Fuller, Smith & Turner opens theatre in Birmingham pub
Fuller, Smith and Turner has opened an 80-seat theatre on the second floor of a Birmingham boozer.
The Old Stock Joint pub in Temple Row West has full dressing and green room facilities, a box office, cloakroom and lounge area for interval drinks.
Pub manager Alison Turner who came up with the idea said: "We used to run some plays in our function room, and I could see there was potential to expand the concept."
Fuller's has spent £350,000 creating the theatre and hired a full-time theatre manager, Ian Craddock, to organise comedy nights, plays and cabaret at the new site.
High-street pub operator JD Wetherspoon recently bolted a coffee shop onto the front of its Forest Hill pub in South-east London to satisfy workers' early morning coffee cravings.
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By Chris Druce
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