Editing Scunthorpe (section)

==Culture==
[[File:North Lincolnshire Museum-by-fred-roberts.jpg|thumb|The North Lincolnshire Museum]]
The [[North Lincolnshire Museum]] is on Oswald Road, near the [[Scunthorpe railway station|railway station]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.northlincs.gov.uk/NorthLincs/Leisure/museums/NorthLincolnshireMuseum.htm |title=North Lincolnshire Museum |access-date=3 August 2008 |publisher=North Lincolnshire Council |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080720031018/http://www.northlincs.gov.uk/NorthLincs/Leisure/museums/NorthLincolnshireMuseum.htm |archive-date=20 July 2008 }}</ref> The former church of St John the Evangelist is now the 20–21 Visual Arts Centre.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.northlincs.gov.uk/NorthLincs/leisure/arts/20-21VisualArtsCentre/ |title=20 -21 Visual Art Centre |access-date=3 August 2008 |publisher= North Lincolnshire Council |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080706141939/http://www.northlincs.gov.uk/NorthLincs/Leisure/arts/20-21VisualArtsCentre |archive-date=6 July 2008 }}</ref> The [[Plowright Theatre]], named after [[Joan Plowright]], is on Laneham Street (off the west end of High Street and also near the [[Scunthorpe railway station|railway station]]). It was built in 1958 as Scunthorpe Civic Theatre.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.northlincs.gov.uk/NorthLincs/Leisure/theatres/ |title=Theatres |access-date=3 August 2008 |publisher=North Lincolnshire Council |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080706142107/http://www.northlincs.gov.uk/NorthLincs/Leisure/theatres/ |archive-date=6 July 2008 }}</ref> The [[Baths Hall]], reopened in 2011, a 1,700 capacity venue also hosts visiting musical and theatrical events.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scunthorpetheatres.co.uk/content/TheBathsHall/TheBathsHallOpeningUpdate.aspx |title=The Baths Hall |work=scunthorpetheatres.co.uk |access-date=7 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120424125743/http://www.scunthorpetheatres.co.uk/content/TheBathsHall/TheBathsHallOpeningUpdate.aspx |archive-date=24 April 2012 }}</ref>
[[File:The Cole Street Club, Scunthorpe - geograph.org.uk - 563395.jpg|thumb|The Cole Street Club]]
The [[Scunthorpe Co-operative Junior Choir]] from Scunthorpe won the title of [[BBC Radio 3]] ''Choir of the Year'' 2008 at the Grand Finals on 7 December 2008 at the [[Royal Festival Hall]], London. The main choir is made up of 90 members aged between 9 and 19 years whilst also having two training choirs taking children as young as 3 years old. They have made several CDs, performed numerous concerts in the area and further afield, have been subject of documentaries and are internationally renowned as having travelled the world.<ref>[http://www.scunthorpecoopjuniorchoir.org.uk Scunthorpe Cooperative Junior Choir]. Retrieved 24 July 2011</ref>

Scunthorpe was the setting of a [[2012 Cultural Olympiad]] community opera called ''Cycle Song'', about past steel-worker and [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] cyclist [[Albert White (cyclist)|Lal White]]. It was composed by Tim Sutton and the librettist was [[Ian McMillan (poet)|Ian McMillan]]. The [[Scunthorpe Co-operative Junior Choir]], Proper Job Theatre Company and over a thousand locals participated.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/an-opera-for-an-english-olympic-hero-138518800/|title=An Opera for an English Olympic Hero|last=Lidz|first=Franz|work=Smithsonian|access-date=10 February 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-18847919|title=Cycling steel man inspires opera|date=15 July 2012|work=BBC News|access-date=10 February 2018}}</ref>