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Guildburys are a passionate, creative and bold amateur theatre company performing in Surrey, the local area and beyond since 1963. We are a successful and forward thinking theatre company with high performance values.
So, if you like quality theatrical productions, innovative performances and a fun evening out, as an audience member or actor, then Guildburys will give you all that and more. Come and see us or join us or both!
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The Marriage of Figaro. July 11-14
Guildburys have been performing their flagship summer show in the grounds of Farnham Castle for more than 20 years. The Marriage of Figaro – the play that inspired Mozart – is the perfect choice for this year’s show. The marriage of picnicking in spectacular surroundings whilst enjoying the delights of outdoor theatre is a marriage made in [...]Last Show
The Memory of Water. April 18-21
‘Blessedly and mercurially funny…. Stephenson combines a flair for witty dialogue with a relish…. a mistress of comic anguish’. THE GUARDIAN Three sisters, estranged after years of family rifts come together following the death of their mother.Their lives have taken them in very different directions and as they revisit their childhood memories they struggle to [...]Coming Soon
The Royal Baccarat Scandal. Nov 21-24
The papers are full of it and there’s enough celebrity gossip, scandal and adultery for a super injunction. But this isn’t the 21st century – it is 1890 – and the story is based on fact. Sir William Gordon Cumming, friend to royalty and an honourable member of the Guards, is accused of cheating [...]Coming Soon
2013 Programme of shows
SPRING 2013 10-13 April at The Electric Theatre,Guildford ‘Dancing at Lughnasa’ by Brian Friel, directed by Eddie Woolrich Dancing at Lughnasa is a tender yet unsparingly truthful tale of how the coming of modernity wreaks havoc on a close-knit Irish family during two warm summer days in 1936. Author Brian Friel is one of [...]
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Booking for The Marriage of Figaro is now open !
Tickets for The Marriage of Figaro are now available and sales are already busy. The easiest way to book is to use our online booking facillity. Just click on the buy tickets icon. The winter was long, the spring has been wet but Summer beckons !Blog
Our calendar of events
Want to know what’s on ? Find details of all our events from pub nights to performances, rehearsals and special events. Click on an event for full details,locations and directions. To see the Guildburys venues map with directions to all Guildbury places click hereBlog
The Minack 2013
We are performing at the Minack Theatre again! Guildburys’ very first appearance on the Minack Stage was on the evening of 27 August 1979 in a production of The Merchant of Venice. A sparklingly witty adaptation by Roger McGough of Moliere’s classic, Tartuffe , has been selected to celebrate our return to The Minack, AND [...]Blog
The Memory of Water gets 5 star reviews
BITTERSWEET COMEDY IS AN EMOTIONAL RIDE ‘Well Directed and beautifully performed, The Memory of Water was a perfectly sweet and sour portrayal of family life and death, and a credit to all involved.’ Surrey Advertiser Theatre Arts review 27 April 2012 The absorbing production of The Memory of Water, performed by the Guildburys at [...]Blog
Guildburys support Farnham School fundraiser
Guildburys are delighted to have helped St Peters’ School Farnham raise more that £2,300 by donating tickets to ‘The Marriage of Figaro’ at Farnham CastleBlog
Guildburys are part of the GATA Jubilations!
Guildburys are delighted to be participating in the Jubilation extravaganza at the Electric theatre in Guildford on Saturday 2nd June. 60 years’ worth of iconic entertainment, both musical and theatrical – performed by the hugely talented members of the Guildford Amateur Theatre Association – and all packed into a single night ! BOX OFFICE [...]Blog
