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AN A~~ EXPENSES P~D WEEKEND fOR ~ IN NY!
HE PRESENTED 'THE WORD' WITH 'STUPID' DE CADANET. HE WAS ONCE A MAGICIAN! Andrew O'Connor talks about this and his role in stage-hit 'Me & My Girl'
Shock over for Ciosed' Arts Centre 1
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HUNDREDS of Norwich Arts Cen-
tre supporters breathed a sigh of relief last weekend after hearing the news that their beloved venue was not to be closed down as previously expected. centre had agreed to cease trad4 and seek voluntary liquidation after figures revealed they owed a list of creditors at least £30,000. Shocked at the news of ~s closure, donations from concerned supporters
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pouring in, including £1 ,000 from honorary UEA graduate and Radio One DJ John Peel, who said ' I hope people realise how close they came to losing the Arts Centre." After raising £25,000 in just over one week, ~ was decided at a meeting this weekend that the St Benedicts' venue should stay open. Opened in May 1977, the centre has 'played host to the likes of Nirvana, The Lemonheads and Lush and over the years it has proved itself to be the heart of Norwich's culture. Manager of the venue, Pam Reekie, is ove~oyed with the decision, yet she realises there are still complications ahead. 'Even though we've only got £5,000 to raise, we still need to tighten our budgets if we want the centre to stay open. "At the moment, we're in the process of rewriting a business plan, which should ensure that nothing like this happens again." She thanked everyone who helped raise money for the appeal and urged people to continue with their support in the tutu re.
Plans for chiP-~Y.
cam~us
flounder as
UEA food officials
strive to cut losses
WHEN the chips are down, go back on your promise ... that's the view of UEA food officials. Students had fallen hook, line and sinker for 'tails' of a decision to build a campus chippy, but Concrete can exclusively reveal EXCLUSIVE --., they have decided to suspend By Simon Mann the plans. · For in a fishy move, the Registry chiefs have 'soled' out and secretly re-allocated money from the Catering Services Renewal Fund, to 'plaice' a canteen in the new, ironically titled, Elizabeth 'Fry' Building. This controversial decision means that no work can start on the fish and chip
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shop, planned to form a part of the existing Breakers site, before September 1995 at the earliest. The unexpected diversion of funds is understood to be part of the Catering Services continuing drive for economy, who
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