EastEnders star Samantha Womack has helped launch a project to create a new 400 seat theatre in Letchworth Garden City, as part of a £4m investment in the arts by Letchworth Garden City Heritage Foundation.

Womack, who lives locally, commented 'It's really exciting to have this new theatre locally, in this lovely building. We have had many happy visits to the cinema and I look forward to the theatre coming this autumn'.