Sunday 16 September 2018

Heritage Tour

Took a tour of one of our local theatres today as it is a Heritage weekend. The Grand is a beautiful small theatre in the heart of town. It was only a short tour but we got to see behind the scenes - the dressing rooms,



the Fly deck, where all the scenery and lighting is controlled ...


and the stage. Here's a view from the stage showing the 2 circles and the gods.


The ceiling and walls are very ornate.



On the stage was some memorabilia about Kenn Dodd.


The stage gave me instant vertigo as it slopes towards the orchestra pit.


Lots more information was displayed around the theatre itself.


More information can be found here.


Back onto the promenade for a picnic sandwich, we were just in time to welcome back the many people who had just completed a sponsored Memory walk in aid of Dementia.


It turned out to be a beautiful day ...


after a very windy and rainy start. Can you spot me in the webcam picture below? I'm in there somewhere.


xx

4 comments:

  1. Sounds fun, it's nice to get out on a sunny day.

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  2. Wow, what an interesting tour, I would love that in our Theatre Royal.
    Briony
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  3. How very interesting, we have done the same before and gone behind the scenes. xx

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  4. We have open doors day here today where museums etc are free. Turned out it was my door that was open. Knackered. Got nothing done!

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