A shared working space
Siobhan Davies Studios are inviting dance artists to use our studios for their movement practice and artistic research.
Low-cost and easy to book, Town Square Studio offers a fortnightly space for spontaneous and creative encounters.
As a shared space, we invite all users to be generous and open to the positive collision of different needs and practices. This is as much a space for working alone, as it is for small groups and those looking to collaborate. Please keep talking to a considerate level (there are other communal spaces in the building for more meaty chatting) so that others in the studio can focus and prioritise moving and making.
We want this space to be available to those who are going to use it. If you need to cancel your place, please let us know so the space does not go unused. Please see the cancellations and refunds section below.
In the Research Studio
Tickets
Bursary: Free
General: £5
Pay-it-forward: £10
the SpaceS
The Research Studio is a 12.7m x 6.5m space with white walls and large windows. The capacity for sessions in the Research Studio is 10.
The Roof Studios is a 16.5m x 12m space with wooden and white walls, high ceilings and windows. The capacity for sessions in the Roof Studio is 16.
Both studios have a sound system that we invite you to use, as agreed between those sharing the space. We are unable to provide additional technical resources such as lighting or projection. There will be a designated member of staff on hand in the office, who will be available to hear and help with questions or concerns.
Group Bookings
Group bookings are limited to five, so that a group is not in the majority. Please book a ticket for each person in your group.
Cancellations and Refunds
We want this space to be available to those who are going to use it. If you have booked a place at Town Square Studio but can no longer make it, please let us know as soon as possible so that we can make your space available to others. Repeatedly booking Town Square Studio and not attending, without letting us know, may result in a warning and then a temporary ban.
We cannot offer refunds for cancelled Town Square Studio bookings, but we can transfer your booking to another date where there is availability.
Tell us what you think
This is the first time we will be running Town Square Studio after piloting the programme in our September Housewarming in 2021. If you have any thoughts on this offer or your experience following a session, we’d love to hear your feedback. Please get in touch. We may also ask you to fill in a short feedback form when you use the space.
ACCESS AND AMENITIES AT SDS
Siobhan Davies Studios is mostly accessible to wheelchair users, with lifts to all floors. Please note that our main door is not power assisted.
There are two accessible parking spaces available on site which can be booked in advance. Blue Badge parking is also available nearby on West Square and Garden Row (for a full map visit the Southwark Council website).
Amenities include:
- Changing facilities*
- Communal showers*
- Lockers
- Toilets / wheelchair accessible toilets on the ground floor and first floor*
- Kitchen: tea and coffee making, fridge, dishwasher and a not fully accessible microwave
* Please note that our disabled toilets may not be suitable for all users (the toilets in our disabled toilets are 42cm high) and our changing facilities and showers are not fully accessible. Our closest publicly available and fully accessible changing facility is at The Castle Centre, a leisure centre 0.3 miles away from the studios. You can find full details of their features here.
If you would like to talk about your access requirements in advance of visiting please call us on 0207 091 9650.