A last performance at Trinity Theatre brought to a perfect close Invent Theatre’s first tour.

We have received a wave of praise and positive feedback for which we are very grateful. We found the experience of a tour to be great fun, especially with such varied venues.

A review of the play can be seen here

The production has also been filmed by the UK Entertainment Channel and we hope to showcase clips here in the future.

Work is already underway for our next project which will be announced in September.

Following a sell out performance at Whitwell Village Hall Invent Theatre presents the final opportunity to see our new original play The Button Box. We were forced to turn people away at the door of last weeks performance so to ensure good seats we suggest arriving early or book tickets in advance on 01983 295229 or e-mail us directly at inventtheatre(at)gmail(dot)com. Doors open at 7pm with the performance beginning at 7:30pm. See you there!

Continuing our Island tour Invent Theatre brings The Button Box to Whitwell Village Hall this Saturday 11th July 2009. 

Tickets are selling fast and this is our smallest venue so we reccomend buying your tickets before hand available from Ventnor Laundrette or by contacting us directly through our website www.inventtheatre.co.uk. There will only be a limited number of tickets on the door available from 7pm with the performance beginning at 7:30pm

Don’t forget if you can’t make this show our final production will take place next week on Saturday 18th July at Tinity Theatre in Cowes.

Following a very successful opening night at the Quay Arts Centre on Saturday (27th June) Invent Theatre’s The Button Box moves to Bembridge. The performance will take place at Bembridge Village Hall this Saturday 4th July at 7:30pm (Doors opening at 7pm) A tale of three brothers, opera and spaghetti produced, written, performed and managed by young people the show is one not to be missed!

Tickets are just £5 and available from Lane End News of come and see us at our stall at the village fair this Wednesday. There will also be seats available on the night.

Don’t forget if you can’t make this performance the show moves to Whitwell on the 11th July and then Cowes on the 18th July.

Invent Theatre’s latest play hits the road from the end of this month performing across the Island to local communities. With just over a week to go until opening night we’re all very excited about this new project.

The Button Box tells the story of three brothers, a mysterious traveller, an accordion, a terrible fire, a wonky table, a hot summer, fresh coffee, church bells, a peculiar book shop and spaghetti. Not to mention some terrible jokes, a piano, a broken radio, a secret letter and an unhappy choir.

Unlike previous productions we decided it was time to visit a whole host of different areas on the Island we haven’t performed to before. The venues vary in size and facilities so we have had to make a small, portable performance which has been an interesting challenge. Coincidentally, the moral of the play itself is actually about how this is the way storeys should be told.

The play follows three brothers who are brought up by a rather eccentric spaghetti loving mother. The middle child, Benjamin Teak, soon meets,  though perhaps not by coincidence,  a traveller and as time goes by they decide to open a book shop to sell their stories . The books they sell however are not the works of Dickens or Shakespeare but works by themeselves about the characters around them. What starts of as a little bit of fun soon becomes their undoing as they learn more about storytelling then they could ever have dreamed of.

Mixed in with a broken radio, an unhappy choir, too much opera, an embarrassing dance, a cruel game and a fateful encounter. The Button Box is a show you won’t want to miss!

 The confirmed tour dates are now as follows:

Saturday 27th June 2009
Quay Arts Centre
Box Office 01983 822490

Saturday 4th July 2009
Bembridge Village Hall
Tickets available from Lane End News

Saturday 11th July 2009
Whitwell Village Hall
Tickets available from Niton and Whitwell Post Offices and Ventnor Laundrette

Saturday 18th July 2009
Trinity Theatre, Cowes
Tickets on sale from the box office shortly or via our e-mail inventtheatre@gmail.com

All Tickets £5

The production has been supported by Ventnor Extended Schools, Young Chamber, Youth Opportunities Fund, VentnorBlog and Grassroots Grants

Invent Theatre is pleased to have received support from the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Community Foundation through the national Grassroots Grant scheme The money is to be used in our current project ‘The Button Box’. Full press release to be published shortly.

Tickets for the opening night of ‘The Button Box’ are now on sale from the Quay Arts Centre Box Office. The performance takes place on Saturday 27th June 2009 (Not 24th as published in booklet) and tickets are just £5.00

Details on how to buy tickets for the rest of the performances will be announced soon.

Quay Ats Box Office 01983 822490

Invent Theatre is pleased to be performing at the Kids Zone of the Isle of Wight Festival. We will be producing roaming street theatre performances over the three days, with some rather strange characters. More details will be revealed nearer the time. For information on the Kids Zone visit http://www.isleofwightfestival.com/the-kids-zone.aspx

Invent Theatre’s first AGM will be held on Monday 6th April from 12noon at Ventnor Youth Centre. The meeting is open to the public, and will see the election of officers for the next financial year as well as annoucements of future projects for 2009/10