1st Aug
Show must go on
Shows, including Jimmy Carr, Less than Jake and Sally Morgan, are to go ahead this autumn after The Cresset announced: “The show must go on.”
After losing £150,000 last year, the theatre was set to close until great support from the public and acts appearing on stage allowed staff to re-negotiate the contracts bringing stars to Peterborough.
Now it’s full steam ahead for the autumn season and tickets are selling well for shows including Stewart Francis, Peter Alliss, Waterloo, The Stones and children’s shows Show Me Chris & Pui and Boogie Pete.
Jonathan Martin, chief executive of YMCA Cambridgeshire and Peterborough who runs the complex under the direction of the Cresset Board of Trustees, said: “This is fantastic news. We are delighted to be able to keep the theatre going and continue to bring these big names to Peterborough.
“We were devastated when we realised we had no option but to close the theatre. The reaction was phenomenal. The public support was overwhelming – more than 18,000 people signed a petition to keep us open and we also had great support from the acts themselves. I hope all those people will continue to support us by coming to see the shows this season.”
We have been to your theatre for the last two years for your Christmas pantomine and wondered if you were doing one this year as we can’t see one advertised.
Eileen Round
Finance Officer
Bushmead Primary School
St Neots
Are you doing a pantomime this year?