Welcome to Theatr Colwyn & Cinema, Colwyn Bay
THEATR COLWYN has reopened with an exciting new programme of live performances and cinema lined up.
Following the £732,000 front of house redevelopment (£500,000 in funding from the North Wales Regeneration Area Programme and £238,000 from Conwy County Borough Council, who own and run the theatre), Theatr Colwyn now has a completely new box office and foyer, full disabled access, a community room and redeveloped basement area.
The project was part of the Bay Life+ Regeneration Programme.
The exterior of Theatr Colwyn has also been given a facelift, with a work costing in the region of £60,000, £45,000 of which was funded through the Property Grant Scheme, administered by Conwy County Borough Council’s Conservation and Regeneration section.
Theatr Colwyn was built in 1885 and is the oldest working cinema in the UK and both the oldest civic theatre in Wales and the oldest working theatre in Wales.
Cllr Goronwy Edwards, Conwy’s Cabinet Member for Communities said: “I would like to thank all the officers and members of Theatr Colwyn, together with Sarah Ecob and her team at Venue Cymru for all their hard work in delivering this major investment.This is a fantastic transformation of this unique building which is dearly loved and appreciated by so many in the area and beyond. Good luck and well done!”
