{"id":342,"date":"2020-10-31T19:37:12","date_gmt":"2020-10-31T19:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/guildfordarts.org\/ga_venues\/yvonne-arnaud-theatre\/"},"modified":"2022-05-31T09:49:24","modified_gmt":"2022-05-31T09:49:24","slug":"yvonne-arnaud-theatre","status":"publish","type":"ga_venues","link":"https:\/\/guildfordarts.org\/ga_venues\/yvonne-arnaud-theatre\/","title":{"rendered":"Yvonne Arnaud Theatre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Guildford&#8217;s Yvonne Arnaud Theatre opened its doors in 1965 as a proud memorial to the much loved French actress who had made her home in Effingham Common, and whose warmth, humour and talent gave her an unrivalled position on the English stage for nearly fifty years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>\u201cHow wonderful that Guildford\u2019s special Theatre is celebrating its fiftieth Birthday!&nbsp; The Yvonne Arnaud was built by local enthusiastic theatregoers and has served its community brilliantly for half a Century.&nbsp;<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>\u201cThe fact that it is alive and flourishing is a real testament to the determination of its audience, local businesses, those who support it through donations, however large or small, those who work there and, of course, Guildford Borough Council, who have invested so much in it over the years and continue to do so.&nbsp; The Council should be proud of its support, as should everyone involved.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>Happy Birthday to Guildford\u2019s Yvonne Arnaud Theatre!\u201d &nbsp;<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b><i>Dame Judi Dench DBE<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>\u201cGuildford without its Yvonne Arnaud Theatre would be unthinkable.&nbsp; It has bought so much pleasure to hundreds of thousands of people over the years and its terrific Youth Theatre is a wonderful asset, not only for the young people of the town but from all around.&nbsp; Here\u2019s to the next fifty years!\u201d<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b><i>Dame Penelope Keith DBE<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Millbrook<\/p>\n<p>Guildford<\/p>\n<p>United Kingdom<\/p>\n<p>Surrey<\/p>\n<p>GU1 3UX<\/p>\n<p>Tel: 01483 44 00 00<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guildford&#8217;s Yvonne Arnaud Theatre opened its doors in 1965 as a proud memorial to the much loved French actress who had made her home in Effingham Common, and whose warmth, humour and talent gave her an unrivalled position on the English stage for nearly fifty years. \u201cHow wonderful that Guildford\u2019s special Theatre is celebrating its [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1073,"template":"","meta":[],"ga_event_venue":[26],"ga_venue_taxonomy":[341],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/guildfordarts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ga_venues\/342"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/guildfordarts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ga_venues"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/guildfordarts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ga_venues"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guildfordarts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guildfordarts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/guildfordarts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ga_event_venue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guildfordarts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ga_event_venue?post=342"},{"taxonomy":"ga_venue_taxonomy","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guildfordarts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ga_venue_taxonomy?post=342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}