Fundraising event to be held in aid of Doncaster's Grand Theatre

The Friends of the Grand campaign group, which has been fighting to re-open the crumbling theatre for quarter of a century, will be at Armthorpe Community Centre on Saturday with a stall.

There will also be a table top sale featuring antiques, bric-a-brac, cut glass items, paintings and household goods, with many items being acquired during the Covid lockdown.

Doors open at 11am.

Earlier this year, the Theatres Trust handed Doncaster Council £11,500 to look at the feasibility of restoring and re-opening of the ornate Grade II listed Victorian theatre which has been falling into disrepair since its closure as a bingo hall in 1995.

The venue, sandwiched between Sainsbury’s supermarket and the Frenchgate Interchange, has been on the Theatres at Risk Register since the list started in 2006.

It has been the subject of a long running campaign to restore it to its former glory.