The Georgian Globe
Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds & Restoring the Repertoire
Built in 1819, the beautiful Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds is one of the three oldest playhouses in Britain, a grade one listed building it is the only Theatre on the National Trust’s Portfolio of properties. The Theatre Royal was fully restored to its Regency design and layout in 2007 with spectacular interior decoration by Exeter based scenic designers Kit and Meg Surrey. Inspired by its unique history the theatre company has the special ambition to restore the lost dramatic repertoire of the Georgian era, researching and performing plays from over 200 years ago in a project entitled Restoring the Repertoire.
This visit to Exeter Northcott sees them performing The London Merchant, their seventh production in this popular series, along with a script in hand reading of John Bull and a chance to attend a fascinating illustrated talk by Artistic Director Colin Blumenau, entitled The Georgian Globe, about the history of the building and the recent restoration project.
About The Georgian Globe
The Georgian Globe
All illustrated talk by Colin Blumenau
Saturday 23 October 5pm
Artistic Director Colin Blumenau will take you on an illustrated tour of the Regency Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds which, with its extraordinarily intimate auditorium and exquisite decorative scheme, is so admired by many of the finest actors of our times.
“The Georgian theatre was one of the vital periods of our artistic history; and these buildings, with their intimacy and their sense of human proportion are masterpieces. Bury's Theatre Royal is perhaps even more precious than we think."
SIR PETER HALL CBE
