Droylsden Llttle Theatre
Afterfatln8 lrfotwo i(W8h y•*4 thrmhO￿ the £QMD-19p￿c •rMI wie
r&ryn¢d ourdcKir5 to membersand audientts a6ain in Cktobtr 2021. ￿ wasthe stsrt of a fvnt3#k
season featurlnA four wonderfvl produdonswth the htlp of ourtalented dlrertors xtm.
bullders, technltal te•m and front ol housevolunteer5. We woukln't ha¥e m•dt the crythe back wt
have done W it wasn't for you, our members. 5115lPOrtln& eath play- T*hether it be M sw. behlnd
the•tre.
• %•*$￿- We launchtd our seasorb vAth lable Mannerf In Octthr and fllled S
ot our •villalAe sÈatin8. Our ne￿ produclion was'84 Ctharlng Cross Roatt In fjecemberwhkh
reached 57% upacny. These We￿ the first two prod￿t￿n$ slrKe the pandemlcamd our audlerKes
re understandably stlll feellni neThous abtyJt large $￿al 8atherlny, p•rtbudath* he•dln8 Into •ryl
durinR wlnter. Next up was'Don't Dre55 for DiTrnerf in Fetsuary arHI we 5)w our audl¢thte numbers
In¢rease to 75% as people'5 confldence leve15 rose •nd lrfe began to return to normal. These
Increased audience numbers ¢ontIn￿d Into ourlourth and fin•1 productKm of thè season'BeKInr￿I
Gulde to Mufderln8 Your Husband, whlch rtached 67% c4p•dty. We also held 8n •ddlttonal
produrtion rhe Allotment, whith wa5 • (kne kn play in June •nd a Vartetyshow in )￿l¥- &)th ul
vthlch were a 8real success. Everyone in¥ofv¢d in the re-opening of our theatre and anyof the
productlons thls season should ￿ proud of what thevve a¢hleved and thelrconirfbutlon to the
communtty of Drowsdtn.
We ho￿ a prornlslnB season ahead of usfrom October 2021 retUm1￿to ourtfadlttonal se•son
lorni•i otsix piodurtlons. The Management Commthe ￿111 COn￿n￿e lo do wthat we can to u&ure
our seats are fllled at each produrtion, focuslni ￿ markeUn8 and promotlng our aclmtyon sockl
medla and wlthln the local community.
Fln•nd•l
- Flnanclalty thln85 hwe plcked up lty (Wen Litt￿ Theatre (Ner the1•5t 12
months. The last two years have been dlfficult due to lotkdowThs and the doslng of thetheatrt from
March 2020 to Ortober 2021 b￿, wlth the return of our much mlssed produrtlons. we'* seen the
theatre start to generate Income again. We're pleased to reportthat thls year Droylsden Llttle
Theatre has made an overall profit of £2,059 hthng 5tèrted the yearwrth resems of £16.156 and
endèd the year wlth £18.215. Income this year was £29,128 lofwhich £2,667 was grant fvndlngl and
costs totalled È2?,064. These income levels are not quite as hv&h as pre-pandemK but Quf costs ha¥e
not bten ès hl8h elther, largely down to onty (arryin8 (but four productions thls season ¥ersus our
usual ￿x. Going tnto next year we r￿d to be mlndful of the Increases coming to our cost bw-
things Ilke oas and elertricity are on the ￿Se. as well as the cost ol our bar strxk-so WÈ need to be
more c05t ¢onsclous than ever. We also need io make sure we ￿¥¢ stron8 ticket sales as well as
hosting social events as these really help to 8enerate income between production5. These areas
have been and will contlnue to be a locus for the Management Commiitee 80in8fr*wèfd.
IL- Durln8 the pandemi¢ we understood It was a challeniing timefor everyone and, wlth
the theatie closed, we dldn't chase up membershlp subscrfptlons. However slft￿ we've re-opened
we're pleased to soy that our membefsh4) numbers reathed 77. Thls is a drop of 30 since
p•ndemlc leb4s. but we hope to see that rlse next 5eawn.

- ￿ has tse￿ a dwlknsty￿jrf0r ofvs thETheatreas
retyjrned io nomwllty wndlot b¥kirto the of runhkqthelheave. we'¥eeThj
se¢DThd ourfkntys after stha Of dDyJrt and uncertaimty and are really
exdted abr￿ the ￿n￿R5e•sOn. w¢%* had lotsof50dal events ￿nCeWer￿￿pefied. ¥Ath the
return of our tradirwl qLNues a klurder kiyrtery e¥*rf at E*Dylsden titfiry. Ouf 1012123 Seasoii
L4Uhth T4*ht and thetr￿ ￿al5 Ilke w Fe5tl¥al ofTheatre vthlthwas a hule hit wlth our
member& Y4>J rnay a150 have sp)tt•dth•r*w •rtwork dlwayedforule In ourb•f areathkh help5
11S5UPF4Wt kn•1 arttsrs •$ eomrr45¥onfortheThewe.
A5 we reath the end of our¥¢ar. ha¥Y ¥ few va(andestoftll cffjthe Mana8ement Ctynmrttse.
We're how4 to apwnt freShla￿ Gorwal Meetlfi8lN SEpiember. We'd hketo
take th15 Opptsrtunlty toth•nk ill our loyal member5 and •udien¢es loryour wpport •s we've re.
0s*ned. A ¥¥Èo•l to eyéryofie has hElped usyt back on our feet and vclunteer f
fr*rt of house rolesto ensure uyr au4lences are qreeledwlth a ¥Rrni welcome. We've boklD8
contlnued successof such a VEèt and ¥lbrant •ssei to the Orffjrfsden commwlty.
Thfjs repyt has been Colllns (Tre•wwl on b¢hall ofth• 8o•rd of Manaiement
(the Trusreesl. The reW( h•s been 4iTeed wlththe TTh5tees•nd S￿¢1 tyfTrudYQ￿1kn5lm btha
olthe T1￿1ee5.
Date.. iith September 2022

Droylsden Little Theatre
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