South East

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Buckinghamshire

• Aylesbury Civic Centre

  Mid-scale venue offering a variety of music, comedy and community events.

• Cornelius and Jones

  Cornelius and Jones is a small touring theatre company based in Newport Pagnall specialising in puppetry.

• Elgiva Theatre

  Small venue with a mixed programme of film, music and theatre shows.

• Milton Keynes Theatre

  State-of-the-art theatre hosting a vast range of productions, from large-scale West End musicals, to smaller, more intimate dramas, with a capacity of between 900 and 1400.

• Queens Park Arts Centre and Limelight Theatre

  Intimate 120 seater theatre based at the Queens Park Arts Centre, which offers workshops and exhibitions.

• Signdance Collective

  Signdance Collective is a touring signdance theatre company based in south east England and Amsterdam.

• Stantonbury Campus Theatre

  The theatre is attached to a specialist arts college and hosts visiting professional and amateur companies.

  
  
• The Stables

  Purpose-built auditorium which seats 398 people and hosts a range of live music, comedy and theatre events.

• Wildcard

  Wildcard Theatre Company presents mixed-art theatre productions. The company is also involved in schools and community-based educational outreach programmes and run a youth theatre for under 21s.

• Wycombe Swan

  Mixed-arts performance venue presenting local, national and international companies and performers. The theatre also presents festivals and themed seasons, which are a focus for new commissions, educational projects and audience development.

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East Sussex

• Bandbazi

  multicultural performing arts company based in Brighton who tour nationally and work with schools and community groups.

• Brighton Dome

  Home to three historic venues, the Pavillion Theatre, Corn Exchange and Concert Hall

• Brighton Festival

  Brighton Festival is the largest annual perfomring arts festival in England

• Brighton Little Theatre

  Home to the amateur Little Theatre Company who produce 10-12 shows each year

• Congress Theatre, Eastbourne

  Purpose built modern theatre with a seating capacity of 1689, hosts national touring productions

• De La Warr Pavillion

  Located in Bexhill-On-Sea, this is an arts and cultural centre with a gallery space, theatre and arts education programmes.

• Devonshire Park Theatre, Eastbourne

  Grade II listed Victorian theatre, with a seating capacity of 936, which showcases a mixture of professional and amateur productions.

• Dream Productions

  Creates thought-provoking and accessible theatre for adults and educational theatre events for young people.

• in a space theatre company

  Seeks to promote new writing and produce accessible pieces of theatre for new audiences.

• Intrepid Inspires

  Theatre company who produce new work, lead workshops for young people and host undergraduates from the B.A. (Hons.) Drama, Applied Theatre and Education course at Central School of Speech & Drama, London.

• Komedia

  Live entertainment venue, with two performance spaces and promoter of the Aurora Nova touring theatre company.

• Lone Twin Theatre Company

  Projects range from public events created for specific community contexts to touring theatrical shows.

• Malborough Theatre

  Tiny pub-theatre seting just 50 and showing music, cabaret, comedy and theatre events

• Royal Hippodrome

  Boasting the longest running summer show in Britain, this 643-seater Music Hall venue hosts a range of variety shows

• Sallis Benney Theatre, University of Brighton

  Small university venue which hosts student and professional productions.

• The Rude Mechanical Theatre Company

  Professional touring company who take "commedia dell'arte" ona summer tour to outdoor "'Theatre of the Green" venues each summer.

• Theatre Melange

  UK based international touring company that uses text, live music and movement to create intercultural work. It runs an outreach and education programme, and an international summer school.

• Theatre Royal, Brighton

  Historic theatre in Grade II listed building hosts national touring productions.

• White Rock Theatre, Hastings

  With a capacity of 1066, this large venue hosts touring companies and a Summer Youth Projects which allows hundreds of young people to train under professionals from the theatre industry.

• Wired Theatre

  Since 1999 Wired Theatre has been working in non-theatrical spaces in order to challenge the accepted actor/audience relationship.

• Zap Arts

  Arts organisation specialising in the creation of street art events.

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Hampshire

• Ashcroft Arts Centre, Fareham

  In addition to a varied programme of professional theatre, music, comedy, film, dance and visual arts, there are many arts activities workshops available for all ages.

• Central Studio, Basingstoke

  Situated on the campus of Queen Mary's College, this venue has several studios, a theatre, and other facilities.

• Forest Arts Centre, New Milton

  Forest Arts is a lively and friendly arts centre in the heart of the New Forest in Hampshire. The Centre offers a wide range of professional performances staged in the 150 seat studio theatre.

