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Dateline:
4th December, 2006
Help Save the Theatre Museum
As regular visitors to the BTG will know, the Theatre Museum in Covent
Garden is due to close on 7th January. Now a pressure group called the
Guardians of the Theatre Museum, convened by the Save London’s
Theatres Campaign and the Society for Theatre Research, has been set
up with its first aim being to collect enough signatures and support
to force the Victoria and Albert Museum to halt the closure and engage
in a proper debate with the theatre community.
The Guardians is supported by:
The Actors’ Centre
The Association of British Theatre Technicians
The Association of Lighting Designers
The Association of Personal Managers
BECTU
The British Music Hall Society
The British Puppet and Model Theatre Guild
The Critics’ Circle
Equity
The International Association of Theatre Critics
The International Federation for Theatre Research
The International Society of Libraries and Museums of the Performing
Arts
The Irving Society
The Mander and Mitchenson Theatre Collection
The Musicians’ Union
The National Campaign for the Arts
The Noel Coward Foundation
The Noel Coward Society
The Puppet Centre Trust
St Paul’s Covent Garden (The Actors’ Church)
The Society of British Theatre Designers
Society of London Theatre and the Theatrical Management Association
The Stage Management Association
The Standing Conference of University Drama Departments
The Theatres Trust
Its council members are:
Sir Alan Ayckbourn CBE
Ian Albery
Yvonne Brewster OBE
Nica Burns
Simon Callow CBE
Michael Cashman MEP
Raquel Cassidy
Dame Judi Dench CH
Viscount Falkland
The Earl of Glasgow DL
Gawn Grainger
Sir Peter Hall CBE
Sir David Hare
Thelma Holt CBE
Sir Derek Jacobi CBE
Sir Eddie Kulukundis
Kwame Kwei-Armah
Joanna Lumley OBE
Sir Cameron Mackintosh
Lynn Redgrave OBE
Vanessa Redgrave CBE
Lord Rix Kt CBE DL
Paul Scofield CH CBE
Sir Donald Sinden CBE
Jatinder Verma
Zoë Wanamaker CBE
Timothy West CBE
To support the campaign, go to the website www.theatremuseumguardians.org.uk,
sign the petition and add your name to the list of Guardians. As the
site says, "We are not asking you for money or effort, just your
voice."
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