Funding for Peterborough's Key Theatre to install new sound system

Vivacity's Key Theatre in Embankment Road is to receive Â£2,500 to install a hearing loop in its studio theatre, making the venue's programme even more accessible to the local community.

By The Newsroom

Published 2nd Sep 2018, 13:00 BST

Updated 3rd Sep 2018, 12:17 BST

The money is being donated by the Theatres Trust - the national advisory public body for theatres - through the UK Small Grants Scheme, which was launched in 2012.

The scheme receives support from the Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation and Charles Michael Holloway Charitable Trust.

A hearing loop is a special type of sound system for use by people with hearing aids.

Tom Stickland, theatres adviser at the Theatres Trust, said: “Ensuring everyone can enjoy theatre is at the heart of the Theatres Trust’s mission, so we are delighted to be able to fund the installation of a hearing loop at the Vivacity Key Theatre’s studio space.”

The Key Theatre opened in 1973 and last year welcomed more than 70,000 customers through its doors.

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