Neil Tague
Melanie Lewis has been appointed as the first permanent boss of the £27m Prescot theatre ahead of its opening in 2022.
Lewis, who will start in the role in August, is currently an executive director with National Museums Liverpool, where she leads on commercial enterprises, visitor experience, strategy and planning.
She has been with NML since 2012, joining the leadership team two years later.
Max Steinberg, chair of operating body The Shakespeare North Trust, said: “The Shakespeare North Playhouse is a truly remarkable and special project and, as such, requires a very talented, committed, and driven individual to lead the team.
The Plaza cinema, Trinity Street, Dorchester. Picture: John Gurd GUESTS have been ‘excited’ to return to a local independent cinema dubbed among the best in the country – as its manager remarked that it’s nice to have that buzz back’. The Plaza, based on Trinity Street, Dorchester, is a 1930s picture house with four screens which reopened on Monday, May 17 as per the easing of lockdown restrictions on leisure venues. Reviews recently shared online about the cinema have described the venue as brilliant and a ‘fantastic local facility’. Some guests have praised its organised and efficient coronavirus safety measures as well as complement its friendly staff .
The Plaza cinema, Trinity Street, Dorchester. Picture: John Gurd GUESTS have been ‘excited’ to return to a local independent cinema dubbed among the best in the country – as its manager remarked that it’s nice to have that buzz back’. The Plaza, based on Trinity Street, Dorchester, is a 1930s picture house with four screens which reopened on Monday, May 17 as per the easing of lockdown restrictions on leisure venues. Reviews recently shared online about the cinema have described the venue as brilliant and a ‘fantastic local facility’. Some guests have praised its organised and efficient coronavirus safety measures as well as complement its friendly staff .
General manager Hazel Latus
Huge relief and plenty of excitement will mark the reopening of Bognor’s Regis Centre at the end of May.
It will be a relatively quiet June before the venues gets fully back into its stride for much busier months from July onwards.
But adding to the confidence is the fact that they can now confirm their panto: it will be Jack and the Beanstalk featuring a number of the cast who would have been in the cancelled Peter Pan last year.
But maybe the main point is simply that the venue has survived.
General manager Hazel Latus said: “It is a relief to be reopening and moving forward. And we are financially sound. We are not millionaires, but we can manage with what we have got and we can create more, which is what we would like to do. We are relieved and pleased!”
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