East

Bedfordshire

• Arena Touring Theatre Company

  Theatre-in-education company touring schools, village halls and theatres across the East and South East.

• Bedford Corn Exchange

  Multi-purpose venue hosting music, dance comedy and orchestral performances.

• Bedford School Theatre

  Campus venue which serves as arts & entertainment venue for the local community.

• Bowen West Theatre

  New 280-seater venue, with smaller studio theatre, opened September 2007 on university campus.

• Full House Theatre Company

  Creates musical theatre for family audiences in conventional and unconventional theatre spaces, using classic storytelling techniques, original music and giant puppetry.

• Grove Theatre

  Part of the Grove Park complex, the auditorium seats 780 people on two levels and offer a mixed entertainment programme.

• Leighton Buzzard Theatre

  Small scale theatre and cinema, running Adventures in Theatre youth group and Sparx Theatre Company for people with special needs.

• Library Theatre Luton

  Small council-owned theatre hosting a mix of amateur and professional companies.

• Luton Carnival Arts Development Trust

  Charity committed to training individuals and organisations in carnival arts and establishing the UK's first dedicated centre for Carnival Arts in Luton, alongside an annual carnival.

• Osagyefo Theatre Company

  African arts-in-education company organising workshops and performances, focusing mainly on African religion, history, visual art, drama, storytelling, music and dance.

• Scamp Theatre

  Scamp Theatre produce original work, collaborate with venues and companies as well as offering general arts management services.

• Sharnbrook Mill Theatre

  Former millhouse, now owned by Sharnbrook Mill Theatre Trust.

• The Hat Factory

  Launched in 2004, this multi-facility complex plays host to musical, art, theatre, community and workshop events.

• The Place

  Small venue, offering performance, rehearsal and meeting spaces to local theatre and voluntary groups.

Cambridgeshire

• ADC Theatre

  Main theatre space for the University of Cambridge which hosts university, local and professional drama groups.

• Artsgenerate

  Arts Council England East’s partnership scheme with local authorities and the Local Government Arts Forum (LGAF).

• Broadway Theatre, Peterborough

  Fomer cinema house, now hosts a range of touring music and theatre perfomances.

• Cambridge Arts Theatre

  Hosts touring companies and offers a range of educational and community access events.

• Cambridge Corn Exchange and Guildhall

  Versatile auditorium which can accommodate up to 1,400, alongside two smaller performance spaces.

• Cambridge Curiosity and Imagination

  Mixed-media arts company working with children and the community.

• Cambridge Touring Theatre

  Family theatre company touring East Anglian schools, theatres and community venues.

• Classworks Theatre

  Classworks, now in its 24th year, is based at The Junction in Cambridge. It runs three youth theatre groups for ages 11-18 and a professional theatre company which tours nationally.

• Hoipolloi

  Theatre company based in Cambridge which aims to offer at least one work placement each year.

• Horseshoe Theatre Company

  Professional company taking productions of set texts and masterclasses to secondary school audiences.

• In situ

  Professional company who often tour, exploring the use of non-theatre spaces, as well as offering short and longer term workshops.

• Libra Theatre

  Work with mixed-ability actors and aim to produce challenging theatre of a professional standard.

• Menagerie Theate Company

  Produces new professional theatre, supports new writers and artists through workshops.

• Mumford Theatre

  266-seater university theatre in the heart of the Anglia Ruskin campus, presenting a range of professional touring, local community and student theatre.

• Peterborough Key Theatre

  Auditorium seats 379 and offers a programme of amateur productions, national touring shows and one-off concerts.

• The Cresset

  Multi-purpose theatre and community venue offering touring productions and perfoming arts programmes.

• The Junction

  Innovative arts centre, with a predominantly young audience, combining music and 'club' events with performing arts, education and children’s programming.

  

Essex

• 15/8 Company

  Small theatre-in-education company which also runs workshops and youth theatre classes.

• Ape Theatre Company

  Work with young writers, directors and performers taking issue-based productions and workshops around school and community venues.

• Brentwood Theatre

  Community theatre with occassional professional shows.

• Chelmsford Civic Theatre

  Programmes a wide variety of entertainment including: concerts, plays, ballet, pantomime, opera, jazz, dance, musicals, comedy, film and live music.

