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To Join or Renew, click the button to the right, or alternatively you can download a membership form here and send it with a cheque to:
Accounts, Clonter Opera Theatre, Swettenham Heath, Congleton, Cheshire, CW12 2LR
Monthly payments are available on request. Please email patrons@clonter.org for more details.
If you have any problems with going further, please contact us – patrons@clonter.org or 01260 224 514
Gift Aid Declaration – If you are a UK taxpayer, please consider enabling gift aid when making your purchase. This would increase your support to Clonter by 25%.
Levels of Patronage
BRONZE PATRON An annual subscription of £300 (Increased fro £250) enables Clonter to: pay for a coach for 30 children to Clonter; cover the cost of costumes and props for one role; feeds a singer for 10 days.
SILVER PATRON An annual subscription of £500 enables Clonter to: covers the cost of food for one singer for the whole of the summer opera production; pay for two singers to entertain an afternoon tea audience; pay for a lighting and sound engineer for one show.
GOLD PATRON A annual subscription of £1,000 enables Clonter to: covers the bursary for one singer in the summer opera production; cover the cost of one orchestral player; provide a professionally recorded and edited recital for one singer.
PLATINUM An annual subscription of £5,000 would enable Clonter to: pay for 5 singer’s bursaries, in the summer opera production; subsidise the use of the theatre for 2 local community arts groups for children in areas of high depravation.
DIAMOND An annual subscription of £10,000 would enable Clonter to: cover the costs of all the staff needed for one Musical Theatre Day.
All these level of patronage help Clonter to continue to a provide highly valued platform for emerging artists of all genres of music, and provide accessible live entertainment in our local community. Patrons are invited as guests to the Friends evening and post shows drinks to meet the artists.
Benefits of Becoming a Patron
- FREE exclusive Friends & Patrons Evening, plus invitation to meet and dine with the performers
- FREE programme
- FREE backstage tour for two
- FREE newsletter
- Priority booking period of 2 weeks before general sale
- Waived booking fee
- Waived P&P
- Waived table booking fee (free for both you and your guests)
- Reserve tickets
- Transfer to another night/event
- Ability to bring your own drink for Friends & Patrons only, for £5 p/p
BOOKING TARRIFS
Book Online – £1 per booking
Book through Box Office by phone or email – £2 per booking
Tickets sent by email – Free of charge
Collect tickets from Box Office – Free of charge
Tickets by Post £2.50 P&P
Picnic Table (undercover) Booking fees apply* – Some tables are available free of charge, but this is on a first come, first served basis and subject to availability.
*Table for 1 or 2 £10, Table for up to 4 £16, Table for up to 6 £21, Table for up to 8 £24, Table for 10+ £28, If you are happy to share a table £3.50 per person.
N.B Table and catering booking facilities close a week before the performance date. Pre-order drinks facilities close at 4pm the day before a performance.
TERMS & CONDITIONS
Discounts – Please note only one discount or promo code can be applied per booking.
Exchange – Tickets cannot be exchanged for a different event, unless you are a Friend of Clonter*. However where there is more than one performance of an event, tickets can be exchanged where available, up to 48 hours prior to an event. Admin fee of £3 per booking. Free for Friends of Clonter.
*If you are a Friend of Clonter, 48 hours notice is still required.
Refund – Tickets are non refundable unless a show is cancelled.
Returns – If you are unable to attend an event, and we are able to resell your tickets, a refund will be issued. Admin fee of £3 per booking. Free for Friends of Clonter.