New Venture Theatre in is an amateur company in Brighton East Sussex with two theatre spaces in a converted school building.
Founded by Arthur Graham Phillips, a professional actor, in 1947, the company is run entirely by its members on a voluntary basis.
They do not hire our theatre spaces to external organisations.
NVT is now a registered charity.
NVT run a regular (drop-in) acting group open to everyone (with an NVT members discount).
Sussex Playwrights Club (a separate group ) founded in 1935 have had their meeting there (in the bar) on the first Sunday of the Month since the building was converted.
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New Venture Theatre
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Brighton Open Air Theatre
Notes:
(From the BOAT website)
BOAT is a 400-seat theatre nestled in Dyke Road Park, Brighton.
In April 2013 Brighton playwright and construction manager, Adrian Bunting, was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. He died in May 2013, aged 47. In his final days Adrian threw his efforts into realising a long held ambition; the creation of a permanent open-air theatre for the city he loved. Adrian identified the perfect site, the redundant bowling green in Dyke Road Park, drew up designs and left his life savings of £18,000 to kick-start the project. Shortly before he passed away he asked four friends – Steve Turner, Claire Rafferty, James Payne and Donna Close – if they would see his dream through. Steve, Claire, James and Donna became BOAT’s founding Trustees.