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Co-Own Komedia Bath!

Invest in Your Community & Keep the Boring Out of Bath!

Inspired by the innovative idea of community ownership, Komedia Bath is putting its future in the hands of the people of Bath, right where it belongs and campaigning to become a Community Benefit Society.

Latest news! Crowdfunder campaign hits £50,000!

After a super successful gala event Komedia Bath have hit the £50k mark on their ground-breaking campaign to raise £350k to secure the old Beau Nash building in Westgate Street for generations to come.

The event showcased the venue wonderfully with aerial performances wowing the audience in between world class comedy from England’s Comedian of the Year, Nick Page and the ever popular Andy Askins.

Surprise guest Anita Harris (an actor most known for her roles in the Carry on Films) spoke about her grandfather, Emanuel Harris, who commissioned and built the venue nearly 100 years ago bringing the first ever cinema to the South West.

Owner Richard Daws and project leader Eleanor Household spoke to the invited guest list of supporters and collaborators to launch the campaign to Keep the Boring out of Bath.

Komedia Bath now have just a few weeks to raise an overall total of £350k by the 21st November and complete their ground-breaking transition to a Community Benefit Society.

Whether you’re a performer, gig-goer, comedy connoisseur, or you just like to get downright funky on a Saturday night, you are part of the community that Komedia Bath’s future now depends on!

By converting to a Community Benefit Society, Komedia Bath believes that it will be able to secure a sustainable community-led future for what is undeniably the city’s greatest & most diverse live entertainment space.

In the nine years since the venue opened, Komedia Bath has enabled upwards of three-quarters of a million individuals to experience world class live entertainment right here in Bath – from music and comedy, to film, cabaret and kids shows and just about everything in-between. The chances are, that if you’re reading this, you are one of those 750,000 individuals, and that makes you crucial to this campaign to protect the future of this incredible space.

With under a month to raise a minimum of £350,000, the time to act is now. If enough of the people who have passed through Komedia Bath’s doors were to invest or donate in support of this groundbreaking Community Ownership Bid, Komedia will be able to keep you all laughing, dancing, and discovering your new favourite acts and artists for many years to come.

Eleanor Household, head of development and leading the project explains “Komedia is a vital lynchpin of Bath’s thriving arts community. If Komedia is unable to support all the wonderful things that happen in Bath, including Bath’s festivals, emerging talent and local businesses, it will create a chain reaction that will no doubt affect the whole “ecosystem” of live entertainment, both locally and nationally”.

Without an inclusive space, where would upcoming young bands take their first nervous steps out in front of a crowd? Without a fully equipped live performance space, where would the city’s other creative organisations hold events and grow their own support bases? Without an established venue with the power to draw world-class performers, what would become of the city’s cultural offering?

As a midscale venue, Komedia Bath feels an acute responsibility to play its part in keeping Bath a vibrant and creative place to live.

Without the support of the community, Komedia Bath will inevitably succumb to the pressures which are destroying the live entertainment scene nationwide. You can stop this from happening by investing in community shares, donating what you can afford and by helping spread the word far and wide.

Investment starts at £250 and comes with a whole host of benefits including a 3% return on investment. Donations start at £25 and are rewarded with café membership cards and special ticket offers throughout the year.

By investing in Komedia Bath Komedia Bath are offering members and investors the following: