12 Facts About Angles Theatre

Angles Theatre is a theatre and historic Georgian playhouse in the market town of Wisbech, Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire, England.

Angles Theatre was believed to have been built in 1790 as part of the Lincoln theatre circuit and was generally referred to as the Wisbech Angles Theatre.

Angles Theatre preserved manuscript copies of all the plays submitted to the inspector from 1737 to his death in 1824, including those produced at the theatre in Wisbech.

Robertson announced in 1806: "The Angles Theatre has undergone considerable improvement and will be lighted up with new and elegant chandeliers"; these are unlikely to have been supplied by gas as the town council did not negotiate gas supplies until the 1830s.

Angles Theatre built a progressive infant school in front of the theatre in 1838.

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Angles Theatre opened for the usual five-week season on 5 March 1841 with a new company and extensive internal alterations.

Angles Theatre appeared in the character of Lady Eleanor Irwin, in Elizabeth Inchbald's comedy Everyone has his Fault after which she delivered a very neat and appropriate address.

In November 1843 the Wisbech Angles Theatre was again put up for auction "in an excellent condition".

Whereas the lease of the Wisbech Angles Theatre would be £400, the temporary theatre cost him not more than £50.

Angles Theatre noted that the size, shape and layout of the auditorium was similar to that of the Georgian Theatre Royal in Richmond, North Yorkshire, but the current design does not reflect the original form.

Angles Theatre's first production in 1983 was a Ray Cooney Farce, Not Now Darling.

In 2018 the Angles Theatre celebrated the 40th Anniversary of its reopening with an extensive programme of events including a production of She Stoops to Conquer.