with volunteer promoters in up to 60 villages across the two unitary authority areas to stage around 70 professional performances and 10 participatory arts events every year.

Pound Arts also delivers Education & Outreach arts projects in Corsham and across Wiltshire, working to improve and sustain arts education and access to the arts for all ages.

The Cafe
Open Monday to Saturday 9.30am - 6pm
(or until late when events are on - see brochure)

A pre-show social, time to relax, work, meet up with friends, or grab a change of scenery with the little ones… All great ways to spend time in our café.

We serve fresh, vegetarian and locally sourced food, including vegan and gluten free options, and our homemade cakes go down really well with a smooth Bristol Twenty coffee. We also have wi-fi so you don’t have miss any important emails and you can Instagram your flat white with caramel shortcake on the side.

As a fully licensed bar, we serve wines, lagers, ales and spirits, so choose us for your pre-show refreshments. You can also pre-book your interval drinks so you can beat the queue.

We are family-friendly with food and drink options for the little ones, high chairs are available and baby-changing facilities.

The Box Office is open until 7:30pm when events are on.