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Palace Theatre Paignton
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Palace Avenue, Paignton, Devon, TQ3 3HF
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| Palace Theatre (2 Jan 2025 - 31 Dec 2025) |
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Take your seats and let the show begin as the curtain rises at one of Devon’s favourite community theatres.
With performances and events running 50 weeks of the year you will be sure to find something to suit your tastes, from popular dramas to top-name entertainers and of course a very popular Panto season – oh yes there is!
Benefiting from a major refurbishment in 2006, the 368 seats provide not just comfort but excellent viewing from all areas. You can select and book your seats online 24/7 and enjoy pre-show and interval drinks in the bar. The Palace Theatre is in the heart of Torbay, just a 2-minute walk from Paignton town centre and with free roadside evening parking.
Bravo! Encore! You’ll want to keep coming back for more.
Tickets for the Palace Theatre are available from the English Riviera Visitor Information Centre on Vaughan Parade, Torquay, the Palace Theatre Box Office and online. Details of shows can be found via the whats on calendar. Please browse and see what there is to enjoy during your visit.
Bijou Theatre Productions - produce four productions per year and has Theatre Club with an audience membership. You do not have to join to act, but you can join to watch. Their membership entitles you to see all of the annual plays (except the Agatha Christie).
The aim is to promote good quality drama and provide community theatre. They also run an annual season of Agatha Christie featuring one of her plays every year.
Paignton Pantomime Productions - is proud of its history and of all those dedicated people who, throughout its eighty years existence, have worked so hard to present a pantomime to the residents of Paignton and South Devon each Christmas.
Not just any pantomime but and award-winning one ‘oh yes it is!’…
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Visit Devon Tourism awards – Unsung Hero 2020
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Recent Reviews:
- A6782BEstephencA great theatre in the heart of Paignton
08/02/2025As always the staff were very helpful, and this time we tried the pre show food (booking essential) which was very nice. The theatre is very comfortable and well looked after, a credit to all the... Read full review - Jill RTorquay, United KingdomComfortable and Intimate10/02/2025As always comfortable and intimate. The Sound of the Sirens are an amazing duo. Thank you for an excellent evening. This theatre is perfect; easy to see what's going on on stage from every seat. Read full review
- Paula LTrip Type:Friends getawayHappy!21/02/2025There were only 3 people in the play. It was well acted. I didn't see the end coming. Which is a good author. Staff helpful. Read full review
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