New Vic Theatre
Theaters & Cinemas in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
The Victoria Theatre Company was the 1st professional firm in Britain to perform permanently in the round - that is, with the audience on all sides of the acting area. Today, the New Vic is known both for its professional productions and for its award-winning work in the community. The firm's origins go back to the late Stephen Joseph, manager, actor, designer, lecturer and writer. In the late 1950's, along with other younger theatre practitioners, he was ambitious to renew the vitality of British theatre, founding the Studio Theatre Company to explore a new layout for performance: theatre-in-the-round.
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read moreOur mission is to make excellent theatre-in-the-round and be a force for positive change in our region. The New Vic is one of the country's most successful producing theatres and a key part of the region's cultural life, engaging 150,000 people each year. We deliver a programme of international-class work made with local audiences in mind, complemented by an award-winning community programme, and education work which alone reach around 25,000 people of all ages per year. Opening in 1986 as Europe's first purpose-built theatre-in-the-round, the New Vic has a special role to play in the architectural heritage of theatre development.