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Marlborough Repertory Society Presents: Beauty and the Beast – The Panto! ✨🌹This year, Marlborough Repertory Society is bringing Ben Crocker’s hilarious panto Beauty and the Beast to the stage – directed by Samantha Baxter, it’s guaranteed to be a magical, laugh-out-loud treat for the whole family! Expect outrageous costumes, witty one-liners, larger-than-life characters, toe-tapping songs, and plenty of the classic panto silliness that will
Tickets on sale soon... watch this space!
Marlborough Repertory Society Presents: Beauty and the Beast – The Panto!
This year, Marlborough Repertory Society is bringing Ben Crocker’s hilarious panto Beauty and the Beast to the stage – directed by Samantha Baxter, it’s guaranteed to be a magical, laugh-out-loud treat for the whole family!
Expect outrageous costumes, witty one-liners, larger-than-life characters, toe-tapping songs, and plenty of the classic panto silliness that will have audiences of all ages shouting, cheering, and laughing from start to finish.
Join Felix, a loveable French Poodle as he tells this tale as old as time....with a twist.
Why you’ll love it:
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A fresh, funny spin on the beloved fairy tale.
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Packed with comedy, music, and magical moments.
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Traditional panto fun – “Oh yes it is!”
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Brought to life by the talent and energy of your local Marlborough Repertory Society performers.
This sparkling production is perfect for kids, parents, grandparents – and anyone who loves a good laugh and a great night out at the theatre.
This year we're making sure the shows start at Family Friendly times, so everyone can come and also be fresh for school and work the next day, or choose from one of the 3 matinees performances!
Thursday 27th Nov 6.30pm
Friday 28th 6.30pm
Saturday 29th 2.30pm and 6.30pm
Sunday 30th 2.30pm
Wednesday 3rd 6.30pm
Thursday 4th Dec 6.30pm
Friday 5th 6.30pm
Saturday 6th Dec 2.30pm and 6.30pm
PLUS we're being EXTRA Family Friendly, with this heavily discounted pricing - with every Adult ticket sold you can buy a child's ticket for $16 (instead of $23, saving $7 per child's ticket!). Limit 2 discounted children's tickets, only applies to Full Adult ticket pricing.
Don’t miss Marlborough Repertory Society’s Beauty and the Beast – directed by Samantha Baxter ! A magical community theatre event that will warm your heart, tickle your funny bone, and leave you humming all the way home.
Welcome
To Our Theatre
At the confluence of the Taylor and Ōpaoa rivers lies the Boathouse Theatre, home to the Marlborough Repertory Society since 1971. Created out of a storage shed for rowing skiffs and wholly owned by the society this wonderfully intimate theatre was designed by Raymond Boyce of Wellington. It has been the location for upwards of 100 productions encompassing full length and one act plays, musical theatre, theatre festivals, touring productions, book festivals and members club nights.
Rooted in the community the theatre has been one of the powerhouses of the amateur theatre scene in Marlborough driven by the commitment and passion of its members and the generous support of the theatre going public.
However it didn't start there. On August 10 1948 the decision was made to form a local amateur dramatic group and the Marlborough Repertory Society was born. The minutes of the foundation meeting recorded numbers attending at 72 with 24 apologies which was certainly a promising start. Without a permanent home (until 1950) early productions were staged in the Springlands Hall, Blenheim Town Hall and His Majesty's Theatre.
Amateur theatre is not really about the bricks and mortar, nor is it about the drive and enthusiasm of the dedicated souls who perform, direct, run light and sound, build, paint, provide refreshments and usher patrons to their seats. Rather it's about you, the theatre going public – you are the harshest critics and the lifeblood of the local theatre scene so this website is really your curtain call and the applause is yours...thank you.
Our History
