Touring expertise
Ambitious work created for intimate venues, with a compact ensemble and an adaptable design.
Dionysus TheatreTouring theatre from SussexDionysus Theatre presents
A Christmas Carol
by Candlelight
Dickens' timeless ghost story, reimagined through intimate ensemble performance, live music, winter shadows and the glow of candlelight.
2026 tour dates and venues announced soon
Bold stories. Beautifully told.
Award-winning touring theatre, made in Sussex.
Dionysus Theatre creates visually striking productions that bring classic stories thrillingly close to their audiences.
Our work is built around fearless ensemble performance, atmospheric design and emotionally charged storytelling. We tour intimate venues across the UK, transforming every stage into a world audiences can step inside.
Meet the company ↗“Great theatre is built by people who believe in one another.”
The Dionysus Way
New for
2026
2026
Current production
One extraordinary night can change everything.
Charles Dickens' timeless story is reimagined as an intimate ensemble event, lit by the warm glow of candlelight.
Scrooge's journey through memory, fear and redemption unfolds with theatrical precision, rich atmosphere and the immediacy of live performance. The production can transform a theatre, church, hall or heritage space into Dickensian London while retaining the pace and visual impact of a full touring show.
- Format
- Touring theatre
- Running time
- 2 hours, including interval
- Style
- Ensemble, live music, candlelight
The story continues
Our 2027 production
Twelfth Night
The Last Dream of Illyria, Shakespeare’s glorious comedy of love, longing and mistaken identity returns to Dionysus Theatre in a bold new production.
Dates, venues and company announcements coming soonOur work
A growing history of unforgettable theatre.
From gothic thrillers to sharp comedy, our productions combine theatrical invention with a deep respect for the stories we tell.
2025UK Tour
Private Lives
2024UK Tour, five star reviewed
The Woman in White
2024Worthing Theatre Trail
The Rats
2023UK Tour
La Mouette
2022Brighton production
School for Scandal
Dionysus in pictures
The worlds we have created.
Five years of ensemble performance, striking characters and intimate storytelling, captured across our productions.
Why Dionysus
Distinctive worlds
Every production has a complete visual and sonic identity, designed to make a lasting impression.
Human storytelling
Classic texts are made immediate, accessible and emotionally alive for contemporary audiences.
Our story
Born from the belief that small scale theatre can feel immense.
Dionysus Theatre began during the pandemic, when a group of long-standing collaborators resolved to keep making work together.
Our first live production, The Seagull, opened in Brighton in 2021. Since then, the company has grown from a room above a pub into a touring ensemble with an expanding UK audience and a reputation for bold adaptations, powerful performances and striking atmosphere.
Led by Artistic Director and Founder Robert Tremayne, Dionysus brings artists, technicians and audiences together around one shared idea: that live theatre should be daring, generous and unforgettable.
Friends of Dionysus
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