• Civic Hall, Grays

  Comedy, music and theatre venue with retractable seating allowing for a variety of set-ups.

• Civic Theate, Chelmsford

  505-seat auditorium which offers a varied programme of large scale professional, touring and amateur events.

• Cliff's Pavillion and Palace Theatre, Southend-on-Sea

  Two large receiving theatres, hosting a wide range of touring productions.

• Colchester Arts Centre

  Theatre, comedy, club and music venue.

• Corbett Theatre

  This venue was created by dismantling a medieval tithe barn, reassembling it as a unique performance space with full technical facilities, tiered seating for 125 people and fitted dressing rooms. It is the campus theatre of East 15.

• Cramphorn Theatre, Chelmsford

  Intimate studio theatre seating up to 177 and presenting a programme of smaller scale professional touring theatre, music productions, dance and lunchtime concerts.

• Cut To The Chase

  Ensemble company of actor-musicians based at the Queens Theatre, Hornchurch.

• HENS Theatre Company

  Small theatre-in-education company taking issue-based productions to local schools.

• Impetuous Kinship

  Impetuous Kinship is committed to exploring the boundaries of the theatrical experience by blurring the barriers between physical theatre, storytelling, music and new technologies. It is committed to giving 'new life' to old literature along with encouraging new writers to challenge audiences by encouraging new ways of presenting language within the theatrical environment.

• Kenneth More Theatre

  Main auditorium and studio theatre presents a mixture of amateur, visiting professional shows and professional in house productions.

• Lakeside Theatre, University of Essex

  Committed to showcasing new writing and host to professional touring companies as well as student productions.

• London Bus Theatre Company

  Theatre-in-education company taking issue-based productions to school groups.

• Mercury Theatre, Colchester

  Home to the Mercury Theatre Company and two auditoria, hosting professional and amateur shows.

• Playhouse Harlow

  Hosting theatre with a wide programme and home to the Playhouse Theatre Company and Theatre School.

• Princes Theatre, Clacton-on-Sea

  Multi-purpose venue for live entertainment, hosting a range of concerts, shows and community activities.

• Queens Theatre, Hornchurch

  Producing theatre offering education and outreach programmes with its resident company Cut To The Chase.

• Real Circumstance

  Real Circumstance was set up in 2005 and is a theatre company supported by the Mercury Theatre, Colchester.

• Stage One Theatre Company

  Musical theatre company, working in south east London and Essex, offering oportunities to help out backstage and front of house.

• Thameside Theatre

  Multi-purpose arts venue hosting a range of touring companies.

• The Broadway, Barking

  Small venue with flexible layout and large education suite with dance studio, teaching rooms, stagecraft workshop, recording studio, drama and technology rooms for the Barking College School of Performing Arts.

• Theatre Resource

  Professional arts organisation, specialising in the area of disability arts and social inclusion.

• Third Edge

  Provides theatre-in-education, story-telling workshops and youth theatre services.

• Tilted Productions

  Dance theatre company combining captivating theatricality and a unique use of set and props.

• Towngate Theatre

  Venue for local performance arts schools and amateur production groups as well as touring shows.

• Westcliffe Theatre and Arts Centre

  Volunteer-run community arts venue hosting visiting guests and local companies.

Hertfordshire

• Court Theatre

  Community theatre offering a mix of amateur productions and visiting artists.

• Ever After Theatre Company

  Christian story-telling touring company taking productions round the country.

• Gordon Craig Theatre and Main Hall, Stevenage

  501-seat theatre and 1,200-seat auditorium with a varied programme of live entertainment.

• Harpenden HeARTS Theatre Company

  Small professional company based at the Harpenden Public Halls.

• Harpenden Public Halls

  440-seat theatre, home to Harpenden HeARTS theatre company.

• Market Theatre, Hitchin

  Small scale professional theatre, showcasing work by new writers and uses a mixture of new aspiring thespians alongside established & professional theatre performers. The main auditorium theatre auditorium seats between 51 and 65 and there is an even smaller studio theatre!

• Old Town Hall, Hemel Hempstead

  Grade II listed building constructed in 1852, now a performing arts venue with community outreach branch.

