Buckets of donations for local charities
Grand Opera House York is very happy to announce that money raised during the run of Beauty and The Beast for various local charities, such as RDMCC , Brain Tumour Research, Salvation Army, Lord Mayor’s charities, York Hospital Dementia Appeal and SNAPPY (during the Relaxed Performance, came to a staggering £4254.57.
The total raised throughout the year during many of the theatre’s productions came to an impressive £10,999.13.
Clare O’Connor, Deputy General Manager said:
‘After having made the decision to focus largely on local charities, we are absolutely delighted to have raised so much for these very deserving charities over our pantomime season, and indeed over the financial year so far. This year’s pantomime audience have been more generous than ever, the proceeds of these collections will go a long way to help make a difference to the lives of others, and we look forward to working with more local charities in the coming months.’
Photo of Grand Opera staff members by David Harrison
L to R: Gordon Glover, Clare O’Connor, Megan Conway, Celestine Dubruel. Front row: Magnus Leslie