Theatre Royal Plymouth announces reopening plans following lifeline grant

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It has been announced that the West Country’s biggest theatre and producing house, Theatre Royal Plymouth, has received a lifeline grant from the Government’s Culture Recovery Fund.

Theatre Royal Plymouth is the South West’s principal centre for performing arts and has an extensive education and community engagement programme that reaches thousands annually.

The theatre has been struggling financially since the forced closure in March, especially after being forced to cancel their annual pantomime. It has now been awarded 1.89million as part of the Culture Recovery Fund to help them to face the challenges of the pandemic and to ensure that they can have a sustainable future. Theatre Royal Plymouth is one of the 35 major cultural organisations receiving grants of between £1-£3 million.

CEO at Theatre Royal Plymouth, Adrian Vinkin, said “We’re relieved to announce that our application to the government’s Culture Recovery Fund was successful and we have been awarded a £1,896,000 lifeline. This funding will enable us to continue to deliver our life-changing projects and support our local communities and theatre-makers. It should also help us to welcome audiences back to the theatre to see live shows in a safe and socially distanced way in the near future. This news is a great relief to us, for Plymouth and the cultural landscape of the far south-west”

The Theatre Royal Plymouth has also announced a number of local artists pop-up performances, which will be performed to socially distanced audiences in the theatres smaller performance space, The Drum, throughout November.

The season begins with The House Never Wins on 5 November, followed by A Pint Sized Conversation (sold out). The End of the Pier Show will play two performances on 14 November with This Crossing between 18-21 November and The Igloo Experience (sold out) between 2-5 December.

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