Disused Tottenham Ikea store to become 15,000-capacity cultural venue

Drumsheds, a venture from Printworks company Broadwick, will preserve industrial elements of the 608,000 sq ft space

It once played host to the sound of staff announcements, bored children and tense couples arguing over wardrobes with semi-pronounceable names. Now, a 608,000 sq ft Tottenham warehouse that was home to an Ikea for 17 years is to vibrate to sub bass and repetitive beats, as it becomes a leading new cultural venue for London.

Entitled Drumsheds, it will host “a carefully curated programme of music, arts, culture and community” according to its owners Broadwick, who are best known for turning a disused printing press in Rotherhithe into the atmospheric clubbing destination Printworks.