
The Embassy Theatre and the wider Magna Vitae team are delighted to have formed a long-term working partnership with the Royal Shakespeare Company that will benefit our local communities for generations.
SKEGNESS JOINS FORCES WITH THE ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY – ONE OF FIVE NEW PARTNER TOWNS.
Corby, Coventry, Hartlepool, Peterborough and Skegness join 26 existing areas in long-term partnership with the RSC. The RSC pledges to increase touring activity by 50% by 2026 to areas of structural disadvantage.
Skegness is one of five towns entering a new partnership with the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) aimed at raising the aspirations of young people and having a positive impact on their learning, employment opportunities and wellbeing.
In a major expansion of the RSC’s Associate Schools Programme, Skegness will join the Company’s 26 existing country-wide partnerships all in areas of structural disadvantage. Skegness has a local leisure provider, Magna Vitae, and schools from the Greenwood Academies Trust will work with the RSC in an expansion of activity made possible by an Arts Council England touring grant, Esmee Fairbairn Foundation award and Nesta – a foundation which supports a fairer start, healthy lives and sustainable futures. Other partners announced today include Coventry – The Belgrade Theatre; Peterborough – Ormiston Bushfield Academy; Corby – Corby Cube; Hartlepool – St. Cuthbert’s Catholic Primary School.
Growing evidence shows that taking part in arts and cultural activities contributes to better mental health and well-being. Skegness has one of the lowest national health outcomes and nearly half the town’s working age population are economically inactive due to poor health. The RSC partnership feeds into local plans to use arts and culture as a tool for regeneration and boosting health, well-being and opportunities for young people.
The Embassy Theatre is delighted to be a part of this wonderful initiative. Here’s to a fruitful future!