Marina Theatre Lowestoft

About Marina Theatre Lowestoft

Since the establishment of the Marina Theatre Trust as a registered charity more than five years ago, we have gone through a significant period of change, all with a very clear purpose of seeking to build a solid and resilient community-facing organisation that will look forward with conviction to a bright future, thriving in the hearts and minds of the people of Lowestoft.

The Marina Theatre is the second-largest theatre in Suffolk, hosting a diverse live programme of more than 200 performances – comparable in diversity and scale to most theatres in the East - including touring drama and musicals, comedy, opera, classical and contemporary music, dance, children’s shows, community performances and an annual pantomime. We also present over 275 films and live screenings each year.

Sitting proudly at the centre of Lowestoft, the UK's most easterly coastal town, the Marina originally opened in the Victorian era. Our auditorium seats 775 and is visited by over 80,000 people per year. We are at the cultural heart of the wider Waveney and East Suffolk communities, drawing audiences from across our region; from the eastern coastline and inland to Norwich and south to Suffolk’s coastal towns and villages. People come through our doors to enjoy events, meet up over a tea or coffee and just spend time together and we want to encourage more of that so that we become better known as Lowestoft’s social and cultural living room.

The Marina is firmly rooted in its community & plays an active part in the arts ecology of the East, working with regional partner theatres & companies such as Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds, New Wolsey Theatre Ipswich & High Tide. The Marina is also a key cultural member of Lowestoft’s Cultural Strategy Board, Cultural Education Partnership, Lowestoft Vision & the Great Places: Making Waves Together project. We have a strong commitment to support the people of Lowestoft and the wider area not simply by presenting an outstanding and varied programme in our auditorium but in delivering a variety of learning and social programmes outside of our building.

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