THEATRES and a museum have received almost £100,000 to support their reopening after lockdown. Worthing Theatres and Museum (WTM), which includes the Connaught Theatre and Cinema, the Pavilion Theatre and Assembly Hall in the town, was granted £98,398 from the second round of the government’s Culture Recovery Fund. They were among more than 2,700 organisations nationally to receive nearly £400 million in the latest round of grants and loans from the £1.57 billion funding pot, to help the culture and heritage sector reopen and recover. The money will support the safe reopening of WTM venues from next month, and there is a varied line-up of shows on offer as audiences return.
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Helping theatres in danger during the lockdown
March 5, 2021
Itâs been almost a year since life as we knew it turned upside down, but the pandemic has changed life for some more than others. While many of us can work from home, the work of those in the theatre industry ground to a complete halt.
The livelihoods of not only actors but also stage hands, lighting and sound technicians and venue staff suddenly became vulnerable, so with social distancing preventing shows and tours, what could anybody do? Well, for Bill Ward, the answer was to fight back.
Many people will recognise the actor from his time walking the cobbles on Coronation Street or treading the boards at West End theatres starring in big productions such as Everybodyâs Talking About Jamie, but Bill is also a professional photographer who normally specialises in landscapes weighted towards UK seascape imagery.
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In just over seven weeks more than 300 donors contributed to achieving the target for the Save Worthing Theatres and Museum initiative as part of the Theatres Trust nationwide #SaveOurTheatres campaign.
Amanda O’Reilly, CEO, Worthing Theatres and Museum, said: “The national campaign was designed to raise valuable funds to support theatres throughout the country.
“Worthing Theatres and Museum was one of the most recent to sign up for the scheme and set itself an ambitious fundraising target of £10,000. Today, exceeding that target, with over a week remaining WTM have set an additional £2k stretch target so supporters continue to raise more much needed funds for the charity.