Theatres Trust
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We champion the future of live performance, by protecting and supporting excellent theatre buildings which meet the needs of their communities.
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Alan Lane
Artistic Director Slung Low, Side kick to Davidbaby & Bolt the Dog, wrote a book, itโs here https://t.co/GawpxEOsju
Sarah Brigham
Originally from Hull, now residing in Derby. Artistic Director/CEO Derby Theatre. Lives with ACC (a rare cancer) Not the views of anyone I work for. She/her
Tom Bird
Chief Executive at Sheffield Theatres (@crucibletheatre @sheffieldlyceum). Once of @YorkTheatre and @The_Globe. North-easterner. FRSA. These views are my own.
Carl Woodward
hater- my views๐ญ
Been inspired by The Stage's #FutureOfTheatre conference to step up your #CreativeClimateAction ?
Helpful resources for theatres >>
Our Energy Reduction Programme tinyurl.com/5n7ahs5r
Our Climate Justice Hub tinyurl.com/2d93jh2n
Theatre Green Book tinyurl.com/43uajva7
Join us for our next lecture on 1st May at St Anne's Hall London at 7:30pm: 'Theatres at Risk: Theatres Trust Update' with Claire Appleby from Theatres Trust ! The event is free but you still need to book (see below).
๐ Happy birthday to the Garrick Theatre, our neighbour on Charing Cross Road, which opened #OnThisDay in 1889.
Here are some images of the theatre throughout the years from our archives
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#otd 1889 opening of Garrick theatre London #ComptonMackenzie acted there in 1910 in Hall Caine's 'Bishops Son'. His father #EdwardCompton produced first staging of Henry James novel, 'The American' in 1891 ๐๐bit.ly/3DcqoAo Theatres Trust visit theatres Victorian Web
๐Happy birthday to Shakespeare on the day that is traditionally celebrated as his birthday.
Here are a few Bard related images from our archives
Safety curtain The RSC
Decoration from Buxton Opera House & Pavilion Arts Centre
Illustration Shakespeareโs Globe
Bust on the exterior Theatre Royal Wakefield
๐ Happy #StGeorgesDay
Here are photos of some venues named after the patron saint:
Window St George's Hall
St George's Guildhall, Kings Lynn
St George's Hall Bradford Theatres
Theatre in former chapel St George's Theatre
๐ We are proud to be part of the steering committee for #TheatreGreenBook alongside The ABTT UK Theatre Society of London Theatre National Theatre National Theatre Wales National Theatre of Scotland Buro Happold and Renew Culture.
#EarthDay #EarthDay 2024
theatrestrust.org.uk/latest/news/22โฆ
Itโs #EarthDay ๐
Weโre looking back at our work with the #TheatreGreenBook that ensured that sustainable thinking was central to #FeralMonster .
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๐ธ Kristina Banholzer
๐ช Today is #WorldCircusDay
Once a popular artform with its own purpose-built buildings, there are now only two surviving complete examples still in use in the UK - Blackpool Tower Circus an Great Yarmouth Hippodrome
New job opportunities at our theatre part of our #CDF Arts Council England Department for Culture, Media and Sport Peopleโs Palace Funding morecambewintergardens.com/job-opportunitโฆ Theatres Trust Lancaster & Morecambe College (LMC) Lancaster City Council Eden Project Morecambe
๐ Happy anniversary The Questors Theatre Mattock Lane building, which opened #OnThisDay in 1964 (although the Questors organisation goes back further)
On #WorldHeritageDay a shout out to all Theatres Trust & their Resilient Theatres support programme. I'll be lunching online at this today. Their webinars, advice & funding schemes help heritage buildings to be live venues, & live venues to be lived in!
theatrestrust.org.uk/latest/events/โฆ