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