The Theatre Royal Plymouth is a charity.
As a centre of artistic excellence the Theatre Royal Plymouth is a cultural hub
serving both Plymouth and the South West region.
We have received national critical acclaim for our artistic and community work
and are recognised as one of the most successful regional producing theatres in
the UK.
As such we collaborate with the very best artists and theatre producers nationally
and internationally, ensuring audiences have access to both world class theatre
and our wide reaching education and outreach work. Approximately 400,000 people
attend the Theatre Royal Plymouth, and our award-winning TR2 facility, each year.
Whilst our artistic excellence and outreach & education work is well recognised,
we need to ensure that the foundations are in place to support the delivery of
this work for generations to come.
We must ensure that the Theatre Royal Plymouth is fit for purpose by offering
a quality of customer experience in the public spaces that matches the theatrical
experience on its stages.
The Theatre Royal building, its environs and the internal public spaces have
not received any significant investment for 30 years and these areas are now showing
their age.
The Regeneration Project will not only reinvigorate the Theatre itself but will
also contribute to the regeneration of the city of Plymouth, reflecting the city's
ambition and creativity, and its pride in its most significant cultural institution.
Plans are currently being developed to improve the public spaces of the Theatre,
its environs and landscape and the creation of a new space for Creative Learning
within the Theatre to provide a city centre location for work with young people
and the many community groups we engage with.
The Arts Council recently announced a Capital Investment programme to support
organisations to develop resilience by ensuring their buildings are fit for purpose
and that they have appropriate equipment to deliver their work, and to become
more sustainable businesses. The Theatre Royal Plymouth has applied for £5million
from this fund. There are two stages to the application process and we have been
successful in passing the first stage. We are now in the second stage of the
application process and will be informed whether this application has been successful
later in the year. If successful, this Arts Council England funding will be conditional
on us raising a proportion of the total project costs ourselves and so we will
be introducing a public fundraising campaign in the autumn.
For full details on the Regeneration Project, please click here.
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