About Venue Archive The Moor 17 The Moor, Sheffield Established in October 2014, the former (and beloved) Woolworths store located on The Moor in the centre of Sheffield was the first pop-up creative hub under the Theatre Deli brand to appear outside of London. Originally signed on to run as an experiment on a nine month lease soon became a near three year venture and the start of a continuous 7 year partnership between Theatre Deli and Aberdeen Standard. Spread over the 3 floors of this 16,152 square ft retail building, Moor Deli comprised of: 10 dedicated rehearsal rooms, offered to artists at minimum cost 2 performances studio spaces, including a 1000-seat black box studio theatre A ground floor open cafe for artists and the general public The building also housed space (predominately in the ground floor cafe) for community groups and charities to host regular workshops and events to further integrate the general public with the arts and community support networks within the city, the first such venue of its kind in Sheffield. Total number of performances: 186Total sell out shows: 12Total Audience Attendance: c.7500 One from the vault: Horrorsouk (Oct - Nov 2014) Hidden Track & Nick Burchill, Forest Sounds Theatre, Frolicked, Laura Murphy, Puncture, Rationale, Rebekah Caputo & Tara Baker, Sad Siren. Theatre Deli’s first major theatre event outside of London. It featured 10 pieces of immersive performance by emerging artists, hosting daily shows for over 3 weeks attracting attention from local and mainstream media and featured in Lyn Gardener’s top theatre recommendations in the Guardian newspaper. “Just got home from our second visit to Horror Souk. I fully recommend going, we were lucky to see most performances. The only one we missed was 'RAT Homicide' but the ones we saw were fantastic though, especially 'Sunny Meadows' (which we saw twice). Please do something similar next year or soon. The whole experience was amazing”. - Katie Mayer (Audience member) Shows:The Bare Project’s Story Swap Cafe: Oct 2014The Bare Project - Time Passes Listen: Nov-Dec 2014Open Door Theatre Company present A Christmas Carol: Dec 2014Charlotte & Tim’s Northern Art Festival: Dec 2014Without Walls’ The Zoo Story: Jan 2015Ben Carlin presents Virtual Reality Concept Launch: Feb 2015Wordlife Poetry: Feb 2015Strawberry Blonde Curls Theatre presents INSIDE: Feb2015For as Long as Love Lasts Theatre presents: Time Without Beginning: Feb 2015 Footprint Theatre presents Daniel: Mar 2015Open Door Theatre: Apr 2015Cap-A-Pie productions: Apr 2015Sheffield Hallam University present final year students performance: Apr 2015 Sheffield Hallam University present Wind in the Willows: May 2015Forest Sounds Theatre present Sheffield Alternative Election: May 2015Funny You Should Ask Theatre presents The 56: May 2015Plunge Theatre presents The Cake Shop: Jul 2015Sad Siren Theatre presents The Gods of Pick n Mix Jul 2015Paperfinch Theatre presents Alice in Wonderland children’s show: Jul 2015Departures: A Song Cycle Musical: Jun-Jul 2015Forest Sounds Theatre present Church of Jim: Oct 2016Guild of Misrule / Theatre Delicatessen present The Great Gatsby Dec 2016 Community Events:Off the Shelf literacy events: Oct 2014Magic Lantern Film Screening: Oct 2014Ignite Imaginations present Light Night: Dec 2014Happy January (community dance & theatre event): Jan 2015Arts & Crafts workshops: Aug-Sept 2015Festival of Debate present Housing Debate: Mar 2015Festival of Debate present Community Comedy Mar 2015Lisa O’Hara presents Designing out Suicide workshops (monthly)Age UK presents Memories of Now workshops: Jun 2015Refugee Week Festival (8 separate refugee charities hosting events & workshops): Jun 2015 LGBT Sheffield & Leeds Studio: Nine Lives film screening & LGBT disco: Jun 2015 Young filmmakers project: Jun 2015 Regular Events:Deli Meets (a community artists’ event): MonthlyCrisis (homeless charity) rehabilitation workshops: Jan-Jul 2015Community Arts Cafe: 3 days a weekNorthern Arts Festival (monthly) Other Happenings:Sheffield Hallam University devising theatre workshops: Jan-Feb 2015 Pecha Kucha political business parity event: Mar 2015Nice Like Rice music festival: Mar 2015Sheffield Hallam University presents Kunst (an art exhibition): Mar 2015The Woolworths Project Story collection: May-Jun 2015Save Devonshire Street Fundraiser Art exhibition: Jun 2015 One to One Festival: Aug 2015 Memories: "We were very lucky to be given permission to use the space upstairs for collection for clothing and items to take across to the Calais Refugee Camps (we also had a collection point in the cafe downstairs), we had nearly the whole of the first floor full of donations which a team of volunteers sorted and packed up (items unsuitable for Calais, and there were lots, went to the local hospice charity for sale in their shops)" - August/September 2015 Charities: Crisis, Age UK Community Groups: Verse Matters, Wordlife Sheffield, Ignite Imaginations, LGBT Sheffield, Fun Palaces, Migration Matters Other Organisations: Pecha Kucha, Festival of Debate, Off the Shelf Festival, Magic Lantern Film Club, Sheffield Hallam University, Northern Art Festival Local Authority: Sheffield City Council Partner Landlord: Aberdeen Standard Property Third Angel and Stand & Be Counted Theatre created The Journeys for Migration Matters Festival - the last performance in The Moor venue (24th June 2017) Manage Cookie Preferences