Devonshire Park Theatre

The Devonshire Park Theatre is a Grade II listed building designed by Henry Currey, built in 1884 and further improved by celebrated Theatre Architect Frank Matcham in 1903.

It is one of the best examples of small Victorian Theatre in the country with ornate interior featuring decorative plaster work with scrolls and caryatids by Schmidt of Holloway.

The theatre won the Martini/TMA Regional Theatre Award for ‘Most Welcoming Theatre’ in 1994.

Capacity and Facilities

The theatre has:

• a seating capacity of 936
• disabled facilities including an audio description service.
• a fully licensed bar

Friends of the Devonshire Park Theatre

The 'Friends' is a society formed in the centenary year of the Devonshire Park Theatre in 1984 whose objective is to 'encourage support for the Devonshire Park Theatre and for Theatre-Going in general.'

Find out more about the Friends of the Devonshire Park Theatre.

What's On

Find out what's on at the Devonshire Park Theatre this season from the At A Glance guide.

Theatre Contact Address

Devonshire Park Theatre
Compton Street
Eastbourne
BN21 4BP