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Generous
Geordies donate over 5000 children’s Christmas presents at Laffs4Kids charity
comedy night!
Newcastle’s Tyne Theatre &
Opera House had great pleasure in announcing that the Saturday 19th December’s
comedy bonanza Laffs4Kids was a huge success, with over 5000 children’s
Christmas presents donated to Metro Radio’s Cash for Kids campaign.
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| Photo: Kevin Duffy |
Thanks
to the staggering generosity of everyone who attended the event at Tyne Theatre
& Opera House, thousands of less fortunate children across the North East had
a Christmas present to open on Christmas Day.
Organized
by local comedian Jason Cook, the premise was simple: instead of paying for
admission, bring an unwrapped Christmas present for a child. With just over
1000 tickets issued yet over 5000 presents collected, the people of the North
East certainly delivered.
With
Jason Cook himself introducing the acts, a whole host of local comedy heroes
took to the stage to provide a sleigh-load of laughs, including Chris Ramsey,
Steffen Peddie, Alfie Joey, Scott Tyrrell, Kai Humphries and Carl Hutchinson.
Bringing
the brilliant evening to an end was Lindisfarne’s Billy Mitchell with a rousing
rendition of the Lindisfarne classic Run For Home that had the whole auditorium
singing along.
Theatre
Director Joanne Johnson says: “We’re so proud here at Tyne Theatre & Opera
House to have been able to support such a fantastic event for Cash for Kids. Jason’s
idea was excellent and we’re thrilled he chose Tyne Theatre to host Laffs4Kids.
The amount of presents donated is absolutely overwhelming and the night itself
was incredible; the perfect way to celebrate the festive season and a successful
year for us.”
Organiser
and comedian Jason Cook says: “I'm so proud of everyone involved in Laffs4Kids,
both performers and audience alike. The performers agreed within minutes of
being asked and gave it their all on the night, and the audience sold the place
out in a matter of days and although we set the price of admission at just one present,
that was a rarity, with most people bringing carrier bags full of gifts to get us
to over 5000 gifts. It was quite stressful for me on the night just making sure
everyone was where they needed to be and we were running to time, but once I
got home and thought about what all of us, both sides of the stage, had
achieved I must admit I shed a tear or two at the innate kindness of the
Geordie people.”
Weblink:
www.metroradio.co.uk/charity/
The Tyne Theatre & Opera House Box
Office is open 10am-3:30pm
Monday to Friday and event days
Booking and Information Line: 0844 2491
000 (10am – 6pm
Monday to Friday)
Website: www.tynetheatreandoperahouse.uk
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/TyneOperaHouse
Theatre Address: 109 – 119 Westgate Road, Newcastle, NE1 4AG
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