By 1990 we were ready to make a start, with grants promised for the first phase from both Stewartry District Council and Dumfries and Galloway Regional Council, and over the next year the shell of the building took shape. This building, now known to our members as the 'shed', was intended to form the auditorium, with a second section to follow of similar floor area but less high. However, the project took a new turn and the shed remained a shed.

Even as work was progressing on the shed, we learned that St Andrews Church was to close and was likely to come on the market. We took what was a very difficult decision at the time to buy the church, and to put the shed on the market.

By way of bridging finance, we arranged some interest free loans from supporters, and took a commercial loan. This all happened in 1992 and as it took until 2002 to sell the shed, these arrangements have only recently been unravelled.


 

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Mad About Productions

Mad About The Musicals 2008

Wednesday 15 October 7.30pm £14.00

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Mad About The Musicals returns with a BRAND NEW 2008 show. This electric production of Musical Showstoppers was voted by many venues last year as one of the best one-night shows in the UK.

From the poignant ‘All I Ask Of You’ to the dramatic ‘One Day More’ Mad About’s talented ensemble conjure stunning, high quality vocal performances, which evoke the true spirit of the West End.

Transporting you on a whistle stop tour into the heart of London’s theatre land the show contains over 25 of your favourite musicals from composers such as Lloyd Webber, Boublil and Schonberg.

So, sit back and enjoy two hours of unforgettable West End and Broadway favourites, the stunning vocal talents of a West End cast, top notch dancing, stunning lighting and glitzy costumes - ‘A Pure Slice Of Entertainment’.

Hailed as ‘OUTSTANDING!’ by the Stage, ‘THE BEST SHOW OF ITS KIND’ by Encore Magazine (November 2007) and nominated 2008 ‘PRODUCER OF THE YEAR’ this is one not to miss!!

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Moishe's Bagel

Moishe's Bagel

Thursday 16 October 7.30pm £10.00 (£8.00)

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Rip-roaring, foot-stomping jazz-influenced klezmer and Balkan music from some of Scotland's finest musicians. An intoxicating mix of Eastern European dance music, Middle Eastern rhythms and virtuoso performances, Moishe's Bagel bring passion, soul and irresistible energy to Jewish world music. Traditional music as you've never heard it, as well as startling original compositions and improvisations.

 

"Exhilarating, full-flavoured stuff, often breath-takingly intricate but played with jubilation…the Bagel acquires the momentum of an express train" (Glasgow Herald)

 

www.moishesbagel.co.uk

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