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| Yorkshire's unique Georgian theatre founds new £850,000 learning centre | |
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| The Heritage Lottery Fund has given the Georgian Theatre Royal in Richmond a grant of of £121,600 to go towards the £850,000 development costs for a new learning centre at the North Yorkshire theatre. | The Heritage Lottery Fund has given the Georgian Theatre Royal in Richmond a grant of of £121,600 to go towards the £850,000 development costs for a new learning centre at the North Yorkshire theatre. |
| Georgian Theatre Royal Trust chairman Malcolm Bryant welcomed the grant, saying the project | Georgian Theatre Royal Trust chairman Malcolm Bryant welcomed the grant, saying the project |
| ... has the potential to transform the Georgian Theatre Royal as a major heritage and educational resource. | ... has the potential to transform the Georgian Theatre Royal as a major heritage and educational resource. |
The learning centre will be established in memory of the theatre's former Associate Director, Paul Iles, who died last year and left the theatre over £200,000 in his will. | The learning centre will be established in memory of the theatre's former Associate Director, Paul Iles, who died last year and left the theatre over £200,000 in his will. |
| The 18th century theatre's auditorium is the oldest theatre in its original form in the UK, and is a Grade I listed building. It owns Britain's oldest set of theatrical scenery, known as The Woodland Scene, painted shortly after the end of the Napoleonic wars. An unusual feature is the survival of the kicking boards, which members of the audience could use to show foot-stamping disapproval. The theatre also boasts its original boards, which have been performed on by many great actors, including Edmund Kean and Mrs Siddons. The theatre was founded in 1788 by actor manager Samuel Butler. He managed a circuit of eight theatres across Yorkshire and into Lancashire and Westmorland – Richmond is the only survivor. It ceased to be a theatre in 1848 and started a chequered century, with "this elegant little place of amusement" then serving variously as an auction room, a granary, a billiards saloon, a wine cellar, a waste paper depot and a furniture store. | The 18th century theatre's auditorium is the oldest theatre in its original form in the UK, and is a Grade I listed building. It owns Britain's oldest set of theatrical scenery, known as The Woodland Scene, painted shortly after the end of the Napoleonic wars. An unusual feature is the survival of the kicking boards, which members of the audience could use to show foot-stamping disapproval. The theatre also boasts its original boards, which have been performed on by many great actors, including Edmund Kean and Mrs Siddons. The theatre was founded in 1788 by actor manager Samuel Butler. He managed a circuit of eight theatres across Yorkshire and into Lancashire and Westmorland – Richmond is the only survivor. It ceased to be a theatre in 1848 and started a chequered century, with "this elegant little place of amusement" then serving variously as an auction room, a granary, a billiards saloon, a wine cellar, a waste paper depot and a furniture store. |
| Restored in 1963 and again in 2003, the latest addition will include the creation of a flexible space behind the stage that can be used for exhibitions and receptions as well as a new Samuel Butler Room. It will also provide a permanent home for Paul Iles' 6000 volume theatrical library and his extensive collection of theatrical memorabilia, which includes material on Samuel Butler and the early days of the Theatre Royal. Iles was the founder general manager of the Edinburgh Festival Theatre, a senior lecturer at Liverpool's Institute of Performing Arts, and worked in theatres in Blackpool, Oxford and Manchester, as well as spending 12 years working in Australia. He was also chairman of Northern Broadsides and had been a member of the Scottish Arts Council. As well as being a working community theatre and a professional touring house, it is a living theatre museum as well. Dame Judi Dench is the theatre's president. | Restored in 1963 and again in 2003, the latest addition will include the creation of a flexible space behind the stage that can be used for exhibitions and receptions as well as a new Samuel Butler Room. It will also provide a permanent home for Paul Iles' 6000 volume theatrical library and his extensive collection of theatrical memorabilia, which includes material on Samuel Butler and the early days of the Theatre Royal. Iles was the founder general manager of the Edinburgh Festival Theatre, a senior lecturer at Liverpool's Institute of Performing Arts, and worked in theatres in Blackpool, Oxford and Manchester, as well as spending 12 years working in Australia. He was also chairman of Northern Broadsides and had been a member of the Scottish Arts Council. As well as being a working community theatre and a professional touring house, it is a living theatre museum as well. Dame Judi Dench is the theatre's president. |