Riverside Reflections

This short film, produced with funds from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, celebrates our story so far, with those sharing personal memories of Riverside including actors Brian Cox and Nina Wadia, poet Benjamin Zephaniah and our first artistic director Peter Gill.

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A Brief History of Riverside

Riverside Studios sits on the former site of a Victorian iron works, which was converted into a film studio in 1933. Many classic films were made there,…

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The New Riverside

Plans to replace our original building with a new arts centre were first proposed in the 1980s. By the early-2010s, with the fabric of the studios crumbling,…

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Our Archive

Riverside’s archive consists of photographs, posters, correspondence and programmes relating to our countless productions and events.

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Riverside Reflections

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