The Borrowers

Grandparents treat, a trip to the wonderful Maddermarket Theatre.

Clever, funny and nicely produced family fun.

The Maddermarket  opened its doors to the public for the first time as a theatre in September 1921, the exterior of the oldest part of the building remaining the same today as it was then.
It was originally a Roman Catholic Chapel, which became a hostel and finally a warehouse. It was discovered, derelict and abandoned and was purchased by Walter Nugent Bligh Monck, the founder of The Norwich Players.
Monck recognised the wonderful acoustic quality of the building, caused by the domed vaulted ceiling.  This was his main consideration for his band of amateur actors.
The building stands on the site of the medieval market where the scarlet  dye called madder  was sold during the times of woollen trading.  The area had therefore been called the Maddermarket  in the thirteenth century.