The building in 2010. | |
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Former names | Gardner Arts Centre |
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Location | University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton and Hove, UK |
Coordinates | 50°51′53″N 0°05′24″W / 50.8646°N 0.0899°W |
Type | Arts centre |
Genre(s) | Performance, dance, live art, film, music |
Capacity | 350 (seated) / 480 (standing) |
Opened | 1969 |
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The Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts (ACCA), previously the Gardner Arts Centre, is an arts centre, part of the University of Sussex at Falmer, Brighton and Hove, UK. Its public programme includes performance, dance, live art, film, music, discussion and debate. The building is mid-century modern Grade II* listed, designed by Basil Spence. The venue's name is in commemoration of the University's former Chancellor, the late actor, director and producer, Richard Attenborough. It is also a memorial to Attenborough's daughter Jane, a Sussex alumnus, who died in the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami.[1]