October 2024: Buxton Opera House and Pavilion Arts Centre won the Workforce Award at the 2024 ceremony, hosted by Faye Tozer.
Buxton Opera House have been crowned winners of the ‘Workforce’ category at the 2024 UK Theatre Awards.
The UK Theatre Awards celebrate the very best in theatre from across England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, recognising creative excellence and exceptional work both on and off stage.
Winners were announced at a ceremony on Sunday, 20th October 2024 at 8 Northumberland Avenue in London, hosted by actor and singer Faye Tozer.
The Workforce Award, which falls under the UK Theatre Award’s ‘Off Stage’ category, recognises work that specifically promotes a commitment to professional development, improvement of organisational culture or the opening of entry routes to off-stage roles.
The nomination for the award focused on three main areas:
- Technical Youth Theatre courses gave participants aged 13–19 the opportunity to deepen their understanding of theatre lighting and sound.
- The work experience scheme for young people aged 14–18 provided 30 students with the opportunity to create a touring theatre company and develop skills in acting, technical work, stage management and design.
- The organisation’s community production gave local people the opportunity to take part in a professional production.
Since 1991, UK Theatre’s annual UK Theatre Awards have celebrated the creative excellence and outstanding work seen on and off stage throughout England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The High Peak Theatre Trust, which runs Buxton Opera House and Pavilion Arts Centre, is a charity. Its vision is to be an engine of a thriving, rural, artistic community where talent is ignited and where nationally renowned theatre experiences create opportunities for all.
The theatre said it was honoured to receive the award, which recognised its workforce and work to create opportunities in the arts.
The theatre also congratulated fellow nominees Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse and Nottingham Playhouse, as well as Buxton International Festival for its Achievement in Opera nomination. Paul Kerryson, then CEO, commented:
“On behalf of all the team here at Buxton Opera House, we are thrilled to receive the UK Theatre Workforce Award for 2024 in recognition of our commitment to professional development, improving organisational culture, and our efforts in opening entry-routes to backstage roles through schemes such as our Technical Youth Theatre. We are grateful to see that the dedication of our workforce and our culture for creative opportunities has been rewarded, reaffirming the importance of Buxton Opera House’s place in the community and for the wider Peak District.”
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