Panto ticket sales to be donated Zoe's Place fundraiser
St. Helens Theatre Royale is joining a campaign to save the much-loved children's hospice
St. Helens Theatre Royal is the latest to join a huge fundraising effort which is aiming to save much-loved Liverpool children's hospice Zoe's Place.
The charity needs £5 million for a new home by the end of November, or could shut its doors by the end of the year.
The lease on its current site in West Derby will expire next year, and bosses are worried there isn't enough time to get spades in the ground on a new building.
St. Helens Theatre Royal has now confirmed £15 from all tickets for Sleeping Beauty will go directly to the children's hospice.
A full house could help raise over £10,000.
Panto director and St Helens Theatre Manager Chantelle Nolan says: “As soon as we heard the terrible news about Zoe’s Place, we knew we wanted to do something to help secure the future of what is a vitally important resource for young children and their families in the North-West.
“We’re really delighted to be able to pledge £15 from each ticket that is, or has already been, sold for the matinee on 29 October, and knowing how loyal our wonderful panto audiences are, and the generosity of St Helens people, I’m certain that we’re going to raise a lot of money for this worthiest of causes.