The Pink Toothbrush, in Rayleigh High Street, stepped in to help the Mushroom Theatre Group celebrate its anniversary in style at the Palace Theatre on Sunday - headlined by West End star Lee Mead and Britain's Got Talent winner Paul Zerdin. The nightclub, which celebrated its own 40th anniversary this year, donated £5,300 to cover the hiring fees for the night, allowing the theatre group, which operates across south Essex, to rake in even greater profits from the sold-out night. This was paid for from a scheme at The Pink Toothbrush where clubbers pay £1 for a wristband to go outside for a smoke.
Pink Tootbrush owner, Charley Horne, said: "We covered the hire cost for the theatre to attain all ticket profits, so usually they hire and sell tickets and whatever is left is the profit. "The theatre looks after lots of people, we like what they do and they look after young people and people with additional needs which we feel is commendable. "The £5,300 comes from what we do to control smoking access, we give people a smoking band and they can go outside, all profits go to charity.
" The theatre show on Sunday marked 20 years of the Mushroom Theatre Group "celebrating difference", and featured children and adults putting on different acts and dancing alongside performances from both headliners. Charley added: "The show had some really great acts, Lee performed and there was some wonderful dancing about anxiety and snippets choreographed, it was great and it sold out. "This has .
