12-13 Shaftesbury Square

12 - 13 Shaftesbury Square is a three-storey, semi-circular, neo-Georgian brown brick building, situated between Botanic Avenue and Bradbury Place and fronting onto Shaftesbury Square, once a bank, now a haven for the entire community.

Primarily self-sustaining, our building may feel a little different to the usual perfect venue, but it has been made possible through hard work, a lot of love and an unwavering determination. Over the past few years we’ve survived industry challenges, the pandemic and post-pandemic era and the cost of living crisis, and managed to make improvements to our physical building, offering even more support to our widest community. Whilst, we’ve embraced a future in which digital technology can enable more artists to survive and to connect with audiences around the world.

From the empty bank to our latest additions, the recording studio and glass frontage, we’re always moving forward, so we’ve captured some significant moments of our journey, so far.

 

Artists & Residents

There are currently eight different companies or practitioners busy creating their own work in the building seven days a week and their beautifully crafted work will appear in our building or across the city. The building gives our artists and artists from across the city a place to test out and showcase their work. Building their audience, grow their creative business and invest in their talent.

All whilst giving audiences in Belfast brand new things to experience, stories to hear and adventures to start from. We believe that if you don't keep evolving how stories are told people will stop listening. So this building and the art that is created here is doing just that, evolving, growing and finding new ways to create new stories.

If you want to get involved and help influence what happens next in the building then simply get in touch and tell us what you'd like to get involved in.