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.

  • Workshop on stage at The Y Theatre in Leicester
    Ten theatres awarded funding to improve accessibility and viability

    We are pleased to support 10 theatres across the UK with £49k through our Small Grants Programme in partnership with The Linbury Trust.

    Ten theatres awarded funding to improve accessibility and viability
  • Housing estate with mixture of high and low rise buildings
    Community Ownership Fund Round 2

    The Department for Levelling Up, Communities and Housing has recently published the prospectus for Round 2 of the Community Ownership Fund.

    Community Ownership Fund Round 2
  • Auditorium of Newcastle Tyne Theatre & Opera House
    Newcastle's Tyne Theatre secures National Lottery Heritage Fund award

    Theatres Trust is pleased to have supported Tyne Theatre & Opera House Preservation Trust in its successful bid to the National Lottery Heritage Fund to develop plans for the restoration of the Grade I theatre.

    Newcastle's Tyne Theatre secures National Lottery Heritage Fund award
  • Ventilation pipe over a wall with green plants
    Updates to Building Regulations

    A number of changes came into force on 15 June aimed at improving energy efficiency standards in buildings.

    Updates to Building Regulations
  • Diverse panel of speakers on stage at a previous Theatres Trust conference
    Blog: Theatres Fit for the Future

    What will the ‘new post-Covid normal’ look like and what does this mean for the way we design, adapt and run theatres? Theatres Trust Director Jon Morgan introduces the topics being discussed at Conference 22.

    Blog: Theatres Fit for the Future
  • Theatres Trust Conference 22 Theatres fit for the future
    Announcing Conference 22: Theatres Fit for the Future

    We are pleased to share details of our 2022 conference, which will take a broad look at the state of the UK’s theatres and ask how they can come back stronger from the pandemic.

    Announcing Conference 22: Theatres Fit for the Future
  • Bursary recipients and sponsors at a Theatres Trust conference.
    Bursary Scheme for Conference 22

    Thanks to the generous support of Avison Young, Delfont Mackintosh Theatres and Trafalgar Theatres, free places are available for freelancers, students and representatives of small theatres.

    Bursary Scheme for Conference 22
  • Front cover of Summer TM 2022.
    Summer 22 Theatres Magazine

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

    Summer 22 Theatres Magazine
  • Exterior of Theatre Royal Wakefield viewed from the street at dusk. A grand historic brick building with round stained glass windows next to a modern glass-fronted extension building.
    New tool to help make theatre buildings more sustainable

    The award-winning Theatre Green Book initiative has launched the Home Survey Tool to help theatre operators prioritise sustainability improvements to their buildings.

    New tool to help make theatre buildings more sustainable
  • Auditorium of Streatham Hill Theatre in bingo use.
    New owner for Streatham Hill Theatre

    Theatres Trust has been made aware that Grade II listed Streatham Hill Theatre, which is on our Theatres at Risk list, has been sold to an unknown buyer.

    New owner for Streatham Hill Theatre
  • Main elevation, view from west of the Queen's Theatre in Hornchurch, a typical 1970s building
    Queen’s Theatre in Hornchurch listed as part of Jubilee celebrations

    Theatres Trust is pleased to have been able to support the application to have the Queen’s Theatre in Hornchurch listed as part of Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee.

    Queen’s Theatre in Hornchurch listed as part of Jubilee celebrations
  • Audience in the auditorium of Liverpool's Royal Court Theatre
    Arts Council England Capital Investment Programme recipients

    Theatres Trust welcomes news that a number of theatres and arts centres will receive a share of the £22.7m funding to improve their buildings or digital infrastructure.

    Arts Council England Capital Investment Programme recipients