Bottom: Various artworks for theatre shows in the Autumn 2026 season. Top: A purple background with text overlaid: Pure Drama 2026

Pure Drama

About our events

At Salisbury Playhouse, we produce theatre because it makes us feel alive. It brings people together in an act of communal celebration and collective experience. We laugh together, we cry together, and we leave with a sense of belonging to a community.

Join us in the moment.

List of Events

  1. The Talented Mr Ripley

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    Theatre
    Thriller
    Gripping
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  2. Two women dressed as World War Two Era Pilots stood in front of a Spitfire Plane against an orange background. Text: Spitfire Girls

    Spitfire Girls

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    Theatre
    Drama
    Historical
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  3. Two crumbling statues with flesh peeking through the stone against a black background, surrounded by various Salisbury landmarks. A glowing blue and red pair of headphones sits in front of the statues. Text: Ancient feud, modern love, Romeo and Juliet, headphones on for a new take on a classic by William Shakespeare.

    Romeo and Juliet

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    Immersive
    Theatre
    Community
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  4. A newspaper-esque stylised image of a European town with a vacuum salesman dressed in white running past the text: Graham Greene's Classic Comedy, Our Man in Havana, Adapted for the stage by Clive Francis, Directed by Philip Wilson, Top Secret.

    Our Man in Havana

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    Theatre
    Farce
    Comedy
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  5. A large house on a barren hill, with two bare trees on either side on it. The sky is grey and stormy, and the clouds form a woman's face.

    The Haunting of Hill House

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    Thrilling
    Supernatural
    Suspense
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  6. Jenny Seagrove as Anne Manahan against a blue background in a fractured image portraying her as both a princess with a tiara and a regular woman.

    The Anastasia File

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    Drama
    Moving
    Historical
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  7. A man with Down Syndrome in a red 'What does the Fox say' t-shirt surrounded by cardboard boxes, suitcases and other belongings against a beige background.

    Up Down Big Man

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    Witty
    Heartfelt
    Disability
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  8. Zeb Soanes as Alec Guinness in a tux holding up a red patterned scarf against a grey theatre curtain.

    Two Halves of Guinness

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    Solo
    Biographical
    Enlightening
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  9. Three actresses in regency costumes performing on stage. They are struggling with each other for a large vase, and are standing in front of a chaise and a floral cake tower.

    Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of)

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    Audacious
    Irreverent
    Classic
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  10. Various newspaper clippings and photo scraps depicting 70s England and a Pakistani family strewn against a beige wallpaper background with some chips on top. Overlaid is the text 'East is East' depicted as a road sign and a blue clothing label.

    East Is East

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    Identity
    Culture
    Comedy
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  11. An illustration of a child dressed in red and yellow holding the hand of a stuffed rabbit, leaping over a wasteland and surrounded by dustclouds and various children's items.

    Rabbit & Rey and The Lost Things

    Family
    Adventure
    Puppetry
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  12. A woman in a yellow dress surrounded by flowers against a sparkly purple background. There is a castle with a beastly shadow in the doorway behind her, and a full moon on the other side. The image is bordered with purple cogs. There is a rose in the 'a' of 'Beast' in the text. Text: Beauty and the Beast, proudly sponsored by Trethowans Law. As it should be.

    Beauty and the Beast

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    Pantomime
    Family
    Festive
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  13. A mouse sat on a skein of red velvet holding a bobbin of red thread against a blue snowy background. Also on the velvet is a thimble, a button, two wedding rings and a needle.

    Beatrix Potter's The Tailor of Gloucester

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    Family
    Interactive
    Musical
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  14. Actor Guy Masterson holding a red candle and posing spookily against a black smoky background.

    A Christmas Carol

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    Festive
    Classic
    Solo
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