Become a Member
Enjoy more every time you visit with our Matcham Membership!
Our Matcham Members unlock fantastic benefits that make every trip to Buxton Opera House or the Pavilion Arts Centre even more rewarding. You’ll get great value, from savings to special access — all designed to make your experience even better.
You’ll also feel good knowing you’re supporting your local theatre. Your help means we can keep creating experiences you’ll want to come back to again and again.
What your Membership helps to support
Becoming a member is both a way of saving you money and supporting the work we do as a charity at Buxton Opera House. Here are just a couple of examples of what your membership can help to enable, through our Buxton Opera House Creates programme:
Our Technical Youth Theatre
Buxton Opera House’s Technical Youth Theatre provides vocational training for local young people aged 13 to 18 in backstage theatre skills. The programme helps address skills shortages in the theatre industry while supporting young people in the High Peak through hands-on experience working with professionals on live shows, learning to use technical equipment, software, and backstage systems.
“I’ve just seen him become more and more confident and more and more self-assured in where his place is in the world.”
Parent of a Technical Youth Theatre Participant
“I am currently studying Technical Theatre, a decision I wouldn't have made if it wasn't for Technical Youth Theatre. I am also continually gaining experience working on shows at the Opera House, including the pantomime. [This is] hugely valuable experience that can both be added to my college portfolio and go on my CV as relevant experience for future courses/jobs."
A past participant, Sam 2025.
Connecting for Creativity – Our Intergenerational Project
Connecting for Creativity was an intergenerational project that brought together older adults in Buxton with around 80 young people aged 8 to 15 from local schools, helping different generations connect, share experiences, and learn more about each other and their community.
A film about the project can be watched here. We hope to be able to bring the project back in 2027.
“The show at Haddon [Hall Care Home] was fabulous! There were so many children involved and the room was lovely and crowded with lots of atmosphere. The camaraderie between the residents and the children was abundantly evident. To hold the show at Haddon meant that more residents, and residents that are unable to travel were able to attend which was special and meaningful to them.”
Care Home Staff Member, 2026
