This summer, The Playhouse undertakes a major stage renovation.

After fifty years of use, the lift that raises and lowers the front of our stage is feeling its age.

In place since 1968, the pit lift has been used 3000+ times to adapt the stage for orchestras, dance, pantomime and drama, for countless stars of the theatre including Dame Judi Dench, Sir Ian McKellen, Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton.

A new lift will allow The Playhouse to continue staging the variety of work it’s so well known for, the theatre could not fully function without it.

To complete this vital stage renovation, we urgently need to raise over £150,000. We are over half way to our target, and you can help make it happen by donating now. No amount is too small. Thank you.