by admin | May 18, 2021 | News
We’re pretty disheartened to hear that the Ministry of Justice has rejected Reading Borough Council’s bid for the Gaol. Having offered a restrictive 3-month period of exclusivity on Christmas Eve, 2020, in the midst of the pandemic, the MoJ then never approached...
by admin | Mar 11, 2021 | News
Following support from a number of high-profile names – including Dame Judi Dench, Sir Kenneth Branagh, Natalie Dormer, Shazad Latif and, most recently, a new Banksy artwork – to save Reading Gaol from property developers and preserve it as an arts hub,...
by admin | Mar 2, 2021 | News
Following Sir Kenneth Branagh, Dame Judi Dench, Natalie Dormer and Shazad Latif’s support for the campaign to Save Reading Gaol, we were thrilled to wake up on Monday morning to learn that Banksy had visited Reading. And it is brilliant. The artwork has been...
by admin | Feb 16, 2021 | News
RABBLE want to create work that is accessible to everyone, so we’ve created The RABBLE Access Fund. Amazingly, Aviva have selected our new mission as one of their 2021 Community Fund Projects, and the more money we can raise, the more money they are likely to...
by admin | Dec 10, 2020 | News
We can’t entertain you in person right now, so instead we’ve created a series of projects that we’re releasing over the next few months. Actors from our Conquerors Trilogy: Henry I, Matilda the Empress and Henry II, have recorded some of your...
by admin | Dec 4, 2020 | News
Following Dame Judi’s inspirational message, we are delighted that local girl Natalie Dormer has emailed us with this heartfelt plea to MoJ. “I so hope that Reading Gaol can achieve its huge potential as a thriving arts & culture centre. The historic...