Thetford Stage and Screen Festival opens this summer

Professional theatre set within the historic grounds of Thetford Priory and FREE outside cinema by the Thetford riverside leisure complex will be at the heart of the Thetford Stage and Screen Festival 2023.

Funded by Breckland Council, in partnership with Thetford Town Council, the festival will include special theatre productions at Thetford Priory from Chapterhouse Theatre Company, who will be performing Jane Austin’s Sense and Sensibility on 22 August, followed by Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night‘s Dream on 23 August.

We plan to host FREE screenings of a selection of blockbuster films and family favourites with outside cinema screenings on the green, by the Thetford Riverside complex on 5 and 6 August. No booking required, just bring a chair or blanket to enjoy fantastic cinema and food surrounded by the beautiful surroundings of Thetford and its riverside views. For more information about the new Thetford Creative festival or to book tickets for the outside theatre productions just visit www.chapterhouse.org (click on Open Air Theatre).

Win tickets for outside theatre performance!

You could win 1 of 5 group tickets (4 people) for either Sense and Sensibility or A Midsummer Night’s Dream during the Thetford Stage and Screen Competition in August.

To enter our competition simply send us the answer to the following question, your name, address, contact telephone number, and the show you would like to see, to competitions@breckland.gov.uk or write into Stage and Screen Competition, Breckland Council, Walpole Loke, Dereham, NR19 1EE. Deadline for entries 11 August 2023. Terms and conditions can be found at www.breckland.gov.uk/CompTerms.

Question: Who wrote Sense and Sensibility?

a) Emma Watson b) Jane Austin c) Penelope Featherington

A modern manufacturing market town

We are working with local Thetford employers to promote new apprenticeship and job opportunities within Thetford, a modern manufacturing market town that is leading the way not just nationally, but globally with their products and services.

Leading Thetford businesses, including engineering, manufacturing and logistical organisations, are working with Breckland Council and the Department for Work and Pensions to promote the unique training and employment opportunities in the area, and centralise information regarding employment and training opportunities via one main website. To find out more about how new careers and training which is available via major Thetford businesses just visit www.thetfordmanufacturing.co.uk