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The Maltings Theatre & Cinema
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The Maltings (Berwick) Trust is a Registered Charity trading as The Maltings Theatre & Cinema and Berwick Visual Arts. The Maltings is a "mixed-use" venue, presenting both live work (theatre, dance, music, comedy, and more), films & event broadcasts, classes, and visual arts exhibitions. The venue also includes the Stage Door Bar (a bohemian-style theatre bar) and Maltings Kitchen restaurant. Off-site facilities include two galleries in the town: the Granary Gallery and the Gymnasium Gallery.
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brianinfrance
6 contributions
Surprised and delighted
Dropped in for a quick lunch, not expecting much.Great service, table with a view, excellent soup, really tasty scones. Busy little restaurant, drink licenced, very popular. Unfortunately not open on Sunday
Written May 12, 2022
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Ross B
Aberdeen, UK90 contributions
A small gem in Berwick on Tweed
The centre is a good place to visit if you're in Berwick; the variety of shows and films looks interesting and you might be lucky like we were and get a cut-price ticket for that night's show (Richard Herring, very funny). The Kitchen at Maltings, a small restaurant serving light meals, serves good food with friendly service, and the surroundings are eclectic and attractive, with a large picture window looking over the town and old movie and theatre posters on the walls.
Written March 18, 2010
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RuM2019
Leeds, UK29 contributions
Needs to wise up!
Friends
Went to an excellent live relay from the NT last night (‘Hansard’), brilliant to be able to see these shows here. So let’s get the rest of the Maltings services joined-up:

- the cafe restaurant should be open before a show (this was a Thursday);
- if the bar had been open afterwards it would have done good business;
- it’s winter, everyone had a coat: why no cloakroom?
Written November 22, 2019
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Michael Potts
Leeds, UK11 contributions
Overpriced Cafeteria.
Couples
Sadly disappointed with the food choices and prices in the overrated cinema Cafeteria. I do enjoy a glass of vino before a movie. However I find that £15.70 for bland glass of house white and a glass of Merlot vastly overpriced. Don't begrudge anybody making an honest profit, but the prices for a rural cinema are excessive to say rhe least. We did enjoy the cinema movie though, 'Belfast'.
Written February 4, 2022
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DannyM77
Tynemouth, UK99 contributions
Excellent Venue
Couples
Went to see Alasdair Roberts here last weekend. The gig was in a cosy studio space so can't comment on the main auditorium, but we loved what we saw. Staff were friendly and helpful. The bar is very quirky and also reasonably priced for a theatre. Would definitely visit again.
Written March 28, 2015
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TiffRichardson
West Yorkshire8 contributions
"Fiddlers For One"
I was away having some "me" time and wanted an evening's entertainment suitable for one in a town I had only just arrived in that very afternoon for the first time ever! So I checked out what was on at the Maltings Theatre and discovered a musical offering, "Fiddlers Bid". I bought my ticket, went off and dined locally. Icame back to the bar for a pre show drink of a small bottle of red wine which was well priced and very acceptable. The staff were very friendly in the theatre as were the other theatre goers whom I chatted with and gleaned some local knowledge about places to visit during my stay. The theatre is small, comfortable, well looked after, quaint and seemingly very well run.I was only disappointed that there wasn't anything on the next evening for me to go and see.
Written October 30, 2011
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TomProc
Berwick upon Tweed, UK1 contribution
RUDE STAFF
Couples
went to go see out daughters school play that we had be invited to watch.. to be told when we arrived we couldnt come in as it was full and needed to return at 5pm and also pay £26 for the tickets!!! are they joking!!! the older lady on the reception is an absolute disgrace the way she looks at you, answers you is absolutely disgusting!! she needs to go on a customers care course!! no wounder the younger generation have no respect for there elders when women like this is what that have to deal with!! she needs sacking!!! would never return there and hope management does something about this or ill go to the papers.... not happy at all!!
Written December 7, 2019
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Wendy L
Berwick upon Tweed, UK69 contributions
Wendy lynch
Friends
Cinema, Mama Mia. To be honest I wasn't sure this film experience would be worth seeing in The Malting's, however everyone settled mesmerized to watch so all good. Sound quality was spot on. Packed venue. Been to see live acts here and always been Fab, so gave a film a go and pleased I did. Saved travelling further afield. There's a bar for refreshments before, and during intervals. The decor was by an artist I know well an extremely talented friend of mine. You will be admiring this as you sip your wines. Only downside to the visit for me was the prices of sweets, come on Malting's we are in the town centre. If I'd know I would of brought my own. A large pack revels, small pack of skittles and small Trebor mints £4.60 is far too much. As a northerner would say 'how much?' There is a profit and a take the **** apart from this well worth a visit.
Written August 6, 2018
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tripadv461
Edinburgh, UK46 contributions
Lovely small theatre/cinema with friendly local staff
Couples
We didn't feel up to a lot of exploring of Berwick (we've been before, many times) but did want to see a film we'd missed elsewhere - so headed to the Maltings...

Helpful, friendly staff - the young lady at the ticket desk gave us lots of good advice about where to park, and the leniency (or otherwise) of the wardens - and the ticket-checkers were very welcoming

The theatre/cinema is a nice intimate venue, you are close to the stage/screen, and I reckon you'd need to have a quite tall person in front of you before your view was blocked

A nice way/place to spend an afternoon
Written February 19, 2018
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David J
Greenlaw, UK88 contributions
10cclo - Music at the Maltings
Couples
This was our first visit to the Maltings theatre on Saturday 28th Jan to see 10cclo, the venue is a small friendly place with easy access and generally good parking on the adjacent large car park. Staff are very friendly and eager to help, the bars can get quite busy so a tip is to purchase your interval drinks in advance.
We booked to see 10cclo only a few days before the performance, as we had never come across this band before, they play a combination of ELO and 10cc hits, great tunes just kept coming.
Fantastic nights entertainment, and we will definitely be returning here again in the near future.
Written February 1, 2017
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