The Theatre Chipping Norton, sometimes The Theatre, Chipping Norton, is a multi-arts theatre, cinema, gallery and music venue in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England.[1][2]
The proscenium arch theatre has 217 seats including stalls and a balcony. Over 55,000 patrons attend annually.[3] It is one of the UK's smallest producing theatres.[4]
History
editThe main auditorium was originally a Salvation Army citadel, built in 1888.[3] After some years as a furniture warehouse it was bought by two RSC actors in 1968 and fundraising began in 1973, the theatre was registered as a charity in 1974, and it opened as a theatre in 1975.[3] It acquired adjoining properties to provide space for bar, gallery, green rooms, offices and rehearsal space, and underwent a major refurbishment in 1996 with Arts Council England assistance.[5]
Productions
editThe theatre produces original shows and hosts touring companies; in 2016 it co-produced with The Dukes a 20th-anniversary touring production of Stones in His Pockets.
It prides itself on its annual, original "world-renowned traditional family pantomime".[5][6][7] There are usually up of one hundred performances a year.[3] The former Goody and I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue panellist Graeme Garden wrote several pantomimes for The Theatre during the 1980s. [8]
References
edit- ^ "The Theatre, Chipping Norton". House. Farnham Maltings. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
- ^ "Us now". The Theatre Chipping Norton. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
- ^ a b c d Gurnos-Davies, K. (2021). Objects and agents: women, materiality, and the making of contemporary theatre (Doctoral dissertation, University of Oxford).
- ^ "Britain's favourite small theatres". The Telegraph. 14 March 2011. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
- ^ a b "Brief history of the theatre". The Theatre Chipping Norton. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
- ^ Cavendish, Dominic (4 January 2012). "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, The Theatre, Chipping Norton, review". The Telegraph. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
- ^ Dicks, Matt (19 November 2015). "Robin Hood review at the Theatre, Chipping Norton – 'artfully silly'". The Stage. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
- ^ Before the 'set' gave Chippy national fame oxfordmail.co.uk. Retrieved on 24 August 2011.
External links
edit- Official website
- "The Chipping Norton Theatre Limited, registered charity no. 268154". Charity Commission for England and Wales.
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