Sheringham Little Theatre

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Sheringham Little Theatre is a small theatre in Sheringham, Norfolk, England, at 2 Station Road. It seats about 180 people and hosts live theatre, music and film. The building opened in 1897 as a meeting hall. After Sheringham Town Hall opened in 1912, the Station Road building became a local arts centre, with silent films shown from 1914. By 1930 it was known as The Picture House, later renamed The Empire in the late 1950s, and became The Little Theatre in 1960. In around 1930, Victor Harrison bought the building and installed a new sound system, opening with the film Canaries Sometimes Sing. In 2012 the theatre underwent a £48,000 renovation, adding a digital projector, cafe and bar. From 2017 it hosted wellbeing-focused community music workshops in the café, funded by the Big Lottery Fund, Norfolk County Council and Sheringham Town Council, aimed at music beginners aged 13+ and especially those with health conditions and carers. The theatre runs a summer repertory season from July to September and a pantomime in December and January with professional actors and local youth. In 2017 the theatre’s director became creative director of St George’s Theatre in Great Yarmouth. It also runs youth musicals and has won local arts awards, including the 2016 Norfolk Arts Awards People’s Choice for small attractions and reaching the final of the Muddy Stilettos Norfolk Awards in 2017.