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We had a cold start to 2024, but the warmth of the audience response to our January production of Life x 3 took off the chill. The play was positively reviewed and it was good to hear laughter in the auditorium and people chatting about the play afterwards. Enormous thanks to my talented company for […]

What a brilliant two weeks we had during the run of Macbeth. Very full houses and amazing feedback on this classy production. What was most heartening were the many young audience members who felt that Shakespeare had been presented to them – many of them, for the first time – in a compelling way. The […]

AD ROUND UP SEPTEMBER 2023 So……I hope you all made the most of what summer sunshine there was or headed to warmer climes. At the Loft we have had a busy summer, hosting Arts Insight youth theatre for their super successful production ‘Game of Life’, bringing joy to both the students, their families and friends, […]

To some it was Wyrd and to others, just weird, but we had a huge number of Terry Pratchett fans and others who were being introduced to him for the first time, loving our last production of Wyrd Sisters; many attending multiple times. I think four visits was the record! Enormous thanks to Lorna Middleton […]

We are delighted to announce the appointment of our new Production Manager, Amy Carroll. Amy brings 20 years professional theatre experience to the role. She has a first class honours degree in Theatre Design and Production from Trinity University College, including vocational training in the USA at California State University.   Amy’s professional freelance career […]

We staged Jez Butterworth’s play ‘The Winterling’ and you certainly approved.  We had great audience numbers and the feedback was spectacular.  Here is one such comment from a group who came:- “The standards at the Loft are extraordinary.  Can you raise the bar much higher? The quality of acting, sound, lighting and set design all […]

NEW YEAR NEWS ROUND UP So there it was……..the Centenary Year………..all wrapped up like a Christmas present. I can hardly believe that it seems to have played out so fast. My thanks to director Mike Rolfe and his immaculate company for delivering such a splendid and visually stunning Shakespeare to round off the year in […]

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR ROUND UP OCTOBER 2022 So The Seagull flew away and we concluded our production of a Chekhov play, to mark his importance to us as a regular feature in our theatre programme across our history. Thank you to all of you who made a donation to the relief fund for those whose lives […]

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR ROUND UP JULY 2022 Wow….the year is whizzing by. This centenary year has been so special and we had a really celebratory time staging Noel Coward’s ‘Present Laughter’ in June. The cast and crew relished listening to the laughter from the audience. Enormous thanks to Lorna Middleton – an experienced director elsewhere, but […]

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR ROUND UP APRIL, 2022 Lady Windermere’s Fan fluttered and certainly found favour with our audience. The exit poll from each night was full of praise and it was such a pleasure to witness the audiences first glimpse of the wonderful set. We were able to welcome a number of new people to the […]

There are many people who have made significant contributions to the Loft across its history and Denis Hunt is certainly one of them. It is with great sadness that we announce his death on 25th February 2022. A hugely influential and key actor and director at the Loft, who also undertook many theatre administrative roles […]

AD ROUND UP JANUARY 2022 HAPPY NEW CENTENARY YEAR! How good it feels to have turned the corner into 2022 and to launch the programme for our Centenary year. Reflecting a hundred years of theatre is daunting, but we have chosen a list of plays which we hope marks the milestones and characteristics of this […]

We are most grateful to the Arts Society in Leamington Spa for their generous donation to the Loft Theatre during the current pandemic which has caused such hardship for the arts.  They were particularly positive about our encouragement of the youth group. Act One, which has been so successfully run and led by Libby Morris.’

‘BUBBLE FEVER’ BY DAVID FLETCHER Enormous thanks to everyone who responded to the casting call for David Fletcher’s new play which will be presented online as an audio ticketed production. We cast this in record time and rehearsals and recording of the production will be taking place during February. Watch social media and the website […]

HAPPY NEW YEAR We are waiting for the chance to reopen and to offer you the warmest of welcomes. Your seat awaits… The teams are all standing by… wardrobe, set design, set construction, lighting design and operation, sound design and operation, box office, front of house, bar, scenic artists, actors, directors, production manager, general manager,stage […]

A summer and autumn busily working to make Leamington’s Loft Theatre Covid-secure has paid off, as the Loft has now been awarded the Society Of London Theatre & UK Theatre’s ‘See It Safely‘ mark. On hearing the news, Artistic Director Sue Moore said “We wanted to reassure audiences, actors, staff and volunteers alike that you […]