Salisbury Playhouse

Salisbury Playhouse

Salisbury Playhouseis a theatre in the English city ofSalisbury,Wiltshire.Built in 1976, it comprises the 517-seat Main House and the 149-seat Salberg Studio,a rehearsal room, a daytime café, and a community and education space. It is part ofArts Council England's National Portfolio of Organisations, and also receives regular funding fromWiltshire CouncilandSalisbury City Council.

Overview

Plays in the Main House are often own or co-produced works, of which there are between eight and ten a year. The Playhouse also houses touring productions and a variety of events as part of theSalisbury International Arts Festival.

The Studio programme is the focus for the theatre's work for and with young people, which includes toured-in work, work from its Youth Theatre calledStage '65,and workshop productions.

The Playhouse's Tesco Community & Education Space and Rehearsal Room opened in July 2007.

In 2018, the charitywhich runs the theatre amalgamated withSalisbury Arts CentreandSalisbury International Arts Festivaland was renamed Wiltshire Creative.

Personnel

The artistic director is Gareth Machin, who was appointed in October 2011, and the executive director is Sebastian Warrack, appointed in October 2012.

As of 2015,the Board of Trustees are Tim Crarer (chairman), Doric Bossom, Sarah Butcher, Andy Bridewell, Tom Clay, Nick Frankfort, Rosemary Macdonald, Niall Murphy, John Perry, Rupert Sebag-Montefiore and Susan Shaw.

Productions

2008

• The Herbal BedbyPeter Whelan
• People at Seaby J.B. Priestly
• Taming the Tempestdevised and directed by Mark Powell
• TouchedbyStephen Lowe
• What the Butler SawbyJoe Orton
• Oliver!A Stage ’65 Youth Theatre Production
• Drowning on Dry LandbyAlan Ayckbourn
• A Taste of HoneybyShelagh Delaney
• A NumberbyCaryl Churchill
• A Month in the CountrybyJ.L. Carr,adapted by Philip Wilson.Premiere
• Let’s Face The Music and Dancea celebration ofIrving Berlin
• Dick Whittington and his Catby Mark Clements
• Our Country’s GoodbyTimberlake Wertenbaker(Stage ’65 Youth Theatre)

2009

• Estelle BrightbySarah Tullamoreand Frederic Baptiste
• The Winslow BoybyTerence Rattigan
• The Real ThingbyTom Stoppard
• RestorationbyRose Tremain,adapted by Matthew Francis. World premiere
• Faith HealerbyBrian Friel
• The Importance of Being EarnestbyOscar Wilde
• The Wizard of OzA Stage ’65 Youth Theatre Production
• The Lady in the VanbyAlan Bennett
• BlackbirdbyDavid Harrower
• Romeo and Juliet: Unzipped,devised and directed by Mark Powell
• After Miss Julie,a version ofStrindberg'sMiss JuliebyPatrick Marber
• Arsenic and Old LacebyJoseph Kesselring
• Cinderellaby Mark Clements, with original songs by Paul Herbert
• The Way You Look Tonight,a celebration ofJerome Kern

2010

• With a Song in My Hearta celebration ofRodgers and Hart
• Aladdinby Mark Clements, with original songs by Paul Herbert
• The PicturebyPhilip Massinger
• Death and the MaidenbyAriel Dorfman
• A Voyage Round My FatherbyJohn Mortimer
• Peter PanbyJ. M. Barrie
• Les liaisons dangereusesbyChristopher Hampton
• Toro! Toro!byMichael Morpurgo,adapted by Simon Reade (world premiere)
• Low Pay? Don't PaybyDario Fo,translated by Joseph Farrell
• The Glass MenageriebyTennessee Williams,co produced withShared Experience
• Private LivesbyNoël Coward
• The Little Mermaid and Other Tales,devised by Stage ’65 Youth Theatre, based on original stories by Hans Christian Andersen

2011

• The Constant Wifeby W.Somerset Maugham
• The Game of Love and ChancebyPierre Marivaux,translated byNeil Bartlett
• The CountrybyMartin Crimp
• Guys and Dolls,a co-production withClwyd Theatr CymruandNew Wolsey TheatreIpswich
• Around the World in 80 Daysadapted by Phil Wilmott from the novel byJules Verne(Stage '65 Youth Theatre)
• The Women of TroybyEuripides(Stage '65 Youth Theatre)

External links

• Official website
• "salisbury playhouse.com".Archived fromthe originalon 17 February 2015.Retrieved7 May2023.