Imagineer recently put together a funding package to support the refurbishment of the existing production workshop, the Daimler Powerhouse. Their ambition was to transform it into the region’s first dedicated centre of excellence for creating, commissioning, and co-producing new outdoor work and innovative engagement projects.

The Powerhouse will be the hub of Imagineer’s creative work and will provide an outward looking, flexible production space, a vital resource for local, regional and national street artists, cementing Imagineer’s role as a key strategic player in the development of the outdoor sector.

The scheme will provide a greatly improved facility that is fully accessible, sustainable, energy and cost efficient and environmentally friendly. The redeveloped incorporates:

• A large, flexible, open space on the ground floor suitable for making and rehearsing large scale outdoor performances
• Offices and meeting rooms
• Facilities for aerial training and rehearsals
• Rigging points for lighting, projection and sound
• A second smaller first floor rehearsal/workshop space
• Smaller making, training and meeting room spaces
• A digital facility for virtual and experiential learning aimed principally at primary education