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TIMELINE 1907 - 2001
1910s 1940s 1960s 1990s
Variety +Concerts Flying HCC
Added Matinees Purchase
Opening +Films Halcyon Years Decline PCC
1907 1920s 1950s 1970s 2001
2001 THE KINGS THEATRE TRUST LTD
Company Limited by Guarantee
Registered Charity
Appointment of an Operator
Chairman
Finance Building Technical PCC reps General Directors
Co Sec
Members
Operator
Staff
2001 BENEFITS MAP
Remain
open
Build a
future
PCC
support
Audience
support
Performers’
support
Fundraising
Plan
Media
Plan
2001 - 2003 PROJECTS
H&S work for theatre licence
Dressing room refurbishment
Redecoration of foyer & main bars
New heating system
Motorised safety curtain
Replacement of some “lighting dimmers”
2003 TRUST BECOMES OPERATOR
Failure of the Operating company left no other
option but for the Trust to run the venue
Chairman
Finance Building Technical PCC reps General Directors
Co Sec
CEO & staff Members
2003 BENEFITS MAP
Remain
open
Build a
future
PCC
support
Audience
support
Performers’
support
Business
Plan
Media
Plan
EXPERTISE – IN-HOUSE
Trust includes standard professions found on
many boards
Finance
Legal
Building
Trust also includes those with theatre
experience
stage technical
performers from local top amateur groups.
EXPERTISE – BOUGHT IN
Surveyor
Architect
Structural engineer
Fundraiser
Heritage trades
Professional building trades
CDM Co-ordinator
Site Manager
COMMITTEES
Over the years various sub groups formed and
dissolved, to meet the changing needs.
Fundraising
Building
Centenary
Finance
Technical
STAKEHOLDERS
Customers
PCC (owner, revenue funding & cap grants)
Taxpayers
Staff (Front of House, Rear of House, Admin)
Volunteers
Donors
BALANCING THE PROJECT PROGRAMME
Business as usual
Projects (and general maintenance)
Stakeholders
H&S, DDA, Grade II* listing
Audience expectations
Risk management
Closure periods
2004 – 2007 PROGRESS
Works undertaken with PCC H&S grant
Successful operations generate profits
PCC Capital Grant
Small projects completed
Flagship “Centenary Project 2007”
STUDENT PROJECTS Marble-effect pillars (Glen Filer,
University of Portsmouth MSc project)
Wood-graining (Gillian Stevenson)
on completion of UofP course
Dress Circle Box restoration (Kelly Hickman,
University of Portsmouth MSc project)
VOLUNTEER PROJECTS
NATS Community Project.
Decorating an entrance
Old Stagers A regular team of
volunteers who strip wallpaper
and paint from the heritage tiles
CENTENARY PROJECT 2007 May 2006 Full inspection by all trades to enable
scope definition and reduce unknowns
CENTENARY PROJECT 2007
Planning A meeting with all
the project contractors held in
the Irving Room (Note the
plaster removed to allow walls
to dry out).
CENTENARY PROJECT 2007
Volunteers start on Sunday
following a performance on
Saturday night. Covering
everything, removing
equipment and making tea.
CENTENARY PROJECT 2007 The Trust Office becomes the Site Office too. The hired-in Site Manager works from
here during the 15-week project.
CENTENARY PROJECT 2007
A working top-level
platform complete
with access shaft
and winch, to lower
the chandeliers, and
raise the materials
and equipment.
CENTENARY PROJECT 2007
Meanwhile – on the stage: The show goes on. A season of
studio productions keeps the
venue open for business.
CENTENARY PROJECT 2007
Courtesy: The News
A glass of champagne to celebrate the
completion of the main project work.
On-time, on-budget, and to a high standard.
TOWER PROJECT 2008 GRP replicas of the long-
removed ‘lions’ arrive in
the back of a truck.
Replica ‘original’
windows made
from Accoya, for
the Irving Room
POLITICAL & ECONOMIC CLIMATE
Politics
All local politicians claim to have ‘saved’ the Kings
Any issue with another venue has an impact
Children’s and Old People’s services rank above art
Economy
Patrons buy tickets nearer the time
Producers are not touring shows in uncertain climate
Grant funding (PCC, local & national Trusts)
Low interest rates reduce Charity Trust grants available
Heritage Lottery Fund
Portsmouth plc (partners in city regeneration)
MULTI-PURPOSE SPACE
A theatre is not just for performing shows . . .
Stage2 Studio Theatre
Dress Circle Promenade Art Gallery
Art Installations
Artist In Residence
No 28 event space for hire
Window Displays
EDUCATION & COMMUNITY
Trident Training Scheme
University Placements
Apprenticeships (Technical, admin etc)
Kings Youth Theatre
Heritage Open Days (Every September)
Kings Open Day (Every January)
Albert Road Traders Association
World-wide partnerships
Training course venue (Theatre & general)
VISION 2023
To become a regional and national centre of
excellence for theatre and the performing arts.
THE FUTURE
Audience expectations (ever increasing)
Cinema facilities are modern
Chichester and New Theatre Royal upgrading
Finances (always very tight)
Projects (many more to do)
Heritage Lottery Fund
Fundraising
SUPPORTING THE KINGS
Bucket Collections
Regular Donors
Corporate Packages
Legacies
Seat sponsorship
www.kingsportsmouth.co.uk