Month: October 2021

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Hulme Hippodrome celebrates 120th anniversary! plus Update

On October 7th, Manchester’s critically at-risk Hulme Hippodrome celebrated its 120th anniversary with images of its illustrious history are projected onto the building itself, shown to an invited audience of local people. It certainly looks like like everyone had a good time, as well as raising the profile of the beleaguered Hippodrome.

All this and cake too! Who could resist! Happy Birthday to the Hippo and best wishes to all those fighting to save it from greedy developers.

Here’s a couple of photos from the celebration, courtesy of the campaign organisers’ Twitter feed

UPDATE: on 12th October the Campaign Tweeted this – Save Hulme Hippodrome has received legal advice that building is owned by HHM20 Ltd. “We’ve reached out to the owner on numerous occasions & had no response, we’re sending call out to the owner to speak to us & work on a solution now that it can’t be sold for redevelopment.”

“We’re doubling our energy. We are even more determined to succeed. Our intention now is to put as much pressure as we can on the owner and the regulators to get the building back for Hulme and Manchester. It will not survive another winter.”

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The National Theatre’s Friday Rush is back!

The Friday Rush has always been a great way to see the National Theatre’s quality drama at affordable prices.

Now the pandemic has allowed the return of live theatre, the news that the Friday Rush is back is a most welcome development.

Offering tickets for most shows (including those showing as Sold Out), you can grab a chance to see a live performance from as little as £10, which is quite a bargain these days!

You can find details of the National Theatre’s Friday Rush Scheme here

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Take a short online tour of Leith Theatre!

Here’s a great chance to tour one of Scotland’s at-risk theatres from your own home. Join a LIVE Facebook tour of Leith Theatre.

The Theatre describes the event as follows:

“2020 saw 100 years since Leith became part of the City of Edinburgh; prior to that it was a separate burgh. Since we were not able to open in person during 2020 we are celebrating them this year.

Our talks programme explores the rich heritage of Leith and its unique identity. We were not able to run the talk so instead we are bringing you this short virtual tour of this gem of a theatre.

Leith Theatre was built as a gift to the people of Leith following the amalgamation with Edinburgh in 1920. As well as sharing the theatre’s history and story of how a local action group took on the challenge of saving the building form private development, our speakers will share the journey of getting the venue back on its feet and the doors open, and look to how it’s surviving Covid closure and to the future.

Lynn Morrison leads the tour- she has been in post as Exec Director of Leith Theatre since November 2018. Anna Higham is Funding and Finance Manager at Leith Theatre and has been a key part of the senior management team at the Theatre since August 2017.

Join Lynn on this short tour on Facebook by clicking here

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Archives in danger: call for applications as new funding now available

Archive photo via British Library website with thanks

Do you know of any collections that are currently at risk and need preserving?

The British Library’s Endangered Archives Programme is now accepting preliminary applications for the next annual funding round – the deadline for submission of preliminary applications is Monday 15th November 2021 at 12 noon GMT. Full details of the application procedures and documentation are available on the EAP website.

The Programme has funded over 430 projects in 90 countries and has helped preserve manuscripts, rare printed books, newspapers and periodicals, audio and audio-visual materials, photographs and temple murals. The programme aims to digitise archives at risk of loss or decay and, where possible, to relocate the material to a safe local archival home. The digital copies are deposited with the local archival partners, and are all available for researchers to access freely through the British Library website.

This year, they are accepting applications through their online portal between 1st and 15th November. However, in the meantime, they are providing Word and PDF documents for applicants to perfect their preliminary applications before the online submission.

If you know of an archive in a region of the world were resources are limited, we really hope you will encourage them to apply. If you have any questions regarding the conditions of award or the application process, consult their website or contact them at endangeredarchives@bl.uk

Anyone with a theatre archive needing care and funding to survive, please ensure you apply!