Arts and Culture

Tees Music Alliance (TMA) is a not for profit organisation situated in Stockton Cultural Quarter - offering rehearsal and recording facilities at Green Dragon Studios, a live music and theatre venue in The Georgian Theatre and creative industries office space within Calvin House.  TMA also offers, gallery space, a training/ICT facility, event management services, volunteer opportunities plus training and workshops.

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Green Dragon Studios

The building in Theatre Yard consists of fully equipped rehearsal spaces and a recording studio with live rooms and an isolation booth. We also have a hard-wired link to our venue next door, offering all manner of possibilities from recording gigs to larger ensembles.

The studios were opened in March 2007 by Feargal Sharkey, former Undertones' lead vocalist and Chairman of the Government's Live Music Forum.

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The Georgian Theatre

Situated in Green Dragon Yard, The Georgian Theatre is a 200 capacity venue, which is managed and programmed by the Tees Music Alliance. Opened as a theatre in 1766, the building underwent a range of uses up until 1993 when it was handed over to us by our landlords, Stockton Borough Council.

The council has worked with us since then to support a range of events and our list of previous performers is huge. In addition to a multitude of home grown acts, we've hosted the likes of the Arctic Monkeys, Mystery Jets, The Kooks, James Blunt, John Cooper Clarke, Duke Special, UK Subs, The Cribs, Sean Ryder, Clint Boon, Athlete, Jack Penate, John Shuttleworth, Daisy Chainsaw, Lost Prophets and The Macabees...

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Calvin House

Again, situated in Green Dragon Yard, Calvin House offers low cost units for arts-based businesses.

In addition to this Tees Music Alliance organise the Stockton Riverside Fringe Festival, with support from Stockton Borough Council and Arts Council England.

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The Fringe Festival's main stage boasts a site capacity of 10,000, which also includes a comedy stage. All fringe events are free of charge and in recent years has hosted the likes of Super Furry Animals, Happy Mondays, Paul Heaton, John Power, Badly Drawn Boy, The Ordinary Boys and Echo and the Bunnymen.