News and Stories

A community and professional production, Chipping Norton Theatre, June 2024 A sparkling, touching new play from the multi-Olivier Award winning and BAFTA nominated writer of King Charles III, Press and Doctor Foster. Echoing and reshaping…

by Keith Dewhurst A community and professional production, Chipping Norton Theatre, June 2024 “As she went on her way, gossamer threads, spun from bush to bush, barricaded her pathway, and as she broke through one after another she…

UK tours 2020 and 2021. Co-produced with The Barn Theatre, Cirencester In a joyous reimagining of the classic P.G. Wodehouse characters, three actors hurl themselves from role to role as they race to tell the story of Bertie’s own farcical…

Book and Music by Joe Kinosian Book and Lyrics by Kellen Blair UK National Tour Autumn 2024 An anarchic musical murder mystery with a twist: one actor investigates the crime, whilst the other plays all the suspects! And they both play…

Our assisted listening system offers enhanced audio, through a hearing loop, at every screening, performance or talk in the auditorium. These can assist those who are partially deaf or hard of hearing but are also helpful for anyone who…

Ruth Goldstraw, a member of The Theatre's Creative Writing group has had her first novel published! Here she talks about how our Take Part group inspired and aided her through the process. "They say writing is a lonely occupation. I’ve…

Written by Stephen Mitchell with original music by Sarah Travis, the famous Christmas Panto from Chipping Norton Theatre reaches for the clouds with the most gigantic panto of them all. Join in giant adventures to the Viking kingdom of…

NOVEMBER 2023 - JANUARY 2024 By John Terry with original music by Eliane Correa and Rebecca Applin.

In the middle of an 8 show day at the Edinburgh Fringe last summer, I managed to snag a ticket to one of the most talked about shows of the festival – Mark Thomas’ England and Son. As I left the auditorium after the performance (in tears…

The reviews are in! Have a read of all the fantastic comments we have had from press on our Pantomime Cinderella.

The Theatre has been an established charity and company since August 1974, and as you can imagine, a lot has changed during those 50 years. As we approach our 50th anniversary year we have reviewed our charitable objectives and are looking…