The Blue Orange Theatre is an independent

theatre Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The perfor ...

located in the Jewellery Quarter in the centre of

Birmingham Birmingham ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1.145 million in the city proper, 2.92 million in the We ...

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. It was founded by the local producer and director Mark Webster and opened in April 2011, aiming to showcase new drama and writing from the city. The main auditorium is a 107-seat theatre, with the site also including a bar and a rehearsal studio. The theatre acts as a producing theatre staging work by its own company, as well as hosting performances from visiting theatre companies.

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* Theatres in Birmingham, West Midlands Theatre companies in Birmingham, West Midlands 2011 establishments in England Producing theatres in England {{UK-theat-struct-stub