... for a good friend or yourself! The early history of the AP Theatre is described in: 'Drama at the Palace - Victorian Heyday'. Based on research and much previously undocumented material, the book is both detailed and a wonderful eye-opener on a period of unlimited ambition. It's also great value at just £8.50 or £7.00 to members. It's available by post from the Friends' Shop.
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<p>...to the Bowes Park Community Choir who donated the proceeds of their Christmas Concert towards the restoration of the Theatre. Here's <a href="http://bowesparkcommunitychoir.org/concerts/christmas-concert-2016-2/" target="_blank">more about the concert and choir</a>.</p>
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Including a description and photo of the unique brick arches discovered under the floor of the auditorium, news from the Friends, and about our forthcoming short films, and two articles from new research on the actress and producer Lillie Langtree who appeared at the Theatre in 1885, and the actress Nancy McMillan, who performed at the Theatre between 1923 and 1930.
The newsletter is free to download at: fapt_news_2016-11.pdf
... with much more information about the restoration of the whole of the east end of the Palace - not just the Theatre but also the Television Studios and the East Court.
Your name on a plaque...
The Theatre now needs your support in order to release the last tranche of the HLF grant. Every donation of any size will help, with those of £25 and above being recognised on a plaque in the Theatre Foyer.
For the Friends, we agreed at our October committee meeting that among other ways we would be supporting, we will contribute £900 towards one of the fixed seats in the Theatre.
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