Trustees
Paul Allen
Sir Alan Ayckbourn
Richard Foster
Peter James
Hilary Pezet
Andre Ptaszynski
Alan Rickman
Griff Rhys Jones
Victoria Wood
Directors
Charlotte Scott*
Roger Glossop*
Theatre Manager
Fliss Pocock
Technician
Alec Lyon
Alastair Goolden*
Box Office
Janet Smyth
Linda Smallman
* also Trustees
The Old Laundry Theatre
is sponsored by
The World of Beatrix Potter Attraction
and receives some
financial assitance from
Arts Council England,
Music in the Round,
Storrs Hall Hotel,
The Elaine Garrard Foundation,
South Lakes District Council

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The Old Laundry Theatre is situated in Bowness-on-Windermere in the heart of the Lake District. Our lively annual season of music, theatre, comedy and film usuallycommences in August and finishes in December. The theatre was opened in 1992 by Sir Alan Ayckbourn, a trustee of the theatre. The theatre season is run by a registered charity, Bowness Theatre Festival Ltd, with financial and practical support from The World of Beatrix Potter Attraction - the business it shares a building and facilities with. Its design is based on Sir Alan’s original theatre in Scarborough, making it one of only six ‘in-the-round’ theatres in the UK (seating up to 280 in the round or 250 in a conventional stage layout).
If you are an artiste interested in performing at the theatre,
please contact:
Fliss Pocock
The Theatre Manager
on 08445 040604, info@oldlaundrytheatre.co.uk