Salisbury Playhouse
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Salisbury Playhouse is a theatre in the English city of Salisbury, Wiltshire. Built in 1976, it comprises the 517-seat Main House and the 149-seat Salberg Studio,[1] a rehearsal room, a daytime café, and a community and education space. It is part of Arts Council England's National Portfolio of Organisations, and also receives regular funding from Wiltshire Council and Salisbury City Council.
Overview[edit]
Plays in the Main House are often own or co-produced works, of which there are between eight and ten a year. The Playhouse also houses touring productions and a variety of events as part of the Salisbury International Arts Festival.
The Studio programme is the focus for the theatre's work for and with young people, which includes toured-in work, work from its Youth Theatre called Stage '65, and workshop productions.
The Playhouse's Tesco Community & Education Space and Rehearsal Room opened in July 2007.
In 2018, the charity[2] which runs the theatre amalgamated with Salisbury Arts Centre and Salisbury International Arts Festival and was renamed Wiltshire Creative.[3]
Personnel[edit]
The artistic director is Gareth Machin, who was appointed in October 2011, and the executive director is Sebastian Warrack, appointed in October 2012.
As of 2015[update], the Board of Trustees are Tim Crarer (chairman), Doric Bossom, Sarah Butcher, Andy Bridewell, Tom Clay, Nick Frankfort, Rosemary Macdonald, Niall Murphy, John Perry, Rupert Sebag-Montefiore and Susan Shaw.[4]
Productions[edit]
2008[edit]
- The Herbal Bed by Peter Whelan
- People at Sea by J.B. Priestly
- Taming the Tempest devised and directed by Mark Powell
- Touched by Stephen Lowe
- What the Butler Saw by Joe Orton
- Oliver! A Stage ’65 Youth Theatre Production
- Drowning on Dry Land by Alan Ayckbourn
- A Taste of Honey by Shelagh Delaney
- A Number by Caryl Churchill
- A Month in the Country by J.L. Carr, adapted by Philip Wilson. Premiere
- Let’s Face The Music and Dance a celebration of Irving Berlin
- Dick Whittington and his Cat by Mark Clements
- Our Country’s Good by Timberlake Wertenbaker (Stage ’65 Youth Theatre)
2009[edit]
- Estelle Bright by Sarah Tullamore and Frederic Baptiste
- The Winslow Boy by Terence Rattigan
- The Real Thing by Tom Stoppard
- Restoration by Rose Tremain, adapted by Matthew Francis. World premiere
- Faith Healer by Brian Friel
- The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
- The Wizard of Oz A Stage ’65 Youth Theatre Production
- The Lady in the Van by Alan Bennett
- Blackbird by David Harrower
- Romeo and Juliet: Unzipped, devised and directed by Mark Powell
- After Miss Julie, a version of Strindberg's Miss Julie by Patrick Marber
- Arsenic and Old Lace by Joseph Kesselring
- Cinderella by Mark Clements, with original songs by Paul Herbert
- The Way You Look Tonight, a celebration of Jerome Kern
2010[edit]
- With a Song in My Heart a celebration of Rodgers and Hart
- Aladdin by Mark Clements, with original songs by Paul Herbert
- The Picture by Philip Massinger
- Death and the Maiden by Ariel Dorfman
- A Voyage Round My Father by John Mortimer
- Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie
- Les liaisons dangereuses by Christopher Hampton
- Toro! Toro! by Michael Morpurgo, adapted by Simon Reade (world premiere)
- Low Pay? Don't Pay by Dario Fo, translated by Joseph Farrell
- The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams, co produced with Shared Experience
- Private Lives by Noël Coward
- The Little Mermaid and Other Tales, devised by Stage ’65 Youth Theatre, based on original stories by Hans Christian Andersen
2011[edit]
- The Constant Wife by W. Somerset Maugham
- The Game of Love and Chance by Pierre Marivaux, translated by Neil Bartlett
- The Country by Martin Crimp
- Guys and Dolls, a co-production with Clwyd Theatr Cymru and New Wolsey Theatre Ipswich
- Around the World in 80 Days adapted by Phil Wilmott from the novel by Jules Verne (Stage '65 Youth Theatre)
- The Women of Troy by Euripides (Stage '65 Youth Theatre)
References[edit]
- ^ "Salberg Studio, Salisbury Playhouse". Theatricalia.com. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
- ^ "Wiltshire Creative, registered charity no. 249169". Charity Commission for England and Wales.
- ^ "Wiltshire Creative: Trustees' Report" (PDF). Charity Commission. 31 March 2019. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
- ^ "Board of Trustees". Salisbury Playhouse. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
External links[edit]
- Official website
- "salisbury playhouse .com". Archived from the original on 17 February 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
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