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Theatres provide opportunities to
get an experience of paid work, as
well as learning new skills through
volunteering. They are a place where
you can make friends for life or find
a deeply rewarding career that offers
you opportunities nationally and
internationally.
For adults, theatres offer an
increasingly rare chance to engage
and share experiences with your
local community. They provide a
focal point for a community to
associate with and be proud of,
without the fear of relegation at
the end of the season.
Public funding helps ensure theatres
are a place for everyone. As well
as keeping ticket prices down and
supporting outreach activities in
the community, local and national
support allows services like signed
and audio described performances.
Theatres are also increasingly
supporting new access initiatives to
welcome new communities to their
venues.
Theatres have played a major role in
the UK-wide Family Arts Campaign
which is working to grow and
broaden family audiences for the
performing and visual arts while
working with the sector to improve
the quality of welcome that families
receive. Over the past two years 177
theatres have put on1,262 events as
part of the Family Arts Festival.
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I have spoken to other theatre goers who have been on
their own in the theatre who love the atmosphere and the chance
to meet new people. On a couple of occasions the people have
continued on to say that they suffer from poor mental health and
the theatre is welcoming and does not judge. I am grateful of this as
I am a mental health practitioner who knows all too well about the
stigma that my service users have to face in day to day society.
Claire, local theatre: Liverpool Empire