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🎭 We champion the future of live performance in the UK, by protecting and supporting excellent theatre buildings which meet the needs of their communities. https://www.theatrestrust.org.uk/
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
November 11, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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/...
October 25, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Reminder - tomorrow is #HistoricEuropeanTheatresDay

Looking forward to hearing about your favourite historic theatres

#HistoricTheatresDay
October 24, 2025 at 11:43 AM
📢 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
October 23, 2025 at 11:07 AM
📅 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...
October 21, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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
October 20, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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/...
October 17, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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/...
October 16, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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...
October 16, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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 🎭🏛️
October 16, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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/...
September 29, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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
September 23, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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
September 11, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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/...
September 11, 2025 at 7:40 AM
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 ♻️
September 9, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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/...
August 29, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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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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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...
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August 12, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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
Our next Campaign Meeting is on 8:00pm on Wednesday 27th August. We would love to talk to you! Details on how to join us on Zoom are here: https://streathamhilltheatre.org/events
August 20, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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/...
August 20, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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/...
August 14, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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/...
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.
www.theatrestrust.org.uk
August 9, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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/...
August 7, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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...
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...
www.leiththeatre.co.uk
August 6, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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
August 5, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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/...
August 1, 2025 at 9:00 AM