Since it was set up in 1976 the mission of the Theatres Trust has been to protect and promote Britain's theatre buildings, ensuring their survival and functionality.
So, whenever a regional or West End theatre requires planning permission to make improvements or alterations, the local authority will approach the Trust for its opinion. Last year they proffered an opinion on 142 planning submissions.
‘What we're increasingly doing,’ says Jon Morgan, director of the Trust since 2017 ‘is encouraging theatres to talk to us much earlier in the process, before any plans are submitted to the local authority. We did that with Fairfield Halls, the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, the King's Theatre Edinburgh and the King's Head Islington.’
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