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HTP Auditions: The Chalk Garden
An opportunity to help rediscover one of the most popular plays and playwrights of the 1950s, in a take that…
Award-winning home-grown theatre!
The Keep Colchester Cool Awards for Local Theatre (formerly the Paulies) aim to celebrate the incredible achievements of our local…
Now & Next – Planning the future of the Headgate
Join us on Saturday 18th January to help shape the Headgate’s future! We are immensely proud of our theatre, its…
CAST ANNOUNCEMENT: Tartuffe
There was another great turnout for the auditions at the end of November, and yet again the standard was very…
Headgate shows win awards!
At a glittering ceremony at the Princes Theatre in Clacton, a whole clutch of awards was won by Headgate Theatre…
CASTING: Snow White – The Panto!
Casting announcement for Snow White – the panto! We were completely overwhelmed by the level of interest shown in our…
N.E.T.G. Nominations 2023-24
The North Essex Theatre Guild (N.E.T.G.) brings together amateur dramatics groups across North Essex and provides an adjudication service to…
CASTING: Equus by Peter Shaffer
The casting for Equus is now confirmed following open audition. We are delighted to welcome a number of new performers…
Headgate Studio Sessions
Throughout the year, the Headgate Theatre presents Sunday evening sessions in our upstairs Studio to give people an opportunity to…
New brochure now available!
The Headgate Theatre is thrilled to announce the launch of its vibrant summer season, featuring an exhilarating line up of…
The Paulies – Congrats to the winners!
A HUGE congratulations to all the winners at The Paulies this year! We had quite a few nominations and some…
N.E.T.G. Awards – And the winners are…
Congratulations to all the winners for this year’s North Essex Theatre Guild (NETG) Awards which were presented at the Princes…
RECENT PROJECTS
Now & Next – Planning the future of the Headgate
Join us on Saturday 18th January to help shape the Headgate’s future! We are immensely proud of our theatre, its…
Headgate Studio Sessions
Throughout the year, the Headgate Theatre presents Sunday evening sessions in our upstairs Studio to give people an opportunity to…
AUTUMN WORKSHOP – Step Into Your Imagination
AUTUMN WORKSHOP!
This October we are going to explore the wonderful world of chocolate in our three-day workshop – and not only the chocolate we sell at our tuck shop!! Using dance, song and acting skills participants will create a presentation for parents on the final afternoon. Suitable for 8 – 16 years the young people work together to learn new material, develop confidence in performance and build team working skills – all at the same time as having fun!
Early Registration is recommended. Register for the workshop HERE.
£90 (A Sibling Discount is available.)
Please contact the box office on 01206 366000 for more information and queries.
ACT V – “The best session yet!”
Great sessions this morning for our Act V-ers working with two new facilitators. One group working on staging a fight…
ACT V – Theatre Practitioner Needed
Are you an experienced theatre practitioner/facilitator? We cover a wide range of performance and theatre matters in relatively small groups…
Oct 2022: The York Realist Cast Announcement!
We are pleased to announce the cast for The York Realist by Peter Gill. Thanks to all who auditioned and…
October 2021 – Wind in the Willows Workshop
What a fantastic few days we had during half term week with the 15 youngsters that attended our Wind in…
Limber and Stretch
Limber & Stretch, a project shaped from suggestions made in our volunteer focus groups, ran for an trial period earlier…
July 2021: Headnotes
This summer we launched Headnotes, our vocal group for children aged 8-12 years. Led by Nik Blunden, the vocal group…
Sofa 2 Stage
In April 2020 we launched Sofa2Stage, our project encouraging new writing. Absolutely no previous experience is required. In the recent…
