Theatres Trust

One week to go before the first of these webinars.

Still time to book your free place www.theatrestrust.org.uk/latest/event...

The word 'Theatres Trust' are written in black, alongside a 3D version of the Letter T which is white with orange and red shadow on the side.

🎭 @theatrestrust.bsky.social are looking for a People and Operations Coordinator for a period of maternity cover.

Closing - 09 Mar
Location - London
££ - £32.5K FTE

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Excellent news 🎉

Leith Theatre is on our #TheatresAtRisk list but this additional funding is an incredible boost and will help secure its long-term future

We hope that other local authorities considering tourist taxes will follow Edinburgh by reinvesting in culture infrastructure

Group wearing hi-vis vests and hardhats on a tour of a theatre foyer. Text reads "Webinars: Theatre Capital Developments, 5 & 12 Mar 2026 12 to 1.30pm"

We are running 2 webinars to help theatres plan and prepare for capital projects

🎭 Capital Developments: Engaging Your Audience, 5 March
🏗️ Preparing for Capital Developments, 12 March

Find out more and reserve your free places

www.theatrestrust.org.uk/latest/news/...

Theatre auditorium with a woman in the orchestra pit. Quote text says Cannock Chase Council made the right decision in voting against the Cabinet’s proposal, which – if approved - would have brought the much-loved Prince of Wales Theatre one step closer to demolition. Theatres Trust is still committed to offering its expert services to Cannock Chase Council

A potential lifeline for the Prince of Wales Theatre?

Cannock Chase Council voted against the proposed update to the capital programme for local regeneration works, which, if approved, would have brought the theatre one step closer to demolition.

www.theatrestrust.org.uk/latest/news/...

Historic theatre in a semi-derelict state but its former glory can still be seen.

Some good news from @salfordvictoria.bsky.social 🎉

With our support, the group has successfully applied to @archhfund.org.uk for a project viability grant and has registered as a charity

Significant steps towards bringing this theatre back into use

www.theatrestrust.org.uk/latest/news/...

Audience taking their seats in a small theatre with wording "Applying to our Small Grants Programme - webinar"

Not-for-profit theatres 🎭

Interested in applying to our Small Grants Programme? Grants of up to £7.5k for access, sustainability and viability projects

Find out more about what we are looking for at our webinar on 18 February

www.theatrestrust.org.uk/latest/event...

Prince of Wales demolition plans proceed to next stage Theatres Trust is incredibly disappointed by the outcome of the Economic Prosperity Scrutiny Committee meeting at Cannock Chase Council.

In the bitterest of ironies, the council will use Levelling Up funding, secured to upgrade the theatre, to pay for its demolition...

www.theatrestrust.org.uk/latest/news/...

#TheatresAtRisk

Auditorium with pink seats, viewed from the stage. There is a woman in the orchestra pit looking at a sheet of music.

First post of 2026 and unfortunately it isn't a happy one...

Cannock Chase Council is going ahead with its plans to demolish Prince of Wales Theatre, which we added to our #TheatresAtRisk list at the start of 2025

Full details here www.theatrestrust.org.uk/latest/news/...

Theatres Trust Christmas Appeal. Be a STAR and help theatres thrive

Panto season is in full swing, but theatres are facing tough times

Can you help keep them open and thriving?

Please donate to our Christmas Appeal this year
checkout.justgiving.com/gmod48xwho

Happy #PantoDay from Theatres Trust 🎭

Pantos are so important to UK theatres

The panto is where most of us get our first introduction to the wonders of theatre

And the income from pantos support theatres' work through the rest of the year

Exterior of Stephen Joseph Theatre at night with bright street lights

Exterior of Lighthouse with a tree in the foreground

Small World Theatre, a distinctive small red building

Exterior of East Kilbride Arts Centre with greenery by the doorway

We are delighted to have awarded c£170,000 from our Theatre Improvement Scheme with the Wolfson Foundation to 11 theatres on their journey towards reducing their environmental impact 💚
@thesjt.bsky.social @arcolatheatre.bsky.social @oldvictheatre.bsky.social
www.theatrestrust.org.uk/latest/news/...

Fisheye lens image of historic Blackpool Grand auditorium with blue seats and gold balconies.

Happy #LancashireDay to all the Lancastrian theatres and theatre folk

@burnleyempire.bsky.social @grandtheatrebpl.bsky.social @thedukeslancaster.bsky.social @theoldelectric.bsky.social

Any other Lancaster venues here?

Group of young performers on stage with arms in the air with caption Give us your feedback

Your feedback matters 📢

Theatres Trust is conducting a short survey to understand how our services are used and valued across the theatre sector

Your responses will inform how we support theatres and communities 🎭

Deadline: 30 November
www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/TheatresTr...

