Arts Theatre Cambridge

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One of the finest Regional Theatres in the UK. Box Office: 01223 503333. Posts by Kat and Caitlin. Read our theatre blog: http://bit.ly/2e6dIOq

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Take your seats! Today’s the day we reopen our theatre following our incredible 10-month transformation. We are thrilled to share these photographs of the new space with you – and can’t wait to welcome you in to see it for yourselves. 📸 Photography by Philip Vile

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Last week we had an exciting Production Meeting for this year's panto, Sleeping Beauty! ✨ Here's our fantastic Set Designer Ian Westbrook, who designs beautiful cloths of Cambridge locations for us. You can also see our model box (a mini replica of our stage and set design !).

A man sketching in front of a model box replica of a theatre stage

We've dug through the theatre's archive to uncover some hidden gems... Here's a photo of St Edward's Passage back in 1957, which was kindly sent to us by a customer. This photograph was taken by Lionel Harris. It won first place in the Maidenhead Photographic Society's monthly competition.

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Our Technical team accepted a very exciting delivery last week... New lighting equipment for our soon-to-be transformed auditorium! 👏 This is a MAC Viper XIP, a movable light that we can use for general lighting and follow spots, and as you can see from the background - the delivery was a big one!

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Next up in our 'Lost Property' series... AKA all of the strange discoveries we unearth during our redevelopment project. Recently our Boxes have been dismantled, and panelling was removed. Buried behind the panels our team discovered blue decorative wallpaper, which we believe is from the 1930s!

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The power of social media! After announcing our Time Capsule project, a follower (who worked here during the 1990s) told us about a time capsule they'd hidden during a previous refurbishment, which we had no idea about! We chatted, dug through an archive... and here it is.

An old newspaper article from 1996 about a time capsule

Next up in our 'Lost Property' series... AKA all of the strange discoveries we unearth during our redevelopment project. A lovely customer found and donated a wonderful collection of old Arts Theatre tickets, which we believe are from the 1940s!

A collection of very old theatre tickets

Guess what? We're hiding a time capsule! 🎭✨ To celebrate our incredible redevelopment project we will be placing a time capsule underneath the auditorium seating in our newly redesigned Circle, in the hope that it'll remain unseen and be discovered in decades to come.

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Yesterday was a big day for our redevelopment project... the steelwork for our stunning new balcony arrived! The redesigned Circle will feature an elegant, curved balcony front. With the steel now on-site, things are about to move quickly - we can't wait to see the transformation take shape.

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Next up in our 'Lost Property' series... AKA all of the strange discoveries we unearth during our redevelopment project. Found behind some broken pannelling just outside our orchestra pit was folk artist Gary Maginnis' album Follow the Street Lights...

An old CD of folk artist Gary Maginnis

You may have wondered what the Arts Theatre team are up to during our closure (particularly those who are usually customer facing!) This week our Box Office team are lending a hand at Cambridge Literary Festival. Here's Rose and Kat, who you'll find at the Festival Box Office until Sunday! 👋

Two women smiling and holding brochures for an upcoming Literary Festival in Cambridge.

We are absolutely thrilled for Steven Roberts and Harry Howle, who won the Best Sisters Award at the UK Pantomime Awards last night! Steven and Harry were our Wicked Stepsisters in last year’s pantomime Cinderella… (Aren’t they adorable?!)

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