Burnley Empire Theate Photograph courtesy of Mark Salmon. THE Burnley Empire has been named by The Theatre Trust as one of 31 venues at significant or immediate risk of being lost. The Theatres Trust said in a statement that while the coronavirus pandemic has had a “devastating” impact on the UK theatre industry, “relatively few theatre operators have ceased trading and fortunately none of the buildings left empty look to be in imminent danger”. Other theatres featured on the list, which is in its 14th year, include the Streatham Hill Theatre in south London, Blackpool’s Winter Gardens Pavilion and Dundee’s King’s Theatre.
Musician and actor Gary Kemp called for more support for old theatres including the Hippodrome THE BRIGHTON Hippodrome is on a list of 31 venues at significant or immediate risk of being lost as the Covid-19 pandemic has a “devastating” impact on the UK theatre industry. The Theatres Trust, which put the list together, has seen an “emerging trend” during the coronavirus crisis where vacant theatre buildings put up for sale by private owners. The Brighton Hippodrome is just one of the venues on the list to be put up for sale in the second half of last year. In September, The Argus reported that the Middle Street venue had been sold to the Lambor family, who run Matsim Properties in Brighton.
Burnley Empire (Ben Hamlin/Theatres Trust/PA)
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The Theatres Trust has announced that 31 venues feature on its list of places at significant or immediate risk of being lost.
Only one venue has been added in 2021 to its Theatres at Risk Register, which is published annually.
The Co-op Music Hall in Ramsbottom, Greater Manchester, was new addition to the list this year.
The Co-op Music Hall (Theatres Trust/PA)
Theatres Trust announce Theatres at Risk 2021 Register
January 28, 2021 Last updated:
March 17, 2021
12:19 am By Admin
The Covid-19 pandemic has had devastating effects on the UK theatre industry, causing theatres across the country to close and cancel productions, risking companies and jobs. Theatres Trust, the national advisory body for theatres, has assisted theatres throughout the pandemic with their Theatre Reopening Fund grants, #SaveOurTheatres Crowdfunder campaign, free special advice services and assisting on the DCMS working group powerfully advocating for the needs of the sector. Alongside its Covid response programme, Theatres Trust has continued to support and advocate for theatres on its Theatres at Risk Register, which it publishes each year, highlighting buildings with significant architectural merit and strong community value or potential. Notwithstanding the pandemic, the buildings on the Register, now in its 14th year, remain at significant, and in some case