Past donations
Friends of Theatre make donations to companies for them to use as they need. We know that our contributions have been put to use in many different ways e.g. to support individual productions, to provide music stands, to fund audio description, for drama students’ hardship fund and quite often we have our name on seats in theatres when our donation goes to help maintain the fabric of the building. Donations are only given at the discretion of the committee.Unfortunately, we are unable to accept requests from any other source.
The listing below shows the organisations which have benefited from our contributions over the years.
2011 donations
- Arcola Theatre
- Evergreen at Greenwich
- LAMDA
- Soho Theatre
- Out of Joint
- Birmingham Old Rep
- Royal Court Theatre
Total donations for 2011: £2,050
2010 donations
- Salisbury Playhouse
- Evergreen at Greenwich
- Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond
- Young Vic
- Chichester Festival Theatre
- Lyric Theatre / Out of Joint
- Tricycle Theatre
Total donations for 2010: £1,650
2009 donations
- Salisbury Playhouse – towards refurbishment of the theatre seating during 2009
- Headlong at Young Vic
- Normansfield Theatre, Twickenham - to theatre refurbishment fund
- Guildhall Theatre School – drama student scholarship fund
- Royal Court Theatre for Jerusalem
- Belgrade Theatre, Coventry
- Out of Joint at Wilton’s Music Hall
Total donations for 2009: £1,800
2008 donations
- Belgrade Theatre, Coventry
- Birmingham Rep
- Gate Theatre, Notting Hill
- Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith
- New End Theatre, Hampstead – Renewal of the emergency lighting system
- Nottingham Playhouse
- Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond
- Tricycle Theatre, Kilburn
Total donations for 2008: £2,500
2007 donations
- Central School of Speech & Drama – Sponsorship for production of ‘Company’
- Headlong Theatre Co.
- Little Angel Theatre
- Royal Court
- Royal Lyceum Edinburgh
- Salisbury Playhouse
- Traverse Theatre Edinburgh
- Young Vic
Total donations for 2007: £4,500
2006 donations
- Headlong Theatre Company – for Faustus
- I am a Camera Theatre Company – for Woody Allen’s Murder Mysteries
- Oxford Stage Company – for Paradise Lost
- Royal Court – for Rock ‘n’ Roll
- Southwark Playhouse
- Theatrepublik – for The Mushroom Pickers
- Wilton’s Music Hall – for Amadeus
Total donations for 2006: £2,500
2005 donations
- Out of Joint – Support for tour
- Oxford Stage Company – Sponsorship for production of ‘Easter’
- Paines Plough
- Regents Park Open Air Theatre
- Salisbury Playhouse
- Theatre Royal Bath – Sponsorship for the egg children’s theatre
- Tobacco Factory Bristol
Total donations for 2005: £4,500
2004 donations
- Bridewell Theatre, London
- Des Barrit pantomime – Production of Dick Whittington
- Evergreen Productions – Production of Tomfoolery
- Mercury Theatre, Colchester – Audio description funding
- Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond – For refurbishment
- Playhouse and Everyman Theatre, Liverpool
- Rose Theatre, Kingston
- Shakespeare’s Globe – Shakespeare and Islam sponsorship
Total donations for 2004: £4,865
2003 donations
- Almeida Theatre
- Birmingham Rep – 2 engraved seats
- Bridewell Theatre
- Hampstead Theatre
- Jermyn Street Theatre and ‘Balcony’
- Out of Joint – Support for ‘The Permanent Way’ on tour
- Regents Park Open Air Theatre – purchase new music stands
- Royal and Derngate Theatres Northampton
- Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
Total donations for 2003: £5,900
2002 donations
- Arcola Theatre and company
- Central School of Speech and Drama
- Pentabus Theatre Company £250
- RADA – Trystan Gravelle student grant
- Royal Welsh College of Music
- Shared Experience
- The Sherringham Little Theatre
Total donations for 2002: £5,500
2001 donations
- Hampstead Theatre – Support rebuilding
- Orange Tree Theatre
- RADA – Student hardship fund
- Young Vic – Young directors scheme
Total donations for 2001: £3,500
2000 donations
- Almeida Theatre
- Chicken Shed Theatre
- Georgian Theatre Royal, Richmond Yorks
- Guildhall School of Music and Drama – Membership of the Actors Centre for final year students.
- Lyric, Hammersmith – Seat F9
- Paines Plough
- Regents Park Open Air Theatre
- Royal Court – Seat K6
- Shakespeare’s Globe – Education department
- West Yorkshire Playhouse
Total donations for 2000: £6,500
1999 donations
- Academy of Live and Recorded Arts (ALRA)
- Bridewell Theatre – Lifeboat fund
- Kenneth Moore Theatre – Fred Smith memorial collection
- Manchester Library Theatre
- Manchester Royal Exchange Theatre
- National Theatre – New playwriting fund
- Regents Park Open Air Theatre
- Royal Theatrical Fund
Total donations for 1999: £6,000
1998 donations
- Bridewell Theatre – Lifeboat fund
- Bristol Old Vic Theatre School
- Central School of Speech & Drama
- Chicken Shed Theatre
- Madeleine Farrell Fund
- Orange Tree Theatre – Sponsorship for production of The Rink
- Richard Haines Charitable trust
Total donations for 1998: £6,000
1997 donations
- Bridewell Theatre
- Company
- LAMDA – Student hardship fund
Total donations for 1997: £2,000
1996 donations
- Glasgow weekend donations
- RADA
Total donations for 1996: £550