NVT Archives
Full Production Listing
Here are our productions back to November 1947
Date | Production | Director |
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2024 | ||
8 to 16 Nov | Mixie by Mary Melwood | Rod Lewis |
4 to 12 Oct | Salome by Oscar Wilde | Natasha Higdon |
12 to 20 July | The Sweet Science of Bruising by Joy Wilkinson | Gaby Bowring & Bryony Weaver |
14 to 22 June | Constellations by Nick Payne | Mary Allen |
17 to 25 May | Picnc at Hanging Rock by Tom Wright | Diane Robinson |
19 to 27 April | An Experiment with an Air Pump by Shelagh Stephenson | Sam Chittenden |
15 to 23 Mar | King Lear by William Shakespeare | Richard Lindfield |
16 to 24 Feb | Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Christopher Hampton | Mark Lester |
19 to 27 Jan | Taking Care of Baby by Dennis Kelly | Neil Hadley |
2023 | ||
1 to 9 Dec | Bedroom Farce by Alan Ayckbourn | Katie Brownings |
3 to 11 Nov | The Proposal and The Bear by Anton Chekhov - translated by Stephen Mulrine | Elaine Larkin |
6 to 14 Oct | You by Mark Wilson | Emmie Spencer |
21 to 29 Jul | NSFW by Lucy Kirkwood | Kirsty Elmer |
16 to 24 Jun | The Goat or Who is Sylvia by Edward Albee | Martin Malone |
19 to 27 May | Suddenly Last Summer by Tennessee Williams | Rod Lewis |
21 to 29 Apr | Pyrenees by David Greig | Sandie Armstrong |
17 to 25 Mar | Beginning by David Eldridge | Richard Lindfield |
17 to 25 Feb | Not Talking by Mike Bartlett | Jerry Lyne |
20 to 28 Jan | Farragut North by Beau Willimon | Steven O'Shea |
2022 | ||
9 to 17 Dec | It's A Wonderful Life - adapted by Joe Landry | Gerry McCrudden |
4 to 12 Nov | The York Realist by Peter Gill | Claire Lewis |
7 to 15 Oct | Short Plays 2022 | Various |
15 to 23 Jul | Communicating Doors by Alan Ayckbourn | Ian Black |
17 to 25 Jun | Turpin by Barry Purchese | Mark Lester |
27 May to 4 Jun | Consent by Nina Raine | Scott Roberts |
13 to 21 May | Cock by Mike Bartlett | Richard Lindfield |
22 to 30 Apr | Hangmen by Martin McDonagh | Pat Boxall |
18 to 26 Mar | Unsanctioned | Measure 2 Measure by Sam Chittenden | Sam Chittenden |
18 to 26 Feb | The Herd by Rory Kinnear | Charly Sommers |
21 to 29 Jan | The Lieutenant of Inishmore by Martin McDonagh | Steven O'Shea |
2021 | ||
10 to 18 Dec | Bag Lady's Christmas Present by Sarah Davies | Sarah Davies |
1 to 9 Oct | Di and Viv and Rose by Amelia Bullmore | Claire Lewis |
23 to 31 July | Miss Julie by August Strindberg | Mark Lester |
18 to 26 June | Lemons, Lemons, Lemons, Lemons, Lemons by Sam Steiner | Cata Lindegaard |
22 & 23 May | Bag Lady by Sarah Davies | Sarah Davies |
12 to 16 Jan | Arthur and Esther by Ross Howard | Jerry Lyne |
2020 | ||
Oct & Nov 20 | New Venture Virtual Theatre - Filmed Monologues by members | |
13 to 15 March | Quartet by Ronald Harwood | Richard Lindfield |
14 to 22 Feb | Talk by Mark Wilson | Mark Wilson |
17 to 25 Jan | The Winterling by Jez Butterworth | Steven O'Shea |
2019 | ||
5 to 14 Dec | Great Expectations adapted from Charles Dickens by Neil Bartlett | Diane Robinson |
1 to 9 Nov | Fen by Caryl Churchill | Ian Amos |
4 to 12 Oct | Gabriel by Moira Buffini | Gerry McCrudden |
19 to 27 July | Short Play Festival 2019 | |
14 to 22 June | Elephant's Graveyard by George Brant | David Eaton |
17 to 25 May | Hysteria by Terry Johnson | Bob Ryder |
12 to 20 April | Pickwick and Weller by Barry Purchese (& Charles Dickens!) | Rod Lewis |
29 March | Charmless! - NVYT Production | Chelsea Mountney |
15 to 23 March | The Father by Florian Zeller | Mary Allen |
15 to 23 Feb | The Language Archive by Julia Cho | Sam Chittenden |
18 to 26 Jan | Laundry and Bourbon & Lone Star by James McLure | Mark Lester |
2018 | ||
30 Nov to 8 Dec | Be My Baby by Amanda Whittington | Jerry Lyne |
2 to 10 Nov | Orphans by Dennis Kelly | Charly Sommers |
5 to 13 Oct | Happy Now? by Lucinda Coxon | Claire Lewis |
