Pericles Theatre Company

Pericles Theatre Company is an award-winning theatre company with people with learning disabilities.

NEW PRODUCTION – The Emperor’s New Clothes

our own inimitable adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s tale, directed by Vasile Nedelcu and with music by David Brett.

Watch this space for more information! Follow us on Facebook and Instagram or visit our Linktr.ee to keep up to date.

A huge thank you to all those who have supported our Localgiving fundraiser and enabled us to get on with this new show!

(The fundraiser is still open.)

Formed in 1999, the award-winning Pericles Theatre Company creates productions full of life, colour and delight. Each year our theatre company brings together professional actors and musicians and Pericles students with complex needs. Students are involved in all aspects of the production, from designing and making costumes, masks, props and set through to acting on stage, stage management, fundraising and production.

We believe that we all deserve to shine in what we do and  be acknowledged as a valued and respected member of our community.

PREVIOUS PRODUCTIONS

2025 – Little Snow White

Photos (c) Natasha Graves

2023-2024 – The Seagull and the Cat our adaptation of The Story of a Seagull and of the Cat who taught it to fly by Luis Sepulveda. Nominated for the Audience Choice Award at Brighton Fringe 2023.

2019 – The Little Mermaid

2018 –  The Promise of Everlasting Youth

2017-2018 – The Ugly Duckling

2016-2017 – The Tailor of Gloucester

2015-2016 – The Tale of the Pig a Romanian folk tale.  Winner of the Camp Bestival Family Award at Brighton Fringe 2015

2012 – The Flying Ship

2009 – The Nightingale (Read a review here)

OUR SUPPORTERS

Thank you for the generous support of The SMEW Fund, administered by Kent Community Foundation.  We look forward to using their kind donations to grow our Kent audiences!

Let there be lights!

Thank you so much for the generous support of all the wonderful people who supported our campaign to raise funds for new lights, including- Marie Yates, Poppy Berry, Scott Kingsnorth, Jaunty Curlew, Dawn Voice, Cassie, Andrew Dixon, Paul Fulton

To donate to our productions, please visit Localgiving.

JOIN US! Clients performing Pericles Theatre's production of The little Mermaid

Have you always wanted to perform on stage, or work backstage making costumes and scenery? Pericles Theatre Company puts on several performances each year and we rely on our students to make these plays happen.  Click the CONTACT US link  to find out which role suits you.

Our partnership with Atelier

Pericles Theatre Company partners with Atelier Studio Theatre (founded in 2010), which is a group of local creatives brought together by Vasile Nedelcu, the Artistic Director for Pericles Theatre Company. Atelier has created a number of productions of its own – Peer Gynt (Ibsen), The Chairs and The Lesson (Ionesco), What Shall We Do With The Cello (Visniec); the group includes actors, musicians, costume makers, prop makers, set designers and directors. They volunteer their time for Pericles productions and we feel very blessed to work with them!

With thanks to our sponsors over the years

  • Community Initiative Fund of West Sussex County Council
  • Garfield Weston Foundation
  • Hermes Trust
  • Mansell McTaggart
  • Mid Sussex District Council
  • Rotary East Grinstead
  • Soroptimist International East Grinstead
  • Sussex Community Foundation
  • Krista Braun Legacy Fund
  • The SMEW Fund, administered by Kent Community Foundation

“We have just completed the fourth year of the Chiddingstone Castle Literary Festival and we are now busily planning for next year which will again take place over the first May Bank Holiday weekend. The Pericles Theatre Company has been with us from the start,in 2016 and 2017 with a single performance and then we agreed two performances in 2018 and 2019 to satisfy demand! The performers all display a real enthusiasm for their roles which transfers readily to the audience and certainly enjoyed by all ages.For this year’s two performances of The Little Mermaid we had a record attendance including a significant number of adults.”

Mark Streatfeild, Chairman of the Trustees, Chiddingstone Castle (2019)

CONTACT US

Pericles Theatre Company, c/o 18 Hoathly Hill, West Hoathly, East Grinstead, West Sussex, RH19 4SJ

Email: outreach@pericles.org.uk

Telephone: 01342 810133

Established in: 1999

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Pericles Theatre Company involves many local talented artists and musicians and its productions reach enthusiastic audiences. People with complex needs come to us to learn new skills and hone existing ones. As a direct result they can do meaningful work and are appreciated for who they are.