Museum Represents a museum WC Yes EventsForChildren No Place The town or city Bishopbriggs HearingLoop No IsIncludedThisYear No DisabledAccess Yes OpeningTime1 10.00-13.00 OpeningDate1 14/9/2013 IsNewThisYear No ID Google Panorama ID 11946 Refreshments No Street The street address Kenmure Avenue Postcode G64 2DW Parking Yes DisabledWC Yes LimitedAccess No NotAccessible No Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Fort Theatre Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived eastdunbartonshire Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1302 Type The nature or genre of the resource Museum Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. current,55.90516,-4.230809; Description An account of the resource <p>The Theatre was the brainchild of Mr James Bissell who, in 1960 was a member of an amateur dramatic club, but was filled with the desire to begin an amateur theatre group in Bishopbriggs. His idea was that in time there would be a theatre built which would house an amateur club, completely run by amateurs but from time to time bringing professional performances to the town</p><p>The idea of using Brackenbrae Farm came when Mr Bissell, himself a councillor on the Town Council, heard that plans were afoot to pull down Brackenbrae House. He pleaded the cause of the theatre to have the derelict granary for use as a Theatre.</p><p>Since then the theatre has been used extensively for a variety of activities and shows. It is a community run theatre, and has been such for 43 years. It is run by the Antonine Theatre Group who were established approximately 53 years ago. the group are responsible for all upkeep.</p> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Late 18th century