Hackney Empire – A New Direction

“The Hackney Empire board has produced little in the way of new thinking to address the problems of the ongoing funding of the theatre and has resorted to becoming the worst sort of property developer in order to cover its losses. Its proposals for a future programme look the same as before. It lacks boldness and vision.

Nothing they have said has been geared towards attracting sufficient grant from the Arts Council or other bodies. I will be asking the board to come forward with a plan for capturing the Empire’s strengths and add a facility of a production team to become a centre of excellence for variety/ cabaret which will specialise in honing the talents of new variety artists from all over London and giving them the opportunity to excel.  This can be achieved in addition to its proposed programme. I would, as Mayor, be willing to consider providing seedcorn funding to allow for the change into a producing theatre that Hackney can be proud of.

This “New Direction” will increase the amount of external funding that the Empire attracts up to the level of other producing theatres in London.  The Hampstead Theatre, tiny by Empire standards, gets over a third of its turnover from Arts Council Grant. The Empire gets under 12%.

The shows the Empire would produce can then have the chance to tour and attract revenue into the Empire and establish the theatre, once again, as the destination for variety.”

Arts Council’s regular funding for London theatre 2010/2011

Hackney Empire £395,523.00
Oval house £397,030.00
Theatre Centre £420,524.00
Alternative Theatre Company (The Bush) £531,581.00
Soho Theatre £699,248.00
Theatre Royal Stratford East £900,820.00
Hampstead Theatre £938,708.00
Lyric Theatre Hammersmith £1,016,275.00
Almeida Theatre Company £1,057,832.00
English Stage Company (Royal Court Theatre) £2,309,463.00
The Royal National Theatre £19,739,708.00
Organisation Name Arts Council regular funding as a percentage total income
Nitro 89.70%
Tiata Fahodzi Ltd 87.30%
Julie McNamara 81.30%
Theatre Centre 79.70%
Told by an Idiot Ltd 78.80%
Extant 77.70%
Kali Theatre Company 77.00%
Kazzum Arts Project 76.70%
Graeae Theatre Company 74.50%
Tamasha Theatre Company Ltd 72.10%
Independent Street Arts Network 71.80%
Shared Experience Theatre 71.50%
Actors Touring Company 71.40%
Company FZ 71.20%
Talawa Theatre Company 65.10%
Cheek By Jowl Theatre Company Ltd 63.10%
Upswing 61.10%
Tara Arts Group Ltd 60.40%
Vayu Naidu Company Ltd 57.40%
Headlong Theatre Ltd 56.60%
Yellow Earth Theatre 56.40%
Duckie 56.40%
Project Phakama UK 56.20%
Improbable 55.90%
Collective Artistes 55.50%
Alternative Theatre Company 55.30%
Unicorn Theatre for Children 54.70%
English Touring Theatre 54.40%
The Red Room 54.10%
Theatre-Rites Ltd 53.70%
Out of Joint 52.90%
Gate Theatre 51.80%
London International Mime Festival 51.60%
Company of Angels 50.90%
Mimbre 50.40%
Paines Plough 48.40%
The Pacitti Company 45.00%
Ridiculusmus Theatre Company 43.60%
English Stage Company Ltd 42.10%
Spare Tyre Theatre Company 41.60%
Young Vic Company 40.60%
Oily Cart Company 40.00%
Hampstead Theatre 38.40%
Half Moon Young People’s Theatre 36.80%
Ockham’s Razor 36.80%
Fevered Sleep 36.70%
Nutkhut 36.60%
London International Festival of Theatre 36.50%
Punchdrunk Theatrical Experiences 36.50%
Deafinitely Theatre 36.00%
Quicksilver Theatre 35.60%
Pioneer Theatres Ltd 35.40%
BAC 35.20%
Polka Theatre 34.60%
Fuel 34.30%
Royal National Theatre 33.80%
Oval House Theatre 33.80%
Orange Tree Theatre 31.70%
Tricycle Theatre Company 29.60%
Soho Theatre Company 29.50%
bga 29.50%
Frantic Theatre Company Ltd 29.20%
Clean Break Theatre Company 27.20%
Albert & Friends Instant Circus 27.10%
People’s Palace Projects 26.50%
Almeida Theatre Company Ltd 23.30%
Lyric Theatre Hammersmith 23.30%
Peckham Theatre 22.30%
Cardboard Citizens 20.50%
Artichoke Trust Ltd 19.50%
Carnesky Productions 18.60%
Arcola Theatre Production Company 17.20%
National Youth Theatre of Great Britain 16.80%
Theatre de Complicite Education Ltd 15.60%
The Circus Space 15.40%
Box Clever Theatre Company 13.80%
Hackney Empire 11.80%
Emergency Exit Arts 11.40%
Webplay 10.90%
Hornchurch Theatre Trust 10.90%
Shunt Events 8.50%
Redbridge Drama Centre 6.60%
Donmar Warehouse Projects Ltd 6.50%
Broadway Theatre, Barking 4.20%
Stratford Circus 3.80%
Millfield Arts Centre 3.20%

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