{"id":35689,"date":"2023-02-24T16:21:11","date_gmt":"2023-02-24T16:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=35689"},"modified":"2023-02-24T16:21:11","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T16:21:11","slug":"theatres-at-risk-register-2023-unveiled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=35689","title":{"rendered":"Theatres at Risk Register 2023 unveiled"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-18349\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Theatres_Trust_website090318.png\" alt=\"auditorium\" width=\"190\" height=\"159\" \/>Theatres Trust has published its annual list of theatres under threat of closure, redevelopment, or demolition across the UK for 2023.<\/h3>\n<h6><em>image: for illustration &#8211; Theatres Trust<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2026 theatres face the same challenges as the wider sector\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n<p>Theatres Trust writes:<\/p>\n<p>Now in its 17th year, the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatrestrust.org.uk\/how-we-help\/theatres-at-risk\">Theatres at Risk Register<\/a>\u00a0calls the public\u2019s attention to these important buildings, their challenges, and the significant cultural opportunities they can bring to local communities.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s Theatres at Risk Register consists of 38 theatres, with three having been removed, all for positive reasons, and no new additions to the list.<\/p>\n<h2 tabindex=\"0\">Theatres removed from the Theatres at Risk list<\/h2>\n<p>We have removed three theatres from the list, which are no longer considered at risk due to advocacy, planning and viability advice from Theatres Trust, along with the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatrestrust.org.uk\/how-we-help\/theatres-at-risk\/how-local-authorities-can-support-theatres-at-risk\">vital support of their respective local authorities<\/a>, theatre operators and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatrestrust.org.uk\/how-we-help\/theatres-at-risk\/tips-for-theatres-at-risk-campaign-groups\">community groups<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Century Theatre, Coalville\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theatrestrust.org.uk\/how-we-help\/theatres-at-risk\/theatres-removed-from-20-theatres-at-risk-list#Century\">Century Theatre, Coalville<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Swansea Palace Theatre\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theatrestrust.org.uk\/how-we-help\/theatres-at-risk\/theatres-removed-from-20-theatres-at-risk-list#Swansea\">Swansea Palace Theatre<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Walthamstow Granada, London\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theatrestrust.org.uk\/how-we-help\/theatres-at-risk\/theatres-removed-from-20-theatres-at-risk-list#Walthamstow\">Walthamstow Granada, London<\/a> &#8230;.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 tabindex=\"0\">Progress for theatres on the list<\/h2>\n<p>Although they remain on the list, there has been good news for\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatrestrust.org.uk\/how-we-help\/theatres-at-risk\/209-spilsby-sessions-house-spilsby-theatre\">Spilsby Sessions House<\/a>, which is a key project in a successful Levelling Up bid, and for\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatrestrust.org.uk\/how-we-help\/theatres-at-risk\/182-winter-gardens\">Morecambe Winter Gardens<\/a>, which will benefit from the same fund in the go-ahead to the neighbouring Eden Project North.<\/p>\n<p>Steady progress is also being made at other theatres remaining on the list, including\u00a0<a title=\"Burnley Empire\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theatrestrust.org.uk\/how-we-help\/theatres-at-risk\/179-burnley-empire\">Burnley Empire<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"Leith Theatre\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theatrestrust.org.uk\/how-we-help\/theatres-at-risk\/220-leith-theatre\">Leith Theatre<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a title=\"Theatre Royal Margate\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theatrestrust.org.uk\/how-we-help\/theatres-at-risk\/482-theatre-royal\">Theatre Royal Margate<\/a>, but these theatres face the same challenges as the wider sector, particularly escalating construction work costs and scarcity of funding.<\/p>\n<h2 tabindex=\"0\">Negative outlook<\/h2>\n<p>The situation is looking particularly bleak for two theatres on the list, despite strong opposition by Theatres Trust and their local communities.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Dudley Hippodrome\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theatrestrust.org.uk\/how-we-help\/theatres-at-risk\/207-dudley-hippodrome\">Dudley Hippodrome<\/a>, the only remaining lyric theatre in the town, is on a site approved for a new university centre.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Intimate Theatre\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theatrestrust.org.uk\/how-we-help\/theatres-at-risk\/830-intimate-theatre\">Intimate Theatre<\/a>, Enfield, where a number of stars including Richard Attenborough and David Bowie performed early in their careers, will be redeveloped to build a new parish hall and residential accommodation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>They remain on the list for now in the slim hope that there is any last-minute reprieve.<\/p>\n<h2 tabindex=\"0\">Challenging times for theatres<\/h2>\n<p>Although no additional theatres were added to the Theatres at Risk Register this year, the theatre sector faces a challenging environment due to the ongoing effects of the pandemic, the cost-of-living crisis and funding cuts and shortfalls.<\/p>\n<p>As the true impact of rising construction and energy costs, cost-of-living crisis and squeezed council budgets becomes known, the challenge to secure the futures of Theatres at Risk will be more difficult than ever and there is a real fear that more operational theatres may become \u2018at risk\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>However, despite the difficulties, local support and collaborative working still pays off and the opportunities these buildings offer their communities are immense.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatrestrust.org.uk\/latest\/news\/1985-theatres-at-risk-register-2023-unveiled\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Theatres Trust has published its annual list of theatres under threat of closure, redevelopment, or demolition across the UK for 2023. image: for illustration &#8211; Theatres 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