A UNIQUE theatre in the centre of Malvern is now officially under new management.

Malvern Hills College recently agreed with Malvern Hills District Council to take over the lease of the town’s Theatre of Small Convenience in Edith Walk.

And on Monday, the theatre’s founder Dennis Neale, symbolically handed over the key of the theatre to Angela Joyce, principal and chief executive of WCG Worcestershire, which runs the college.

The handover was followed by Malvern mayor Cynthia Palmer cutting the ribbon of officially declare the theatre open.

The opening ceremony was preceded by a procession of college students, staff and guests form the grounds of Malvern Library in Graham Road up Edith Walk to the theatre. It is a local tourist attraction which in 2002 entered the Guinness Book of World Records as the world’s smallest theatre and today seats 12 people within its quirky interior. Caroline Park, head of art, Malvern Hills College, said: “We are looking forward to building on the success of this unique attraction and developing alternative community theatre.”