 Two new directors, Samantha Kelly and Ray Walker, were appointed in November 2015.In December 2017 "Quays News" reported that SVTT was being relaunched with the support of Salford City Council's mayor Paul Dennett and the local MP Graham Stringer.However, in September 2018 the theatre was put up for auction with a guide price of £350,000 which prompted the SVTT to campaign to have the building recognized as an 'asset of community value'.