• Forest Forge Theatre Company

  Professional touring company, which specialises in taking work into primarily non-theatre spaces .

• Groundlings Theatre Company

  Producing company which also runs a range of education programmes.

• King's Theatre, Southsea

  Large Edwardian theatre witha mixed programme of visiting productions.

• New Theatre Royal, Portsmouth

  Refurbished theatre which now seats 525 and acts as receiving house for professional and amateur companies.

• Nuffield Theatre

  Producing theatre with two performance spaces and a wide range of community and outreach opportunities.

• Nuffield Theatre Productions

  In-house company of the Nuffield Theatre, creating works for adults and children and touring to theatres, schools and other non-theatre spaces.

• Platform 4

  Winchester-based Platform 4 specialises in visual and physical theatre and has an extensive community educational programme and prioritises work with young people.

• Proteus Theatre

  Proteus is a professional touring theatre company with a 25-year history. It produces touring shows, projects, residencies, theatre-based training and workshops.

• Stopwatch Theatre

  Specialise in issue based theatre-in-education.

• The Anvil and the Forge

  Sister venue of the Haymarket in Basingstoke, all managed by Anvil Arts, these venues host mainly music and comedy events.

• The Haymarket

  A producing and presenting theatre, with productions across a range of mixed arts. It also runs education and community outreach projects and is now managed by Anvil Arts.

• The Mayflower

  The largest receiving theatre in the south of England, hosting national touring companies and West End musicals.

• The Phoenix

  Converted from a former Edwardian school, The Phoenix arts centre has a small raked theatre which plays host to to its own tcompany as well as being a receiving theatre for touring productions.

• The Point

  The Point is a dance and arts centre in Eastleigh presenting a range of dance, theatre and film and offering work experience placements.

• Theatre Royal, Winchester

  Refurbished theatre showing a wide range of work, from stand-up comedy to children's theatre, music, dance and classic plays.

• Tower Arts Centre, Winchester

  In addition to a varied programme of professional theatre, music, comedy, film, dance and visual arts, there are many arts activities workshops available for all ages.

• West End Centre, Aldershot

  Aldershot's West End Centre is a friendly, intimate venue with something for everyone. Top class blues, folk, rock, dance and world music, cutting edge theatre, excellent comedy, stimulating art exhibitions, plus classes and workshops in pottery, art, movement, literature and crafts for adults and children, all at affordable prices.

• Works Well Productions

  Works Well Productions specialise in producing theatre relating to the works of Shakespeare and other classsical literature, alongside a range of eduational workshops.

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Isle of Wight

• Anthony Minghella Theatre, Quay Arts Centre

  Arts centre housed in disused brewery warehouses with 134-seater theatre.

• Apollo Theatre

  Housed in a former Victorian Methodist Chapel, this venue hosts amateur productions and film nights

• Shanklin Theatre

  Shanklin Theatre is a producing house. Generating 98% of its output, shows & workshops are written & compiled in house. All material is produced & directed by a resident artistic team. The theatre produces its own scenery & props, from design to build & installation.

  
  
• The Medina Theatre

  Community based theatre seating 425, which hosts both local and national plays, concerts and ballet.

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Kent

• Assembly Hall Theatre

  Mid-size venue hosting a range of touring companies.

• Canterbury Festival

  Large festival of arts and culture with over two hundred events in two weeks, from classical music to contemporary dance, comedy to world music, theatre and visual arts.

• Channel Theatre

  Production company which regularly produces work at Buxton Opera House, as well as open air venues and heritage sites.

• Churchill Theatre, Bromley

  Mid-size producing theatre which also receives touring productions and hosts local amateur companies.

• Gulbenkian Theatre and Cinema

  On the University of Kent's Canterbury campus, this arts centre has a cinema and a small theatre which is used by national and local companies.

• Hextable Dance

  Hextable Dance is Kent's Dance Development Centre, co-ordinating and promoting dance performances and education work from a new performing arts facility set in the grounds of Hextable School, near Swanley, in Kent.

• Leas Cliff Hall

  Large theatre and entertainments venue overlooking the English Channel.

• Marlowe Theatre

  Largest theatre in Kent, seating 1000 and hosting a mixed programme of theatre, music and comedy.

• Miskin Theatre

  Part of the North West Kent College campus.

• Orchard Theatre

  Large venue presenting mixed entertainment programme.

• Playtime Theatre Company

  Professional touring theatre company, specialising in theatre for children and young people and producing up to three new plays each year.

