RHYL’S Pavilion Theatre is under threat and we at The Visitor need your help to convince Denbighshire County Council to reject plans to cut it’s budget.
The 1,031 seat venue which opened in 1991 brings in top class acts every year to entertain locals.
Highlights from the last year include singing sensations Paul Potts, Ray Quinn and Beverley Knight, musical extravaganza 42nd Street, Footloose and Guys and Dolls as well as numerous community theatre projects, amateur dramatics and school productions.
But that could all change if a proposed funding cut by Denbighshire County Council of £40,000 in is passed as part of the budget.
The cut means that The Pavilion will almost certainly lose substantial funding from other sources and be forced to close down within three years.
This can not be allowed to happen.
Already letters of support have come in from some of the groups using the theatre and a number of councillors have expressed their concern.
But that may not be enough and The Visitor is mounting the Save Our Shows campaign to put pressure on the county council and force them to reconsider the savage cuts.
We want you to play your part by getting in touch with us and saying what The Pavilion means to you and to your community.
Seven Year old Ellen Bickerstaff has performed at the theatre and added her voice to the campaign.
“Please can you ask the council not to close the theatre because me and my friends from the Gay Harris Dancers do our shows there,” she wrote. “I have just been doing Aladdin which was amazing and if we didn’t have a theatre, we wouldn’t be able to dance and have fun.
“My sister will be starting to dance soon and if the theatre closes, she won’t be able to go on stage and she will be very, very sad.”
Show your support by writing to: Save Our Shows, The Visitor, 84 High Street, Rhyl, LL181UB. Email: david.rutland@northwalesnews.co.uk or text 07895422535.

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