Cube Microplex

The Cube buildings were originally out buildings dating to around 1880 and were part of the properties at 4 and 5 Kings Square. In 1916 the buildings were incorporated into workshops and an assembly hall specifically built for the Bristol Centre for the Deaf. Funds were raised through donations and the Centre remained there until 1962 before relocating to the other side of Kings Square.

in 1964 the Bristol Arts Centre and a team of amateur theatre enthusiasts took over and converted the workshops as an intimate theatre for staging of new plays and rare revivals, mainly by amateurs, and built a stage with fly tower and converted the assembly hall into the auditorium with raked seating. The theatre was originally approached through the main doors of the house on Kings Square and through a passageway on the ground floor. However, the property was subdivided and the main entrance is now via the Dove Street carpark and Cube's courtyard. The main stage and auditorium are on the first floor. There is a wooden grid, dating from latest 1900, with a hemp system. There is no iron. Adjoining the stage, large for the size of the auditorium, is a generous scenic store. The intimate auditorium has tip-up seats, the rows curving, and well-raked. A projection room was installed in 1966. The screen is sited at the rear of the stage.

The current owners, film-makers, plan to bring the stage back into use, specialising in stage presentations with use of projection, and also to enhance the use of the building for the local community. Cube Cinema purchased the freehold in 2013.