10 out of 10 Productions Installs Chauvet Professional Force Fixtures in Grove Theatre
UK – On 21 April, 2007, the Grove Theatre held its opening gala hosted by legendary actor Brian Blessed. The following day, its first show, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, began a one-week run. From that point on, the 750-seat venue looked like it would never slow down, staging over 5,000 shows and events in a 13-year period. Then the COVID-19 pandemic brought its busy schedule to an abrupt halt.
Although the theatre had to close its doors to the public during the lockdown, activity within its walls didn’t stop. With the popular venue empty, its technical director Richard Shrubb and his team were more readily able to upgrade its lighting rig by adding 16 of the new Chauvet Professional Force series fixtures supplied by its long-time vendor, 10 out of 10 Productions.
A CHESTER British Armed Forces veteran’s exploits during National Service 60 years ago will be front and centre of an innovative UK-wide new heritage project. Michael Wilkinson, 87, who served in countries including Jordan, Iraq and Egypt and was stationed at Hednesford, is one of 18 former servicemen included in a National Lottery-funded project called National Service Remembered. It has been 60 years since National Service ended in the UK and the campaign, run by the not-for-profit organisation Same but Different, captures an important period of the country’s cultural history through the eyes of the men who served. Michael Wilkinson was stationed at Hednesford.
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David, 82, served at Gobowen after being conscripted during the final year of National Service A York British Armed Forces veteran’s exploits during National Service 60 years ago will be front and centre of an innovative UK-wide new heritage project. David Ryan, 82, who hails from Heworth and served at Gobowen during the 1950s, is one of 18 former servicemen included in a National Lottery-funded project called National Service Remembered. It has been exactly 60 years since National Service ended in the UK and the campaign, run by the not-for-profit organisation Same but Different, captures an important period of the country’s cultural history through the eyes of the men who served.