THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY - LONDON
Contact
Name of the centre: The Chocolate Factory
Type of structure : Haringey Arts Council: not-for-profit limited company, registered charity
Profile of the initiators of the project : voluntary-sector organisation of arts/creative members
Continent: Europe
Country: England
Address/tel/fax : Haringey Arts Council
The Chocolate Factory
Clarendon Road
London N22 6XJ
Tel: +44 020 8365 7500
Fax: +44 020 8365 8686
E-mail : peter@haringeyartscouncil.org
Website
Contact: Peter Sinclair
Description
Established in 1985, Haringey Arts Council is the principal agency for arts and creative industries development in the North London area. Haringey Arts Council leases and manages 5,000 square meters of floor space at the Chocolate Factory to provide studios for over 120 local artists, film, music, theatre, photography and crafts-based businesses. The refurbishment began in 1997 and has created 75 artist studios, sculpture studios and a large photographic studio complex half owned by Haringey Arts Council. The site is shared with other organisations and businesses that have created rehearsal studios, theatre scenery construction and design workshops. A cafe/restaurant has now opened. The Chocolate Factory is a key centre of production for the creative industries in North London.
Former use: sweet factory
Surface of the site: 10,000 m²
Architect of the rehabilitation: none
Foundation year: 1997
Type of occupation : lease
Owner of the building: Workspace Group plc
Infrastructures
75 artists and crafts studios,
sculpture studios,
photographic studio complex,
lithographic printers,
music/video recording studios,
training and seminar rooms.
Social and artistic disciplines
contemporary theatre - creation-production-spaces rental
music - creation-production-training-spaces rental
visual art- creation-production-diffusion-spaces rental
multimedia- creation-production-training-spaces rental
cinema/audiovisual- creation-production-training-spaces rental
literature/poetry -diffusion-debates-festivals
community- unemployment training-festivals
Other structures settled on the site
Middlesex University Fine Arts Department
Mountview Theatre School
Scanlan Studios (animation)
Financial support: None
Networks: In development