To celebrate the anniversary of the theatre's reopening in October 2011, Marlowe Theatre is hosting a weekend of free events on 8 and 9 October.
Marlowe 5 is made up of shows, workshops, tours and displays, and a gala performance.
Following its £25.6 million redevelopment, Marlowe Theatre has placed itself firmly on the regional theatre map.
It offers a wide programme of performances with the National Theatre, the Royal Shakespeare Company, Glyndebourne and Matthew Bourne being amongst its visiting companies.
As well as the main house, there is The Marlowe Studio whose work supports emerging writers and which has recently started putting on in house productions.
The venue runs a youth theatre, a trainee scheme and a community theatre event.
Some two and a half thousand productions have taken place on Marlowe Theatre's two stages since its re–opening with Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs, the 2015/16 pantomime, being the most successful, playing to more than 99 per cent capacity.
Marlowe Theatre director Mark Everett said, “I would like to thank everyone who has helped make our first five years such a success by seeing a show here, or taking part in an event. I would also like to acknowledge the hard work of all our wonderful staff—without them, none of this would have been possible.
“In just a few, short years we have proved what we set out to achieve: a theatre for everyone that brings the best of everything to Canterbury and beyond.”