Despite being a wealthy Borough, there are many pockets of deprivation. For example, the Eastham Estate is uniquely owned by The London Borough of Newham and therefore many residents are on low wages or unwaged. Even though we are keeping our ticket prices down to £10.50 (our professional actors only receive £200 per week, although local supporters provide them with bed and breakfast to offset any costs.

We have been marketing our Christmas shows to schools for nine years and we know that some of the schools (or the parents) cannot afford the cost of the Theatre ticket and the coach. We have subsidised two or three year groups from various schools for the last two productions, and would like to extend this subsidy to others as we have been unable to meet all the requests made of us by the schools in recent years. Where possible, PTAs will often support the additional cost for the pupils.