{"id":41454,"date":"2024-11-12T16:07:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-12T16:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=41454"},"modified":"2024-11-11T17:56:08","modified_gmt":"2024-11-11T17:56:08","slug":"future-of-theatres-unclear-amid-prolonged-raac-closures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=41454","title":{"rendered":"Future of theatres unclear amid prolonged RAAC closures"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/RAAC_open_government_licence_v3.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/RAAC_open_government_licence_v3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37550\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em><sub>image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0<\/sub><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Four theatres that closed in 2023 because of RAAC concerns still have no reopening date announced, while four other venues are not expected to open until at least 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>The <em>Arts Professional<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The future of several theatres in the UK is still unclear over a year after changes to government guidance led to a flurry of closures\u2026 Four theatres that closed\u2026 still have no reopening date announced, while five other venues\u2026 are not expected to open until at least 2025\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8216;Significant challenges&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is also no reopening date set for Motherwell Concert Hall and Theatre, which closed in September last year. In April, North Lanarkshire Council said an inspection had found the majority of the venue\u2019s roof contains RAAC. There was evidence of water ingress, which can weaken the material and make it more likely to collapse\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brunton Theatre in Musselburgh, which is part of Brunton Hall, also currently has no reopening date and has issued an \u2018urgent\u2019 funding appeal.\u00a0 East Lothian Council said the scale and condition of RAAC across the building and the need for safe access to roof spaces \u2018have presented significant challenges\u2019\u2026<a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsprofessional.co.uk\/news\/future-theatres-unclear-amid-prolonged-raac-closures\"> Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0 Four theatres that closed in 2023 because of RAAC concerns still have no reopening date announced, while four other venues are not expected to open until at least 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[6,18,36,62,29],"class_list":["post-41454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog","tag-building","tag-conservation","tag-culture","tag-funding","tag-heritage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=41454"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41454\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41455,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41454\/revisions\/41455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=41454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=41454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}