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Special charity performance of Aladdin in aid of the Swansea Valley Miners Appeal Fund
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Swansea Grand Theatre, Sunday 8th January 6.00pm
Wayne Thomas, General Secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers, took time out from his busy schedule to meet the star of this year's panto at Swansea Grand Theatre, Jimmy Osmond.
The full company of Aladdin, and staff at the theatre, are staging an extra charity performance of the panto on Sunday 8th January at 6.00pm in aid of the Swansea Valley Miners Appeal Fund and Wayne explained to Jimmy how the money would be spent.
As soon as Qdos Entertainment, producers of this year's pantomime saw coverage of the Gleision Mining Disaster, they immediately got in touch with the theatre to see if there was anything that they could do to support the families.
Following discussions with the pantomime's star, Jimmy Osmond, as well as other cast members and staff at the theatre, they decided to put on the extra charity performance.
"When I heard about what had happened we were very keen to do something to support the families of this tragic disaster and I am pleased that everyone working on the show and in the theatre is helping us to raise funds for the Appeal," said Jimmy Osmond.
The full company of Aladdin and Swansea Grand Theatre staff, from the cleaners and crew, through to box office and front of house staff, have all agreed to work for free for this performance in order to raise as much money as possible.
Paul Hopkins, Programming, Marketing and Development Manager comments,
"Having spoken to the Miners Trust we thought that an extra performance was a good way of raising funds for this cause. We will also be making bucket collections after the performances during the pantomime run to boost funds for the Appeal."
Tickets for this special performance are available now from the theatre's Box Office on 01792 475715 and are from £8.50 to £21.50. |
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Tuesday, January 3, 2012 |
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