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.

  • Shadow people and stage curtain.
    Theatres keeping their audiences entertained from a distance

    With no public performances in theatre buildings, theatres continue to creatively engage and entertain their audiences.

    Theatres keeping their audiences entertained from a distance
  • Auditorium of Burnley Empire
    Burnley Empire home to Houdini first

    New research shows that Houdini’s first-ever appearance on film was shown at Theatre at Risk Burnley Empire.

    Burnley Empire home to Houdini first
  • Arts Council of Wales
    Wales Cultural Recovery Fund

    Arts Council of Wales opens Covid-19 emergency fund, consisting of £25.5m revenue grants and £2m capital grants.

    Wales Cultural Recovery Fund
  • Contact Theatre 2020
    £55m Cultural Capital Kickstart Fund

    The announcement of funding to get capital projects stalled by Covid-19 moving again is extremely welcome.

    £55m Cultural Capital Kickstart Fund
  • Great Yarmouth Hippodrome Circus
    Socially distanced indoor performances in England can resume

    Theatres Trust welcomes the news that indoor shows can go ahead from 15 August in England but cautions that this will not help most of the sector.

    Socially distanced indoor performances in England can resume
  • An image of a sign at The World theatre saying 'The World is temporarily closed'.
    Indoor performances delayed

    Following a rise in Covid-19 infection rates in parts of the UK, the Prime Minister has announced that indoor performances will not resume on 1 August.

    Indoor performances delayed
  • Arts Council England logos
    Arts Council England Culture Recovery Fund grants programme

    With broad eligibility criteria, the majority of theatres in England will be able to apply for grants from the £500m scheme.

    Arts Council England Culture Recovery Fund grants programme
  • We will be back
    Government Covid-19 grants funding

    Theatres Trust welcomes the announcement of how the £880m grants element of the government's investment package will be distributed.

    Government Covid-19 grants funding
  • Covid19 keep distance
    No date for full reopening before November

    Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden has indicated that it will be November at the earliest for the government’s announcement of a date for reopening without social distancing.

    No date for full reopening before November
  • Changing Places
    Changing Places toilets in theatres in England

    The government has published its consultation response, making it compulsory to include a Changing Places toilet in new and significantly extended theatre buildings in England.

    Changing Places toilets in theatres in England
  • Dundee Repertory Theatre exterior
    Modern Playhouses

    Theatre historian Alistair Fair’s book on Britain’s new theatres from the 1950s to the 1980s is now available in paperback.

    Modern Playhouses
  • Stanley Halls Croydon main auditorium
    Six more theatres across London awarded small grants

    We have awarded six theatres a total of £30,000 from our London Small Theatres Grants Scheme.

    Six more theatres across London awarded small grants