Kingsway Theatre Charity shuts down

The Kingsway Theatre provided opportunites for young musicians to perform to local audiences in Harwich Essex.  In the last five years regular gigs and shows were run along with a live events apprenticeship programme the venue closed in October 2015. 

During 2015 a range of initiatives were run to try to keep the venue going and one of the most successful, run by a young team was Sunday afternoon wrestling!. Poor support for gigs and low levels of booking resulted in the charity operating the venue sustaining losses and in October 2015 it was returned to the landlord. It was hoped that another local charity would take it and continue with weekend bookings.This did not occur and as a result the Kingsway Hall charity has closed down. It is a real loss particularily to young musicians in the area.