Theatres Trust Awards Funding to Buxton Opera House
18 Sept 2024News Story
Small Grants Programme to Fund Improvements of Backstage Communications and Youth Training Opportunities
Buxton Opera House & Pavilion Arts Centre are proud to announce and acknowledge the successful application and receipt of generous funding from Theatres Trust.
Together with nineteen other venues spanning across the United Kingdom, the High Peak Theatre Trust (operators of Buxton Opera House & Pavilion Arts Centre) is grateful to receive this grant award through the Small Grants Programme with The Linbury Trust.
The generous funding will be used towards the modernisation and futureproofing of the backstage communications system within the Grade II*-listed Buxton Opera House. This project is being undertaken to continue to offer the best experiences to our touring productions and in-house productions, as well as providing industry standard training opportunities to young people across the local areas.
Theatres Trust is the national advice and advocacy body for the UK’s theatres supporting all forms of theatres, whether old or new, commercial, subsidised or community-run.
Buxton Opera House & Pavilion Arts Centre would like to thank the Theatres Trust for their confidence and generosity in our project.
“We are absolutely delighted to be awarded this funding to improve our backstage communications system. The new system will be a vital contribution in enabling us to support young people to learn brand new technical skills, forming the foundation of a potential career in arts production. This funding also means we can continue to offer a great experience to both our touring and in-house productions for years to come. We are very grateful to the Theatres Trust for their support.”
“Theatres Trust is delighted to support this wonderful theatre with a project that will benefit young people training in theatre skills, audiences and performers alike. This is exactly type of project that our Small Grants Programme with The Linbury Trust was designed to fund.”