“It was a little bit chaotic,” said Peek. “The room was so small you had to make sure people went to the front first, and you had to be a shepherd really. “And then it was very difficult at the end getting people out. “The audience was very cramped. There were no toilets, so that was really hard too.”
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Court Theatre veterans, Gay Peek, left, and Doris Barnard have ushered in 50 years at the Court Theatre. The Court Theatre moved to three venues before settling at the Arts Centre in 1976. After the 2011 Canterbury earthquakes damaged their Arts Centre home, the Court Theatre built a new space in a former grain silo in Addington and reopened in December 2011.
The Court Theatre Thanks Longtime Volunteer Ushers for Their Years of Service
As The Court Theatre prepares to celebrate 50 years next week there are two key people who have been there from the start.by BWW News Desk
As The Court Theatre prepares to celebrate 50 years next week there are two key people who have been there from the start.
Doris Barnard and Gay Peek began volunteering as ushers at the Court Theatre when it opened in 1971, and still love the vital role they play in the theatre s life. The contact with the audience is always fun and I enjoy the feeling of being a link between the public and the production teams and of course I get to see and enjoy most of the plays, Gay says.
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