Dick Whittington at Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds

Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds is a contemporary performance venue housed in a historic Regency theatre in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. Theatre Royal is a major cultural and social asset and a key part of West Suffolk’s cultural landscape. Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds is a proud producing house creating four high-quality in-house productions a year. By fostering innovation, creativity and imagination, Theatre Royal works to transform the lives of people in the local community through education and the power of the performing arts. Attracting over 75,000 audience members a year, their eclectic programme is carefully curated to provide a blend of high-quality productions for the residents of West Suffolk and beyond. Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds became an NPO (National Portfolio Organisation) in 2023 supported by Arts Council England and is a registered charity (charity number 242977). Designed by William Wilkins, Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds is considered to be one of the cultural sector’s crown jewels and is the only theatre in the National Trust’s portfolio. Its building is owned by the Greene King brewery, leased by the brewery to the National Trust, which in turn leases the theatre to Bury St Edmunds Theatre Management Ltd to run it as a working theatre.