INFO

Set in a magnificent waterside location at the heart of the redeveloped Salford Quays in Greater Manchester, The Lowry is an architectural flagship with a unique and dynamic identity. Rising from the regenerated docklands, it is a welcoming building, designed to reflect the surrounding landscapes and flourishing waterways, in its glass and metallic surfaces.
The Lowry opened on 28th April 2000, bringing together a wide variety of performing and visual arts under one roof. Opening its door to the best in entertainment and education in the arts, The Lowry aims to give everyone access to new areas of creativity and to embrace its broad community.
The Lowry houses two main theatres and studio space for performing arts (1,730, 466 and 180 seats respectively) presenting a full range of drama, opera, ballet, dance, musicals, children's shows, popular music, jazz, folk and comedy and gallery spaces (1,610 metres of floor space); showing the works of LS Lowry alongside contemporary exhibitions.
The Lowry is triangular in shape, to fit with its site at the end of Pier 8. In area it is the size of 5 football pitches. The building stands on 803 concrete piles sunk down into the bedrock; it was made from 48,000 tons of concrete, 2,466 tons of steel and 5,263 sq metres of glass.
From the outside, it has a ship-like appearance, especially when viewed from across the canal. This maritime feeling transmits through to the interior as well. Standing just outside the Lyric Theatre, you can see the porthole windows in the Tower and the stairways and landings that look like ships' gangways.

COMMUNICATION AND EDUCATION TEAM
Working in conjunction with the galleries and theatres programmes and in partnership with visiting artists and companies, the Community and Education Team offer a wide range of in-house and outreach activities that are accessible, entertaining, educational and inspiring.
The work of the department covers formal education and projects with primary and secondary schools, engaging over 8,000 school children each year; informal arts activities; short courses and weekend masterclasses in both the performing and visual arts. We also create performances and exhibitions with members of our local community which are presented in the theatres and galleries.
EDUCATIONAL VISITS
No other venue in the North West can offer the range of creative opportunities that you will find at The Lowry. Whether you are a Primary, Secondary or F.E teacher, The Lowry has a programme to suit your needs. School visits to The Lowry can support and inspire learning in both visual and performing arts, and through our education programme pupils can explore their own responses to our exhibitions and theatre shows.
In addition to workshops we offer teachers resources and training as well as a public space for your pupils to perform.
THEATRE

Past and recurring events - http://www.thelowry.com/events/archive/

"The Studio"

Exciting, innovative and utterly unique, The Studio at The Lowry is a space with a distinct identity – not to mention a strong sense of adventure. This season sees The Studio build on its reputation for excellent and original work with a brilliant mix of new theatre and development projects, as well as a continued commitment to other artforms such as film and dance.

GALLERY

The Lowry cares for the largest public collection of the artist’s work, and it is shown alongside important loans from private and public lenders around the country in our permanent exhibition, Lowry Favourites.

If you would like to have an audio described tour of the galleries please book at least 2 weeks in advance by contacting the Box Office on 0843 208 6000.
And don’t forget The Lowry Shop has the largest range of LS Lowry books, postcards, posters and other gifts in the country.
Free Talks
Talks on LS Lowry
Every day at 12.00 and 2.00 in Lowry Favourites.

What’s in a Picture?
A 15 minute talk, with activities, specially for families.
Every Saturday and Sunday at 2.30pm in Lowry Favourites.
Gallery Opening hours:
Meet Mr Lowry film: shown from 10am daily
Galleries open: Sun – Fri from 11am; Sat from 10am
Galleries close: 5pm daily

CURRENT EXHIBITIONS for idea of types of exhibitions