20 to 28 Jul | Lovesong by Abi Morgan | Kirsty Elmer |
15 to 23 Jun | Jumpy by April de Angelis | Diane Robinson |
1 & 2 Jun | Elephant's Graveyard by George Brant (Rehearsed Reading) | David Eaton |
11 to 19 May | 1984 by George Orwell | Nick Richards |
6 to 10 Apr | Anniversary April | |
16 to 24 Mar | Bad Jews by Joshua Harmon | Bob Ryder |
16 to 24 Feb | Our Lady of Sligo by Sebastian Barry | Mark Wilson |
19 to 27 Jan | True West by Sam Shephard | Steven O'Shea |
2017 | ||
7 to 16 Dec | The Messiah by Patrick Barlow | Rod Lewis |
10 to 18 Nov | Anna Christie by Eugene O'Neill | Jerry Lyne |
3 Nov | Fri-Up Comedy Night | |
6 to 14 Oct | Antigone by Sophokles | Sam Chittenden |
9 & 10 Sep | Heritage Open Weekend | |
21 to 29 Jul | Short Play Festival | |
16 to 24 Jun | Proof by David Auburn | Claire Lewis |
17 to 27 May | Lulu by Frank Wedekind | Scott Roberts |
21 to 29 Apr | Hughie by Eugene O'Neill / The Real Inspector Hound by Tom Stoppard | Dan Walker / Mary Allen |
31 Mar & 1 Apr | Blood Lies & Teen Twister | NVYT |
17 to 25 Mar | The Deep Blue Sea by Terence Rattigan | Pat Boxall |
17 to 25 Feb | Blood Wedding by Frederico Lorca | Chris Dangerfield |
20 to 28 Jan | The Homecoming by Harold Pinter | Steven O'Shea |
2016 | ||
31 Dec-1 Jan | 2016: A Tribute | |
16 & 17 Dec | Fannytasticals | |
1 to 10 Dec | Dick Barton & the Tango of Terror by Phil Willmott | Gerry McCrudden |
4 to 12 Nov | The Clean House by Sarah Ruhl | Sam Chittenden |
7 to 15 Oct | Holes by Tom Basden | Nick Richards |
10 to 11 Sept | Heritage Open Day | Alex Epps |
15 to 23 July | Love and Information by Caryl Churchill | Kirsty Elmer |
18 to 25 June | Accidental Death of an Anarchist by Dario Fo (Adptd by Gavin Richards) | Rod Lewis |
13 to 21 May | Broken Glass by Arthur Miller | Jerry Lyne |
23 April | Shakespeare's Wake | |
8 to 16 April | How many Miles to Babylon? by Jennifer Johnston (Adptd by Alan Stanford) | Gerry McCrudden |
18 & 19 March | Our Sons as well; WW1; - Poetry and Prose | Tamsin Mastoris |
11 & 12 March | Mort by Terry Practchett (Performed Reading) | Dan Walker |
26 Feb to 5 Mar | Women of Troy by Euripedes (Nick Hern version) | Ella Thompson |
15 to 23 Jan | Loot by Joe Orton | Steven O’Shea |
2015 | ||
4 to 12 Dec | Christmas Carol - Adapted by Sarah Davies from Dickens | Sarah Davies |
6 to 14 Nov | Reasons to be Pretty by Neil La Butte | Tim McQuillen-Wright |
2 to 10 Oct | The Miser by Moliere | Steven Adams |
17 to 25 July | 10 Minute Play Competition | Various Directors |
19 to 27 June | The Arsonists by Max Frish | Sam Chittenden |
15 to 30 May | Parlour Song by Jez Butterworth | Claire Lewis |
24 Apr to 2 May | The Thrill of Love by Amanda Whittington | Pat Boxall |
3 & 4 Apr | Richard III (Performed Reading) By William Shakespeare | Scott Roberts |
20 to 28 March | Benefactors by Michael Frayn | Tess Gill |
20 to 28 Feb |
Shaffer Double Bill – Private Ear / Black Comedy |
Dan Walker / Ian Black |
14 to 24 Jan | Hamlet by William Shakespeare | Steven O Shea |
2014 | ||
5 to 11 Dec | The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Anderson - adapted by Andrew Allen | Andrew Allen |
11 Oct to 8 Nov | Hay Fever by Noel Coward | Gerry McCrudden |
3 to 11 Oct | Amongst Barbarians by Michael Wall | Sean Lippett-Fall |
18 to 26 July | Decade by various playwrights | Kirsty Elmer |
20 to 28 June | The Herbal Bed by Peter Whelan | Tamsin Fraser |
23 to 31 May | Not About Heroes by Stephen MacDonald | Jerry Lyne |
2 to 17 May | Hedwig and the Angry Inch by James Cameron Mitchell | Frank Leon |
21 to 29 March |
The End of the Beginning by Sean O’Casey (1st Production in the refurbished Theatre Upstairs) |
Rod Lewis |
21 Feb to 1 Mar | The Winslow Boy by Terence Rattigan | Gerry McCrudden |
17 to 25 Jan | Old Times by Harold Pinter | Steven O’Shea |
