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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 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 […]

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 […]

ARTISTIC NEWS ROUND UP JULY 2024

So The Government Inspector finally arrived in Gogol’s story, although we never got to meet him (you had to see the play!) Nick Le Mesurier’s lovely adaptation of this classic play was a hit with our audiences and multiple critics alike and became the most watched play of the year.  The exit poll from the […]

LOFT THEATRE ANNOUNCES PRODUCTIONS FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2025 CASTING CALL OUT

We are so thrilled to announce the first three productions for 2025. Readings and auditions for Medea and Constellations will be in July and August and posted very soon. Look out on the auditions page on the website and on social media for detail.   MEDEA in a new version by Ben Power Director Craig […]

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR’S NEWS ROUND UP FOR JUNE

Well the ‘Bouncers’ bounced……….they bounced their way around front of house as the audience arrived and, thankfully, let them all in! They then surrounded us in the auditorium and played multiple characters with aplomb and skill on stage. What a joyous couple of weeks it was as audience and critics alike heaped praise on the […]

Theatre critics Matthew Salisbury and Nick Le Mesurier join forces to bring a classic to the Loft stage

Two Warwickshire theatre critics have swapped the comfort of a seat in the darkened auditorium to be centre stage in a new production coming up in June. Matthew Salisbury, who reviews theatre and music for the Observer, has joined forces with fellow-critic and writer Nick Le Mesurier, to bring a modern version of Russian classic […]

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR’S ROUND UP FOR APRIL/ MAY

What a joy it was to stage Dylan Thomas’ magical Under Milk Wood, true to its origins as a radio play. We enjoyed creating a BBC radio studio on the stage and the specially composed music, live musicians and Foley sound certainly put the audacious talents of our cast and creatives on display, but we […]

Artistic Director’s Spring Round Up

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR’S NEWS ROUND UP SPRING 2024 I have recently had a really indulgent week in London catching up with loads of theatre at the Donmar and the National Theatre; both new work and revivals of classics. It is wonderful to see how the best do it. I am super proud at how many times […]