Theatre in East Anglia

• Bedfordshire
• Cambridgeshire
• Essex
• Hertfordshire
• Norfolk
• Suffolk

Bedfordshire

Leighton Buzzard (SP92)

• Leighton Buzzard Theatre Lake Street, LU7 8RX. 01525 850 290

Luton (TL02)

• St George's Theatre St George's Square, LU1 2NG. 01582 21628
  • 10-Jun-96 to 15-Jun-96 One Act Play Festival - NDFA

Cambridgeshire

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Cambridge (TL45)

• ADC Theatre Park Street, CB5 8AS. 01223 352 001
• Arts Theatre , 3rd Floor, Sidney House, Sussex Street, CB1 1PA. Dark till 1996. 01223 355 246
• Cambridge Drama Centre Covent Garden. 01223 322 748
• Corn Exchange Wheeler Street, CB2 3QB. 01223 357 851
  • 30-Apr-96 to 04-May-96 Rigoletto, Werther - Verdi, Massenet. English Touring Opera. On tour
• Mumford Theatre , Anglia Higher Education College. 01223 352 932
• The Junction 01223 4126 00

Eye (TF20)

• Eye Theatre Broad Street. 01379 870 519
  • 07-Feb-96 to 17-Feb-96 Round and Round the Garden - Alan Ayckbourn.

Huntingdon (TL27)

• Commemoration Hall 01353 778955
• Hinchingbrooke Performing Arts Centre 01480 451121

Peterborough (TL19)

• Key Theatre Embankment Road, PE1 1EF. 01733 52439
  • 08-Feb-96 to 24-Feb-96 Godspell
  • 26-Feb-96 to 29-Feb-96 Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte.
• The Cresset Bretton Centre, PE3 8DX. 01733 332 263

Wisbech (TF40)

• Angles Centre Alexandra Road, PE13 1HQ. 01945 474 447

Essex

Basildon (TQ78)

• Towngate Theatre Pagel Mead, SS14 1DW. 01268 531 343
  • 22-Feb-96 to 24-Feb-96 Patsy Cline - The Musical On tour

Chelmsford (TL70)

• Chancellor Hall Market Road. 01245 495 028
• Civic Theatre Fairfield Road, CM1 1JG. 01245 495 028
  • 02-Feb-96 to 17-Feb-96 Murder at the Vicarage - Agatha Christie. Newpalm Productions.
  • 29-Feb-96 to 09-Mar-96 The Madness of George III - Alan Bennett. Newpalm Productions.
• Cramphorn Theatre Fairfield Road. 01245 495 028

Clacton-on-Sea (TM11)

• Princes Theatre Station Road. 01255 422 958
• West Cliff Theatre Tower Road, CO15 1LE. 01255 421 479

Colchester (TL92)

• Lakeside Theatre University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, CO4 3SQ. 01206 873 261
• Mercury Theatre Balkerne Gate, CO1 1PT. 01206 573 948
  • From 09-Jan-96 Fever Pitch - Nick Hornby. Start of 1996 tour
  • 08-Feb-96 to 02-Mar-96 The Last Yankee - Arthur Miller.

Frinton-on-Sea (TM21)

• Summer Theatre 01255 674 443

Grays (TQ67)

• Thameside Theatre Orsett Road. 01375 383 961
  • 08-Jun-96 to 15-Jun-96 Thurbrook Play Festival

Harlow (TL41)

• The Playhouse The High, CM20 1LS. 01279 431 945

Hornchurch (TQ58)

• Queen's Theatre Millet Lane, RM11 1QT. 01708 443 333
  • 02-Feb-96 to 24-Feb-96 Face
  • 01-Mar-96 to 23-Mar-96 Steel Magnolias - Robert Harling.

Southend-on-Sea (TQ88)

• Cliffs Pavilion Station Road, Westcliff-0n-Sea. 01702 351 135
  • 13-Feb-96 to 17-Feb-96 The Phantom of the Opera - On Ice Russian All Stars.
  • 26-Feb-96 to 02-Mar-96 Dial M for Murder - Fredrick Knott. Mobile Touring Theatre. Peter Davison
  • 26-Mar-96 to 30-Mar-96 Cinderella - Prokofiev. London City Ballet. On tour
  • 13-May-96 to 14-May-96 Rigoletto, Werther - Verdi, Massenet. English Touring Opera. On tour
• Dixon Studio London Road Westcliff. 01702 342 564
• Palace Theatre London Road Westcliff. 01702 342 564
  • 08-Feb-96 to 24-Feb-96 Bedroom Farce - Alan Ayckbourn.

