Hall for Cornwall
Hall for Cornwall wins Best Project 2023 Award
08/07/23 15:08 Filed in: HfCArchitecture
The Royal Town Planning Institute Award Hall For Cornwall the best Project 2023 in South West Awards for Planning Excellence
Commenting on the Chair’s Award for Design, the Judges said: "The theatre design and selection of materials to enhance and protect the building whilst reflecting the Cornish Coast is outstanding. Their focus on the user experience has delivered a theatre to be proud of".
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Commenting on the Chair’s Award for Design, the Judges said: "The theatre design and selection of materials to enhance and protect the building whilst reflecting the Cornish Coast is outstanding. Their focus on the user experience has delivered a theatre to be proud of".
Read More…Let's Create
29/12/22 10:49 Filed in: HfCHall for Cornwall
We are working in Cornwall, our culture and heritage, with our landscape our constant source of inspiration for our creatives and, naturally, us as the charity Hall for Cornwall. In launching your new Cornwall Playhouse, we were blessed with friendships who’ve stood by our side, whether an artist, a funder, a local partner at Falmouth University or a national partner such as the Royal Shakespeare Company. In coming out of the pandemic, like everyone else, we're reassessing what we must do to be brave in this new world. Our opportunities take stock of Arts Council England's National Portfolio Organisations announcements and Cornwall; culture is now housed within Cornwall Council's portfolio of Neighbourhoods.
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Read More…The Art of Considered Disruption
29/12/22 10:35 Filed in: HfCHall for Cornwall
As an independent regional theatre in a small city on the edge of the UK, the challenge for our business model is many. And, with only a 10% public subsidy with a programme across Cornwall, Hall for Cornwall can rival many urban theatre models. Julien Boast explains how a Considered Disruptive approach works.
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Read More…As a charity, we're passionate about open to everyone
21/08/21 12:17 Filed in: HfCHall for Cornwall
As a charity, we're passionate about being open to everyone and making a difference in our community. As well as our exciting line-up of world-class productions, we'll run three new programmes to offer opportunities for young people, artists and communities across Cornwall. We've re-engineered our company to embrace the tools of the modern world and rebuilt our staffing structures to ensure our customer sits at the very heart of the organisation. Read More…
Happy Christmas
21/12/20 15:09 Filed in: HfCHall for Cornwall
Happy Christmas from us all at Hall for Cornwall. I wanted to take a moment to thank you for your continued support across what has been an incredibly challenging year for all of us.
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Covid 19
16/11/20 14:47 Filed in: HfCHall for Cornwall
One of the by-products of the coronavirus lockdown has been how performance has reached new audiences worldwide as artists and institutions stream content to people starved of live performances. Here at the Hall, we’ve been doing our bit, signposting visitors to our website to a weekly round-up of armchair entertainment from around the world and closer to home, including Life in Lockdown blogs from our HFC Youth members. Read More…
We listen to you
26/06/19 16:16 Filed in: HfCHall for Cornwall
Over the past few weeks, we have been talking to members of the public about our transformation and working with schools and community groups on a range of fantastic dance and drama projects. Read More…
Success after our Open Day
07/05/19 10:57 Filed in: HfCHall for Cornwall
Following the success of our first Open Day, work is progressing well on our redevelopment project. The temporary roof has been removed, and Kier is now laying the new roof insulation. Work is also taking place to install roof lights in the upper mezzanine areas and the natural ventilation system in the auditorium. Read More…
HFC Open day
29/04/19 15:34 Filed in: HfCHall for Cornwall
We were delighted to welcome up to 2,000 people to our Open Day at the end of March. As well as allowing people to look around the redevelopment site, the Open Day also marked the official launch of our Heritage Funded project Revealing City Hall, which will celebrate the rich history and heritage of the Grade II* City Hall building. Read More…
Heritage & Culture are at the heart of Cornwall
30/03/19 06:20 Filed in: HfCHall for Cornwall
Earlier this month, we were delighted to be asked to host the official signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between Arts Council England, Cornwall Council, the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Historic England. Read More…
Arts Development open for business
30/07/18 06:19 Filed in: HfCHall for Cornwall
Although the theatre is now closed to the public for our exciting and ambitious redevelopment project, our Arts Development team is open for business, supporting professional artists and working with schools and young people to bring arts to local communities across Cornwall. Thanks to support from the Arts Council, Cornwall Council, and the Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation, our Arts Development work spans the entire county with opportunities created for individuals to perform and create in diverse theatre spaces, including care homes, schools and colleges, village halls, museums, galleries and gardens. Read More…
Although the Hall For Cornwall building is now closed to the public for the start of our exciting £20m redevelopment project, we are continuing to support professional artists and work with schools and young people to bring the arts to local communities across Cornwall.
30/03/19 06:17 Filed in: HfCHall for Cornwall
Although the Hall For Cornwall building is now closed to the public for the start of our exciting £20m redevelopment project, we continue to support professional artists and work with schools and young people to bring the arts to local communities across Cornwall. Read More…
The last four weeks have seen significant changes to the area outside the Hall For Cornwall building on Lemon Quay as contractors Kier have begun work on our redevelopment project.
01/08/18 06:15 Filed in: HfCHall for Cornwall
The last four weeks have seen significant changes to the area outside the Hall For Cornwall building on Lemon Quay as contractor Kier has begun work on our redevelopment project.
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Keeping Truro’s Town clock ticking
20/08/18 11:57 Filed in: HfCHall for Cornwall
Although Hall For Cornwall is now closed to the public, staff from the theatre visit the building three times a week to wind the historic clock, which has marked the passage of time with its chimes in the city for more than 100 years. Read More…
New HFC Trustees
29/08/18 11:49 Filed in: HfCHall for Cornwall
This month HFC has welcomed three new trustees to its Board. Alan Davey CBE, the controller of BBC Radio 3; Vin Govender a leading technology and business expert; and James Bennett, a former HFC staff member, have attended their first meeting as formal members of the Hall for Cornwall Board of Trustees. Read More…
Clearing the venue, yard sales & the loan of our grand piano Clearing the venue, yard sales & the loan of our grand piano
01/07/18 11:47 Filed in: HfCHall for Cornwall
It is hard to believe it is just over a month since The People’s String Foundation Orchestra staged their spectacular closing performance, which had the audience up on their feet and dancing in the aisles Read More…
November is a busy month
12/11/18 11:44 Filed in: HfCHall for Cornwall
Over the past month, we have helped to bring the outstanding new play Hireth to the stage at St Just and presented Live Screenings of the West End productions of Red and The King and I at Truro’s Plaza cinema. This included allowing audiences to hear some of the biggest names from stage and screen talk about how their award-winning productions were put together. At the same time, members of our youth theatre and youth dance groups took part in the moving Pages of the Sea event and Truro’s City of Light parade and are now busy rehearsing for some upcoming activities. Read More…
We’re Raising the Roof in 2019…
13/01/19 11:41 Filed in: HfCHall for Cornwall
As we look towards 2019 and celebrate our 21st year with an exciting transformation, it seems a good time to reflect back on some highlights of the last six months and critical achievements since the closure of our building in June. Read More…
HFC hands over the keys
04/08/18 11:39 Filed in: HfCHall for Cornwall
Last week was a momentous occasion for everyone involved with our £20m redevelopment project as we handed over the keys to the building contractor Kier, to mark the formal start of the building works. Read More…