Editing Kenilworth (section)

===Theatres===
The [[Talisman Theatre and Arts Centre]], founded as Talisman Players in 1942, moved to its current 156-seat premises in Barrow Road in 1969.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.talismantheatre.co.uk/about-us.html |title=About us |work=Talisman Theatre and Arts Centre |date=4 December 2022 |access-date=13 February 2023}}</ref> It won twelve [[National Operatic and Dramatic Association|NODA]] awards between 2004 and 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://archive.talismantheatre.co.uk/index.html |title=Archive |work=Talisman Theatre and Arts Centre |access-date=13 February 2023}}</ref>

The Talisman produces around 9 main stage [https://talismantheatre.co.uk/whats-on/ shows] a year including performances from the [https://talismantheatre.co.uk/youth-theatre/ Talisman Youth Theatre]. Since 2022, The Talisman Theatre has been presenting [https://talismantheatre.co.uk/fringe-theatre/ Fringe] nights at the Holiday Inn, Kenilworth.<ref>{{cite web |last=Smith |first=James |date=31 March 2022 |title=Kenilworth theatre announces new monthly fringe night |url=https://kenilworth.nub.news/news/local-news/kenilworth-theatre-announces-new-monthly-fringe-night |access-date=24 March 2023 |website=Kenilworth Nub News }}</ref> The Talisman Theatre also operates a monthly [https://talismantheatre.co.uk/cinema/ cinema] night showing recent films.

Work started in 2022 on a two-phase development of the Talisman Theatre.

The [[Priory Theatre]], founded in 1932 as the Kenilworth Players, uses the former [[Unitarianism|Unitarian]]/[[Christadelphian]] chapel, a Gothic Revival building{{sfn |Salzman |1951 |pp=132–143}} dating from 1816, which was converted into a 119-seat theatre building in 1945–1946.<ref name=Priory/> It was gutted by fire in 1976, but restored and reopened in September 1978.<ref name=Priory>{{cite web |url=http://www.priorytheatre.co.uk/history/ |title=History |work=About Us |publisher=Priory Theatre |access-date=10 December 2011}}</ref>