Feasibility Studies

We specialise in delivering comprehensive feasibility studies for new arts buildings, both in the UK and overseas.

We understand the changing requirements of artists and audiences, and our studies address the key issues around sustainability, funding and income generation. In the last few years we have developed feasibility studies for a new arts centre for Kuala Lumpur, for new theatres in Chester and Wilmslow, and for the BFI on the South Bank.

We are currently working on the feasibility study and business plan for a major new international concert hall for London, which has been designed by Frank Gehry, and we have recently completed the opening business plan for the new Shakespeare North Playhouse in Prescot.

We have undertaken Feasibility Studies for:

• The new Chester Theatre
• The Alexandra Theatre, Bognor Regis and securing successful Levelling Up Fund bid for £19.4m towards the redevelopment of the building
• The Brewhouse Theatre in Taunton
• The Whitechapel Bell Foundry, a listed building which will be turned into artists’ studios
• Hotwalls Project, Portsmouth, development of artists’ studios in new creative quarter
• Royal and Derngate Theatre, Northampton, development of income generation and programming strategy
• The new Wimbledon International Concert Hall, designed by Frank Gehry
• The Globe Theatre in Stockton on Tees
• A new theatre in Wilmslow
• The new Marlowe Theatre in Canterbury
• The Hexagon Theatre, Reading
• A new 300 seat theatre for the University of Coventry
• A major new arts centre in Kuala Lumpur

“Working with Stephen Browning Associates was transformative for our organisation. From the outset, Stephen’s strategic insight into our artistic vision was exceptional.”

Emma Collins