The Square Chapel Centre for the Arts

The Square Chapel Centre for the Arts, one of 600 listed building in Halifax, attracts 40,000 visitors a year to the 300 plays it stages annually. Built in 1772, the site was taken over in 1988 by the Square Chapel Trust – a consortium of local theatre lovers – who transformed the derelict structure and in 2012, gained Arts Council backing for a £5.4 million redevelopment to include an extension to accommodate a new 120-seat auditorium and cinema.