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Please consider making a tax deductible gift to The Bank Theatre. Please use the donation link below or mail your cheque to Box 434, Leamington, Ontario N8H 3W5
During these unprecedented times your donation is more important than ever as our doors remain closed due to the pandemic. Your donation can help us with items needed to bring the theatre to government and health agency protocols necessary for reopening and sustain the theatre in the uncertain months to come prior to reopening.
We appreciate all donations big and small; the financial support you give helps bring quality productions to our community, revitalizes and sustains our Uptown Leamington core, draws tourism to Leamington and benefits us all as tourism dollars are used throughout our community at area businesses.
Sun Parlour Players Community Theatre operating as The Bank Theatre is a registered charitable organization ~ 11920 5987 RR0001.
Tax receipts will be issued for donations of $20 or more.
Location Address
10 Erie Street South
Leamington, ON
N8H 3W5
Mailing Address
PO Box 434
Leamington, ON
N8H 3W5
Call The Theatre
The Bank Theatre
519.326.8805
Media Contact
Michelle Fortier
www.michellefortier.com
519.300.5954
For General Inquiries
For Productions & Musicians
Board Members
URSULA TIESSEN, President
JOHN MORAN, Vice President
KATHERINE ALBUQUERQUE, Treasurer
COREY ROBERTSON, Secretary
KARI HEWETT
NORM LUNDALE
DENNIS DICK
DENIS BASTARACHE
RENATA SOLSKI
JOHN HAMMOND, Town Advisor
PENNY GIL, Past President
WILLIAM HAWKSWORTH, Website Administrator
To contact a Board Member please email banktheatre@gmail.com with the Board Member’s name as the subject and it will be forwarded to the appropriate person in response to your inquiry.
![We all miss live events, but there are a million Canadians who work in this industry, most of whom cannot return to work yet and venue doors are shut. The Bank Theatre is shining a spotlight to raise awareness. #LightUpLive #EclaironsLesScenes
What is the Day of Visibility for the Live Event Community about?
The effect of shutting down a $100 billion industry in Canada will have unimaginable impacts on both companies and individuals. Already, the vast majority of live event workers have been out of work or on government support since March, with no end in sight.
The arts, entertainment, and recreation sector lost 152,000 of 486,100 jobs between June 2019 and June 2020, and 86% of businesses experienced a high level of impact due to the decrease in demand or cancellation of services. Those that are still employed have seen a 45% reduction in hours worked. The corporate and business events sector directly employs an additional 229,000 Canadians according to a 2017 Oxford Economics study [citations].
We are asking venues and landmarks across the country to light red on 22 September to light up these dark theatres and concert halls, convention centres and festival grounds. We are also calling on the live event community – many of whom work in the backstage hallways and tiny offices crammed behind the ballrooms and stages — to stand up and be seen.
We are a large and important part of the cultural and economic fabric of Canada, and are requesting:
that the government recognizes our industry has been devastated by the effects of COVID-19, and there is no set date for return. We were the first out and will be one the last to return.
continued financial support for live event workers until the industry is back to work.
assistance for companies throughout the supply chain who work to create, produce, manufacture and support the live event industry.](https://secureservercdn.net/198.71.233.138/xnc.36f.myftpupload.com/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed/img/placeholder.png)