• Pump House Theatre & Arts Centre

  Small venue hosting live music and arts events for the local community.

• Shattered Windscreen

  Professional company taking classic productions on tour throughout the Home Counties.

• Theatre Is...

  Theatre Is... produces, commissions and curates new work for, by and with young people.

• Trestle Arts Base

  Arts resource centre housed in 100-year-old converted chapel with 100-seater studio theatre.

• Trestle Theatre Company

  Touring and workshop company based at Trestle Arts Base.

• Watford Palace Theatre

  Grade II listed Edwardian theatre originally called the "Watford Palace of Varieties", which now offers technical training and work experience placements alongside a wide variety of touring works.

Norfolk

• Britannia Pier Theatre

  Hosts music and comedy touring artists.

• Broad Horizons Theatre Company

  Small theatre company taking established and new writing to small and medium sized theatres, rural and school venues.

• Garlic Theatre

  Visual theatre company that uses image, puppet animation, movement and live music.

• Gorleston Pavillion Theatre

  Original 300-seat Edwardian venue staging plays, pantos, musicals and a music hall "summer season".

• King's Lynn Arts Centre

  Housed behind a 15th century frontage, King’s Lynn Arts Centre provides a programme of arts and education activities.

• King's Lynn Corn Exchange

  Flexible venue seating 700 which also hosts concerts for up to 1,200.

• Maddermarket Theatre

  Venue for professional tours and concerts, as well as local companies.

• Norfolk & Norwich Festival

  Annual art festival with oportunities for volunteers to gain experience in arts events management.

• Norwich Arts Centre

  Small performance venue within centre offering workshops, film and touring theatre performances.

• Norwich Playhouse

  300-seater receiving theatre with education programmes alongside music and comedy events.

• Norwich Puppet Theatre

  Nationally unique venue dedicated to puppetry, housing a 197-seat raked auditorium and a 50-seat Octagon Studio theatre.

• Norwich Theatre Royal

  Major hosting theatre, which offers a range of courses and week-lon work placements in the technical and administrative departments for students, as well as those outside the formal education sector.

  
  
• Pavillion Theatre, Cromer

  510-seater venue perched on the end of Cromer Pier. The theatre hosts end-of-the-pier shows together with comedy, music, dance, opera, musicals and community shows.

• Princess Theatre & Cinema, Hunstanton

  Newly refurbished theatre hosting a programme of events including films, music, theatre, concerts and musicals.

• Seachange Arts

  Arts development organisation working across a range of art forms, mostly with young people.

• Sheringham Little Theatre

  A small-scale theatre presenting a programme for local audiences.

• The Garage

  Training and performance venue for the creative industries with a 120-seater auditorium.

  

Suffolk

• Eastern Angles

  Professional regional touring theatre company, based at the Sir John Mills Theatre, which gives oportunites for 18-25s to gain practical experience in all aspects of theatre production

• Haverhill Arts Centre

  Houses a 210-seater auditorium and offers a wide programme of live theatre, dance, music and film.

• Ipswich Corn Exchange

  Its Grand Hall is used for shows by touring companies and local groups.

• Ipswich Regent

  East Anglia's largest theatre, hosts West End shows, comedy and music.

• Marina Theatre, Lowestoft

  Hosts West End shows, classical concerts and ballet, as well as shows by its resident youth theatre.

• New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich

  400-seater venue with varied programme of events, including Pulse, an annual fringe festival which showcases new and emerging talent.

  
  
• Quay Theatre at Sudbury

  A small-scale theatre presenting a mixed programme for local audiences.

• Romany Theatre Company

  Touring company with the twin aims of empowering young Romany people by involving them in theatre and challenging negative views of the Romany way of life.

• Spa Pavillion, Felixstowe

  Large receiving theatre, hosting a wide range of touring productions.

• The Riverside

  Theatre and cinema venue hosting a mixed programme of entertainment.

• Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds

  The finest surviving example of a playhouse dating from the Regency period in the UK, the restored auditorium re-opened in September 2007 and hosts touring companies.

• Wonderful Beast

  Storytelling theatre company which dramatises myths, legends, folk and fairy tales through productions, storytelling performances and outreach workshops.