00:00Good afternoon, everybody. And here we are, better late than never. Let me just give my
00:08colleague Grace the keys to let our customers in, if you would. So, Grace is now going to
00:12warm up the computer and let people in. And we're going to reopen for the very first time
00:18in a rather long time. It's been three months without everybody, and you can see there's
00:22an assembled group of people. Polly up there with the developers. Afternoon, all. So, we
00:29are now reopening the building. Our customers haven't seen anything I'm talking to you about
00:33yet, and as you can see, we've had a bit of a spring clean. Just bear with me, guys. Thank
00:38you very much for bearing with us. It's been a bit of a challenge, but thank you for bearing
00:42with us whilst we open. So, do come in and join the queue. My colleague Grace will be
00:45with you shortly.
00:46It says on the ticket tonight, seven o'clock.
00:53Yes.
00:54That will be the time that the show will be. Seven o'clock, seven thirty. It'll be worth
00:59the wait, don't worry. It'll be worth the wait. Bear with us. Thank you very much, guys.
01:04Just join the queue. Thanks for bearing with us. Well, it's been nice. We've had a lot
01:10of fun. So, I'm just going to wander out, as you can see, into the street. I've not
01:14been out of those doors for quite a while. And that's tonight's entertainment for you.
01:20That'll be the day. Thursday the 3rd of April. Al Murray tomorrow night, the 4th of April.
01:31I'm just going to walk along the street as the customers make their way in. And you can
01:38see there, we've got Motown on Saturday evening. Then the following weekend, we kick off it
01:45all over again. We have got loads coming up over the course of this season. So, as
01:52I said, it's Motown on Saturday, Al Murray on Friday. And tonight, after what seems like
01:59an eternity, we have officially reopened our front doors to the box office for the first
02:04time in a rather long time. Remembering that we closed down on the 29th of December. And
02:13as you can see, there are people assembled. We had a bit of a queue. Reopening our box
02:18office for the very first time this afternoon. Since the 29th of December last year, when
02:24we packed away the annual Panto. It's been a remarkable period of time. And the transformation
02:32is nearly complete. There's still a little bit of snagging to deal with. A few bits and
02:35bobs that we've got to sort out. But largely, we're in a position whereby we're good to
02:42go live. Hence why I'm here this afternoon, live on Grand Parade outside the revamped
02:48Embassy Theatre here in Skegness. People milling around on Grand Parade at the moment as we
02:55walk around the venue, as you can see. The front looks a little bit different. As I said,
03:00we're not completely there. There's a few bits and bobs still to achieve. A few bits
03:04and bobs to sort out. A few signs and pictures to hang and doors to polish. But all in all,
03:11we are pretty much there. It's been a remarkable three-month period. The transformation inside
03:19the auditorium is genuinely a sight to behold. And you can see we are live. Clock Tower just
03:24there. Just after three o'clock on Thursday 3rd April 2025. The Embassy Theatre's transformation
03:31is largely complete, as I was saying. But if you want to see what else is going to be
03:34happening over the next few weeks, then visit the website embassytheatre.co.uk. My colleague
03:42Grace is at the counter dealing with a queue of customers. We don't often have a queue,
03:48but it's the first show of the season. Everybody keen to come to the box office and take a
03:51look at what we've been doing. We've had the decorators in. But yes, it's a seven o'clock
03:59start tonight. Yes, as that lady referenced, the poster outside said 7.30, but it's actually
04:04a seven o'clock start tonight. The producers and the Embassy Theatre made a decision to
04:09change the start time to seven o'clock. So it's a seven o'clock start for that of the
04:12day, as per your ticket. As per your ticket, a 7.30 start is incorrect. It's a 7pm start
04:21for that of the day. 7pm. Bars at six o'clock. So as you can see, as I say, people making
04:27their way into the box office, joining our motley crew slash queue. Nice to have a queue
04:32after all this time. Obviously, we've not opened our front doors in any capacity to
04:37anyone since December the 29th last year. It's the first time people have seen the new
