Professional Programming

The Arena Theatre is a receiving house for small to small-medium scale touring. We have 150 seats in our main auditorium and a smaller studio space of 60 seats.

We programme professional work predominantly on Thursday-Saturday each week and in general we are interested in work from small companies with up to 4 performers.

We are always on the lookout for new and innovative work to programme at the theatre. Our programming policy can be accessed here: Arena Theatre Programming Policy - 2020-2022

We have a performance space of 9m x 9m with 4.6m height clearance. We programme on a mixed economy of guarantees and guarantee against box office splits.

The Arena has a history and reputation for working with a diverse range of companies and has a particular interest and passion for championing work for and by deaf and disabled companies, artists and audiences.  

Any programming enquiries should be made to Neil Reading, Artistic Director at Neil.Reading@wlv.ac.uk including an up-to-date tour pack.