Theatres Trust has awarded grants totalling £60,000 (€68,000/$75,000) to seven historic theatres at risk in the UK. The national advisory body for theatres awarded the grants through its new Resilient Theatres: Resilient Communities programme, with the seven theatres also on the Theatres at Risk Register. Theatres include the Burley Empire, Derby Hippodrome, Doncaster Grand, Margate …
High ticket prices make theatre “elitist” says veteran actor
Veteran actor Sir Derek Jacobi has said that the cost of ticket prices for theatre is making it an “elitist” pursuit. Jacobi added that theatre should be open to everyone. He was honoured with a lifetime achievement prize at the Olivier Awards on Sunday at the Royal Albert Hall in London. The actor told the …
Trafalgar Entertainment acquires Glasgow’s Pavilion Theatre
Trafalgar Entertainment has acquired The Pavilion Theatre in Glasgow. It is the live entertainment company’s first Scottish venue, and the 1,449-capacity theatre is one of the oldest in the country. The Pavilion Theatre will become part of Trafalgar Entertainment’s Trafalgar Theatres vision, which is made up of Trafalgar Theatre in London’s West End, the Theatre …
Kings Theatre switches to ATG Tickets
Brooklyn’s Kings Theatre has switched up its ticketing partner in favour of ATG Tickets, moving away from Ticketmaster. Tickets will now be sold via ATG Tickets and are available for purchase through the theatre’s box office and website. However, if patrons have bought tickets for an event at Kings through Ticketmaster, these tickets will still …
True Tickets becomes digital ticket delivery partner of Omaha Performing Arts
Digital ticketing platform True Tickets has linked up with Omaha Performing Arts as its official digital ticket delivery partner. True Tickets seamlessly integrates into the Tessitura Network’s CRM system and offers contactless digital ticketing, as well as control over how each ticket is transacted and managed. Omaha Performing Arts has welcomed over five million visitors …
Stockton Globe boasts strong ticket sales since 2021 reopening
The Stockton Globe theatre has reported ticket sales worth £6m (€7m/$7m) since reopening in 2021. The Grade II-listed Art Deco venue in Stockton-on-Tees in the UK, operated by Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG), reopened following a £28m refurbishment. It had been closed as an entertainment venue for over 40 years, briefly returning in the 1990s as …
Oldham Coliseum set to close doors for good
Oldham Coliseum Theatre is set to close on March 31 after losing funding from Arts Council England’s National Portfolio. The 135-year-old venue will be cut from ACE’s National Portfolio from April 1 and since the news in November last year, the Board of Trustees and Senior Leadership Team had been trying desperately to find a …
UK theatres welcome Budget tax relief extension
UK theatres and other arts and cultural organisations have welcomed the extension of tax relief announced in today’s Budget. Chancellor Jeremy Hunt extended the higher rates of Theatre Tax Relief (TTR), Orchestra Tax Relief (OTR) and Museums and Galleries Exhibitions Tax Relief (MGETR) for two years. The temporary higher headline rates of relief will be …
Cultural organisations go live with new Indigo Share: Subscription package
Indigo, a consultancy focused on the cultural sector, has announced that the first cultural organisations have gone live with the new Indigo Share: Subscription package. Indigo Share is a collective approach to audience insight and launched in January this year. The package continues efforts led by Indigo since March 2020, including the ‘After the Interval’ …
Broadway’s January 2023 closings in line with previous years
Broadway closings in January are part of the normal cycle, despite 12 productions closing their runs by the end of the month this year, according to a report from Broadway News. During the first week of January, five shows that had been open at the end of 2022 played their last performance. This then increased …