04:41box office counter, the glass doors that Grace has now got, along with various other bits
04:48and bobs. It makes a change. We've obviously got, as you can see, a lovely sunny afternoon
04:55as we reopen for the first time in several months. Gorgeous afternoon. 17, 18 degrees
05:02here in Skegness. Really, really nice. And as I said, I'm not going to take you anywhere
05:07else. All you're going to get to see is the foyer. If you want to see what the auditorium
05:12looks like, then you need to buy a ticket, but not just a ticket for tonight. You can
05:15buy a ticket for any time. We've got stuff coming up now here at the Embassy Theatre
05:19until December. So I'm just going to take a tour and you'll see things look a little
05:23bit different on this floor. This is the Grand Parade main entrance. Things look a little
05:26bit different. We've had a bit of a refresh, nice paint. It smells beautiful. Carpet's
05:31clean. Wall's changed. Things have moved around a little bit, but it's obviously still
05:36the Embassy experience that you are very much used to. Lovely long queue. Really nice to
05:42see customers waiting for their face-to-face counter service for the first time in a long
05:48time. We've not done counter service, as I said, since December, so it's lovely to have
05:52people back through the front doors. Freshly polished posters out, street cleaned, et cetera,
05:58looking really lovely. A host of things going on. As you can see, we've decorated it a little
06:03bit. This is a special occasion, a £4 million revamp of the Embassy Theatre's interior in
06:09a variety of different ways. Looking beautiful. People here queuing up, ready to get their
06:14tickets for tonight and, of course, any show coming up, and you can witness that at embassytheatre.co.uk.
06:19Tonight's show, yes, that'll be the day, is a seven o'clock start. Just be mindful of
06:24the posters in the street. As that lady we met at the front doors earlier is incorrect.
06:27It's a seven p.m. start tonight, for that'll be the day, which will be returning later
06:34in the year for Trevor's 40th anniversary. It was actually the last live show we had
06:38prior to Pantomime on 29th November, it was, last year. It was the last show we had and
06:44it seemed quite fitting that it's the first show that will reopen us this evening. It'll
06:48be the first show that we see this evening, again, after Panto. It's all looking rather
06:54good, isn't it? All looking rather good. As you can see, Gracie's now behind her rather
06:58smart, chic, stylish, Scandi-style box office frontage, complete with window, new computer,
07:06digital seating plan. Looking rather good. Brochures out, flyers out for stuff that are
07:11coming up over the course of the season. So, yes, okay, fair enough. The real magic might
07:15start in the auditorium later on tonight, but we will be back live on Facebook later
07:20on and throughout the evening, as this is our first live show following our multi-million
07:25pound refit. Auditorium has been extensively revamped. It looks absolutely spectacular.
07:30We've given areas of the building some new names. Everything's had a bit of polish and
07:35more, elbow grease, etc. And, of course, the brand new cafe and bar that will actually
07:39be opening later in the month, but it's still been a fabulous period of time. Wonderful
07:44to see the Embassy Theatre revamped to this extent, largely for the first time in a generation,
07:48to the extent where we've got quite a group of people in the foyer for the first time,
07:54as I was saying. It's coming together rather nicely. Looking good. And, as you can see,
07:59people wandering around to take a look at things. It's looking rather nice. Seven o'clock
08:04tonight, I remember, for that will be the day, but anything that's forthcoming, embassytheatre.co.uk,
08:09embassytheatre.co.uk, for all of the stuff that's coming up over the course of this weekend
08:14and, of course, throughout the season. We opened our box office at three o'clock today,
08:18three p.m. today, for the very first time. Very first time, three p.m. today, and we
08:23will be back, as I said, live on Facebook later on this afternoon. But, for now, from
08:27a rather busy Embassy Theatre foyer, we'll leave it there and we'll be back again a little
08:31bit later on this evening. Good evening.
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