Sell-out Cinderella gala events raise £10,000 to fund dance programmes

Gala evenings with a difference were held alongside public performances of Sir Mathew Bourne’s Cinderella at Birmingham Hippodrome. A week of fund-raising events and creative learning projects included three dinners themed around the fairy-tale and attended by more than 250 people, raising over £10,000 for Hippodrome Projects dance programmes. Guests at a Leading Ladies reception enjoyed delicious food, a specially created cocktail by Edgbaston Boutique Hotel and Cocktail Lounge and a Q&A with Sir Matthew Bourne, hosted by BBC presenter and Hippodrome Development Board member Joanne Malin.

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1 Joanne Malin with Sir Matthew Bourne

2 Ann-Marie Pugh, Karen Griffin

3 Jane Hampton, Clare Mac, Katie Hodgson

4 Jayne O’Malley, Nicola Hewitt , Sir Matthew Bourne, Emma Gray

5 Louise Wilson, Leanne Fryer, Kirsty Gallagher

6 Marchella Broughton, Rachael Magson

7 Rebecca Bristow, Kirsty Cartwright