FOUNDING AMBASSADORS
Founding Ambassadors recognise the unique cultural, social and economic importance that a revived Victoria Theatre represents to Newcastle’s future and have made a major financial commitment toward the campaign to revive the theatre.
We are hugely grateful to our ten visionary Founding Ambassadors. Their support is enabling the advocacy campaign to secure the funding model that will ultimately reopen the extraordinary heritage Victoria Theatre, a once hidden Hunter cultural asset.
Next to Newcastle’s new transport infrastructure, the Victoria Theatre will bring people back to the city centre, it will grow new jobs and boost the Hunter’s collective live performance and tourism infrastructure. Mid-sized at 900 capacity, the Vic will work in tandem with the larger Civic Theatre’s 1,520 seats. It will fill a missing yet essential step that our emerging artists need and deserve. It will dramatically expand audience experiences. The Victoria Theatre will form a cornerstone to the Hunter’s first dedicated entertainment precinct.
CAMPAIGN CABINET
The Founding Ambassador program is an initiative of the Victoria Theatre Campaign Cabinet, a group of professionals from the Hunter region helping to raise community awareness of the importance of a revived Victoria Theatre. The Campaign Cabinet received sponsorship from the City of Newcastle in 2019 to support its work.