Tyldesley theatregoers have the best seats in the house (From Leigh Journal)
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Tyldesley theatregoers have the best seats in the house
12:10pm Monday 28th January 2013 in News
Box Office Secretary Hilda Taylor (second left) is pictuired sorting her seating plan before the new seats arrived. Also pictured are Ian Taylor, Hilda Taylor, Pete Gower, Jenny Whur and Margaret Speakes.
AFTER playing to sell-out audiences for their family pantomime, 'Mother Goose', it was a real case of standing room only at Tyldesley Little Theatre.
Following a welcome grant of £8,000 from Viridor Credits towards the cost of new seating, the popular Lemon Street playhouse sold the old seating to a buyer in Leeds.
A theatre spokesman said: "After they had been collected, for a time there really wasn't a seat to be had in the house, in fact there weren't any seats at all. We were thinking of offering our patrons the experience of watching our next play from a new angle - the floor.
However, the new seats eventually arrived and were fitted with only days to spare before the start of the next TLT production, ' Flamingoland'.
This was TLT's third grant from Viridor Credits, who have contributed to many things around the theatre over the past four years. The gents' toilets, decorating, a re-styled basement, new stage lighting and much needed roof repairs were some of the Viridor-sponsored projects.
Flamingoland runs from January 29 until February 2, call 01204 655619 to book.
Viridor Credits has helped many community groups throughout the UK, more details from viridor-credits.co.uk
