Theatre plays major role in opening of the Forge

Slindon Forge will open its doors for the first time next week and materials from Chichester Festival Theatre’s temporary structure, the Theatre on the Fly, will play a vital part.

Scaffolding boards from the structure have been recycled by people with learning disabilities at the Aldingbourne Trust to be used as shelving in the new café and shop due open on Tuesday.

The Forge project is a community-driven response to the decline in village amenities that in recent years has seen the closure of a previous shop, a pub and the post-office.