Hertfordshire

Hatfield (TL20)

• The Forum Entertainment Theatre Lemsford Road, AL10 0EB. 01707 271 217

Hemel Hempstead (TL00)

• Old Town Hall Arts Centre 01442 242 827
  • 21-Feb-96 to 21-Feb-96 Bluff On tour
  • 27-Feb-96 to 27-Feb-96 Voyage in the Dark - Jean Rhys. On tour

Hitchin (TL12)

• Queen Mother Theatre 01462 455 166

Hoddesdon (TL30)

• Broxbourne Civic Hall 01992 441 946

Potters Bar (TL20)

• Wyllyotts Centre 01707 645 005

Rickmansworth (TQ09)

• Watersmeet Theatre High Street, WD3 1HJ. 01923 771 542

St Albans (TL10)

• Abbey Theatre Westminster Lodge, Holywell Hill. 01727 857 861
• Alban Arena Civic Centre, AL1 3LD. 01727 844 488
  • 06-May-96 to 11-May-96 Ferry Cross the Mersey - Maggie Norris and Guy Picot. Gerry Marsden and The Pacemakers
• Maltings Arts Centre The Maltings, AL1 3HL. 01727 844 222
  • 22-Feb-96 to 22-Feb-96 Talking Heads - Alan Bennett.
• Studio Westminster Lodge, Holywell Hill. 01727 857 861

Stevenage (TL22)

• Gordon Craig Theatre Lytton Way, SG1 1LZ. 01438 766 866

Tring (SP91)

• Court Theatre Pendley, Station Road. 01296 630 827
  • 17-Jun-96 to 22-Jun-96 Hello Dolly! - Michael Stewart (Book), Jerry Herman (Mus/Lyr). By arrangement with MusicScope
  • 03-Jul-96 to 06-Jul-96 Black Comedy and Sudden Accident - Peter Shaffer, James Saunders. Two one-act plays
  • 10-Jul-96 to 13-Jul-96 Black Comedy and Sudden Accident - Peter Shaffer, James Saunders. Two one-act plays
  • 23-Sep-96 to 28-Sep-96 West Side Story - Leonard Bernstein (Music), Sondheim (Lyrics).

Watford (TQ19)

• Palace Theatre Clarendon Way. 01923 225 671
  • 02-Feb-96 to 24-Feb-96 Foreign Lands - Karen Hope.
  • 26-Feb-96 to 02-Mar-96 West Side Story Watford Operatic Society.
• The Pump House Arts Centre 01923 222 792
  • 06-May-96 to 11-May-96 South West Herts One Act Festival

Welwyn (TL21)

• Campus West Theatre Campus West. 01707 332 880
  • 13-May-96 to 18-May-96 Youth Drama Festival Adjudicator Rex Walford.
  • 03-Jun-96 to 08-Jun-96 Amateur Drama Festival Adjudicator Russell Whiteley. Details 01767 316 771
• The Barn Handside Lane. 01707 332 880

Norfolk

Cromer (TG24)

• Pier Pavilion The Pier. 01263 512 495

Great Yarmouth (TG50)

• Britannia Theatre Britannia Pier, Marine Parade. 01493 842 209
• Gorleston Pavilion Pier Gardens, Gorleston-on-Sea. 01493 662 832
• Royalty Theatre Marine Parade. 01493 842 043
• The New Wellington Theatre Marine Parade. 01493 842 244

Hunstanton (TF64)

• Princess Theatre The Green, PE36 5AH. 01485 532 252

Kings Lynn (TF62)

• Corn Exchange
  Re-opens summer 96
• King's Lynn Arts Centre 29 King Street. 01553 773 578

Norwich (TG20)

