South Street is an arts centre in the heart of Reading presenting a diverse range of performing arts from both the professional and community sectors. Home to award winning theatre company RedCape Theatre, as well as associate artists Unfinished Business, South Street is an exciting venue that strives to support the latest in theatrical talent.
South Street Arts Centre, 21 South Street, Reading, West Berkshire, RG1 4QU
From M4 Junction 11, take the A33 third exit and signposted town centre and Oracle shopping centre). After approx 3 miles the road bears slightly to the right at junction with traffic light and a petrol garage on your left - get into the right hand lane and turn right at the next traffic lights. Drive straight over at the junction (across the road locally referred to as the IDR) keeping the left-hand lane where the road parts and forms a slip road down to the roundabout with a large silver "O". Take the third exit, signopsted A33 Aldershot and University. Go through the next set of traffic lights, which bears round to the right into London Street. After the road veers to the right, take your first left into South Street (Printing.com at the top) and you will find the venue about one hundred metres along on the left.
Parking is available at Queen's Road Car Park, opposite East Street.
There are a number of services (5, 6, 9, 11, 19, 19a, 20, 20a, 21, 72, 82, 82k, 144, N5, N21) that stop on London Street, which is adjacent to South Street.
Reading Station. At the station, walk down the new concourse to the Heathrow Airbus exit and cross over the road to Blagrave Street, where you will see The Town Hall/The Concert Hall/Museum complex on the left. Go past this and through the pedestrianised The Town Hall Square (between The Town Hall clock tower and Queen Victoria's statue) and cross over by St. Lawrence's Church to the Post Office in the Market Place. Keeping to the left hand side of Market Place, go down the hill to the traffic lights and cross straight over to Duke Street, over the river bridge (Dukes Bridge), straight over the lights ahead (crossing the inner-ring road dual-carriageway) and into London Street. First left up the hill is South Street, with the venue about one hundred metres on the left.