The Marlowe Theatre is a major 1,200-seat theatre in Canterbury, England.
It closed in March 2009 for redevelopment and a brand-new Marlowe Theatre reopened on 4 October 2011.The theatre was named after the playwright Christopher Marlowe, who was born and attended school in the city. In front of the present theatre is a 19th-century statue of a Muse (Marlowe is known as the Muses' darling) surrounded by small effigies of characters from Marlowe's plays.