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ARTISTIC DIRECTOR ROUND UP MAY 2025 SPRING AWAKENING If anyone was still slumbering after winter moved into spring, we certainly stirred everyone with our own Spring Awakening. My thanks go to the director Chris Gilbey-Smith and the entire Spring Awakening company for delivering a triumphant production. With his clear vision for this play manifesting itself […]
READ MORE >RECRUITING VOLUNTEER ASSISTANTS FOR LOFT YOUTH THEATRE ENSEMBLE
An invitation to join our creative community The Loft Theatre in Leamington Spa is launching a brand new enterprise for budding young creatives due to commence in September 2025. Two Masters graduates, Laura Hayward-Smith and Dan Walsh will be leading this new Youth Ensemble. The Loft Youth Ensemble will offer 7 – 17 yr olds […]
READ MORE >Spring is awakening – read the artistic round-up from Sue Moore
I still have stars in my eyes from Constellations. It was the greatest artistic success. We were overwhelmed with the positive reviews from critics and audience alike and comments about it being one of the greatest nights in the theatre anywhere. My cast were simply outstanding. I can honestly say I enjoyed every […]
READ MORE >Sad news of Charles Mulraine and Martin O’Connell
“When sorrows come, they come not single spies but in battalions” Hamlet, William Shakespeare. Having seen Hamlet at the RSC last week, I was reminded of this with the awful news that two more great contributors to life at the Loft had died. The news arrived of the loss of Charles Mulraine and Martin O’Connell […]
READ MORE >ARTISTIC NEWS ROUND UP FOR FEBRUARY 2025
What a stellar start to the year it has been. We are so thrilled that our audiences were inspired to come and experience Greek tragedy with a contemporary twist. Our reviews and audience feedback for Medea was exceptional and many sentences started with “mesmerising” and “best production ever”. Enormous thanks go to Craig Shelton […]
READ MORE >LOFT OBITUARY FOR WILLIAM (BILL) WILKINSON – FEBRUARY 2025
BILL WILKINSON’S OBITUARY AND FUNERAL BILL AND LORNA CO-DIRECTING LADY WINDERMERE’S FAN – BILL’S FINAL PRODUCTION. On 30th December last year we posted the saddest news of the loss of Bill Wilkinson, who died at the age of 95. Bill had been struggling against the frustration of ill health, particularly difficult for him as […]
READ MORE >LOFT UNVEILS ITS 2025 SEASON
A very happy theatre going 2025 to you all. We finished off 2024 with a production of Glorious! by Peter Quilter and were thrilled to have the playwright visit us, with his family, on the opening night. My thanks to James Suckling and his entire company for delighting our audiences with this December treat. I […]
READ MORE >ARTISTIC YEAR END ROUND UP FOR 2024
We are still enjoying the warm glow from the samovar following such a splendid production of Uncle Vanya. The reviews were stellar, as was the entire company. Every dimension of the show was applauded in the reviews, from the beautiful costuming, staging and lighting, to the performances and the specially composed music. We […]
READ MORE >READ THE LATEST ARTISTIC NEWS ROUND-UP HERE, WITH A LOOK AT WHAT’S AHEAD
So……..Lucy Kirkwood’s Mosquitoes has flown away and the cast and creatives are having a rest, after this fast-paced contemporary, much garlanded play. It was such a hit at the National and it was both an artistic and visual feast for our audiences. The tech team pulled out all the stops and the 20 scene changes […]
READ MORE >ARTISTIC ROUND-UP NEWS FOR SEPTEMBER
Well the summer has flown by, as summers have a tendency to do. Our theatre garden has continued to blossom and we are now on track for the blossoming of our autumn production programme. Summertime inside the theatre is busier than you might imagine, with our annual external testing and assessment of the health of […]
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