August
2003
Restoration - Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds |
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Royal - updating and restoration work |
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Opened by its proprietor and architect William Wilkins on the 11th
October 1819, the Theatre Royal was one of the most elegant, sophisticated
and up-to-date playhouses of its age.
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Owned
now by Greene King (who for many years used it at a barrel-store)
the theatre is one of the gems of the National Trust and manages to
be a working theatre as well as being open for historical tours.
The theatre desperately needs updating and restoring and so a major
fundraising campaign is about to be launched.
The theatre needs 拢6.4 million to install improved facilities for
staff and audiences, and are applying for 拢2m Lottery money to help
pay for the work.
The plans include new seating, converting the next door house into
a box office, foyer, restaurant, bars and offices and installing a
lift.
They also plan to return the auditorium to the way it would have looked
in Georgian times.
成人论坛 Radio Suffolk's Rachel Sloane took her programme to the Theatre
Royal to see why the Grade One listed building needs so much work.
 Listen
to guided tour of Theatre Royal (12'18")
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