By Margaret Maccoll
When The J Theatre opened for The Little Seed production of The Addams Family at 2pm last Friday it was their first show since March and staff were “smiling from ear to ear“.
Ticketing coordinator Jess Tye said it had been tricky to organise the event under Covid-restrictions and staff had been on a huge learning curve but it was worth it.
“It’s been wonderful to see the children on stage performing,“ she said.
“They’ve been training all year but haven’t been able to perform.“
Jess said under the social distancing regulations the theatre is only able to sell tickets for less than half the theatre.
Depending on the number of people booking as a group seats booked range from about 113 to less than 180 compared to full house seating of 402.
But with performances sold out it is obvious people are keen to return to the theatre.
Jess said their next event, a book launch with Trent Dalton was also sold out and productions coming up included the Wizard of Oz and the Sunshine Coast comedy festival.
They hope the theatre will be able to return to normal next year.
