Garrick gets new Bar/Cafe

I wrote eight weeks ago that I’d agreed the refurbishment of the cafe on the ground floor of the Garrick Theatre. It’s the latest change to be made since I took over political responsibility for the venue along with a new management team last April.

Well, the new Green Room cafe/bar opened last week and I’m delighted to say is doing a roaring trade. I’ve also just had the latest figures for the last quarter’s ticket sales and general trade and thankfully it’s all still on track for a staggering improvement on twelve months ago.

The pantomime from Christmas 2005, prior to the new team taking over, didn’t have any ’sell out’ performances but the pantomime just finished saw 44 out of the 52 shows sold out. Add that to the success of the Friday night jazz and the indications from the new Green Room so far and April’s end of year financial performance predicted in January should be about spot on.

I’m confident the Garrick will be back well within budget by this time next year and my ultimate goal is to make the venue cost neutral for Lichfield taxpayers. Anyway, things are going well and I’m delighted.

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