Credit to Cllr Gunnell who, at last weeks Council meeting, actually answered a question that three of her colleagues had avoided responding to for over 9 months.
No surprise that the much publicised Christmas Wonderland Grotto provided last year still owes the Council rent.
Exhibition Square grotto
Cllr Ann Reid asked the Cabinet member for Corporate services :
“In the light of other colleagues not having answered this question, I am now asking the Cabinet Member for Corporate Services – In April the Council said it expected to “receive full payment within the next month” for the outstanding rent still owed by UK Entertainment Online Ltd in regards to the Winter Wonderland in Exhibition Square last December. Could the Cabinet Member indicate whether this was achieved and if not what money is still owed to the Council?”
The answer was: “The council sent an invoice to the company on 26th April 2012. Unfortunately this invoice has not been paid and is currently going through our recovery process”.
This event is not as far as we know connected with the Magical Wonderland event taking place in the Museum Gardens at the end of the month. This forms part of the £300,000 Illuminating York project.
The Theatre Royal are advertising details of Illuminating York: Vic Reeves – Wonderland in the following terms
This autumn, the York Museum Gardens will be transformed into a ten acre magical wonderland (based on Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland) with three large scale cutting edge projections and magical lighting around the Gardens.
This will be York’s largest Illuminating York Festival yet and comedian Vic Reeves has been given free rein to unleash his absurd and magical creations in the centre of York. At just £5 per adult, this ticket is a passport to another land.
Find out more here: illuminatingyork.org.uk or download the brochure http://tinyurl.com/wonderland-York
This year’s Illuminating York is a ticketed event and we strongly advise you to purchase tickets in advance.
Tickets are priced £5.00 per person for Over 16s, £1 per child for 6-16 year olds & Under 5s are free. Please note – Under 16s must be accompanied by a paying adult (maximum of 5 Under 16s per adult). Relevant discounts are applied at the basket.
Tickets are available for four time slots; you are welcome to stay for the duration of the event, however for safety reasons there will be no re-entry after departure of the gardens.
Time Slots are: 6.30pm – 7.30pm 7.30pm – 8.30pm 8.30pm – 9.30pm 9.30pm – 10.00pm
Please note that each time slot has a maximum admittance number, therefore we advise visitors that they will only be allowed entry into the York Museum gardens within this hourly slot.
How to Book:
We strongly advise you to purchase your tickets in advance; however, there will be a limited number of tickets for sale each evening until 9.30pm from the York Theatre Royal Box Office and York Explore, Library Square. Please note that these tickets will be cash sales only.