The Theatre's mission statement is: To develop new creative opportunities and experiences both within the theatre building, throughout the wider community and on tour, encouraging high quality engagement across a broad sector of the Performing Arts.

Theatre Royal Wakefield has a programme which is engaging and accessible to all members of our local community, and which maintains our reputation as a leading producing and receiving house. We aim for cater for all audiences, programming a wide range of live performances from professional companies. Our live programming strands are Music & Musicals, Drama, Stand-up Comedy and Dance, and we will present approximately 260 performances per year. In addition to this we have a commitment to programming high quality Family Friendly shows, providing engaging and entertaining productions all year round.

We also produce our own work including our hugely popular Pantomime each year and our celebrated annual Wakefield Youth Music Theatre productions, which consistently receive rave reviews. Our Creative Director is John Godber, award winning writer of plays such as Bouncers, Teechers, and Up ‘n’ Under, and together with the John Godber Company we have co-produced sixteen plays – and regularly tour nationally. Furthermore, in 2017 we produced and toured Jim Cartwright’s latest play Stand Up Stand Up. Our productions have been described as ‘Socially relevant comedy with riveting acting’ (The Stage).