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Dateline:
19th December, 2008
ACE Announces Free Theatre Ticket Awards
Arts Council England has announced the names of 99 successful applicants,
representing more than 200 venues across England, which have been invited
to take part in a pilot scheme to give away 618,000 free theatre tickets
to under 26 year olds in the next two years.
116 applications were received, including some from groups of venues
acting as consortia. The applications were scored against the published
criteria for the scheme and scrutinised by an overview panel to ensure
a good spread of participating venues across the country.
99 awards have been offered across three categories – Premium
(a £50,000 grant), Standard (£30,000) and Flexible (£10,000).
Twelve London theatres, including Battersea Arts Centre, Donmar Warehouse,
the Royal Court and the Tricycle – collaborated with Audiences
London on an application for ten awards totaling £300,000 and
a Premium award was made to a consortium of over 65 professional arts
venues and village halls in Cornwall.
Arts Council England Chief Executive Alan Davey said, "Venues
around the country have responded to this initiative with energy and
imagination. Through their creative commitment, many more young people
will experience what theatre can do – inspire, challenge, and help
make sense of the world; an engagement and an inspiration that can last
all their lives.
"We’re looking forward to working with the successful venues
to get everything ready for an exciting week of launch activities in
February."
The free theatre scheme – which will be named in the New Year
– is supported by £2.5 million additional funding to the
Arts Council’s core grant from the Department for Culture, Media
and Sport. Since its announcement in September, Arts Council England
has worked with the sector to finalise parameters for the scheme and
to assess applications.
Attendance at arts events traditionally drops in the 18-26 age range
and so this initiative is specifically targeted at young adults and
their families. It is designed to reach new audiences and develop a
new generation of arts attendees.
The scheme will run alongside the successful reduced price schemes
for young people which many theatres already operate. Results of the
pilot will be carefully monitored and, if successful, it is hoped that
the initiative could be extended to other art forms.
The free theatre scheme will go live across the country on 16 February
2009, with a week of special activities at all participating venues.
A dedicated web site will be launched in the New Year.
The Awards
Multi-award – 10 Awards combined totalling £300,000
London
London Off West End Consortium (Almeida, Battersea Arts Centre,
Bush Theatre, Donmar Warehouse, Greenwich Theatre, Hampstead Theatre,
Lyric Theatre, Royal Court, Soho Theatre, Tricycle Theatre, Theatre
Royal Stratford East, Young Vic)
Premium Award - £50,000 each
Multi-Region
HQ Theatres Ltd (Wycombe Swan, High Wycombe; Beck Theatre, Hayes;
Southend Theatres; The Wyvern Theatre, Swindon; White Rock Theatre;
Hastings)
London
National Theatre
Barbican Centre
Rose Theatre, Kingston
South East
The Marlow Theatre, Canterbury
Chichester Festival Theatre
South West
Venue Cornwall Consortium (Hall for Cornwall, Truro; Carn to Cove
[representing 62 village halls]; The Acorn Arts Centre, Penzance;
Sterts Theatre, Upton Cross; The Keay Theatre, St Austell; Helford
Theatre, Truro.)
Theatre Royal, Plymouth
West Midlands
Malvern Theatres
Birmingham Rep
Royal Shakespeare Company
Birmingham Hippodrome
Yorkshire
West Yorkshire Playhouse
York Theatre Royal
Standard Award - £30,000 each
East Midlands
Royal and Derngate, Northampton
Nottingham Playhouse
Derby LIVE (Assembly Rooms & Guildhall Theatre)
London
Hackney Empire Studio Theatre
Trafalgar Studios
Pleasance Theatre Trust Ltd -The Pleasance Theatre Islington
The Churchill, Bromley
Arcola Theatre Production Company -Arcola Theatre Production Company
Polka Children's Theatre Limited - Polka Theatre
North East
Newcastle Theatres (Live Theatre, Northern Stage, The Theatre Royal)
Live Nation Venues: Sunderland Empire
North West
Contact
Royal Exchange Theatre
Dukes Playhouse
Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Oldham Coliseum Theatre
Blackpool Grand Theatre
West Cumbria Arts Partnership (Theatre by the Lake, Keswick; Rosehill
Theatre, Whitehaven; Kirkgate Centre, Cockermouth; The Wave, Maryport,
Arts Out West [West Cumbria rural touring scheme])
South East
Nuffield Theatre, Southampton
The Hawth, Crawley
Oxford Playhouse
Milton Keynes Theatre
South West
Northcott Theatre, Exeter
Lighthouse, Poole's Centre for the Arts
West Midlands
New Vic Theatre, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Belgrade Theatre, Coventry
Warwick Arts Centre
Regent Theatre, Stoke -On- Trent
Yorkshire
Hull Truck Theatre
Sheffield Theatres (Crucible Theatre, Lyceum Theatre, Studio Theatre)
Flexible Award - £10,000 each
Multi-Region
Highlights Rural Touring Scheme
East
Mercury Theatre, Colchester
The hat Factory, Luton
Palace Theatre, Watford
Junction CDC
East Midlands
South Holland District Council South Holland Centre
London
Tara
Blue Elephant Theatre
The Albany
artsdepot
Harrow Arts Centre
Millfield Arts Centre
Orange Tree Theatre
Roundhouse
Gate Theatre
Half Moon
North East
Darlington Civic Theatre/Darlington Arts Centre
The Customs House
North West
Met Arts Centre, Bury
Library Theatre, Manchester
Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse
Marine Hall & Thornton Little Theatre, Wyre
Forum twenty eight, Barrow
South East
Farnham Maltings
Assembly Hall Theatre, Tunbridge Wells
Theatre Royal, Winchester
West Wing Arts Centre, Slough
PANeK Consortia (PANeK; Gulbenkian Theatre, Canterbury; Theatre
Royal Margate; Trinity Theatre, Tunbridge Wells.
South Hill Park Arts Centre)
Hampshire Small Scale Venues (Ashcroft Arts Centre, Farnham; Forest
Arts Centre, New Milton; Havant Arts Centre; West End Centre, Aldershot;
Winchester Discovery Centre.)
South West
Merlin Theatre
Culture Swindon: Swindon Arts Centre, Artsmad
Arc Theatre, Trowbridge
West Midlands
Oakengates Theatre @ The Palace, Telford
Playbox Theatre
Breaking Boundaries ( Ludlow Assembly Rooms, Arts Alive Touring
Scheme)
The Drum, Birmingham
Courtyard Centre for the Arts
Yorkshire
Lawrence Batley Theatre, Kirklees
Plowright Theatre
National Rural Touring Forum
Carriage Works, Leeds
Square Chapel Centre for the Arts
Lamproom Theatre, Barnsley
The Civic, Barnsley
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