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A chance for disabled and carer to enjoy the theatre

Theatre pilot for ‘killer’ play

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Published on Friday 19 April 2013 12:30

A TRAVELLING theatre company is hoping to encourage more people with additional needs to enjoy the theatre with an innovative pilot scheme.

The Theatre Broad will be bringing Broadway comedy hit ‘Deathtrap’, by Ira Levin, to the Webster Memorial Theatre on April 30 and has introduced a new discount scheme.

Ticket prices for those with disabilities have been slashed to a token £1 and their carers will be given free entry to boot.

The plot revolves around Sidney Bruhl (David Reid-Kay), a renowned playwright stricken by writer’s block who encounters unknown dramatist Clifford Anderson (Mark Harvey).

A twisted dark comedy unravels from this point with murder, black humour and more than a few surprises along the way as both playwrights attempt to write a ‘killer’ play.

The show starts at 7.30 p.m. and tickets are £12 for adults, £10 for concessions and £1 for people with disabilities and their carers.

Tickets are available from the Webster Memorial Theatre box office on 01241 435800 or by visiting www.webstertheatre.org.
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Does no one care what is happening to mental health services?

More than 40 mental health workers in Norfolk have been told they are being made redundant as part of a restructure of an NHS trust, it was announced today.

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust said 41 members of staff, who work in Norwich and West Norfolk, had been issued with notices of redundancy following a consultation.

The mental health trust is planning to cut 502 out of 2,128 posts and 20pc of its inpatient beds by 2016 in order to balance its books.

Event in North Norfolk for people with disabilities – 23rd April

Life for people with disabilities will be the subject of an open afternoon in Cromer next week.

The former Norfolk Coalition of Disabled People, which has just re-launched itself under the name Equal Lives, is holding the event in Cromer Parish Hall on Tuesday April 23 from 3pm-6pm.

The organisation is inviting people to come along and have their say on matters facing disabled people.