The Owners

 

Andrea Holmes And Family

 

Being brought up in a family that loved musicals, and grandparents who both sang, both in the clubs of the North East and for local amateur groups, it was only a matter of time before one of the partners Andrea Holmes was caught up in the magic of musical theatre. Andrea trained at the London Academy of Live and Performing arts as a stage manager, and has a first class Honours degree in Performance Arts Studies.  Andrea’s passion for musicals drove her to seek out a venue, which would be perfect to open a theatre restaurant. Over the past ten years she has dreamt of opening this type of venue to the public of the North East. Finally the right venue was found on John Street in Sunderland. 

The venue is very much a family business, and would not have come to fruition if it were not for the investment of her father, local northeast business man Ray Holmes. Ray has managed the renovation and practicalities of building a new theatre, and has tirelessly worked to develop this project from a dream to a reality. Together, Andrea, Dad Ray, Mum Rhoda and brothers Scott and Raymond believe that this venue will bring fun and a good night out to the people of the North East.

 

They firmly believe that Musical Theatre has its own brand of magic. With song, dance and fantastic librettos, audiences are transported into a different world, a world, which is far away from the day-to-day realities of our lives, and into a world full of romance and adventure. Musical theatre in the main represents the world, as it should be, ordinary situations are transformed in musical theatre to the spectacular, outrages, exciting and unique and has a magical way of affirming life as a celebration rather than a chore.

 

The Theatre Restaurant has its manifesto caught up in this magic. Andrea aims to take customers on a magical journey as they encounter the many exciting shows the venue has in store for the coming seasons. “The venue will be that of celebration. And our aim is to invest our experience and passion of musical theatre to our customer’s enjoyment of all that is musicality”.