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Show must go on for Stourbridge theatre group after 'crushing' problem

The show will go on for an award winning Stourbridge based theatre company that works with learning disabled adults after they overcame a crushing problem.

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The Side by Side Theatre Company, based at The SideSpace in Stourbridge were rehearsing for their Christmas concert when a large slab of plaster fell and "exploded" into the venue at the end of September.

The cordoned off area where part of the roof fell in
The cordoned off area where part of the roof fell in

Luckily nobody was hurt but the group have had to shelve rehearsals and cordon off the space, in the former St John's Church in the town centre. 

Work to repair the roof will start on Monday but is expected to take at least three weeks.

Derek Liddington and Susan Wallin MBE
Derek Liddington and Susan Wallin MBE

They are now going to record part of the production using skills learned in the digital media class which meets every Friday and distribute it to friends, family and people who would have come to watch the concert.