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The theatre remembered the comic legend by naming the theatre's conference room after him. The Eric
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Actor Nick Wilkes, who was a technician at the theatre in the late 1990s, approached
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In 1993 the operating lease for the theatre was up for renewal by
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projection as well as live performance. It offers patrons music, theatre, film and dance. The seating layout is based on "the
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