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Theatre in Southern England: BuckinghamshireMost of the theatre provision in Bucks is centred on Milton Keynes: elsewhere (apart from one theatre in High Wycombe) drama is catered for in arts and other centres. In Aylesbury, for instance, the Limelight Theatre is an arts centre which features small-scale professional performances and workshops and seats 120. Beaconsfield's Beacon Centre, a leisure centre, is also quite small - 209 seats - and is used mainly for concerts. The Jenny Lee Theatre in Bletchley (named after the famous Labour MP, the first Minister for the Arts) is also part of a leisure centre and seats 112, although the centre's main hall will hold 1400. The theatre will consider any form of entertainment. Chesham has the Elgiva Theatre, part of a multi-purpose centre, which presents a mixed programme. It seats 300. High Wycombe's Lancaster Arts Centre is part of the Wycombe Abbey School and during term time is used purely by the school. In holidays its 435-seater theatre and 100 seat Seniors' Hall are available for hire. In addition, High Wycombe has one of only two national touring hosues in the county, the Wycombe Swan. Opeend in 1992, it has three auditoria: the theatre itself (1076 seats), the Town Hall (250-400, depending on configuration), and the Oak Room (130). The other national touring house is in Milton Keynes: the newly opened (1999) Milton Keynes Theatre seats 1390. Then there is the Shenley Theatre, part of a leisure centre, which specialises in theatre for children and community theatre. It also hosts stand-up comedy and music shows. It goes dark in July and August. The theatre itself seats 130, but there are two other auditoria: the Clock Inn Bar (100) and the Sports Hall (500). The Stantonbury Campus Theatre (400 seats) is situated on the Stantonbury Campus, a school which was one of the first to gain specialist performing arts status. It is available for community hire and presents contemporary dance, drama and music. The Woughton Centre, a multi-purpose venue, seats 230 and emphasises community and youth work, but also has small-scale theatre as part of its programme. The 500-seater Sports Hall is also sometimes used. The other Milton Keynes venue is the Stables, a studio venue seating 400, which concentrates on music.
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