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| The dark Irish comedy 'The Beauty Queen of Leenane' is one of the plays visitors will see in rehearsal. (Photo: Phil Mansell) |
The Dolman Theatre is playing its part
in a UK-wide fund-raising event by taking part in the world’s biggest coffee
morning on Saturday 28 September.
As well as
coffee and cake, visitors can enjoy stalls selling a host of gift items and also
take a tour of the theatre where they will go backstage to watch Newport
Playgoers rehearse ‘The Vicar of Dibley’ and other plays.
“The
is part of a nationwide event that started in 1990, when a local fundraising
committee decided to hold a coffee morning where people came along to meet and
mingle – and to donate the cost of their coffee to Macmillan Cancer Support,” explained
Playgoer Steve Bissex-Williams.
“Since
then this annual event has raised over £75 million in total for Macmillan
Cancer Support. We hope the people of Newport will come along and support in
this great fund-raising event,” he added.
The event invites people across the UK to hold a coffee corning where donations are made on the day to to MacMillan. In 2012 115,000 people signed up for coffee mornings, raising a record £15million.
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| Steve Bissex-Williams who has organised the coffee morning at the Dolman Theatre (Photo: Phil Mansell) |
