Our spaces and activities should welcome diverse needs. “We intend it to cover ethnicity, gender, LGBTQ+, class and disability.”

According to “everyone” part in the strategy, they hope their spaces and activities should welcome diverse needs. They said “We intend it to cover ethnicity, gender, LGBTQ+, class and disability.”Actually, aviva studio even considered other groups such as religious person and tourists.

Regarding the disabled people, AVIVA STUDIO has basic facilities designed for them, such as disabled toilets, wheelchair-friendly facilities, etc.

For the religious person, AVIVA STUDIO has prayer rooms.

And for the tourists, there are many restaurants inside and around AVIVA STUDIO. Due to the geographical location and the cooperation of bee network. The transportation is also very convenient, whether you exit from Salford Central Station or Manchester Oxford Road Station.

Secondly, the strategy also mentioned a goal of increasing access to culture, which includes make Manchester to become a more digitally inclusive city. And they said “ We will work under this Framework to ensure that there are no major areas of cultural activity that are impossible to access or book tickets for if you are not able to get online.

About this, AVIVA STUDIO has its own official website and of course there is a booking service. In addition, it is worth mentioning that Aviva Studio did not give up on those who could not buy tickets online, and retained the traditional ticket station outside the building.

EVERYTHING:

According to “everything” part in the strategy, They no longer think of culture as a single

sector or a narrowly defined set of disciplines. They said “We will reframe our definition

of culture to capture a wider set of activities and to connect meaningfully with other sectors.” And the new definition of culture is “an ecosystem”, including the visual arts, performance, music, museums, major events and festivals, craft and design, reading, community-based activities, and even sports.

Regarding this, the official website of aviva studio says they considered the flexibility of this building and their multi-use space can adapt to host any kind of set-up — from intimate theatre shows and intricate exhibitions, to huge multimedia performances and warehouse-scale gigs fit for the greatest artists of our time.

Besides, the AVIVA STUDIO is the long-term home of Manchester International Festival which has a flexible 1,600-seat hall and an open industrial warehouse-like performance space with a capacity for 5,000 people.

The idea behind the venue is for artists to be able to create ambitious works of a kind not seen

anywhere else in the world.

EVERYWHERE:

And firstly, speaking of the specific strategy of the “everywhere” part. They said that they will use public art to enhance our city centre and neighbourhoods, commissioning high-quality artworks and design features that are inspiring and distinctive, and make space for outdoor performance and murals.

Actually, In addition to the aviva studio building itself, there are also many interesting installations, paintings, sculptures, chairs, etc. around it.

Secondly, the strategy also emphasizes the importance of “reaching the world” in the “everywhere” section.

Regarding this, Aviva Studio organizes first-class performers to go on a global tour every year with advanced equipment. And it will also attract many international industry events to the Manchester and can even hold some of them.

Lastly, the strategy mentioned that connecting people to culture is underpinned by good urban design, safer pedestrian routes, easy drop-off points, disabled access, and disabled parking at cultural venues, all of which are to be encouraged

And as I mentioned before in the everyone part, Aviva Studio has almost all of these infrastructures and these are also the basis for connecting people.