Rewilding The High Street
by Dan Thompson I’ve been interested in finding new uses for old buildings since I was 13, and started working at the Connaught Theatre in Worthing. I fell in love […]
Category Archives: Ideas & theory
New Use For Coventry’s Huge Empty Ikea
Ikea’s seven floor Coventry store closed in March 2020, but new proposals could see it become home to national and local artworks and collections. The City Council have agreed to […]
Shop Front Festival 2018
Theatre Absolute are delighted to present the UK’s first Shop Front Festival, in Coventry city centre on Friday 23 and Saturday 24 March. The Shop Front Festival will feature some of the UK’s most exciting new and […]
And… it’s 2018, and we’re back.
It’s 2018, ten years since the Empty Shops Network started, and it seems like our work is suddenly really relevant again. Big chains are folding and leaving more space in […]
