Phoenix Arts Open Day

Join us for the grand unveiling of your new and improved Phoenix Theatre & Arts Centre!

After a ribbon-cutting ceremony with Catherine Clark, Chair of East Hampshire District Council, we have a fun-packed day of activities on offer for the people of Whitehill & Bordon. 

From kids’ Lego workshops with Brilliant Bricks, to an 80s dance session with Phoenix Dance Officer Elizabeth Blake, plus exclusive screenings of our recently commissioned mini-documentaries which give a behind-the-scenes look at the refurb and our plans for the future... there truly is something for everyone. 

Thanks to the Arts Council England NPO funding we secured in 2023, we are also developing three brand-new pieces of theatre, and each of these will have a rehearsed reading at the Open Day. From comedy The Play’s The Thin in association with 440 Theatre, to local boxing tale The Booth by Cavan Syrad to The Butterfly by Claire Jackson, which tells the story of Eleanor Glanville, one of the first English female scientists to study butterflies. 

Though we look to the future, we also pay tribute to the heritage of the building and it’s former incarnation as an army school. Use our silent disco technology to take a tour of The Phoenix, accompanied by recordings of a past pupil.