• Strangeface

  Create original pieces of mask theatre, blending new writing with lively mask and puppet play.

• The World Famous

  Fireworks, flames & pyrotechnic art! The World Famous is an internationally acclaimed company of creative pyrotechnicians, with a passion for playing with fire.

  
  
• Theatre Royal Margate

  The Theatre Royal Margate is the country's second oldest theatre, and re-opened after a re-furbishment and management re-structure in September 2007.

• Woodville Halls Theatre

  700-seater auditorium offering a mixed entertainment programme.

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Oxfordshire

• Burton Taylor

  50-seater studio venue attached to the Oxford Playhouse which hosts student productions during term time, and professional shows outside of term time.

• Cherwell Theatre Company

  Producing company which encourages local performing arts students, writers, designers and technicians to work alongside professional practitioners.

• Chipping Norton Theatre

  Offers programme of live theatre, music, dance and comedy, as well as an active youth theatre.

• Ciao Festival

  Annual visual and performing arts festival for young people held at South Hill Park Arts Centre, Berkshire

• Creation Theatre Company

  Creation Theatre Company specialize in site-specific theatre in unusual locations.

• Mill Arts Centre, Banbury

  Mixed arts venue which is home to the Cherwell Theatre Company and a youth theatre for under 25s

• New Theatre, Oxford

  Formerly the Oxford Apollo this large venue plays host to touring opera and ballet companies, hit musicals and pop concerts.

• Old Fire Station, Oxford

  Small studio theatre with a range of live shows.

• Oxford Playhouse

  Presenting theatre, part of the national touring circuit, which is now involved in producing, launching and commissioning new work. An active youth theatre for those aged 16-22 encourages involvement in all aspects of theatre.

• Oxfordshire Touring Theatre Company

  Small scale touring theatre company , taking accessible theatre to rural audiences and national venues.

• Pegasus Theatre

  Specialise in youth arts education, running classes in performance, technical theatre and writing as well as holding residencies with professional artists and companies.

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Surrey

• Aesop's Touring Theate Company

  Specialises in touring schools, art centres and theatres nationally throughout the year with plays and workshops specifically written and designed for nursery, infant and junior age groups.

• AJTC

  Touring company visiting theatres, arts centres, colleges, schools, universities and community centres.

• Barn Theatre, Oxted

  Purpose built community theatre seating 244, which opened in 1924 and is largely constructed of timbers from a local 13th Century saw-mill.

• Barn Theatre, West Molesey

  Intimate theatre run by a volunteer committee, with opportunities to gain experience in all aspects of theatre production.

• Camberley Theatre

  Mid-size theatre offering amixed programme of arts and entertainment with a youth theatre for those under 23.

• Cartoon de Salvo

  Small theatre company resident at Farnham Maltings

• Complicated Productions

  commited to bringing work from new writers to local theatres.

• Cranleigh Arts Centre

  Offers programme of films, live music, theatre productions, children’s activities and adult theatre workshops.

• Dorking Halls

  Mid-size venue with programme of film and live music, comedy and theatre.

• Electric Theatre, Guildford

  Offers a mixed programme of film, amateur and professional productions.

• Epsom Playhouse

  Small receiving house which plays host to national companies, alongside community productions.

• Harlequin Theatre & Cinema

  Hosts touring productions and offers education and outreach workshops.

• Hotbuckle Productions

  Small theatre-in-education company stiring for excellent yet affordable theatre experiences.

• Le Maitre

  Le Maitre's pyrotechnic specialists are available to deal with every aspect of an indoor (West End shows, for instance) or outdoor event, from a wedding or a corporate event to the complete logistics of an international rock n' roll tour (Rolling Stones, Take That, Britney Spears.)

• New Farnham Repetory Actors' Company

  Professional actors and directors work alongside amateurs with all technical and front-of-house roles unertaken by volunteers.

• New Victoria Theatre, Woking

  Large modern theatre hosting national touring companies including the Royal Shakespeare Company, the National Theatre, Scottish Ballet and the Northern Ballet Theatre.

• Nomad Theatre

  Small theatre run by the amateur Nomads company, who also run a youth theatre, Young Nomads for 18-25s.

• Orange Tree Theatre

  Small theatre-in-the-round, which produces new plays, runs a large range of Shakesperean theatre-in-education programmes and runs a Trainee Director scheme.

• Orpheus Centre

  Inclusive performing arts centre providing opportunities for personal development through the performing arts for young disabled adults.

