The Nottingham Arts Theatre is a charity, which operates a community theatre run by a dedicated group of volunteers and a professional management team.  It also runs as an in-house theatre company and a Youth Theatre group, which presents a full programme of plays and musicals. The charity is keen to support the cultural development of the city and as a result, stages joint productions, supports community theatre groups and provides performance space for dance schools, operatic companies and an a growing range of music events.

In other words - Nottingham Arts theatre is a community theatre for the people of the city and beyond, which offers “opportunities for all” in the performing arts.

The theatre space provides Nottingham with a medium sized performance venue (capacity 320 - main theatre space) and is in the process of securing funding to create a studio theatre (capacity 50).  The studio, scheduled for completion in 2009 will provide a flexible performance space for the development of youth theatre provision and experimental and innovative theatre companies in the city centre. Other facilities in the theatre include rehearsal spaces, a cafe bar and theatre workshops, which are currently undergoing complete renovation.

During the last 60 years, the theatre company has firmly established itself in the community and built an excellent reputation on the quality of its productions and contribution to the amateur theatre community. Recently, the theatre has develop a strategic plan to take the organisation forward, which aims to renovate the theatre building and build an innovative and creative community theatre. 

These are exciting times for the Nottingham Arts Theatre and we look forward to welcoming you as, a, volunteer, a member of the audience, actor, designer, producer, technician and much much more.