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Gwaryjy - A Covid-safe Indoor Theatre in the Round
Truro, England, United Kingdom
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Aim
Help us to create the first of it's kind - a Covid-safe pop-up indoor theatre for the community, 64 seats, ready for Christmas 2020.
There will be no panto this year - oh yes there will, oh no there won't - oh yes there will, with your support we may have the solution. The first of its kind, a covid-safe indoor theatre in the round. The money raised on this page will enable us to build a pop up theatre. It is a temporary structure which means that it can be dismantled and re-built in other spaces, so we can take it to village halls, schools, sports halls, bigger theatres, in order to get shows up and running again with more people in the audience. Because they are protected in each pod, you can have up to 64 audience members all enjoying live events again.
By donating to this project you will be contributing to bringing back live theatre to audiences across Cornwall.
Our aim is to create a theatre for the future by providing a safe performance space for theatre, comedy, dance and music that gives a protected environment for both audience and performers.
We will create a stage in the round, surrounded by individual pods for audience members. Each pod will be able to accommodate a maximum of 4 people from the same household or safety bubble in accordance with Covid-19 restrictions and Public Health England Government guidance. Each pod will be fully accessible for wheelchair users.
The money raised on this page will go towards the building of the theatre.
Once the theatre is built we will then pilot a 6-week program of ticketed live events which will stimulate the arts economy and provide jobs for over 30 local artists/companies, enabling audiences and performers to feel more confident about enjoying live entertainment again.
One of the beautiful things about going to see a live event is the community, the shared experience, we hope that this theatre will give that sense of a shared experience but at the same time make you feel completely safe.
Come back to see updates on this page with the line up of who is joining us for the ticketed events.
Creative Cornwall Calling has provided £500 of match funding
Funding method
Keep what you raise – this project will receive all pledges made