The final production in our 2026-27 50th Anniversary Season is Blood Brothers (play version), on stage from 11th-18th July. Willy Russell’s modern classic is about twin boys, separated at birth and brought up in very different homes. Mickey stays Read more
Our Production Manager, Rachel de Silva, has announced our 2026-27 Season.
This year we are doing things slightly differently. There’s no official Launch event. Instead, here’s all you need to know about our first three shows. The second half Read more
We’ve heard a little about the play and the leading characters from our Rosencrantz and Guildenstern cast. Ros and Guil (their rapper names?) are a classic comic double act – bickering and bantering with wit and wordplay worthy Read more
Our production of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead was originally scheduled for October 2024. Sadly, the good old British weather had other ideas. The play’s run had to be cancelled just two weeks before the opening night, after torrential Read more
Our production of The Vicar of Dibley sold out in record time, and we can’t wait for audiences to enjoy this brilliant stage adaptation of one of the UK’s best-loved sitcoms. The set looks fantastic, and once you’re in Read more
Thank you to everybody who supported our production of Ghosts (7th-14th February 2026). After a bit of a slow start, ticket sales really took off and our talented cast performed to pretty packed houses
There was a lot of Read more
Our production of Henrik Ibsen’s classic drama Ghosts is on stage at the EAT from 7th-14th February 2026.
Our fantastic cast, which features some faces that will be familiar to EAT regulars alongside talented newcomers, have taken the time Read more
Ghosts is the first play that Martin Gilby has directed for the EAT, although he has recently appeared on stage in The Nether and Jekyll and Hyde. If you have a long memory, he was also in Macbeth Read more
Are you as creative as Coward? A modern-day Marlowe, Moliere or Miller? Or simply wild about Wilde?
We’re delighted to announce that the Edward Alderton Theatre will be hosting an introductory workshop on Writing for Theatre on Wednesday 11th Read more
‘Tis the season – children across the UK are excitedly preparing to perform in their school Nativity plays. And it’s the same for the “children” in Missiz Horrocks’ class – our production of The Flint Street Nativity is on Read more
