Amal Clooney: George Clooney and wife offer 'lifeline' as Berkshire theatre forced to shut

“After nine months in lockdown, The Mill at Sonning, the UK’s only dinner theatre, is to re-open its theatre on October 30 with a winter season of comedy, magic, cabarets and plays.”

They continued: “Since July, when the theatre celebrated its 38th birthday, The Mill has only been able to operate its adjoining restaurant with reduced seating, but this together with fundraising and donations from Mill Angel supporters and Hollywood star George Clooney and his wife Amal, who are near neighbours and regular attenders, have been a lifeline to ensure the venue’s survival.

“Artistic Director Sally Hughes singles out special praise for the playwright Ray Cooney, whose legendary farces are performed regularly at the venue.

“The Mill will reopen with a much-reduced capacity of 70 customers for dinner and show due to social distancing, but the venue has come up with an ingenious way to hide the empty seats that have to be left between bookings.”

source: express.co.uk