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There is something for everyone on offer as top shows in the Marina Theatre’s new season brochure have been announced.

From exciting family performances including Milkshake Live! (March 18), Guess How Much I Love You (March 27 & 28) and Brainiac Live! (April 11) to top music acts such as The Chicago Blues Brothers (March 29) and Islands in the Stream – the theatre has programmed a wide selection of live events.

Other highlights include Rich Hall’s Hoedown (March 1), Beyond The Barricade (March 16)  and Swan Lake from the Vienna Festival Ballet on (March 31).

A number of top shows are also returning by popular demand including Whitney – Queen of the Night (March 17), The Elvis Years (March 25), Showaddywaddy (April 13), Bowie Experience (April 14), Giovanni Pernice (April 27), Think Floyd (April 28) and Menopause The Musical (May 4).

Privilege Card Holders have an Exclusive 9-Day Booking Period from Wednesday 11^th October at 10am.

Shows will go on General Sale from 10am on Friday 20^th October with patrons encouraged to purchase a Privilege Card to ensure they secure the best available seats.

Also announced are three concerts from the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – as part of their 2018 season residency at the theatre.

A Night at the Movies can be enjoyed on June 22, Last Night of the Proms on September 14 and A Night at the Symphony on November 16.

Further details have also been revealed about the theatre’s new Up Stage Programme –which is specially designed and curated to enhance the experience of selected performances and screenings.

Places on these workshops are limited to 20 spaces, so book early to avoid disappointment.

Workshops for The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde, Beyond the Barricade, Swan Lake: Vienna Ballet, Julius Caesar (screening) and A Night at the Movies from the RPO have all been announced.

Click HERE for full details.

In addition, guests can now make their visit even more fabulous by buying one of the theatre’s celebration extras.

These include prosecco, glass, chocolates and an ice cream token for just £8.

And in October 2018, the theatre will also be celebrating 30 years since it re-opened its doors and is inviting all customers to join our year-long celebrations.

For more details, visit the website at or call the box office on 01502 533200 to book for any performances.

The Marina Theatre is delighted to be hosting an exciting ‘Network Jam’ as part of a new initiative to help grow creative businesses.

StartEast plans to develop and deliver business support and investment for artists and creative people planning to develop and grow a cultural business.

This support will be bespoke; created and delivered by cultural specialists with experience and knowledge of the market place for cultural goods and services and business development tools.

The Network Jam at the Marina Theatre in Lowestoft is designed to offer hands on, practical workshops around business development.

Network jams are active, fun, informative and free to join!

The event, from 10am until 4.30pm on Thursday, October 12, will take place in our first floor lounge space – which requires access via stairs.

The StartEast Team and advisors will be here throughout the day delivering focused sessions and offering advice and guidance.

The New Anglia Cultural Board has developed this project to make Norfolk and Suffolk places where enterprising, creative people can start up and build sustainable, cultural enterprises.

It will seek to build a resilient, enterprising and sustainable, diverse cultural sector and support a wide range of business models including social and community enterprise and the third sector.

The project will be targeted at cultural sole traders, small/medium sized enterprises (SMEs) and new start-ups with the ambition to build a business or social enterprise, working in Norfolk and/or Suffolk. We will support them to grow, to expand into new markets, to secure and extend current and new contracts and to increase their turnover and productivity.

The initiative has been funded by £500k from Arts Council England’s Local Creative Growth Fund and £604k from European Regional Development Funding.

This is a free event for anyone – to sign up via Eventbrite click HERE.

A joyful stage adaptation of a popular children’s book will soon arrive at the Marina Theatre in Lowestoft.

Scamp Theatre and Freckle Productions will present Stick Man – returning to the Marina by popular demand at 4.30pm on Wednesday, October 18 and at 11am and 4.30pm on Thursday, October 19.

The show, which is based on the book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, features a trio of top actors and is packed full of puppetry, songs, live music and funky moves.

‘Stick Man lives in the family tree with his Stick Lady Love and their stick children three…’.

But the world outside the family tree is a dangerous place for Stick Man. What starts off as a morning jog becomes quite the misadventure – a dog wants to play fetch with him, a swan builds a nest with him and he even ends up on a fire! How will Stick Man ever get back to the family tree?

Producer Jennifer Sutherland said: “Freckle Productions are delighted to be taking everyone’s favourite stick man back on the road for an exciting autumn and winter tour, in co-production with Scamp Theatre.

“The Stick Man family will be going north to south and east to west, bringing one of Julia Donaldson’s most loved books to life.”

Tickets £11-£14, with Privilege Card and Group Rates also available.

To book, call the box office on 01502 533200 or CLICK HERE.

As part of our Vintage Flicks scheme, we have announced two films that can be enjoyed on our big screen in the months ahead.

After this year’s release of Dunkirk proved extremely popular at the Marina Theatre, we have decided to screen the original 1958 version of the film (PG) on Monday, October 9 at 2.30pm and 7.30pm.

A group of soldiers led by Corporal “Tubby” Bins (John Mills), stranded in France, must make their way to the shores of Dunkirk in hopes of a rescue. Back in Britain, Charles Foreman (Bernard Lee), a newspaper reporter, desperately tries to raise awareness among the public of the horrible reality of the war.

When the British navy calls for all civilian ships to aid in a rescue, Foreman takes out his own small boat and attempts to bring Tubby and his men home safely.

This 1958 Ealing studios production blends newsreel footage and an all-star cast of some of the finest British actors of its time, including Richard Attenborough, John Mills & Bernard Lee.

You can book for the film, which will be shown in black and white, HERE.

And if that wasn’t enough, we are also showing It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) (U) on Saturday 25^th November at 2.30pm & 7.30pm

After George Bailey (James Stewart) wishes he had never been born, an angel (Henry Travers) is sent to earth to make George’s wish come true. George starts to realize how many lives he has changed and impacted, and how they would be different if he was never there.

Originally made for Liberty Films, It’s a Wonderful Life is one of the most popular and heart-warming films ever made by director Frank Capra. Frank Capra regarded this film as his own personal favourite – it was also James Stewart’s favourite of all his feature films.

You can book for the film, which will be shown in black and white, HERE.

Our Vintage Flicks scheme signifies that we are showing an older or classic film with the screening tailored to guests over 60, but open to all. All tickets for these films are £4.50 and include a standard tea or coffee. Ts & Cs apply.

Not valid in conjunction with any other offer

And why not join us in October for a number of top films including Wind River, God’s Own Country, Borg V McEnroe and Victoria and Abdul.

We do hope that you can join us!