Department in Ryde hosts a documentary screening about the island's former power station on 14 May, with doors from 6pm and the film from 6:30pm. The power station documentary covers the industrial history of a building that shaped the Ryde waterfront for decades and has been the subject of regeneration conversation for most of the years since it closed. The screening includes an energy discussion after the film.
Department is one of the newer cultural venues in Ryde, occupying a building on the town's edge that has a community and creative ethos well-suited to this kind of documentary screening and discussion format. The power station itself is visible from various points around the northern coast of the island, and the documentary gives context to a structure that most islanders have opinions about and fewer know the full history of. The post-film discussion is as much of the event as the film itself.
Confirm pricing and booking via the venue. Department, Ryde. More arts and community events on the Isle of Wight across the spring season.
