 On its recommendation, the City Council set up an Advisory Art Committee in 1922; it played a critical role in saving the Repertory Theatre from closure in 1924, and again in 1934–35.The link with the Repertory Theatre continues through ex officio membership of the Sir Barry Jackson Trust which holds the shares of the Birmingham Repertory Theatre Ltd.The Centenary Concert for Birmingham Town Hall in 1934 was organised in the manner and form suggested by the Society jointly with the City of Birmingham Orchestra.