[2] The patrons are Sir Derek Jacobi, Jo Brand, Claire Tomalin and Dame Cleo Laine.

He preserved manuscript copies of all the plays submitted to the inspector from 1737 to his death in 1824, including those produced at the theatre in Wisbech.

[10] Other early theatres in Wisbech, referred to in newspapers and other documents, appear to have been temporary structures such as that erected near the High street by the company of James Augustus "Jemmy" Whitley (c. 1724–1781) for a season in 1779.

[15] The Stamford Mercury of 24 February 1792 stated, "A correspondent from Wisbech informs us, that a very elegant theatre is just fitted up in the compleatest stile [sic], and will be opened on Saturday, March 3d, with the admired comedy of As You Like It, and the Farce of No Song, No Supper.

[19] When not in use for performances the theatre regularly held auctions, the most prominent of which was the sale of household furniture, linen and china from Wisbech Castle, belonging to the late Edward Southwell.

The theatre was described as having a ceiling "designed from the celebrated Painting by Rubens, in the Louvre; the Fronts of the two tiers of Boxes are formed in compartments of Groups of Figures from the Mythology: the space between each Panel finished by a splendid Drapery of Green and Gold, in imitation of the Ornamental arrangement of the Italian Opera in 1831, the whole forming a coup d'oeil of elegant embellishment never before attempted in Wisbech".

[39] Hill was also the owner of the newspaper The Star in the East, in which he promoted the theatre's productions, such as the four day engagement of vocalist Harriet Waylett.

[43] The Wisbech Dramatic Society gave their first performances, The Castle Spectre and Hunting a Turtle, in December 1838 and January 1839.

[48] A critic wrote that his performance as Touchstone in As You Like It and as Mawwarm in Isaac Bickerstaff's The Hypocrite "was capital, he kept the audience in one tumult of laughter from beginning to end".

[49] On 27 June 1840 James and Thomas Hill went bankrupt, and their estates were sold by auction, including the Wisbech theatre, which Mrs Robertson was then leasing.

[52] The Cambridge Independent Press described the improvements: "[A] floor has been laid along the entire length from the stage to the boxes, and the space hitherto appropriated to the stage, tastefully embellished with variegated drapery; the ensemble forming an elegant saloon, adapted to public assemblies, lectures, &c., but easily convertible, we believe, to its original use.

"[53] In October a newspaper reported that "Wisbech old workhouse is to be sold on the 30th inst., the building is of immense size, in a good situation, and at small expense might be converted into a theatre.

"[54] A later report gave further details of the interior: [N]otice the splendid manner in which the spirited proprietor of the theatre has fitted it up, which renders it excellently adapted for a variety of purposes for which a spacious room is much wanted here.

The pit has a temporary covering connected with the stage, the sides and back of which are surrounded folds of drapery, alternatively scarlet and green, and from the ceiling two splendid chandeliers are suspended.

... [B]oth travelling performers and the local theatre sought to benefit from the large crowds attending the fair and race weeks.

She appeared in the character of Lady Eleanor Irwin, in Elizabeth Inchbald's comedy Everyone has his Fault after which she delivered a very neat and appropriate address.

"[66] Henry Langdon Childe's chromatrope was exhibited by Mr Blanchard of the Royal Polytechnic Institution in late May.

[69] The season finished with another benefit for Mrs Robertson featuring The Beggar on Horseback and the Robber's Wife; a full house was reported.

[1] In August that year Mr & Miss Southgate of Wisbech Castle presented a "drawing-room" entertainment, and Henry Vincent delivered a lecture on the Great Exhibition.

[85] A poster in the Wisbech & Fenland Museum printed by Poysers records that the building was put up for auction as "The Old Theatre" by Johnson & Easter in July 1921 at the White Lion hotel.

[1] On 25 November 1978 a civic opening of the building was attended by the Mayor of Wisbech and chairman of Fenland District Council and presided over by Anton Rogers.

[91][92] He noted that the size, shape and layout of the auditorium was similar to that of the Georgian Theatre Royal in Richmond, North Yorkshire, but the current design does not reflect the original form.

[94] The theatre company also toured; in 1987 its performances included David Storey's Home at Wells, Norfolk, and Romeo and Juliet outdoors at Wisbech Castle.

[96] In 2018 the Angles Theatre celebrated the 40th Anniversary of its reopening with an extensive programme of events including a production of She Stoops to Conquer.

It received government funding in 2021[99] and, after refurbishment, reopened on 23 September 2021, with Willy Rushton's Educating Rita,[1] followed by other productions and a Christmas pantomime.