Norwich Playhouse
Proscenium arch
Norwich Playhouse is a superb venue in the heart of the city and the most modern
performance space of its size in East Anglia. The Playhouse opened 13 years ago, created
from a riverside maltings dating from about 160 years earlier. In the interim, the building
had been the Crown Public House, the head office of the Norwich Mercury Newspaper, the
depot for Ruymps builders’ merchants, the warehouse of a motor-cycle dealer and a
Greek restaurant!.