A surtax, paid by users of the Townshead Theatre, will go up this September.Fort Frances town council agreed to hike the fee to a dollar-fifty per ticket, up from the dollar fee theatre users have paid since 1999.
The money is used to offset theatre improvements.
Meantime, there will be some work taking place in the Townshend Theatre this summer.
The theatre stage flooring is being replaced at a cost of $21-thousand.
There was a plan to doing some painting inside, but an estimated of $32-thousand cost was felt too high by the Theatre Advisory Committee.
It's feels that job can, instead, be left up to the Rainy River District School Board to do as part of its summer painting projects.
