{"id":694820,"date":"2026-01-14T06:43:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T06:43:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/694820\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T06:43:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T06:43:14","slug":"prince-of-wales-theatre-everything-we-know-about-the-doomed-prince-of-wales-theatre-prior-to-cannock-chase-councils-scrutiny-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/694820\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince of Wales Theatre: Everything we know about the &#8216;doomed&#8217; Prince of Wales Theatre prior to Cannock Chase Council&#8217;s scrutiny meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.expressandstar.com\/news\/local-hubs\/staffordshire\/cannock-chase\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cannock Chase District Council<\/a> is set to discuss the future of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.expressandstar.com\/news\/local-hubs\/staffordshire\/cannock-chase\/2025\/12\/15\/i-feel-we-have-been-let-down-cannock-chase-councillors-call-for-cabinet-to-rethink-prince-of-wales-theatre-demolition-decision\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Prince of Wales Theatre<\/a> during their Economic Prosperity Scrutiny Committee this week.<\/p>\n<p>Among items on the agenda at the meeting, which was <a href=\"https:\/\/plus.expressandstar.com\/news\/2026\/01\/07\/council-meeting-to-discuss-the-future-of-cannocks-prince-of-wales-theatre-postponed-due-to-severe-weather\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">cancelled last week<\/a> due to the severe weather brought on by Storm Goretti, was the discussion of plans surrounding the Theatre&#8217;s inclusion within the regeneration programme&#8217;s &#8216;red line&#8217; for demolition.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.expressandstar.com\/newsletters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Get the latest headlines delivered straight to your inbox with the Express &amp; Star\u2019s free newsletter<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0d3d4537-8552-4e36-a476-c6c6218cfa06.jpg\"   alt=\"Fresh aerial pics over the demolition of Cannock Shopping Centre, next to the Prince of Wales Theatre.\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"w-full max-w-none\"\/>Fresh aerial pics over the demolition of Cannock Shopping Centre, next to the Prince of Wales Theatre.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting was initially scheduled to be held at 6pm on January 7 &#8211; but was postponed due to a weather warning for snow covering the region.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Now, ahead of the council&#8217;s new meeting at 6pm on January 15, we have looked back on everything we know about the &#8216;doomed&#8217; Prince of Wales Theatre.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The hardest decision we&#8217;ve had to make&#8217;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ca65ffdf-b979-4981-b453-549adabf3ea5.jpg\"   alt=\"The Prince of Wales Theatre was a key location for many local theatre groups\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"w-full max-w-none\"\/>The Prince of Wales Theatre was a key location for many local theatre groups<\/p>\n<p>The Prince of Wales Theatre was set to close on December 4, 2024, after the council made the announcement that the venue would be included in the town&#8217;s regeneration plans.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cannock Chase District Council is set to discuss the future of the Prince of Wales Theatre during their&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":694821,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5010],"tags":[748,105137,4884,379,12,604,16,15,1764],"class_list":["post-694820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wales","tag-britain","tag-cannock-chase","tag-great-britain","tag-local-hubs","tag-news","tag-staffordshire","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-wales"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115892101150304244","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=694820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694820\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/694821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=694820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=694820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=694820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}