Paisley Town Hall: Transformation Plans & Ta-Ta Toon Hall celebration

I N V I T A T I O N

YOU ARE WARMLY INVITED TO JOIN US TO CELEBRATE THE LIFE AND TIMES OF PAISLEY TOWN HALL AS IT PREPARES TO CLOSE FOR ITS £22 MILLION TRANSFORMATION

THURSDAY 29 NOVEMBER
Paisley Town Hall

6-7pm TRANSFORMATION PLANS
Presentation of the transformation plans for Paisley Town Hall from the team at Renfrewshire Leisure & Renfrewshire Council with Q+A.

7-9pm TA-TA TOON HALL: A NIGHT OF LOCAL MEMORIES
Films, song, performance, music and a specially commissioned poem dedicated to the Hall in celebration of the end of an era.

FREE TO ATTEND. Reserve a seat:
Box Office 0300 300 1210
Come to either or both events

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6-7pm PAISLEY TOWN HALL: TRANSFORMATION PLANS

Paisley Town Hall’s £22 million transformation is part of a £100 million investment in the town’s cultural infrastructure, including £42 million to reimagine Paisley Museum & Art Gallery, £2.5 million to revamp Paisley Art Centre and the launch of our library on the High Street.

Paisley Town Hall will close its doors for at the end of 2018 for its transformation to begin. It will relaunch in 2021.

Join the teams from Renfrewshire Leisure and Renfrewshire Council to find out about plans for the much-loved Town Hall including the recovery of lost rooms and hidden gems.

We’ll be inviting visitors on the night to sign up as ambassadors to keep in touch with us, share the news of the Town Hall’s development while it’s closed and come along to further sessions to help us shape services at Paisley Town Hall.

7-9pm TA-TA TOON HALL

Celebrate the end of an era with us as the Town Hall prepares to close its doors at the end of the year to begin its £22 million transformation. Join other Town Hall friends for a FREE night of celebration featuring film and archive footage of Paisley and Renfrewshire, some of it accompanied by live music. There will be music, song and artwork from local groups and the reading of a poem specially commissioned to mark the moment from local poet, Jim Fergusson.

The evening will be hosted by film-maker, Alex Cathcart.

• Falconer Houston presents his unseen 1960’s film of the ‘History of Paisley’ with narration by BBC4’s Vanessa Collingridge
• Alistair Iain Paterson accompanies ‘Paisley Pictures’ on the Baby Grand piano
• Renfrew Burgh Band Present ‘Renfrew Through the Years’
• Kevin Cameron presents a new film ‘The Toun Hall’
• Jim Ferguson reads a new poem ‘And the deep mouthed bells Of the Town Hall Clock did chime’
• Rockus Choir pay tribute to Gerry Rafferty and accompany ‘Paisley’s Oldest Film’
• The STAR Project present ‘The Town Hall Misadventures of the Paisley Croc’

Tickets FREE: Box Office: 0300 300 1210 and from Paisley Town Hall or Paisley Art Centre.

Refreshments will be available.

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KEEP IN TOUCH

Pop into Paisley Town Hall and leave your thoughts on a postcard. (Postcards and postbox on the front desk.)

Email us and we’ll add you to our mailing list for updates during the transformation or to sign up to join our Ambassadors and help shape the Hall’s future.
Email: transform@renfrewshire.gov.uk

FIND OUT MORE

Keep up to date with plans. There are 3 key websites covering developments in Paisley and Renfrewshire:

Renfrewshire Leisure operate Paisley Town Hall and other cultural venues in Renfrewshire. www.renfrewshireleisure.com

Renfrewshire Council own Paisley Town and are investing the £22 million as part of the ambitious £100 million investment in Paisley’s cultural venues as a hub to drive growth across Renfrewshire. www.renfrewshire.gov.uk

Paisley IS promotes Paisley and Renfrewshire to the rest of the world. www.paisley.is