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We need your support to build our next act.
For 14 years, we’ve turned a disused warehouse in Hackney Wick into one of the UK’s most exciting engines for live performance. We’ve launched the careers of Emmy-winner Michaela Coel and Ncuti Gatwa, reimagined what theatre can be, and helped 92% of our young people fly into higher education and employment, many from one of London’s most underfunded boroughs.
Now we’re building a brand-new £6.4m home: twice the size, future-facing, and deeply rooted in East London.
While we’re closed, we’re raising £100,000 to scale up for an explosive reopening. More artists. More bold ideas. More space for young people to thrive.
We’ve got support from major funders like Arts Council England. But what’s always powered us is you—our community.
DONATE
MAKE A DONATION
Fuel the future of theatre. Back the artists reimagining what theatre is, and what it could be. Fund the youth programmes changing lives. Help build a space where bold ideas can actually happen. Every donation—big or small—pushes us forward.
BECOME A YARD FRIEND
Just £5 a month. A big difference. Get exclusive updates and your name on our website and in our play texts. Stand with the artists shaking things up. Help keep risk-taking live performance alive.
BECOME A YARD GUARDIAN
This one’s for the people shaping what theatre can be. From £50 a month, you’ll be backing bold new work, expanding our impact, and joining a group of supporters with real access to how it all happens.
Everything Friends receive, plus personal updates from our artistic team and invites to Guardian-only events with the artists you’re championing.
“Of all the new theatres to open in London this century, none feel so vital as the Yard.”
Andrzej Lukowski - Time Out
JOIN OUR NEW SEASON CIRCLE
The first shows. The first standing ovation. The beginning of our next chapter. With a gift of £5,000 or more, you’ll help us commission and develop the shows that christen our new theatre.
From early script readings to opening nights—you’ll be part of it all. Email our Executive Director, Ashleigh, and Development Manager Claire to find out more at development@theyardtheatre.co.uk.
NAME A SEAT IN OUR NEW AUDITORIUM
Put your name where the drama is. For £600—or £300 if you’re under 40—you can inscribe your name on a seat in our brand-new 200-seat space. For ten years, you’ll be part of every gasp, every laugh, every leap.
It’s your legacy—front row centre (or the back row if that's more your thing). Email our Executive Director, Ashleigh, and Development Manager Claire at development@theyardtheatre.co.uk.
MAKE YOUR MARK ON OUR NEW BUILDING
Leave a legacy in bricks, not just ideas. Your major gift could help build the bones of our new home—from sustainable studios to state-of-the-art tech.
We’ve got naming opportunities throughout the building. We’ll work with you to make your impact visible for generations. This Yard could be your Yard. Email our Executive Director, Ashleigh, and Development Manager Claire at development@theyardtheatre.co.uk.
““We reimagine theatre to reimagine the world” runs the mission-statement of The Yard in Hackney Wick. A grand claim. But weighing the evidence of the past 14 years, the vaunt seems amply justified.”
Dominic Cavendish - The Telegraph
GET IN TOUCH
Want to find out more about our impact? Or contribute to our work in some way? We’d love to hear from you. Email Claire Leith, our Development Manager at claire@theyardtheatre.co.uk
THANK YOU
Our Friends & Guardians
Our Supporters
“I give to The Yard to feel closer to the programming I can't find anywhere else.”
Jack Haynes, Friend of The Yard
