The original company were named the Kenilworth Players and formed in 1932, first performing on a portable stage in the ballroom of the old Abbey Hotel.
This building, in the Perpendicular Gothic Revival style, dates from 1816.
Improvements to the building since then include the installation of the circle in 1947, additional changing rooms and a kitchen in 1952 and the current foyer was built in 1965.
[citation needed] A devastating fire partially gutted the building in 1976;[1] however, productions started again just two years later.
In 1979 the group purchased the former National School building 100 yards away for rehearsals and wardrobe room.