Internationally renowned, the unique Maddermarket Theatre stages a year long programme by top British and World playwrights, professionally created and staged by members from across the region.
Welcome to the Maddermarket Theatre website. We have an excellent selection of plays currently on offer to you, from first class favourite classics to great new plays by less well known writers, all of which are produced to the same high standards that you have come to expect from us. We produce a 12 month season of high quality in-house productions which are complemented by a terrific range of visiting shows. There is something on offer to suit everyone’s taste. We look forward to seeing you at the Maddermarket, where you will be sure of our usual very warm welcome. Thank you for visiting us.
Averil Brennan,
Chair of the Trust
AUTUMN SEASON 2010
I am delighted to announce the exciting news that the Maddermarket has appointed a new director of productions. He is Stephen Picton, an experienced actor and director who moved recently to the area and who lives in North Suffolk. Stephen has had especially close ties with the Trinity Theatre, in Tunbridge Wells. He is a talented musician, and loves musicals! Stephen will begin working with us in early September, and his first production will be our Christmas show, the BFG. He is naturally keen to be involved in the selection of shows for our 2011 season, and for that reason we are unable to list our full programme for next year at present. Stephen succeeds Peter Sowerbutts, whom I would like to thank for all his hard work at the Maddermarket over the last four years. The Theatre has benefited hugely from his enthusiasm and enormous talent, but he has now decided to explore new horizons. Peter is resuming his acting career, but many of you will know that he has also set up a new business as a coffee baron! Peter will, incidentally, be performing in a lunchtime show at the Maddermarket in September, so we very much look forward to seeing him again then. Meanwhile, we will be looking to celebrate two major milestones in style during 2011, a year in which we mark both the 100th anniversary of the formation of the Guild of Norwich Players in 1911 – and the 90th anniversary of the opening of the Maddermarket Theatre in 1921. The Players were formed by Walter Nugent Bligh Monck, and the Maddermarket became their third home when the neglected former Roman Catholic Chapel of St John the Baptist was converted into this Theatre! So stand by for a series of special events!
Averil Brennan
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