Visual Arts
Malvern Theatres uses its spacious foyer areas for art exhibitions all year round. The exhibition space is managed by Bill Nicholls, director of the local Cowleigh Gallery on Cowleigh Road in Malvern. Exhibitions change every couple of months and most of the paintings are for sale. Details of our current exhibition are below. For further information and to purchase artwork, please call the Cowleigh Gallery direct on 01684 560646.
On permanent exhibition:
Creator: Bernard Gitton
Exhibition: Water Clock Celebrating Malvern's Industry
On permanent display in the circle bar of Malvern Theatres is an eight-foot water clock. The clock was given to the theatre by Malvern’s Elmley Foundation in 2003 and was unveiled by National Theatre actress Janet McTeer at a special reception on the 28th March that year.
Present at the reception was French sculptor, designer and horologist Bernard Gitton who invented the clock. His installations can be seen in airports, shopping malls, museums and parks around the world and Malvern’s water clock was the first of its kind in Britain. The clock measures time by the movement of water through its complex system of glass tubes.
Elmley Foundation director John de la Cour decided to give the clock to the theatre and the people of Malvern because he said it brought together the three main industries of the town: its water, its science and its theatre. The clock has proved an attraction for visitors to Malvern ever since.
