Warwick Arts Centre

Warwick Arts Centre

Warwick Arts Centre
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8:30 AM - 11:00 PM
Monday
8:30 AM - 11:00 PM
Tuesday
8:30 AM - 11:00 PM
Wednesday
8:30 AM - 11:00 PM
Thursday
8:30 AM - 11:00 PM
Friday
8:30 AM - 11:00 PM
Saturday
8:30 AM - 11:00 PM
Sunday
2:00 PM - 11:00 PM
About
One of the largest multi-artform venues in the UK, Warwick Arts Centre delivers a high quality, engaging, and diverse programme of performing and visual arts, concerts, films, festivals, education and learning activities, and special events - all presented in world-class venues and spaces. Since opening in 1974, the venue - at the heart of Coventry's University of Warwick campus - has been a distinctive and special place, an important resource for both the arts and audiences in the region, as well as a significant force in national and international arts networks. A recent transformation has seen the venue significantly expanded and upgraded, with a spacious new foyer, three state-of-the-art cinema screens, and a remodelled gallery.
Duration: More than 3 hours
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  • emark1966
    Gloucester, United Kingdom26 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    Great show
    Went to watch Professor Brian Cox, wow hes so intelligent and interesting, makes me realise my limitations. Great show, usual great organisation Seats are a bit hard though and after an hour one gets a numb bum. Perhaps when refurbishing soon, they could update the seats?
    Visited March 2024
    Traveled with family
    Written March 29, 2024
  • Lovelivemusic
    2 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Jake Bugg
    Fantastic night with Jake Bugg, thank you. His voice and guitar playing is amazing. His acoustic set was particularly incredible: hard to believe it was just him. Second set with the band got the crowd going a bit more though. Good mix of songs: old and new, gentle and 'big'. This is the second time we've seen him in this venue. The first time, the downstairs area was seated: this time it was standing and that was definitely better, making it more lively. Parking was reasonably close and good value. Plenty of toilets.
    Visited April 2024
    Traveled as a couple
    Written April 28, 2024
  • Nick Martin
    17 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    I need to become a Warwick Uni student again
    Excellent experience all round. I went to Warwick Uni in the late 1970s so it was interesting to see how things have changed. The Arts Centre always was a focal point but this place is spectacular as it the whole Uni campus. We saw Rumours for Fleetwood Mac, first time for me seeing a tribute band but it was a fantastic evening. Acoustics were fine, seating layout was ideal and the customer service top class. Made a change concert wise from my usual style of mosh pits and hours of queuing to get in - re Coop Live. Food at the Benugo Bar was pricey but good quality and perfect atmosphere. A special mention to all the staff and students at the Centre. Everyone was so helpful and pleasant and nothing was too much trouble. Have to talk car parking. Still not good. We followed instructions to park at Cryfield Village - five minute walk apparently to the Arts Centre. No signposts anywhere and it took us 15 minutes both ways as Cryfield is a maze. And there is the most bizarre parking payment system. Don't try to pay Apcoa a in advance. Even putting in your times of parking isn't enough to trigger the ÂŁ2 parking fee which the evening session cost and you end up paying ÂŁ8 which then takes a week to refund back to your card! Pay at the Arts Centre when you arrive - take seconds and saves you ÂŁ6.
    Visited May 2024
    Traveled with family
    Written May 16, 2024
  • Kazz2011
    Coventry, United Kingdom68 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Excellent evening, great venue, lovely staff
    Excellent night at the Lost in Music Show. The sound and lighting were spot on. Fab vocalists who put on a great performance. Some great disco sounds. Warwick Art Centre is a great venue and would highly recommend. Easy to find parking. Well stocked bar. Staff were lovely, particularly Julie who was stood near us and joined us for a disco boogie. Everyone was up and dancing and there was a great atmosphere.
    Visited December 2024
    Traveled as a couple
    Written December 18, 2024
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Wendy R
8 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
May 2023
Fantastic evening in the Butterworth Hall for the Proclaimers. The atmosphere was great especially after one of the guitarists encouraged us all to get to our feet. We were rocking! Great evening. So great that Warwick Arts Centre attracts good bands. The only downside was the difficulty with paying the ÂŁ1 car park fee as others have said.
Written May 20, 2023
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francis g
7 contributions
3.0 of 5 bubbles
Feb 2023
It was our wedding anniversary so we booked to see Spirit of the Dance and thought a nice meal in the new benugo kitchen bar would be nice.Well looking at the menu prior to booking was dissapointing ,very limited we would have liked a nice ribeye or lemon dover sole but no, so we went to a proper restaurant ,and benugo were not at all pleased when i conveyed my comments to them about the menu. Spirit of the Dance was Fantastic ,but I have to agree with other comments that the old restaurant and set up were so much better.I agree that the staff were very good I certainly needed assistance paying car park exit fee. I won't mention that i found the seats uncomfortable you might think me an old moaning git.
Written February 24, 2023
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John C
Oxford, UK29 contributions
3.0 of 5 bubbles
Mar 2023
The theatre is good, once you find it, but the parking is a farse. We spent a quater of an hour in freezing conditions, attempting to pay a ÂŁ1 fee. We, as did the people behind us, had to use two different mobile phones in order to complete the transaction. Surely a machine can collect ÂŁ1 coins or if not have an honesty bucket inside the venue. No one is going to shirk paying a pound for parking.
Written March 13, 2023
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UTAHBLUE
Solihull, UK28 contributions
2.0 of 5 bubbles
Mar 2022
We loved the show we went to see (Al Murray) but the evening was spoilt by the awful parking arrangements that you have use. We allowed plenty of time to park and walk to the venue,but the ridiculous system in place for car parking payment meant I had the choice of actually paying whilst sat in my seat with the show already started, or staying in the car park and missing the first few minutes. The parking company seem to put every hurdle in your way to delay you making a payment which includes having to make an account to pay for ÂŁ3 worth of parking. I had to enter email addresses (twice) home address,credit card details,registration number,make of car,colour of car,etc etc. This is all before you leave the car park,God only knows what you would do if you had no phone. All I wanted to do was pay and go but the whole pathetic process meant I was sitting watching the show but still putting in details to my parking account!!! I have never experienced a car park like it and will definitely never return. It was also extremely tight to manoeuvre a big car and people were driving the wrong way to jump the queue.
Written March 19, 2022
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Zira
1 contribution
1.0 of 5 bubbles
Nov 2021
Discriminatory, unethical and privacy invading payment system for the car parks.
To pay for parking you need to possess a luxury item, namely a mobile phone, have an appropriate account with a mobile telecommunications provider to access a website where you are expected to provide your vehicle registration number to be entered into a database and then be setup with some online banking system to make a payment, thus having your privacy invaded by providing all these organisations with your whereabouts and activities. Neither are you warned that your vehicle registration number is being logged automatically.

