When Hobson's Choice opens for a week-long run at Tynemouth Priory Theatre on Monday night, it will prove an extra-special moment for the core team.
The Harold Brighouse play - a relationship comedy centred around a boot-maker's shop - was the first production to open the coastal theatre 50 years ago and its re-run, as part of its golden anniversary celebrations, involves three of the original cast who have even dug out one of the original costumes worn on the debut.
Since the early days of the member-led theatre club's move into its new home - a former Methodist chapel in Tynemouth's Percy Street - the building's interior is now unrecognisable. Following its conversion, there were several extensions as it grew its base in the heart of the community and it is now a rabbitwarren of rooms.