We're proud to be a Living Age Employer committed to paying a wage based on the real cost of living. Living Wage Employer

Like all arts organisations, our people are our greatest asset

Theatres Trust is proud to have paid a living wage for a number of years now, but we've recently signed up officially to be part of the @livingwageuk.bsky.social community

Hope more theatres can get on board
#LivingWageWeek

Auditorium of Burnley Empire in a state of disrepair but with signs of its former glory still remaining

Large grand auditorium of Morecambe Winter Gardens with an ornate ceiling and boxes, flat floor and a person on stage with their arms in the air.

Circle seating at Hulme Hippodrome with walls and plasterwork in distinctive shades of red and purple

Exterior of Leith Theatre, a grand stone building in the classical style.

Highlighting some amazing #TheatresAtRisk on #EuropeanHistoricTheatresDay

Burnley Empire, Morecambe Winter Gardens, Leith Theatre and Hulme Hippodrome

Read more about our work with these theatres and others on the Theatres at Risk Register

www.theatrestrust.org.uk/how-we-help/...

Reminder - tomorrow is #HistoricEuropeanTheatresDay

Looking forward to hearing about your favourite historic theatres

#HistoricTheatresDay

Magazines and leaflets with Theatres Trust logo and text Communications and Marketing Coordinator Full time Permanent Salary £32,000 + benefits

📢 Join our team - Communications and Marketing Coordinator

Help us tell Theatres Trust’s story, and the stories of the theatres we support, to a wider audience

Deadline: Mon 24 Nov

Please share with anyone who may fit the bill

www.theatrestrust.org.uk/latest/news/...

#ArtsJobs #CommsJobs

Band on stage in front of a full audience in a small theatre. Text reads "Webinar - Regional Theatres: Reflections on Resilience and Community Engagement, 21 November 2025, 12 to 1pm"

📅 Regional Theatres: Reflections on Resilience and Community Engagement

Join us on Friday 21 Nov for a free webinar looking at different models and practices for local community engagement, or different forms of resilience and its impact

Book your place www.theatrestrust.org.uk/latest/event...

Crowd of people outside of Oxford Playhouse

Happy anniversary to @oxfordplayhouse.bsky.social which opened on this day in 1938 🎂

We've supported this theatre to be more sustainable (and warmer in the winter) with two grants in recent years to install secondary glazing and air curtains ♻️

📸 Geraint Lewis

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Dress circle level of seats in a historic theatre

Exterior of a red brick theatre with a glass-front cafe at ground floor level.

Happy anniversary to the wonderful @royalcourtliv.bsky.social which first opened on this day in 1938 🎉

It is a theatre we've supported capital project advice, planning application and grants over the years

Read more www.theatrestrust.org.uk/how-we-help/...

Very exciting - and the old seats from @artstheatrecamb.bsky.social were donated to one of our Theatres at Risk groups who are trying to revive the Amulet Theatre in Shepton Mallet ♻️

www.theatrestrust.org.uk/how-we-help/...

Ornately decorated box in a historic theatre

Our friends at the Frank Matcham Society will be celebrating #HistoricEuropeanTheatresDay on 25 Oct with a free lecture at the V&A about the European Route of Historic Theatres

Reserve your place www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/sou...

Saturday 25 October is #HistoricEuropeanTheatresDay

This year's theme is “Our Theatre, Our History,” honouring Europe’s historic theatres as living stories of art, people, and ideas

Get involved by sharing photos and memories of your favourite theatres 🎭🏛️

Group of young people outside of CYTO at The Shoestring

We are delighted to announce that we have awarded £80k in grants to 12 community theatres through our Small Grants Programme with The Linbury Trust for projects to improve access, sustainability and audience experiences 🎉

Read more about the grants
www.theatrestrust.org.uk/latest/news/...

Historic theatre auditorium with blue seating

The wonderful Tyne Theatre and Opera House celebrates its birthday today, having first opened on this day in 1867 🎂

The auditorium structure remains the same as when it was first built and is one of the finest of its period.

📸 Ian Grundy

Group of people on a guide tour of HOME Arches

Congratulations to HOME and Jon Matthews Architects for winning @news.architectsjournal.co.uk Retrofit & Reuse Award for Adaptive Reuse for the fantastic HOME Arches project

We were lucky enough to get a sneak preview of the space last year as part of our conference

#RetroFirst

Exterior of The Lowry with tagline Need for capital investment

We welcome Lisa Nandy's acknowledgement to CMS Committee that theatres need urgent capital funding after years of under-investment

We will continue working with government to identify how future capital funding can be targeted at theatres who need it most

www.theatrestrust.org.uk/latest/news/...

Exterior of Cast, a large modern arts centre.

Cast's auditorium with rows of bright red seats.

Happy birthday @castindoncaster.bsky.social which opened #OnThisDay in 2013 🎂

We are proud to have been involved in establishing this wonderful arts centre and supporting it more recently with grants to improve its environmental sustainability ♻️

Full audience in historic theatre auditorium at Citizens Theatre

Fantastic to see Citizens Theatre in Glasgow reopened 🎉

It is a major project in which Theatres Trust has been closely involved over the past decade, including an Advisory review, planning application support and two small but significant grants

www.theatrestrust.org.uk/latest/news/...