Studio Theatre is now over seventy years old and was situated in various premises in Salisbury before coming to roost in our purpose-built 92-seater theatre in Ashley Road. We have charitable status (Charity No. 253957).

We are a member of the prestigious Little Theatre Guild of Great Britain of which Sir Ian McKellen and Sir Kenneth Branagh were recent Presidents, and which exacts a high standard of performance from its members as well as requiring them to own their own premises.

Christopher Biggins, a native of Salisbury and star of stage, screen and pantomime, is our President – one of a number of prestigious names associated with Studio Theatre, including William Golding who, in 1954, directed The Alcestis of Euripides, and the actor, Brian Protheroe, who trod our boards before becoming a professional actor. Two of the late Sir Terry Pratchett’s novels were staged as plays at Studio – one of which as a new adaptation – and he attended both on the first night of each.

We also have two Patrons; Barney Norris, a former member, and now acclaimed playwright and author who won the Critics’ Circle Award for most promising playwright. He is also Associate Artist at Oxford Playhouse and the Watermill Theatre and teaches creative writing at the University of Oxford, among other things. The former producer of Panorama and Newsnight, Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury is also Patron of Studio Theatre.