REGENERATION THROUGH CREATIVE INDUSTRIES

The Town Hall Island site showing the existing Engine Room at the left hand end with the largely unused old town hall in the centre.

Signals at green for the summer at the Engine Room with our landlords Sedgemoor District Council voting to prioritise culture in their plans for the refurbishment of the extensive 'Town Hall Island' site. A great day for Bridgwater, for our future in the town and for the establishment of Engine Room 2.0 - a bigger footprint, a low impact build, enhanced facilities and hopefully an end in sight for our well loved but creaking-at-the-seams current ex-Robin Reliant showroom home.

We look forward to working with Julien Temple's Black Lamp cinema, Bridgwater Arts Centre, Strummerville, Bridgwater Carnival and Bridgwater College to create a cultural centre of regional and inter/ national significance in the heart of the town.

Engine Room 2.0 will feature a larger, better equipped studio and post production facility together with a popular moving image archive and film library, a young people's film centre, a disability film unit plus enhanced drop in access space and cafe.

In the meantime, a full programme of training courses and production opportunities this autumn with a special Forward Motion weekend as a bonus attraction ... look out for our all new website arriving soon at www.theengineroom.net