# Play to the Crowd

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1077139
- **Other names:** THE LIVE THEATRE WINCHESTER TRUST, THEATRE ROYAL WINCHESTER
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [03696681](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03696681)
- **Registered:** Aug. 24, 1999
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1077139


## Contact

- **Address:** Theatre Royal, 22-23 Jewry Street, Winchester
- **Postcode:** SO23 8SB
- **Phone:** 01962 844600
- **Email:** accounts@playtothecrowd.co.uk
- **Website:** playtothecrowd.co.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE PROMOTION OF THE ARTS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE PROMOTION AND ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE CULTIVATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN DRAMA, MIME, OPERA, SINGING MUSIC, DANCE, PAINTING AND SCULPTURE, CINEMA, LITERATURE AND THE OTHER ARTS

**Activities:** Play to the Crowd Ltd (trading as Theatre Royal Winchester) is a 400 seat regional theatre situated in Winchester City providing a professional programme of mixed genre performances, and is the base for Hat Fair, street arts festival.  The theatre also includes a Participation and Learning Department and facilities for hire.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE HAMPSHIRE
- Hampshire





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Mark Byford** | Chair | July 26, 2021 |
| Amy Eastwood |  | Jan. 28, 2019 |
| Dr Helen Grime |  | Oct. 14, 2025 |
| Dr Paul James Spencer |  | July 24, 2017 |
| Lorraine Cheshire |  | July 26, 2021 |
| Lynne Lockyer |  | July 26, 2021 |
| Madeleine Risbridger |  | July 28, 2025 |
| Majid Salim Dhana |  | May 10, 2021 |
| Noemi Wall |  | June 12, 2024 |
| Shaun Stacey |  | April 28, 2019 |
| Sho Shibata |  | May 10, 2021 |
| Steven Cross |  | Jan. 28, 2019 |




