Sue Townsend Theatre (formerly the Upper Brown Street Theatre and Phoenix Arts Centre) is a theatre in the city of Leicester, England. The centre hosted live shows and films of the arthouse and world cinema genres. In 2010, after a new Phoenix Square opened on the other side of the city centre, it was reborn as an important music training and performance venue under the new name , Upper Brown Street Theatre, it has since been re-branded as Sue Townsend Theatre, in honour of the late author and playwright, Sue Townsend.