For Audio, Large Print, Easy Read, PDF and British Sign Language versions of a more detailed account of this article, please click here.   Campaigning cultural organisations We Shall Not Be Removed, Ramps on the Moon, Attitude is Everything, Paraorchestra and What Next? have joined together to create a new guide for the arts and […]

Have you known the New Wolsey Theatre since the beginning? Do you remember the iconic lime-green seats? Are you looking forward to our 20th birthday on 1st February 2021, the anniversary of our first performance? We’re delighted to have stumbled across an old newspaper article from the East Anglian Daily Times, dated twenty years ago […]

It’s time to stop that boxset binge, forget social media and finally silence the screen. We’re thrilled to announce that this September and October we are hosting a range of exciting Reconnect workshops for young people aged between 9 – 16 years. Take a look below to discover more about the workshops on offer throughout […]

It is with deep regret that the management of the New Wolsey Theatre has had to make the extremely difficult decision to consult a significant number of its staff about possible redundancies. As custodians of a registered Charity and a publicly funded organisation, the Trustees and senior executives have a responsibility to do all they […]

The national #MissingLiveTheatre campaign by #SceneChange has seen theatres and arts venues around the country decorated with pink and white tape, as a nod to the pause the industry has taken due to coronavirus. The tape, which reads ‘Missing Live Theatre’ and ‘#SceneChange,’ represents the theatre industry’s status of waiting in the wings, ready to […]

We’re so excited to be releasing our first creative project based on work submitted to our StoryLine initiative by a member of the public. Scrubs (above) is the story of a seamstress who sews magical garments and who finds her calling in the midst of a pandemic. The 6 minute (approx) film has been transformed […]

It’s a win-win! You can watch an incredible show and raise money for the New Wolsey Theatre while you watch! On Tuesday 9th June at 7.30pm, Go Faster Stripe will be streaming their recording of Showtime from the Frontline with a live introduction from comedian Mark Thomas and a live Q & A from London and […]

The New Wolsey Theatre is proud to be a signatory of this open letter to theatre and performance makers, alongside many other theatres, performance companies and venues across the UK. To view a PDF of this letter, please click here (for a PDF in LARGE PRINT, please click the link following the letter): An open […]

(Molly-Grace Cutler as Sheena in Oxy and The Morons leaving a punk poem on StoryLine. Photo Mike Kwasniak.) The New Wolsey Theatre needs you!  We’re putting a call out for people to join in with our latest creative project, StoryLine. StoryLine is a dedicated phone line where you are invited to call 01473 760799 and […]

We are thrilled to announce the outcome of the New Wolsey Theatre Testing Ground 4 Commissioning programme, which develops original work from D/deaf and disabled artists, especially since we have been able to extend the typical amount of commissions that we offer thanks to funding from Ramps on the Moon. Even in the midst of […]