• Norwich Puppet Theatre St James, Whitefriars, NR3 1TN. 01603 629 921
• Playhouse
  Open from 16 Dec 95
  • 01-Feb-96 to 17-Feb-96 Blood Libel - Arnold Wesker.
• The Maddermarket St Johns' Alley, NR2 1DR. 01603 620 917
  • 23-Feb-96 to 02-Mar-96 French Without Tears - Terence Rattigan.
  • 22-Mar-96 to 30-Mar-96 The Madness of George III - Alan Bennett.
  • 19-Apr-96 to 27-Apr-96 As You Like It - Shakespeare.
  • 17-May-96 to 25-May-96 Woyzeck - George Buchner (transl. Mackendrick).
  • 14-Jun-96 to 22-Jun-96 Hayfever - Noel Coward.
  • 12-Jul-96 to 20-Jul-96 Hard Times - Dickens.
  • 09-Aug-96 to 17-Aug-96 Arsenic and Old Lace - Joseph Kesselring.
• Theatre Royal Theatre Street, NR2 1RL. 01603 630 000
  • 20-Feb-96 to 02-Mar-96 Great Expectations - Charles Dickens.
  • 20-Mar-96 to 23-Mar-96 Swan Lake - Tchaikovsky. Adventures in Motion Pictures. New Version
  • 18-Jun-96 to 21-Jun-96 The Marriage of Figaro - Mozart. Opera North.
  • 19-Jun-96 to 22-Jun-96 La boheme - Puccini. Opera North.
  • 20-Jun-96 to 20-Jun-96 The Duenna - Gerhard. Opera North.

Sheringham (TG14)

• Little Theatre 2 Station Road, NR26 8RE. 01263 822 347

Suffolk

Aldeburgh (TM45)

• Snape Maltings Concert Hall Snape Bridge, IP15 5AX. 01728 453 543

Bury St Edmunds (TL86)

• Theatre Royal Westgate Street. 01284 769505
  • 20-Feb-96 to 24-Feb-96 Twelfth Night - Shakespeare. Oxford Stage Company.

Felixstowe (TM23)

• Spa Pavilion Theatre Undercliff Road West. 01394 282 126
  • 25-Feb-96 to 25-Feb-96 Wuthering Heights Traffic of the Stage.
  • 12-Mar-96 to 12-Mar-96 Comedy Club Selection of Comedians
  • 16-Mar-96 to 16-Mar-96 Merlin The Magic Dragon Children's Theatre
  • 17-Mar-96 to 17-Mar-96 Jethro Comedy Stand Up
  • 22-Mar-96 to 22-Mar-96 Shadivarius Tribute to Cliff and the Shadows
  • 23-Mar-96 to 23-Mar-96 Billy Pearce Adult Stand Up Comedy
  • 30-Mar-96 to 30-Mar-96 The Chippendales
  • 04-Apr-96 to 04-Apr-96 Hamlet - Shakespeare. Traffic of the Stage.
  • 06-Apr-96 to 06-Apr-96 Hinge and Bracket
  • 09-Apr-96 to 09-Apr-96 Comedy Club As 19 Mar
  • 12-Apr-96 to 12-Apr-96 Suffolk Youth Wind Band
  • 14-Apr-96 to 14-Apr-96 Budgie the Helicopter Children's show
  • 20-Apr-96 to 21-Apr-96 Don't Walk, Dance Linda Shipton School of Dancing.
  • 26-Apr-96 to 26-Apr-96 Joe Pasquale
  • 25-May-96 to 01-Jun-96 Felixstowe Full Length Festival - NDFA

Ipswich (TM14)

• Ipswich Regent 3 St Helens Street, IP4 1HE. 01473 263 555
  • 17-May-96 to 18-May-96 Rigoletto, Werther - Verdi, Massenet. English Touring Opera. On tour
• The Wolsey Studio St George's Street. 01473 253 725
• The Wolsey Theatre Civic Drive. 01473 253 725

Lowestoft (TM59)

• Marina Theatre The Marina, NR32 1HH. 01502 573 318
  • 25-Mar-96 to 26-Mar-96 Rigoletto, Werther - Verdi, Massenet. English Touring Opera. On tour

Saxmundham (TM36)

• Snape Maltings Concert Hall 01728 453 543

Southwold (TM57)

• Southwold Summer Theatre 01502 722 389

Sudbury (TL84)

• The Quay at Sudbury Quay Lane, CO10 6AN. 01787 374 745
  • 16-Feb-96 to 17-Feb-96 Talking Heads - Alan Bennett.
  • 28-Feb-96 to 29-Feb-96 Shakespeare's Monsters

Woodbridge (TM24)

• Riverside Theatre Quayside, IP12 1BX. 01394 382 174