Comedic gift
The fundraising for an extension to the Hallé orchestra’s rehearsal space, Hallé St Peter’s, has been completed thanks to an undisclosed gift from the Victoria Wood Foundation, a charity set up with a bequest from the late comedian, actress and writer. The annex will house new facilities including a new rehearsal space that will be named Victoria Wood Hall. Wood, who died of cancer in 2016, worked a couple of times with the orchestra and in 2014 became the first Patron of the Hallé Children’s Choir.