The premier amateur theatre company in the North of England and one of the largest and oldest established in the country.

We stage up to 12 productions a year in our own theatre's newly refurbished 500 seat main auditorium and a further 3 in our 90 seat studio.

Every show we do is produced entirely by our own members - on stage, backstage and front of house.

We have always taken great pride in working to professional standards. Indeed, many of our members have gone on to be actors, technicians and set designers in the professional theatre.

Being a genuine community theatre places us in the unique position of being able to offer to people from all walks of life the experience of participating in any aspect of theatre: from costume design to publicity, or just to sit in the audience and enjoy the show!

It's also possible to hire our building or costumes.

Above all the People's is a theatre run by and for its members and is open to anyone who wants to become involved.