The Open Air Theatre in Barra Hall Park is a modern, steel-built structure.

Four steel umbrellas simultaneously give protection to the stage and reflect sound towards the audience.

Over time, the structure fell into disrepair, and the local community raised funds for its reconstruction.

The 2005 steel-rebuild was designed by architects Angela Brady (former president of the Royal Institute of British Architects) and Robin Mallalieu, whose aim for a theatre which would have sculptural and visual interest even when not in use produced a theatre with an abstract, enigmatic quality.

Hayes town centre is approximately 1 km away, with its many other regular bus services.