For many decades, the village has been famous locally for the Robin Hood Theatre. The 150-seat theatre was designed by built Reverend Joseph Cyril Walker and built on the grounds of Averham Rectory, in 1913, by the village carpenter, Robert Lee. Its original name was Robin Hood Opera House.[3][4] The Youth section of the Robin Hood Theatre has become an important part of its function, and performs regularly in the Nottingham And Nottinghamshire Drama Association Festival.
The theatre closed in 1951, then reopened 1n 1961 as a public theatre under a charitable trust. After a financial struggle, the County Council took over the trusteeship in 1981.[5] In 2007, the theatre was closed by the county because of safety concerns.[3]
In 2014, the theatre group, which had been performing in schools and village halls, announced that they had raised more than £50,000 toward renovation of the theatre. Contributors include Ian McKellen, Judi Dench, and Sylvia Syms.
averham, ɛər, village, civil, parish, newark, sherwood, district, nottinghamshire, england, according, 2001, census, population, increasing, 2011, census, village, just, west, newark, trent, staythorpe, power, station, south, west, village, location, within, n. Averham ˈ ɛer e m is a village and civil parish in the Newark and Sherwood district of Nottinghamshire England According to the 2001 census it had a population of 187 increasing to 294 at the 2011 census 1 The village is just west of Newark on Trent Staythorpe Power Station is south west of the village AverhamAverhamLocation within NottinghamshirePopulation294 2011 OS grid referenceSK7654Shire countyNottinghamshireRegionEast MidlandsCountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townNEWARKPostcode districtNG23PoliceNottinghamshireFireNottinghamshireAmbulanceEast MidlandsUK ParliamentNewarkList of places UK England Nottinghamshire 53 05 N 0 52 W 53 08 N 0 86 W 53 08 0 86 Contents 1 Church 2 Theatrical tradition 3 See also 4 Notes 5 External linksChurch edit nbsp St Michael s ChurchAverham is the location of Church of St Michael and All Angels Averham which is a Grade I listed building 2 Theatrical tradition edit nbsp Averham weir at high waterFor many decades the village has been famous locally for the Robin Hood Theatre The 150 seat theatre was designed by built Reverend Joseph Cyril Walker and built on the grounds of Averham Rectory in 1913 by the village carpenter Robert Lee Its original name was Robin Hood Opera House 3 4 The Youth section of the Robin Hood Theatre has become an important part of its function and performs regularly in the Nottingham And Nottinghamshire Drama Association Festival The theatre closed in 1951 then reopened 1n 1961 as a public theatre under a charitable trust After a financial struggle the County Council took over the trusteeship in 1981 5 In 2007 the theatre was closed by the county because of safety concerns 3 In 2014 the theatre group which had been performing in schools and village halls announced that they had raised more than 50 000 toward renovation of the theatre Contributors include Ian McKellen Judi Dench and Sylvia Syms See also editListed buildings in AverhamNotes edit Civil parish population 2011 Neighbourhood Statistics Office for National Statistics Retrieved 3 April 2016 Church of St Michael Averham British Listed Buildings Retrieved 20 February 2014 a b Hemley Matthew 26 February 2014 Judi Dench and Ian McKellen help reopen Robin Hood Theatre The Stage Retrieved 13 November 2017 Robin Hood Theatre Archived from the original on 18 December 2006 Retrieved 2006 11 08 Holme lock to Cromwell weir www igreens org uk Archived from the original on 9 May 2006 Retrieved 13 November 2017 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Averham History of the Sutton family at Averham Averham in the Domesday Book Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Averham amp oldid 1138375127, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
