Ramsbottom s Co-op Music Hall BURY North MP James Daly is backing the campaign to save the Ramsbottom Co-op Music Hall after it was placed on the ‘Theatres at Risk Register’. The building, nearly 150 years old, was added to the 2021 list by The Theatre Trust, who highlight structures that have significant merit and strong community value, but which are under threat of demolition or permanent closure. Every building on the list is believed to have a viable future, either as an events space or for community projects. Built in 1876, the Co-op Music Hall had space for 800 people and was a theatrical and social mecca. It was used as an army training centre during the Second World War but closed its doors in 1944. It retains many original features including paintwork.
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Theatre Royal, Peter Street (Image: Manchester Evening News)
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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.