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The Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Union Stage Crew has been presented with £10,000 raised by alumni and friends of Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê through the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Futures programme.

The money has been used to purchase a much-needed new lighting system for the team, who are based at the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Union Garage Theatre Workshop.

Daniel Swerdlow, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊU Stage Crew President said: "It's pretty special for us and we're incredibly grateful. The versatility of the new system is brilliant - we can now do a lot more with one light, as each has 15 different potential colours. This effectively means we can get the same results from one light as we used to get with 15."

The lights have already been used in a number of productions and got their first airing in the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊU Drama Society's staging of Eugene Ionesco's play 'The Bald Prima Donna' in the Garage, and a number of times since in Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Union productions in the Bloomsbury Theatre.

The Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊU Garage is a 70-seat studio theatre run entirely by the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊU Stage Crew. Stage Crew offers students the opportunity to become involved in all aspects of theatre production including set building, stage management, lighting and sound. The society has won a number of awards for its work and was the recipient of the Society of the Year award 2005/06.

In addition to funding the Garage's lighting, the generosity of Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê's alumni and friends giving through Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Futures makes it possible for many moreÌý important projects to be funded each year. To find out more about Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Futures or the Garage's latest production use the links at the top of this article.

Image: Daniel Swerdlow at the Garage Theatre

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