Cornerhouse

Cornerhouse is a centre for cinema and the contemporary visual arts located very close to Oxford Road Station, on Oxford Street in Manchester, England. It has three floors of art galleries, three cinemas, a bookshop, a bar and a café bar. The centre is operated by Greater Manchester Arts Centre Ltd, a registered charity. Cornerhouse occupies two buildings: 70 Oxford Street was formerly Shaw’s furniture store; the building on the other side of the approach to the station was built as a cinema and went through many changes of name (News Theatre, Essoldo, Classic, Tatler Cinema Club). The main building was built John Shaw in the early 1900s and was a furniture store run by the family until it closed in 1985. Cornerhouse was conceived by...