London Theatres Small Grants Scheme Recipients
The London Theatres Small Grants Scheme was a capital fund that ran from 2015 to 2020. Grants up to £5,000 were awarded to 40 theatre building improvement projects across the capital.
The scheme was set up following the London Assembly investigation led by Tom Copley AM into the challenges facing the capital’s small theatres and its July 2013 report Centre Stage: Supporting small theatres in the capital.
In response to the coronavirus crisis, we repurposed this scheme to support theatres to cover the additional costs of reopening after several months’ closure, including making adaptations for increased hygiene and social distancing measures. Please see Theatre Reopening Fund for further details.
With thanks
The Mackintosh Foundation and Fawn James at Soho Estates supported our London Theatres Small Grants Scheme.
Recipients
Round 7 (May 2020)
Camden People's Theatre - £5,000 - access improvements to the foyer
Old Sorting Office Arts Centre - £5,000 - access improvements to the entrance
Pleasance Islington - £5,000 - roof insulation
Toynbee Studios - £5,000 - eco-friendly heating system upgrade
Yard Theatre - £5,000 - access improvements to theatre bar
Round 6 (July 2019)
2Northdown - £3,000 - permanent stage
Bernie Grant Arts Centre - £5,000 - new entry control and security system
Greenwich Theatre - £5,000 - rostra seating and creation of dressing room
Geoffrey Whitworth Theatre - £5,000 - roof repair and toilet refurbishment
King's Head Theatre - £5,000 - lift element in new building
Matchstick Playhouse - £5,000 - sound-proofing and rigging improvements
Pentameters - £5,000 - remedial electrical works
Pleasance London - £5,000 - heating and cooling system upgrade
Studio3Arts - £5,000 - heating and cooling system upgrade
The Coronet Theatre - £5,000 - new hearing induction loop
The Playground - £3,828 - new signage, working lights and theatre curtains
Round 5 (February 2019)
Omnibus Clapham - £5,000 - reconfiguration / second performance space
Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch - £5,000 - package of accessibility works
Soho Theatre - £5,000 - new automatic sliding entrance door
The Big House - £5,000 - acoustics / sound-proofing
Tower Theatre - £5,000 - foyer stairlift
Round 4 (April 2018)
Half Moon Young People's Theatre - £5,000 - new get-in lift
The Albany, Deptford - £5,000 - new draft lobby
The Playground - £5,000 - fire escape improvements
Theatre503 - £5,000 - stage and dressing room improvements
Round 3 (November 2017)
Applecart Arts - £5,000 - urgent boiler repairs
Bernie Grant Arts Centre - £5,000 - entrance brickwork repairs
Chats Palace - £5,000 - new front door
Park Theatre - £5,000 - new security alarm system
The Space - £5,000 - house lighting upgrade
Round 2 (December 2016)
Kiln (former Tricycle Theatre) - £5,000 - backstage accessibility improvements
Omnibus Clapham - £5,000 - air conditioning installation
Soho Theatre - £5,000 - fire safety improvements
Theatre Peckham - £5,000 - internal accessibility improvements
Young Actors Theatre - £5,000 - roof and backstage refurbishment
Round 1 (February 2016)
Battersea Arts Centre - £5,000 - access improvements to bar and first-floor performance space
Bush Theatre - £5,000 - roof and external brickwork repairs
New Diorama Theatre - £5,000 - reconfiguration / new outreach space
SPID Theatre - £5,000 - urgent repairs and accessibility improvements
The Cockpit - £5,000 - roof repairs