Theatres Trust

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

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#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

Group of people on stage looking out onto a historic theatre auditorium

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/...

Cultural Infrastructure Survey 2025 Help us map where culture is produced and made in London The Mayor of London wants to understand more about spaces where creative work is produced, made and manufactured across the city—and we need y...

London creatives we want to hear from you!

To make our city a great home for creatives we need to understand the picture.

Help us map and understand where creative work is produced, made and manufactured by taking a short survey⬇️

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Streatham Hill Theatre is on our #TheatresAtRisk Register and this group is working tirelessly to find a way to bring it back into performance and community use

Go along to the online meeting to find out more

Want to update your theatre's office furniture, but don't have the budget? We may be able to help...

University of Oxford has identified some surplus furniture to be recycled and it would great if it would go to good use in a theatre ♻️

Find out more
www.theatrestrust.org.uk/latest/news/...

Performers on stage with their arms in the air. Text says Transformation Programme.

Be part of our transformation journey

We are looking for external expertise to help us with:
- External Services, Programmes and Public Perception
- Digital and Technological Infrastructure

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

Joe Longthorne Theatre (former North Pier Pavilion) An Art Deco pier pavilion in Blackpool dating from the 1930s, now one of only six operating pier theatres in the country.

Good to see our friends @seasidenetwork.bsky.social on BBC News this morning with Tommy Cannon talking about piers.

Tommy mentioned the Joe Longthorne Theatre on Blackpool's North Pier, which is on our #TheatresAtRisk Register

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

Large historic auditorium of Morecambe Winter Gardens with ornate gold plasterwork on the ceiling and boxes.

Exterior of Spilsby Sessions House, a former gaol with a classical facade with columns.

Excellent news today for two #TheatresAtRisk 🎉

Morecambe Winter Gardens and Spilsby Sessions House receive funding through Historic England's Heritage at Risk Capital Fund to carry out vital work

We are proud support both on their journey towards revival

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

Project Manager Required — Leith Theatre Leith Theatre Trust is looking for an experienced Project Manager to help lead one of Edinburgh’s most exciting capital projects and support our second round National Lottery Heritage Fund application...

Exciting opportunity to play an important role in the next step in @leiththeatre.bsky.social's journey towards revival

Leith Theatre is on our #TheatresAtRisk Register

www.leiththeatre.co.uk/news-feature...

Side view of historic theatre auditorium, showing part of the stage with a dark red curtain, rows of bright red seats in the stalls and dress circle and balconies and box with cream and gold plasterwork.

We've been advising King's Theatre in Southsea on its plans to integrate neighbouring shop units to improve its front-of-house space, make the theatre more accessible and create a second performance studio

Good news - planning permission has been granted

Small historic auditorium of the Georgian Theatre Royal in Richmond, N Yorks

Modern auditorium with rows of red seats at Cast in Doncaster

Full audience in large historic auditorium at Leeds Grand, viewed from the upper circle.

Happy Yorkshire Day

The UK’s largest historic county is home to a huge array of theatres. Here are a few that we've supported to through our Theatre Improvement Scheme in association with the Wolfson Foundation, which is now open for applications.

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

Two performers on stage in front of a full audience in the small auditorium of Unity Theatre. The graphic has the words Seating's Second Act in the top right corner and logos for Race Furniture and Theatres Trust in the bottom left corner.

🎉 We are thrilled to announce that Liverpool’s @unitytheatre.bsky.social is the winner of Seating’s Second Act, our partnership with Race Furniture

The seating revamp will improve audience experience + accessibility and increase flexible auditorium use

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