This week volunteers installed a temporary lighting system on the ground floor. These stage lights are hung from existing ceiling structures and will support the programme of pop-up events that will take place this spring and summer.
Media students programmed the DMX lights to be controlled using a scene selector, which means that at the push of a button the mood lighting within the different spaces can change depending on the time of day, event, or occasion.
Our Community Share Offer will be officially launched on Saturday 24th May. This will allow individuals and organisations to buy shares in The Amulet Centre Limited and raise a target of £200,000 towards the purchase and reopening of the building. Unlike traditional investments, community shares offer people a stake – and a say – in…
A planning application for seven flats in the Amulet has been turned down at appeal. The application was originally submitted in 2020 and was refused by Somerset Council last year, with an appeal against that decision being dismissed by the national planning inspector this week. The flats were to be located in the Amulet’s main…
Coxley Developments Limited, the owner of the Amulet theatre building in Shepton Mallet, has submitted an appeal to overturn an earlier planning refusal for conversion of the Amulet’s stage and dressing rooms into flats. We intend to oppose this planning appeal because it would mean the permanent loss of Shepton Mallet’s only large scale performance…
Last night the team presented to The Shepton Mallet Area History Society, the presentation included a timeline of the Amulet and town centre being built and we showed off a number of never before seen photos and town plans that we have recovered from individuals like the original architect Terence Hopegood since the start of…
We are excited to announce the return of cinema, theatre, dancing and live music to the Amulet – just for this summer. There will be something for everyone in the events lineup, which opens with Mark Chadwick of the Levellers on Friday 4th July, followed the next day by Shepton Mallet Big Band and runs…
Our community share offer has been reopened once again, following a number of enquiries from potential investors who missed out on the original share offer. The original share offer raised £128,600 from 304 investors, passing the minimum target of £100,000 before the October 2025 offer deadline. The new offer opens with exactly the same details…