Salisbury Playhouse is a theatre in the English city of Salisbury, 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.
- Venue
- Salisbury Playhouse
- Address
- Malthouse Lane, Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom, SP2 7RA
- Town
- Salisbury, GB
Salisbury Playhouse is a theatre in the English city of Salisbury, 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 of Arts Council England's National Portfolio of Organisations, and also receives regular funding from Wiltshire Council and Salisbury City Council. It is the largest of the three performance spaces within Wiltshire Creative. 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 the Salisbury 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 called Stage '65, and workshop productions. The Playhouse's Tesco Community & Education Space and Rehearsal Room opened in July 2007. In 2018, the charity which runs the theatre amalgamated with Salisbury Arts Centre and Salisbury International Arts Festival and was renamed Wiltshire Creative. The artistic director is Gareth Machin, who was appointed in October 2011. Since 2024, the executive director is Rosa Corbishley. The Herbal Bed by Peter Whelan. People at Sea by J.B. Priestly. Taming the Tempest devised and directed by Mark Powell. Touched by Stephen Lowe. What the Butler Saw by Joe Orton. Oliver! A Stage ’65 Youth Theatre Production. Drowning on Dry Land by Alan Ayckbourn. A Taste of Honey by Shelagh Delaney. A Number by Caryl Churchill. A Month in the Country by J.L. Carr, adapted by Philip Wilson Premiere. Let's Face The Music and Dance a celebration of Irving Berlin. Dick Whittington and his Cat by Mark Clements. Our Country's Good by Timberlake Wertenbaker (Stage ’65 Youth Theatre). Estelle Bright by Sarah Tullamore and Frederic Baptiste. The Winslow Boy by Terence Rattigan. The Real Thing by Tom Stoppard. Restoration by Ros