I do not own a mobile phone and spent an hour making enquiries around the campus on how I could pay, but to no avail, I had to leave without paying or visiting the Arts Centre - I now fear the vehicle owner will be fined for non payment because no alternative payment system was provided.

I had cash in my wallet ready to make payment in the traditional manner but there was no means to do so.
Written November 12, 2021
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nicksig
Kenilworth, UK78 contributions
1.0 of 5 bubbles
Dec 2022 • Friends
I liked the old Arts Centre as it was with its nice little cafe as you walked through and in the old days the Entertainer restaurant. Tried the new Benugo and it was simply awful. Expensive, bland food and shocking service from staff that really didn’t seem to care. I waited over 30 mins for a second-rate and the restaurant wasn’t even a quarter full. And the rest of the Arts Centre was empty. Soulless I’m afraid
Written December 8, 2022
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301lisa33
Coventry, UK2,007 contributions
3.0 of 5 bubbles
Oct 2022
Over the years we have visited very many times. However after a substantial refurb things have changed, largely for the poorer.

The old car park no longer exists and you need to use other carparks on campus. These operate cashless payment. However in the atrium of the arts centre you can pay 'at a screen'. But there are only 2 machines so the queues at busy times are bonkers-long. This needs resolving

Drinks and bar management also needs sorting. This used to work quite smoothly. It was not clear if there were insufficient staff on duty. In part there was certainly an issue with some staff being poorly trained and not knowing what they were doing. Irritation amongst the others was palpable. But the effect was that the queues were unacceptable slow.

The centre used to operate smoothly, even in busy times. Please resume previous practices, pretty please
Written October 11, 2022
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garywdly
Stratford-upon-Avon, UK7 contributions
2.0 of 5 bubbles
Nov 2023 • Couples
Car parking is a very difficult experience when you finally find it.
Every one was asking for help and following the person in front because of the lack of signage to the arts centre
Drinks in the Bar area very expensive.
We were given a large glass of wine in error
ÂŁ12.50
Two drinks ÂŁ18.50
Written December 2, 2023
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Ann R
15 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Sep 2022
I ended up phoning WAC as the website wasn't working properly to take my booking. Speaking in person was so much better.
Good points:
We were told that we could pay for parking once inside WAC as we didn't have the app (no need for it as we were visiting from East Anglia).
E tickets (Cinema) sent to my email simplified the process.
We had pre-booked a table, before watching a film, at Benugo's restaurant. Great service, good food, reasonably priced.
Not so good:
Parking. The signage is very poor so we ended up quite a long walk away. The downside of this was that as there was torrential rain just at the end of the performance, which resulted in the roof of WAC leaking badly, the building had to be evacuated for everyone's safety. We were huddled outside under the canopy as the thunder and lightning raged above us. So much rain, it was like a river out there, and also inside the adjacent building! Remember that I said earlier that it was a long walk to the car park ... Anyway my gallant husband offered to go and fetch the car. 15 minutes later he arrived after following the one way system. Fortunately he had a spare jumper in the car as his shirt was soaked.
We would visit again as the setting is good, just need to improve that signage!
Written September 19, 2022
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Simon
Coventry, UK39 contributions
2.0 of 5 bubbles
Feb 2022 • Couples
I have to agree with many other recent reviews of this venue. We live 15 minutes by car from the Arts Centre but left 45 minutes so we could get in comfortably and have a drink before the performance but ended up sitting down 4 minutes before the performance started due to the parking pickle, other missed the start. The parking in not signed for the Arts Centre so it's a lottery as to which multistorey you pick, the payment notice then says use web, phone or app; Web is not set for use on a mobile device so you can see it it's that small, I tried the phone only to be given every option but the evening charge I wanted so i HAD to use the app which means downloading from your chosen store, registering, confirming via email, adding vehicle details then registering card for payment and only then will it take your ÂŁ1. If I didn't have a smart phone, card payment method or didn't understand the instructions I would have had to go home.
Sort it out Warwick Arts Centre, this is not the experience your theatre goers want or deserve.
Written February 23, 2022
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