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The Bear Pit Theatre is at the heart of the Stratford arts community and is grateful to have been supported through the Covid crisis Published: 12:35, 05 March 2021
The Bear Pit Theatre is a unique venue at the heart of the Stratford community providing a permanent home to amateur theatre-makers in the district, including the theatreâs own Bear Pit company. As Covid-19 troubled its finances and future, artistic director David Mears, chairman Simon Allen and finance director David Derrington spoke to Gill Sutherland about what the theatre means to the town.
How The Bear Pit Theatre began
David Mears: It was born out of the prospect of the civil hall closing around 2008, and possibly not having a community venue in the town. It had become increasingly difficult for groups to even hirer the civic hall [now the Play House] because the costs were so prohibitive.