News

Stay up-to-date with key news about theatres and the issues that affect them across the UK, including theatres which are currently on our Theatres at Risk register.

  • Stanley Halls auditorium viewed from the balcony
    Theatres Trust responds to ACE National Portfolio decisions

    Arts Council England has announced details of its 2023-26 Investment Programme, providing funding of £446m per year to 990 organisations.

    Theatres Trust responds to ACE National Portfolio decisions
  • First Street Festival outside HOME
    DCMS Committee report on cultural placemaking and levelling up

    Theatres Trust welcomes the publication of “Reimagining where we live”, having submitted evidence to the committee’s inquiry.

    DCMS Committee report on cultural placemaking and levelling up
  • The Mackintosh Foundation
    The Mackintosh Foundation supports Small Grants Programme

    Theatres Trust is hugely grateful to The Mackintosh Foundation for its generous funding of our Small Grants Programme, also supported by The Linbury Trust.

    The Mackintosh Foundation supports Small Grants Programme
  • Theatr Clwyd Antony Hopkins auditorium
    Theatr Clwyd seats looking for a new home

    Theatr Clwyd has 450-460 auditorium seats available to give away or donate due to a capital redevelopment project.

    Theatr Clwyd seats looking for a new home
  • Warm welcome spaces
    Promote your theatre as a warm hub

    Theatres Trust has partnered with the Warm Welcome campaign, to help venues providing free and safe spaces for those struggling to heat their homes this winter.

    Promote your theatre as a warm hub
  • Solar panels on roof of The Courtyard
    The Courtyard shortlisted for climate award

    Hereford venue’s sustainability work, which received Theatre Improvement Scheme funding, has been recognised in Cultural Health and Wellbeing Alliance Awards

    The Courtyard shortlisted for climate award
  • Group of people stood outside a stone building holding signs saying Boardroom Apprentice and #GetOnBoard
    Chance to gain board-level experience at Theatres Trust

    We are pleased to be one of the host organisations for the new UK Boardroom Apprentice Programme, which encourages wider diversity on boards.

    Chance to gain board-level experience at Theatres Trust
  • Cover of the autumn edition of Theatres Magazine, featuring an image of The Drifters band playing on stage at The Muni in Colne.
    Autumn 22 Theatres Magazine

    The latest edition of Theatres Magazine for supporters has been published.

    Autumn 22 Theatres Magazine
  • Auditorium of the derelict Brighton Hippodrome, showings its domed ceiling and ornate plasterwork.
    Planning application for Brighton Hippodrome

    We have responded to the planning application for the Theatre at Risk, which proposes a mixed-use development.

    Planning application for Brighton Hippodrome
  • People in protective clothing inspecting the auditorium of a derelict historic theatre
    Opportunity: Evaluation Consultant

    We are looking for an Evaluation Consultant to support the monitoring and evaluation of our new programme - Resilient Theatres: Resilient Communities.

    Opportunity: Evaluation Consultant
  • The entrance to Worthing Pavilion Theatre, gleaming in the morning sun, with rainbow=coloured steps ascending to its front door.
    Interwar Theatres: Introductions to Heritage Assets

    This publication from Historic England in partnership with Theatres Trust looks at the style and construction of theatres of the interwar period from 1915 to 1945.

    Interwar Theatres: Introductions to Heritage Assets
  • Annual Report 2022 cover
    Annual Report 2022

    We’ve just published our review of the year up until the end of March 2022.

    Annual Report 2022