The Orchard Theatre

Love going, have been to some great shows this year. As a disabled persons I am able to park close by. Easy disabled entrance. Just back from seeing Tina, what an amazing show, brought back so many memories of seeing the great lady live. Well done Holly Bannis you done Tina proud, outstanding performance from the whole cast.

The Orchard has a lot to offer for all age's. They have so much variety I wouldn't be able to list them all, however I can say children love the pantomimes and seeing their favourite books or TV shows coming to life.Now for the adults they have a wide variety from 80s dance nights, comedian, musicals and so much more.There is a great restaurant that you can book ahead of the performances or you can order smaller versions in the bar area. The price's are resemble and there is a good variety, you can choose from 6 starters, a beautiful range of bread chunks, then the show stopping mains the desert is served for you during the interval however you would have to go back up to the dining area. Or you can get the ice cream tubs from the ushers and front of house they have a super variety of ice cream and sorbet. There is one huge downfall I wish the ice cream staff in the foyer would clean the scoop more because let's be fair I'm gluten free due to an allergy and I've had sorbet that had the chocolate brownie ice cream on it. I get there is a lot of people to serve but cross contamination isn't right!I have eaten here on many occasions and the food has been great until the new menu came in a few weeks ago and omg the food is spicy! So if you can't handle spicy foods tell the staff so an alternative can be sorted. For me I wished they kept the Jambalaya chicken and I know others have said they hoped the beer battered fish would have stayed.I like other people would love to have a separate menu that was for persons like myself that are Gluten Free or have allergies so we know what foods we are able to have instead of asking the waiter or manager what is available and them have to go back and forth. It would be great to order at the same time as the persons you come with.Sorry I might add if you are unable to get upstairs due to mobility issues you wouldn't be able to sit in the restaurant however the staff are absolutely amazing and welcoming to have your meal in the bar. The staff I can never fault them they are always super helpful and accommodating even to the point a customer that was unable to go to the restaurant for their desert a wounderful young lady that works front of house went a got the food and bought it to the person during the interval where they sat. So the staff are great!Some of a few photos I've taken!

Lovely modern civic style theatre. You feel really close to the action, there’s good concessions and food options inside. We saw Rocky Horror Show and it was a hoot.

Went to watch ABBA Forever. It was a great night. Really good facilities, although I feel there should be more toilets in more accessible places! We had to go to the opposite end to reach them and missed the start of the second half because of the long queue.

Lovely local theatre.plenty of good shows.coffee shop bar & restaurant .friendly helpful staff.see summer youth project school of rock.really great show.pictures of our new state of art theatre going up.bit shed looking to me.supposed to be seeing show on Sunday 19th

It was a pleasant experience here watching a theatre show. The only thing that could do with improving is the seating - it can be rather uncomfortable when watching a show. Apart from that it was a great venue, close to local transport links too.

A great theatre with good facilities and close, convenient parking.They seem to get a decent share of good shows and prices are reasonable, saves an expensive trip into London.Photos are from Oti Mabuse, I Am Here showOh, and the restaurant is excellent, especially if you prebook and prepay for your table.

I highly recommend this venue, they have brilliant shows, good facilities, there is a bar and a small restaurant here too… they have a small shop selling hot drinks and nibbles - the parking is easy and not too expensive (currently £3) all the Staff are very friendly and the Managers are professional if you have any issues… I have seen so many shows here - I would also like to mention that the Staff back stage do a fantastic job too (they are in my book - the unsung heroes) the seating is good too. It is nice clean there, 10/10 for a local Theatre.

Was here on Sunday for the soul/Motown show it was amazing great entertainment food was amazing and got to hand it to all the staff so well organised looking forward to the next one

Nice theatre. Easy entry process with QR code. Bars and snacks at reasonable prices. We had Circle C20-23 and had a great view. Seats were very comfortable with plenty of leg room.