Deborah Shaw News

Carrie Hope Fletcher will be performing in her first ever pantomime when she joins the cast of Sleeping Beauty at The Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury.  The show, which is co-produced by The Marlowe and Evolution Productions, is written and directed by Paul Hendy. It will be opening in Canterbury on Friday 25 November. 

New Adventures today announced its brand-new training programme, Cygnet School, principally funded by The Dorfman Foundation.

The Marlowe in Canterbury has announced that Maria Aberg's PROJEKT EUROPA will become a Resident Company at the theatre, creating and premiering work in the heart of Kent.

Over the twelve days that Nurse Nellie Saves Panto was available to stream (23 December to 3 January), an estimated 91,000 people viewed the production – around the same number that experience the live pantomime each year at The Marlowe.

The Marlowe Theatre in Canterbury has announced a special Christmas gift, as it streams its pantomime for free.

The Marlowe Theatre in Canterbury has announced that its fun-sized, socially distanced pantomime, Nurse Nellie Saves Panto is now postponed until January, due to today’s announcement that Kent will remain in Tier 3 restrictions for the next two weeks.

The Marlowe Theatre in Canterbury has announced changes to the opening date of its fun-sized, socially distanced pantomime Nurse Nellie Saves Panto.  

Following on from the fun-sized pantomime Nurse Nellie Saves Panto (Friday 11 December - Sunday 3 January), the season will be a rich mix of music, comedy, dance and drama, designed to lift your spirits and celebrate the shared experience of live performance once more.

Tickets went on-sale for the much-anticipated Nurse Nellie Saves Panto on Monday 12th October and eager pantomime fans have snapped up over 12,000 tickets in the first week of sale.

Nurse Nellie Saves Panto, running between Friday 11 December to Sunday 3 January, will be performed to a socially distanced audience and will star much-loved panto legend Ben Roddy who has played the Dame in The Marlowe's pantomimes for the last ten years. He will be joined by a cast of other Marlowe pantomime favourites, to be announced soon.

The Marlowe Theatre in Canterbury has announced today that its pantomime Jack and the Beanstalk will be postponed until 2021.

Consultations with the venue's staff and the trade unions have begun and could result in 30% of the charity's staff losing their jobs.

The UK Government has announced a £1.57 billion rescue package to help the nation's cultural, arts and heritage institutions weather the impact of the health crisis.  Arts institutions are responding to this announcement, including the National Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company, and more!

Canterbury's Marlowe Theatre has today announced that it is to stay closed until June.

The Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury, has introduced chilled performances to its programme, with the first one taking place next month (February).

Audiences will be given the chance to see how theatre is made at Marlowe ROAR next month (October).

The Marlowe is seeking exceptional people who can bring strategic thinking, expertise and a passion for the transformative power of the arts to the role of Trustee, at this important stage in The Marlowe's development.

Opening on Saturday 6 April, Kent's Remarkable Writers: The Worlds of Christopher Marlowe, Aphra Behn and Joseph Conrad explores the lives of three writers, their connections to Canterbury and the different times in which they lived.

The curtain opened on a new act in The Marlowe Theatre's story on Saturday (1 December).

The Marlowe, Canterbury, today announced that former Associate Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company Deborah Shaw has been appointed as Chief Executive.