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Candle Light Protest at East Midlands Arts
Following Derby Playhouse’s appeal to Arts Council England, East Midlands, to reinstate its grant, there will be a candlelit vigil held at the ACE, EM offices in Nottingham from 4.45pm on Wednesday 23 January. This peaceful protest will take place on the eve of ACE EM’s meeting to decide whether or not to reinstate the [...]
Playhouse Lodges ACE Appeal
The Playhouse has lodged an appeal with Arts Council England requesting that it’s £700,000 a year funding be reinstated. In a surprise move the theatre has put the appeal into the public domain.
“The Board of Derby Playhouse believes there should be transparency in the way it conducts its affairs. When a matter is strictly confidential [...]
Karen Hedben Steps Down
In an exclusive interview with the Derbyshire Evening Telegraph Karen Hebden, Derby Playhouses’s chief executive has revealed that she will step down from her post once the theatre is brought out of administration. The move is reported an effort to build bridges with former stakeholders in the theatre. Speaking to the Telegraph Ms Hebden spoke [...]
Arts Council Refuses Grant - How You Can Help
The only thing now preventing Derby Playhouse from coming out of Administration at the end of January is the withholding of the grant from Arts Council England, East Midlands. Derby Playhouse is requesting that this grant (ring-fenced for produced theatre in Derby), be given back to the Playhouse.
The Playhouse are appealing on the basis that [...]
Spring Summer 2008
The official Derby Playhouse website has released details of its Spring - Summer season. We encourage everyone to buy tickets for the season and the current (extended) run of Treasure Island.
BBC Breakfast at the Derby Playhouse
The BBC’s flagship morning news show “BBC Breakfast” is covering news of the closure and the fight to save the Derby Playhouse. The segment shown can be seen throughout the show until 9am and features interviews with Glyn Kerslake, Karen Hebden and audience members.
Stephen Edwards: Response
Stephen Edwards (Former Creative Producer of the Derby Playhouse) has responded to Councillor Chris Williamson’s statement of December 17th. You can read Stephen Edward’s in depth response at the Derby Playhouse website
Derbyshire Donates Tickets
The Derbyshire Building Society has donated 60 Treasure Island Tickets to children who visited the Derbyshire Children’s Holiday Centre.The children attending the show will be invited from those who have visited the Derbyshire Children’s Holiday Centre this year. The centre has been providing disadvantaged local children with holidays to Skegness since 1891. Around 450 children [...]
Securing a Future
The Derby Evening Telegraph’s entertainment editor has been visiting the Derby Playhouse for over 15 years. In an article titled “SECURING A FUTURE FOR PLAYHOUSE ‘IS VITAL‘ published on the Evening Telegraphs thisisderbysire.co.uk website he discusses the importance of the theatre’s role in the cultural life of the city
Glyn Kerslake - Christmas Miracle
Glyn Kerslake who plays Long John Silver in the Derby Playhouse’s production of Treasure Island has spoken to the Derby Evening Telegraph about his joy over the temporary re-opening of the Derby Playhouse he also makes the following plea to the people of Derby “What we need now is for the people of Derby to [...]
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