Beauty and the Beast
Fri, Jan 20th 2023 at 7:15 pm - 9:50 pm
Chance for our Ukrainian friends to see an English pantomime
UKRAINIANS’ PANTOMIME ENCOUNTER A REAL TONIC
District 1040 funding has helped the Aireborough Club fund English classes for Ukrainian refugees living locally for the past three months. At Christmas the grant enabled £30 vouchers for toys to be given to every individual child. In January a surprise visit was arranged for the whole group to attend a production of Beauty and the Beast in Yeadon Town Hall with tickets provided free of charge by Yeadon Charities. President John Kitching also arranged for sweets for all the children to be provided by the Sweet Shop.
Our Friday night language Course leader Julia Zarubinska-Toepritz sent the following message to the Club:-
''I got so many messages of gratitude asking to be sent to the Club. Both parents and children really enjoyed it. One dad said that it felt like he completely forgot the situation they are in for two hours and laughed and sang along. Even when the Ukrainians were not able to get the jokes, they still laughed because everybody else did and it was contagious! It was such an important evening for them at a brilliant venue. If you are able to pass this on to the performing team, it would be great. Are they really all amateurs?’’
The Aireborough Club was also involved in the show’s run with Club President John Kitching playing the comedic role of Frenchman Alphonse Artois and our Sergeant-at-Arms Peter Long having both written the script and as prompter ensuring that everyone stuck to their lines.
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