• Peer Productions

  Youth arts organisation who run a youth theatre and offer a "certificate in peer education through theatre", a practical course for young people aged 16 – 23 years interested in theatre and education.

• Pursued by a bear

  National touring theatre company, staging new plays by new playwrights and offering educational and outreach programmes for young people and adults.

• Riverhouse

  Arts venue built around an 18th century barn on the river in Walton-on-Thames with flexible performance space

• The Capitol, Horsham

  Mixed-arts venue with mid-size theatre hosting touring productions and two cinema screens.

• The Letherhead Theatre

  Hosts visiting shows and shows films in its multi-purpose auditorium

• The People's Theatre Company

  Set up to present new theatre productions and develop new talent, offering free training and apprenticeship schemes.

• Yvonne Arnaud Theatre

  Busy producing and receiving house with main auditorium and Mill Studio theatres, touring nationally, with many productions transferring to the West End.

  

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West Sussex

• Alexandra Theatre, Hotham Arts Centre

  With two small auditoria, this venue hosts a mixed programme and is home to a number of amateur groups.

• Chequer Mead Theatre and Arts Centre

  Small venue hosting a mix of amatuer and professional companies.

• Chichester Festival Theatre

  With two venues, the Main Festival theatre and the Minerva, a smaller studio theatre, this theatre showcases a wide range of productions, from musicals and comedies, to classic drama and innovative new writing.

  
• Clair Hall

  Smal council-run venue providing a stage for both professional and amateur entertainment.

• Company Paradiso

  Core team of five freelance artists who work on participatory drama and mixed media projects.

• Connaught Theatre, Worthing

  The former Picturedrome cinema, has 500 seats and serves as a combined theatre and film venue.

• Drip Action Theatre

  Home productions are performed in its studio theatre at The Victoria Club in Arundel and, in the summer, at Chapel Barn in South Stoke.

• Escapade Theatre

  Resident company of the Chequer Mead Theatre in East Grinstead, who also provide education programmes and productions.

• Northbrook Theatre

  Training venue for performers, technicians and production students, part of Northbrook College, and offering a programme for the public, combining student productions and professional shows.

• Pavillion Theatre, Worthing

  Situated on the end of Worthing Pier, the theatre was built in 1926 and is now a multi-use venue.

• Rainbow Theate Productions

  Professional company which tours schools, offering a rnage of workshops alongside outdoor Shakespeare.

• The Hawth, Crawley

  Arts venue, playing hosts to a mix of theatre, dance, music, comedy and film events.

• Vanguard Productions

  professional theatre company that specialises in nostalgic entertainment and outreach work with schools.

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Berkshire

• Another Midas

  Another Midas was formed by artistic director Harper Ray and Lucinda Ryan in 2002. Its aim was to create a platform for new and exciting theatre based in quality story telling. The company fuses contemporary devising techniques with classical performance training to create an innovative, accessible, and immersive world and sometimes offers work placements.

• Corn Exchange Newbury

  Describes its mission as to offer high quality arts and entertainment and enhance the life of our community, continually providing new and enriching experiences for everyone. Primarily it presents a broad programme of work that includes drama, contemporary dance, comedy, popular entertainment, non-professional and student productions, live music, film and physical theatre.

• New Greenham Arts

  An arts centre managed by Corn Exchange Newbury which hosts the Cultivating Ideas programme - an artist development project, funded by Arts Council England. Hosts monthly cabaret and folk music clubs and has visual artists in residence, working in subsidised studio space.

• Norden Farm Centre for the Arts

  Arts centre offering a variety of live shows, films, classes and workshops.

• Progress Theatre

  Self-funding theatre group producing around nine productions each year, with opportunities to gain experience in all aspects of theatre, including on-stage, back-stage, production and technical work.

• RIFCO Arts

  British Asian Theatre Company based in Slough, who produce and tour to mid-scale and studio venues.

• South Street Arts Centre

  Arts Centre presenting a diverse range of performing arts from both the professional and community sectors.

• The Hexagon, Reading

  The Hexagon is a well established multi purpose venue, in the heart of Reading.

• Theatre Royal Windsor

  This beautiful theatre nestles in the shadow of Windsor Castle and is the only unsubsidised producing theatre to operate all year round in Britain.

• Watermill Theatre

  Conversion, seating 220, and touring new writing to rural communities alongside youth and education work.

• West Wing Arts Centre

  The West Wing is Slough's first professional arts venue in over 25 years. It has a fully accessible auditorium with 250 seats, full audio and visual equipment, a bar/cafe and exhibition space.