What do you get when you combine a village full of eccentric characters, a much-loved sitcom, four packed audiences, and a very enthusiastic theatre club? One unforgettable run of The Vicar of Dibley!

Culter Theatre Club was delighted to perform to four completely sold-out audiences, with every performance filled with laughter from start to finish. Judging by the smiles, applause, and the snorts of laughter, everyone seemed to have a wonderful time—and we certainly did!

As if that wasn’t enough, thanks to the incredible generosity of our audiences during the post-show collections, along with a contribution from the club, we raised an amazing £1,500 for Comic Relief.

A huge thank you to everyone who came along, laughed at the jokes (even the terrible ones), applauded at thr right moments, and donated so generously. Your support means the world to us and helps prove that a good night with your local theatre group can really make a difference.

Vattenfall, operator of the Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm, provide the ‘Unlock our Future Fund’ to support projects in Aberdeen City and Shire that contribute towards a climate smart future. The fund aims to support charitable activity that contributes to investment in environmentally sustainable community spaces, supports creative solutions, and ensures a legacy and benefit to the local community.

The majority of our existing lighting – which was very near end of life, was environmentally unfriendly, costly to run, and – as many will know – the heat generated was particularly uncomfortable during our summer productions.

The Vattenfall grant will allow us to upgrade all our existing fixtures to modern LED and introduce new styles of lights we haven’t used before. This will make our system more environmentally friendly, cheaper to run, and safer to operate, whilst giving us the ability to be more creative in our lighting designs.

Culter Theatre Club are not the sole users of the stage lighting. We regularly welcome visiting drama groups, special events, and other users who will feel the benefit of the investment. It will be a great asset for the future of Culter Village Hall. 

We are very grateful for this financial support, and thank Foundation Scotland and Vattenfall for supporting our project.

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This is a charity based in Banchory that provides support to those living with & caring for people with dementia in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire.

If you’d like to find out more about them, pop over to their website at forgetmenotclub.co.uk

We raised £1,250 in donations during the intervals for 'Allo 'Allo 2: The Camembert Caper from our amazing audiences which will be shared equally between our two chosen charities: