Update on the Brentwood Theater
Mark Reed, director of the Brentwood Theater in the UK, sent along an update on the renovations going on there.
We delighted to announce that ALL of our backstage facilities are about to be completed, with the builders moving back on site on 23 February, and this final phase of the fit out is due for completion at the end of May.
We cannot believe that this project is coming to an end. The fundraising was only launched in September 2005, and less than four years later, we have raised around £400,000 which will have been efficiently spent providing outstanding facilities for the local community.
We reopened on 1 November, as planned, to a complete sell-out with the kids from BOSSY performing FAME, which was supported by the Theatre’s Patron, Stephen Moyer, currently in America from where he sent this message :
I am currently in LA filming the second series of TRUE BLOOD for HBO. True Blood was nominated for two Golden Globes, one for best dramatic TV series and one for best Actress, which Anna Paquin actually won. We cannot wait until the show launches in April in the UK when I hope to dash back to see how this final phase is progressing.
Fans of True Blood from America and all over the world have also donated nearly FIVE THOUSAND POUNDS in the past three months which has also ensured that we had enough money to go ahead with this final phase.
Productions will continue without interruption during the final fitting out, with the builders working around rehearsals and performances to bring into use a new theatre office, washroom facilities, a galley kitchen and a multi-use space which will be able to be used as a dance studio (with full mirrors), rehearsal area, overflow dressing room or even a forty-seat studio theatre.
Do you listen to Phoenix 98 FM? Then listen out for the new advert for Brentwood Theatre, being played out three times a day, seven days a week. Voiced by our very own Stephen Gunshon (‘Fantastic Mr Fox’) and Roz Ure (Masquerade Productions, Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens, and Girl Friday Productions, amongst other things).
Thanks for the update, Mark! Congratulations and keep us posted!
Good job, fans!
