STARTS – St Albans Arts – is a registered charity dedicated to raising the profile of the arts in St Albans and enriching the city’s cultural environment. Its long-term aim is to attract arts performances of the highest calibre and to create a centre of excellence for arts in the southeast. It also acts as a focus group for arts organisations and works with the relevant authorities to improve the aesthetics of the city itself. It has become clear over the four years since STARTS sprung into being that its voice is being heard and its influence felt.

During 2007, St Albans Town Hall was magnificently refurbished and, since the beginning of December 2007, STARTS has been successfully running the larger part of this beautiful building as an arts venue. Many hundreds of people have already visited the Town Hall since its re-launch thanks to STARTS’ own month-long art fair, the City & District Council’s Residents First Weekend, the filming of the popular BBC TV antiques and bric-a-brac show Flog It! and other events.

In March 2008, STARTS became fully responsible for the venue and plans for an exciting programme of community and commercial events are taking shape with the emphasis on art, film and performance. 

To enable the organisation to operate this prestigious venue, a new company, STARTS Town Hall Ltd, has been established as the business arm of the charity, responsible for public and private hire and the operation of the venue.

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     01727 867361

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