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Sarah Brigham

Discover Derby Theatre’s Treasure Island

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All aboard for a spectacular adventure on the high seas as Derby Theatre presents an award-winning adaptation of […]

March 11, 2020 Drama, Theatre, Uncategorized

Review: A Christmas Carol, Derby Theatre

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It’s a tale we all know well, but Derby Theatre has triumphantly infused Dickens’ A Christmas Carol with […]

December 4, 2019 Drama, Reviews, Shows, Uncategorized

A Christmas Carol returns to theatre

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Derby Theatre is staging a revival of Sarah Brigham’s hugely popular 2014 production of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas […]

November 8, 2019 Dance, Drama, Magic, Music

Review: One Man, Two Guvnors, Derby Theatre

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The award-winning One Man Two Guvnors isn’t an easy play to produce. The deliberate chaos has a frenetic […]

September 11, 2019 Drama, Reviews

Derby university students stage Orwell’s 1984

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For two dates only this month, Derby Theatre’s Artistic Director, Sarah Brigham will co-direct a stage adaptation of […]

May 13, 2019 Drama

Review: The Jungle Book, Derby Theatre

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The Jungle Book is a superb example of Derby Theatre’s ability to create shows that appeal to children […]

April 10, 2019 Drama, Music, Musicals, Reviews

Review: What Fatima Did. . ., Derby Theatre

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Why would a confident, party-loving Muslim teenager, who likes nothing more than a drink and smoke with her […]

February 28, 2019 Drama, Theatre

Review: Hansel and Gretel, Derby Theatre

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Derby Theatre has turned the much-loved fable Hansel and Gretel into a fiendish feast of merriment for the […]

December 5, 2018 Drama, families, Music, Reviews

Review: Abigail’s Party and Abi, Derby Theatre

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Derby Theatre’s RETOLD series of one-woman plays is an ingenious idea by its artist director Sarah Brigham where […]

October 3, 2018 Drama, Reviews

Whatever happened to Abigail?

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It’s been over 40 years since Mike Leigh’s gauche hostess Beverly slow-danced her way into theatrical history, but […]

September 18, 2018 Drama

Gala to help raise funds for cancer treatment

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On Sunday , Derby Theatre, in support of their Artistic Director and Chief Executive, Sarah Brigham, will play […]

May 24, 2018 Uncategorized

New role announced at Derby Theatre

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Derby Theatre has appointed Stuart Allen in the new role of Senior Producer, a role that will support […]

April 7, 2018 News, Theatre, Uncategorized

Review: Two, Derby Theatre

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The design of the on-stage boozer for Jim Cartwright’s Two at Derby Theatre had to be faultless for […]

March 7, 2018 Drama, Reviews

Sarah Brigham listed in The Stage 100 list

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Derby Theatre’s Artistic Director and Chief Executive, Sarah Brigham, has been listed in The Stage 100 list. The Stage […]

January 4, 2018 Theatre

Review: Peter Pan, Derby Theatre

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If you are searching for a spellbinding evening of adventure and fun then soar to the second star […]

December 6, 2017 Drama, families, Music, Theatre

Award for Derby Theatre

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Derby Theatre has won the sought after Clothworkers’ Theatre Award at the annual UK Theatre Awards ceremony, held […]

October 27, 2017 Drama, News

Review: Great Expectations, Derby Theatre

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I was expecting a great night out from Derby Theatre’s autumn production but it was so much more […]

October 4, 2017 Drama, Reviews

Actor can resonate with Miss Havisham

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A powerful new adaptation of Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations is the new season opener at Derby Theatre. Playing the […]

September 20, 2017 Drama

Review: Alice In Wonderland, Derby Theatre

Actor Abby Wain was so enchanted by Lewis Carroll’s magical world as a child that her parents thought […]

December 7, 2016 Drama, Music, Musicals, Reviews

Chance for young people to be in theatre’s festive show

Derby Theatre is looking for young people aged between eight and 16 to be in its Christmas production of […]

August 24, 2016 Drama, Shows, Uncategorized

Look Back in Anger & Jinny, Derby Theatre

It was like having your dessert (or should I say pudding) ahead of your Sunday roast. By the […]

March 9, 2016 Drama

Derby Theatre to stage new play Jinny

Jinny, a new play which responds to John Osborne’s iconic Look Back in Anger from a female perspective, […]

March 5, 2016 Drama

Acting fellowship offered for third year

The Brian Weaver Fellowship is once again being offered by Derby Theatre to an aspiring actor from the […]

January 14, 2016 Drama

Look Back In Anger is big drama for new season

Derby Theatre will be staging Look Back In Anger during the year of the 60th anniversary of John Osborne’s […]

January 3, 2016 Drama

Review: Cinderella, Derby Theatre

Cinderella Derby Theatre style is just what you would expect feisty and fun, full of festive sparkle and […]

December 8, 2015 Dance, Drama, Music, Uncategorized

Derby Theatre appoints new executive director

  Derby Theatre has appointed Rachael Thomas as its new executive director responsible for the finance and commercial side of the […]

October 30, 2015 News

New role for Derby Theatre’s Sarah

Sarah Brigham, Derby Theatre’s current artistic director, has been  appointed to a new and revised role of chief executive and artistic […]

October 7, 2015 News

Review: Brassed Off, Derby Theatre

The world has changed since Derby Theatre opened 40 years ago and few places have changed more than […]

September 23, 2015 Comedy, Drama

Theatre announces autumn season

Derby Theatre has announced its autumn season celebrating the theatre’s 40th anniversary. From big-hearted, bold and brassy smash-hit […]

June 5, 2015 Comedy, Dance, Drama, Pantomimes, Shows, Uncategorized

Review: Solace of the Road, Derby Theatre

Solace of the Road is an amazingly sophisticated piece of young people’s theatre with an important message, beautifully […]

March 3, 2015 Drama

Review: A Christmas Carol, Derby Theatre

There is nothing Scrooge-like about the spectacular set for Derby Theatre’s A Christmas Carol. Neil Irish has created […]

December 9, 2014 Drama

Miser Scrooge’s Christmas wish

The biggest worry Jim Barclay, right, has this Christmas is if he is going to be sufficiently mean […]

December 4, 2014 Drama

Second year for Brian Weaver Fellowship

The Brian Weaver Fellowship will  be offered to another aspiring actor from Derbyshire in 2015  following its successful […]

November 16, 2014 Drama, News

New Derby Theatre video

Watch this terrific video to find out what is going on at Derby Theatre these days. It really […]

September 12, 2014 Drama

Review: The Willow Pattern & The Chrysalids, Derby Theatre

You have to applaud the sheer enthusiasm and hard work of Derby Theatre’s Youth Theatre in producing this […]

July 25, 2014 Drama

Review: The Odyssey, Derby Theatre

An epic production for an epic tale – Derby Theatre’s version of The Odyssey was storytelling at its […]

February 18, 2014 Drama

Derby actor joins Odyssey cast

Derby actor Adam Horvath has been awarded the first Brian Weaver Fellowship by Derby Theatre and has joined […]

February 7, 2014 Drama

Derby actor awarded fellowship

Derby actor Adam Horvath has been awarded the first Brian Weaver Fellowship by Derby Theatre. The Brian Weaver […]

January 10, 2014 Drama, News

Review: Pinocchio, Derby Theatre’s Studio

The children were wide-eyed in wonder the second they stepped through the door to the tiny Derby Theatre […]

December 10, 2013 Drama, Music, Shows

BBC funding award for Derby Theatre

Derby Theatre is the only arts organisation in the Midlands to have been awarded a BBC Performing Arts […]

December 5, 2013 News

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