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Dateline: 14th July, 2011
58 Theatres at Risk The newly published Theatre Buildings At Risk register (TBAR) from the Theatres Trust identifies the number of theatres at risk in the UK has risen to 58, an increase of three since last year. Covering the whole of the UK, the Register highlights theatres that face threats from demolition, neglect, local development, funding cuts and closure. Many of those in private ownership remain closed or in a poor condition whilst groups who want to rescue and reopen them try to gain public support and raise funding. In London, the Trust hoped to remove Wilton's Music Hall from the register, but due to its unsuccessful attempts to secure funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund it has remained on the list of top theatres at risk. Its high profile and celebrity backed campaign to raise £4 million is generating significant awareness for the theatre. The top theatres at risk in the 2011 TBAR in England include the Brighton Hippodrome (Grade II*), Morecambe Winter Gardens (Grade II*), Plymouth Palace (Grade II*), Burnley Empire (Grade II), Hulme Hippodrome (Grade II), Wilton’s Music Hall (Grade II*), Tameside Hippodrome (Grade II), Derby Hippodrome (Grade II), Doncaster Grand (Grade II), Hulme Playhouse (Grade II), Hyde Theatre Royal (Grade II), Dudley Hippodrome, Garston Empire in Liverpool and the Cochrane Theatre in London. In Scotland the most important theatres at risk include Aberdeen Tivoli (Category A), Ramshorn Theatre in Glasgow (Category A), Glasgow Britannia Panopticon (Category A) and Stockbridge Theatre (former Theatre Workshop) (Category B). In Wales the fates of the Swansea Palace (Grade II), Conwy Civic Hall, Theatr Harlech and Parc Hall in Treorchy remain unclear. Twenty theatres have been added to the 2011 list whilst eighteen theatres have been removed, many receiving support from The Theatres Trust to help secure their future. New additions to the Reegister include the Bournemouth Pier Theatre, RAF Brampton Theatre, Isle of Wight Ryde Theatre (Grade II), London's Paul Robeson Theatre, Plymouth Athenaeum, Liverpool Forum (Grade II), Regent Theatre in Loughborough, Penrith Alhambra, Sandonia in Stafford, Tunbridge Wells Assembly Hall (Grade II), St. Peter’s Theatre in Southsea, Ayr Gaiety (Category B), Stockbridge Theatre in Edinburgh (Category B), Conwy Civic Hall, Theatr Harlech, Parc Hall in Treorchy, De Valence Pavilion in Tenby, Albert Hall Theatre in Llandrindod Wells (Grade II), St Donats Arts Centre near Llantwit Major, and the Corwen Pavilion. Those that have come off the list include Gardner Arts Centre/Attenborough Centre for the Contemporary Arts, Brighton (Grade II*), Crewe Lyceum (Grade II), Shanklin Theatre (Grade II), Neptune Theatre, Liverpool (Grade II), Hackney Empire (Grade II*), Arts Theatre, London, Westminster Theatre, Marina Theatre, Lowestoft, Acorn Arts Centre, Penzance, Victoria Theatre, Salford (Grade II), Stockton Globe (Grade II), Taunton Gaumont (Grade II), Theatr Elli, Llanelli (Grade II), and the Patti Theatre, Craig-y-Nos (Grade I). Theatres which have been demolished during the past year include the Borough Theatre Wallsend, Garrison Theatre (Alsager), Ayr Civic Theatre and the Glasgow Coliseum. Mhora Samuel, Director of The Theatres Trust said, “In a year when many local authorities, public bodies and private owners reviewed the funding and ownership of their theatres, local campaigns were mounted to save theatres under threat. All have faced huge challenges in establishing governance structures and raising the money to keep their local theatres from being sold or closed. We hope that legislation such as the Government’s new Localism Bill will create the conditions and empower more individuals and groups to take on the guardianship of theatres at risk.”
Please note that all three Archive indices are very long and will therefore take some time to download.
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