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Oct 2020
Harrogate Theatre awarded £250,000 survival boost
Harrogate Theatre has today been awarded £249,820 from a government rescue fund for the arts.
Other local venues have also been successful, with £238,590 awarded to Deer Shed Festival near Topcliffe, £117,500 to Ripon Museum Trust and £54,339 to Ripon Amateur Operatic Society.
Harrogate Theatre, which will remain closed until next year, said the award would cover its losses from November 2020 to April 2021
This money is in addition to an Arts Council England grant of £395,000 in July and £100,000 raised from an emergency appeal.
It means the theatre has now received nearly £750,000 to help it survive the coronavirus-enforced closure.
David Bown, chief executive of the theatre, said:
Mr Bown hopes that the money will help the theatre to "return stronger than ever" in 2021.
Read more:
- Harrogate theatre will remain closed until 2021
- Harrogate Theatre gets £395,000 to survive until September
The government handed out £257 million to nearly 1,400 cultural and creative organisations in today's first round of awards from the £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund, which is run by Arts Council England.
Deborah Larwood, the theatre chair, said:
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