Our new "Friends of the Empire" membership scheme gives you 12 months of access to show discounts, advance news and special offers. It's a simple way to support the theatre. Usual annual rate is £50.

By pledging just £5, your name will be entered into a prize draw to win 4 tickets to a show of your choice (subject to availibility). Includes pre-show and interval drinks for 4 and interval ice-cream for 4. One winner drawn at random from all pledges on 1st Feb 2021. For free route of entry, please see T&Cs in our main profile.

This unique print of The Empire is from a painting commissioned by the theatre by by local artist Mark Best in 2002. It depicts the cinema as it would have been around the 1940s with a passing tram. The print is unmounted and approximately 23 inches by 20 inches in size. Includes postage.

A backstage tour of The Empire with our Chairman Michael Berry. Discover the history of the theatre and how the dream became a reality. For groups of up to 20 when it is safe to do so and subject to availability.

As a Corporate Sponsor you will receive advertising on our main foyer screen for one year and 4 free tickets to a show of your choice. (Subject to availability)

Sponsor a Show and have your company name associated with all our digital and print advertising for the show. Subject to availability we can arrange a Meet and Greet with the star of the show. Includes 8 free tickets to the sponsored show (Subject to availability). Applies for one-night only productions.

Bar sponsorship for 12 months for both our bars including your own advert displayed above the bar facing the main entrance. It is the most prominent advertising space inside the theatre.

Become our ticket sponsor for 12 months from when we reopen. Your advert will feature on around 40,000 tickets a year, which people receive to print at home or display on their mobile phones. You can update the advert up to 4 times a year. We offer free in-house design if needed. (Usual cost £1000)

Become the sponsor for one of the longest runs of Panto in the Northwest. Branding on all Pantomime material as main sponsor (digital & print). Advertising space for the run of the pantomime in both the stalls & balcony. 20 free tickets to a pantomime performance of your choice. (subject to availability) This is for the 2021 pantomime run.