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Blackwood Players Charity Night

Support a local theatre company AND refugees!

Blackwood Players presents Curtains Up a hilarious comedy of five women who inherit equal shares in a dilapidated theatre and plan to bring it back to life again.

Date: 30 August at 8:00
Venue: Blackwood Memorial Hall, 21 Coromandel Parade Blackwood

Tickets $20.00.
Seating is cabaret style so bring friends and nibbles with drinks available at the bar.

Proceeds will go to Blackwood Hills Circle of Friends for support of refugees and asylum seekers.

Book now: https://www.trybooking.com/CBOVI

Queries: Jenny Lewis 0418848508

 

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