The beautiful tradition of summer seaside ‘weekly rep’ is alive with professional theatre at local prices for our audiences from Frinton and beyond. It costs around £500,000 to produce our summer season of seven productions. Ticket sales cover only 65% of our costs. Frinton Summer Theatre has been a career springboard for actors such as Vanessa Redgrave, Julian Fellowes, John Osborne, Lynda Bellingham and Owen Teale, and it remains an important seedbed for future talent in British theatre.