Emergency meeting to discuss Gaiety’s future
An emergency public meeting is to be held next week to discuss the future of one of Scotland’s oldest theatres, the Gaiety, which is due to go dark at the end of this month.
In December, South Ayrshire Council confirmed that it was due to close the 106-year-old venue - which has played host to variety acts, comedians, musicians and performers such as Stephanie Grappelli, Harry Lauder and Jimmy Logan - so that it could “examine the long-term repair and maintenance and viability of the theatre”.
An offer by Glasgow’s Pavilion Theatre to take over the running of the site was not accepted by the council.
Campaigners fear that the Grade II-listed theatre - the only one in Ayr - will remain permanently closed once it goes dark on January 31.
Ayrshire Arts Network has organised a meeting to discuss other options for the theatre, and put pressure on the council to keep it open. The meeting, which will be attended by Theatres Trust trustee Ben Twist and representatives of performers’ union Equity, is open to all interested parties.
The meeting will take place from 5pm on January 14 at Holy Trinity Church hall, on Fullerton Street in Ayr.
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