Gaiety Theatre: Last News

Ayr's Gaiety Partnership.The project, funded by Creative Scotland’s Culture Collective and Youthlink’s Get Into Summer programme, has seen kids from Wallacetown taking up the mantle.Theatre impresario Jerry Taylor has been at the hub of activity, engaging youngsters who dream of taking to the stage or looking to learn skills such as graffiti art and parkour.Ayr Gaiety is one of 23 projects in Scotland that make up The Culture Collective, a pilot programme establishing a network of creative practitioners, organisations and communities working together to create a positive difference locally and nationally in response to COVID-19.The programme supports a participatory approach, working collaboratively to actively engage people in shaping the

Theatre bosses admit this year’s Gaiety panto is now in “serious doubt”.The production of Sleeping Beauty is among those threatened by the ongoing coronavirus crisis.Stage chiefs had hoped to re-open on September 1 for an autumn programme.But they confess hopes of that are “dwindling fast” in light of safety measures applied to combat the virus.“We cannot do socially distanced theatre,” said Gaiety CEO, Jeremy Wyatt, this week.“We continue to make plans for a panto but are realistic at the same time.“The production is now in serious doubt and that is a huge shame.