A hotel and stage company in Bridport are celebrating the end of a successful stage run of a classic play, raising over £2000 for charities.
Jack Hill, former actor and assistant manager of The Bull Hotel invited Bridport Stage Company to stage a production of the classic Oscar Wilde play The Importance of Being Earnest at the venue.
There were three performances of the play, taking place on Thursday, April 4, Friday April 5 and Saturday, April 6.
All money raised from the event will be shared between mental health support charity Samaritans and children's hospice Naomi's House.
A homemade cake in the shape of a handbag, in reference to the play’s iconic line “a handbag?”, was donated for an event raffle by Jane Clarke, who runs The Cake Fairy business in Bridport.
The total came to £2148 with £148 raised just from the cake raffle alone.
Valerie Goodwin, founder and leader of Bridport Stage Company, is very proud of the actors for their successful stage run.
She said: “Audiences were delighted by the play and Elliot Millsom filmed it for us.
“Thank you to all who helped make this wonderful fundraiser such a success- especially the wonderful actors, and the team and Jack Hill at the Bull!”
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