Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds
Project: Restoration of the Georgian Theatre Royal in Bury St Edmunds
As the sole fundraising lead for this listed Georgian playhouse, I raised match funding of £3.1 million for a National Lottery Heritage Fund grant. As there was a short timescale to raise the funding, I recruited a high profile Appeal Board led by the late Sir David Rowland as Chair. By the end of the project we had over 70 individuals raising funds for the project through a series of high profile celebrity events involving legends such as Sir Peter Hall, Dame Judi Dench, Sir Ian McKellen, Sir Jeremy Isaacs, Timothy West and Prunella Scales, and a range of comedians and performers. We achieved the ambitious goal and the theatre continues to go from strength to strength today with original productions and a thriving database of supporters.