Past productions: 1959-1999
Here you can find all of our productions from 1959 to 1999 inclusive. The ones in smaller text are short plays.
The Dumb Waiter
by Harold Pinter, directed by Mark da Vanzo
The Unburial of the Dead
by Jann Tarrant, directed by Jann Tarrant and Stephen Fearnley
Last Tango in Little Grimley
by David Tristram, directed by Katherine Barcham
1999
Little Red Goldilocks
by Mary Collie-Holmes
directed by Mary Collie-Holmes
The Rover
by Aphra Behn
directed by Mary Singleton
The Woman in Black
by Stephen Mallatratt from Susan Hill’s novel
directed by Mark da Vanzo and Kathi George
1998
I’ll Be Back Before Midnight
by Peter Coffey
directed by Mary Collie-Holmes
The Wedding Party
by Fiona Samual
directed by Mary Singleton
The Odd Couple
by Neil Simon
directed by Ewen Coleman
1997
An Englishman Abroad
by Alan Bennett
directed by Mary Singleton
Deadly Embrace
by Eric Paice
directed by Stephen Fearnley
Frankenstein the Panto
by David Swann
directed by Mary Collie-Holmes
The Travelling Squirrel
by Robert Lord
directed by John Peterson
1996
Ophelia Thinks Harder
by Jean Betts (and William Shakespeare)
directed by Kathi George and Mark da Vanzo
Pygmalion
by George Bernard Shaw
directed by Mary Singleton
An Ideal Husband
by Oscar Wilde
directed by Mary Collie-Holmes
Natural Causes
by Eric Chappell
directed by Margaret Robertson
Eve’s Song
by Carmen Wilson, David Ritchie and Mark da Vanzo
directed by Kathi George
1995
Alice The Musical
by James Leisy and Carl Eberhard
directed by Jacqui Sinclair and Val Moreland
Jigsaws
by Jennifer Rogers
directed by Stephen Fearnley
1994
Charlie’s Story
by Daniel Chamberlain
directed by Mary Singleton
The Flies
by John Peterson
directed by Mary Singleton
Deadly Nightcap
by Francis Durbridge
directed by Kathi George
Rumors
by Neil Simon
directed by Ewen Coleman
Glitter and Spit
by Robert Lord, directed by Mary Singleton
The Usual Haunt
by Daniel Chamberlain, directed by John Peterson
Bungling Burglars
by Michelanne Forster
directed by Mary Singleton
Our Day Out
by Willy Russell
directed by Jacqui Sinclair
1993
The School for Scandal
by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
directed by Vesta Gormack
Baby with the Bathwater
by Christopher Durang
directed by Mary Collie-Holmes
The Twelve Pound Look
by JM Barrie, directed by Irvine O’Callaghan
Origin of the Species
by Bryony Lavery, directed by Kathi George
Bone Chiller
by Monk Ferris
directed by Stephen Fearnley
1992
Away
by Michael Gow
directed by Margaret Robertson
The Magician’s Nephew
by CS Lewis
directed by Val Moreland
The Flies
written and directed by John Peterson
Lovers : Winners
by Brian Friel, directed by Jacqui Sinclair
Stay Where You Are
by Olwen Wymark, directed by Kathi George
Blithe Spirit
by Noel Coward
directed by Irvine O’Callaghan
1991
The Comedy of Errors
by William Shakespeare
directed by Vesta Gormack
The Storytellers
by Brian Way
directed by Mary Collie-Holmes
Child’s Play
written and directed by John Peterson
Jack the Giant Killer
by Olwen Wymark, directed by Kathi George
Peach Shoes
by JP Donleavy, directed by Margaret Robertson
You Know I Can’t Hear You When the Water’s Running
by Robert Anderson
directed by Irvine O’Callaghan
1990
The Scapegoat
by Margaret Beames
directed by Stephen Fearnley
The Gorillas
by Barbara Anderson
directed by Mary Collie-Holmes
Aladdin
by John Crocker and Eric Gilder (score)
directed by Vesta Gormack
Lady Windermere’s Fan
by Oscar Wilde
directed by Ewen Coleman
1989
My Three Angels
by Sam and Bella Spewack
directed by John Golder
Nicholas Visits Every Thursday
by Rawiri Paratene, directed by Mary Collie-Holmes
Us and Them
by David Campton, directed by John Peterson
Neither Here Nor There
by Olwen Wymark, directed by Stephen Fearnley
Cinderella
by John Crocker and Eric Gilder (score)
directed by Vesta Gormack
