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BEST DRESSED CHRISTMAS TREE WINNER!
In last month’s Christmas Ensemble, we asked you to vote for the Best Dressed Venue Christmas Tree.
We can now reveal, that the winner with 32% of the vote is… G LIVE!
In second place was the Crewe Lyceum, and coming in third, New Theatre Cardiff.
The voting breakdown is as follows:
32% G Live Guildford
20% Crewe Lyceum
16% New Theatre Cardiff
12% Orchard West Dartford
8% (joint place) Wycombe Swan/Wyvern Swindon
4% Cliffs Pavilion Southend
CAROL’S CROCHET CLUB
If you fancy taking up a new hobby in 2025, then look no further than our very own Carol Newton from the People Team, who is launching a Crochet Club!
Crochet extraordinaire Carol said: “I’ve been asked by several people whether I could organise an after work crochet club with the intention of teaching beginners or help those that can, advance further. I am self-taught myself and love a challenge!
“I propose meeting every two weeks or so, and the first date I have available is Thursday 30 January at 5.30pm. If you are interested or have any queries, please drop me an email.”
Carol added: “You don’t have to have any experience at all and I can provide equipment and wool to begin with to see if you enjoy it. So, we can take it from there, but please don’t go out and buy anything for now.”
All these designs are Carol’s own amazing creations!
NEW HOME FOR IMAGINE
DEAL DONE 
‘Oh no it isn’t….OH YES IT IS!!’ Holt Commercial Ltd have completed the letting of 186 Torrington Avenue, over 68,000 sqft of industrial space in Coventry. The letting was completed in record time to Imagine Theatre on a 10 year term.
CEOs of Imagine Theatre, Steve and Sarah Boden commented: “We are delighted to have secured a new production base for our headquarters in Coventry, the city where Imagine Theatre started. The relocation of our Head Office to Torrington Avenue is a cornerstone of our continued growth and expansion. The site provides perfect accommodation for our stores, with excellent eaves height and great access for the lorries that transport our productions across the length and breadth of the UK. We will be able to further support Trafalgar Entertainment’s growing infrastructure and provide a cohesive group-wide storage solution.”
FINANCE STRUCTURE CHANGES
We are pleased to announce the following changes in our finance teams.
Rob Brown, currently Head of Production Finance, will become Head of Venues Finance when Grace Edy takes maternity leave from 24th January.
Paulina Green, in our Venues team, will take up the position of Finance Manager in Trafalgar Tickets.
Martin Cook, returns to Trafalgar Entertainment, and will work alongside Lou Waldron, to ensure continued effective finance service to Trafalgar Theatre Productions, JCTP and Imagine.
Lou will oversee the Imagine Finance team and Chris Daniels and Arthur Hutson will report directly to Lou.
We wish Rob and Paulina every success in their new roles, and we look forward to working with Martin once again. We also send our very best wishes to Grace for her maternity leave.
We will be recruiting for vacant finance roles as a result of these changes and will provide further information soon.