Post Horn Gallop
by Derek Benefield
directed by John Golder
1988
Deathtrap
by Ira Levin
directed by Allan Willcock
Trudi and the Ministrel
by Alan Cullen
directed by Sharon Major
My Friend Miss Flint
by Donald Churchill and Peter Yeldham
directed by Vesta Gormack
1987
Star Blaze
by John Reynolds and Slade Smith
directed by Lorraine Banks
Relatively Speaking
by Alan Ayckbourn
directed by Ewen Coleman
1986
The Hobbit
by Ruth Perry, David Rogers and Allan Jay Friedman
directed by Sharon Major
The Real Inpsector Hound
by Tom Stoppard
directed by Vicky Ellis
1985
School for Clowns
by F K Waechter, translated by Ken Campbell
directed by Vesta Gormack
The Diary of Anne Frank
by Francis Goodrich and Albert Hackett
directed by Allan Willcock
1984
Pinocchio
by Brian Way and Warren Jenkins
directed by Sharon Major
Ring Round the Moon
by Jean Anouilh, translated by Christopher Fry
directed by Sharon Major
The Caucasian Chalk Circle
by Bertolt Brecht
directed by Pauline Wetton
1983
Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator
by Barbara Neale from Roald Dahl’s story
directed by Vesta Gormack
As You Like It
by William Shakespeare
directed by Zenocrate Graham
1982
Puss in Boots
by Nicholas Stuart Gray
directed by Ian Lockie
The Miracle Worker
by William Gibson
directed by Allan Willcock
Absurd Person Singular
by Alan Ayckbourn
directed by Allan Willcock
1981
The Adventures of Knawful Awful
by Peter Flannery and Mick Ford
directed by Sharon Major
The Rivals
by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
directed by Allan Willcock
1980
Mothers and Fathers
by Joe Musaphia
directed by Pauline Wetton
1979
Beauty and the Beast
by Nicholas Stuart Gray
directed by Zenocrate Graham
1978
Arms and the Man
by George Bernard Shaw
directed by George Eiby
There’s a Girl in My Soup
by Terence Frisby
directed by Allan Willcock
1977
Suddenly at Home
by Francis Durbridge
directed by Allan Willcock
Much Ado About Nothing
by William Shakespeare
directed by Zenocrate Graham
1976
The Flip Side
by Hugh and Margaret Williams
directed by Ian Lockie
She’s Done It Again
by Michael Pertwee
directed by Dorrigen Dyson-Rowley
1975
Twelfth Night
by William Shakespeare
directed by Zenocrate Graham
1974
The Irregular Verb to Love
by Hugh and Margaret Williams
directed by Ian Lockie
1973
Not Now Darling
by Ray Cooney and John Chapman
directed by Zenocrate Graham
1972
The Twelve Pound Lock
by Ray Cooney and John Chapman
directed by Gay Robertson
A Separate Peace
by Tom Stoppard
directed by Margaret Robertson
The Rose and Crown
by J B Priestley
directed by Dorrigen Dyson-Rowley
1971
no productions
1970
Fuenteovejuna
by Lope de Vega
directed by Zenocrate Graham
1969
no productions
1968
no productions
1967
Heartbreak House
by George Bernard Shaw
directed by Pauline Hosking
1966
Come Blow Your Horn
by Neil Simon
directed by Donald Priestley
You Can’t Take It With You
by Moss Hart and George Kaufman
directed by Nola Miller
The Dream
by Nicholas Nicolaidi
directed by Marjorie Nees
1965
Ondine
by Jean Giraudoux, translated by Maurice Valency
directed by Pauline McLean
1964
The Reluctant Debutante
by William Douglas Home
directed by Fergus McLean
Ladies in Retirement
by Edward Percy and Reginald Denham
directed by Mark Adams
The Life of Galileo
by Bertolt Brecht
directed by Pauline McLean
1963
The Night of the Ding Dong
by Ralph Peterson
directed by Myrna Wright
JB
by Archibald Macleish
directed by Pauline McLean
1962
As Long as They’re Happy
by Vernon Sylvaine
directed by Zenocrate Graham
Under the Sycamore Tree
by Samuel Spewack
directed by Pauline McLean
1961
Sarah Simple
by A A Milne
directed by Lilian Millar
The Potting Shed
by Graham Greene
directed by Pauline McLean
1960
Sailor Beware!
by Philip King and Falkland Cary
directed by Lilian Millar
1959
Apollo de Bellac
by Jean Giraudoux
directed by Pauline McLean