2013 | ||
20 & 21 Dec | Christmas Improv | |
6 to 14 Dec | 10 Minute Play Competition | Various |
1 to 9 Nov | God of Carnage by Yasmina Reza | Ulrike Schilling |
4 to 12 Oct | Double Bill - Seagulls and Hearts Desire by Caryl Churchill | Felicity Clements & Ian Black |
20 to 27 July | The Building | Devised by Sarah Davies |
22 to 29 June | Double Bill - The Lover & Celebration by Harold Pinter | Kevin Moore & Tim McQuillen Wright |
28 May to 1 Jun | A Beginning, A Muddle and An End | Improvisation by Andrew Allen |
5 May | Frogmore Poets 30th Birthday | |
4 to 18 May | No Exit by Jean Paul Sartre | Louise Gregory |
11 to 12 April | Underneath the Lintel by Glen Berger | D James Newton |
30 Mar to 6 Apr | Boston Marriage by David Mamet | Jerry Lyne |
23 Feb to 2 Mar | How to Disappear Completely and Never be Found by Fin Kennedy | Ian Black |
19 to 26 Jan | Double Bill - Far Away & Seven Jewish Children by Caryl Churchill | Tamsin Fraser / Strat Mastoris |
2012 | ||
6 to 9 Dec | Hansel and Gretel by Helen Nelder | Helen Nelder |
9 to 17 Nov | The Price by Arthur Miller | Rod Lewis |
19 to 20 Oct | Three Kinds of Me by Sarah Charsley | Andrew Allen |
6 to 13 Oct | Biloxi Blues by Neil Simon | Gerry McCrudden |
14 to 21 July | 10 Minute Play Competition | Various |
16 to 23 June | Medea by Euripedes - translated byTom Paulin | Andrew Allen |
25 to 26 May | Once upon a time in Brighton | Devised by Sarah Charsley |
5 to 19 May | A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams | Mark Wilson |
31 Mar to 7 April | The Rise and Fall of Little Voice by Jim Cartwright | Pat Boxall |
16 Mar | Wizzle and Mince - (Jim Cartwright) | Ollie Donovan |
18 to 25 Feb | The Permanent Way by David Hare | Kirsty Elmer |
21 to 28 Jan | Kvetch by Steven Berkoff | Steven O’Shea |
6 Jan | Beginnings and Resolutions | |
2011 | ||
10 to 17 Dec | Talking Dog | Devised by Sarah Davies |
19 to 26 Nov | Iron by Rona Munro | Jerry Lyne |
4 Nov | NVT Titter | |
22 to 29 Oct | Love Letters by AR Gurney | Strat Mastoris |
1 to 8 Oct | The Servant by Robin Maugham | Ken Potter |
27 to 29 July | Connection Unsecure: Continue? | Devised by Izzy MacKenzie & Mark Wilson |
16 to 23 July | Woman in Mind by Alan Ayckbourn | Pat Boxall |
24 to 25 June | Crimes Against Humanities Teachers | Andy Thomas |
25 to 30 May | Four Play by Andrew Allen | Andrew Allen |
7 to 21 May | All my Sons by Arthur Miller | James Newton |
7 to 29 May | Artists Open House | |
26 Mar to 2 Apr |
Double Bill – Fake by Michael Graney & Lie with Me by Steve Coulson |
Arwen Williams & Steve Coulson / Uli Schilling |
5 to 12 Mar | The Well by Jonathan Brown | Jonathan Brown |
11 Feb | Love’s Labour’s Lost - Short Fiction | |
22 to 29 Jan | Speed the Plow by David Mamet | Steven O’Shea |
2010 | ||
4 to 11 Dec | The Steamie by Tim Roper | Leanne McKenzie |
19 Nov | Into the Dark – Short Story Reading | |
6 to 13 Nov | Gaby Goes Global by Judy Upton | Ian Black |
22 Oct | Poetry South East | |
15 Oct | NVT Titter2 | |
2 to 9 Oct | Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck | Tim McQuillen Wright |
23 July | Being Julie Jepson | |
19 to 26 June | A View From the Bridge by Arthur Miller | Mark Wilson |
5 Jun | Finishing The Picture - Charlotte Pugh | |
23 May | Miller Retrospective | Ollie Donovan |
13 to 22 May | End Game by Samuel Beckett | Mark Green |
1 to 30 May | Artists Open House | |
30 Apr to 8 May | Icarus | Devised by Uli Schilling |
27 Mar to 3 Apr | Breaking the Code by Hugh Whitemore | Suzie Dole |
5 Mar | NVT Titter - Comedy Night | |
20 to 27 Feb | Dancing at Lughnasa by Brian Friel | Gerry McCrudden |
5 Feb | From The Heart - Valentines Short Stories | |
29 Jan | Frogmore Poets | |
16 to 23 Jan |
The Ugly One by Marius von Mayenburg & Your Face Your Fortune |
Mike Stubbs, Tamar Daly & Sara Popova |
2009 | ||
5 to 12 Dec | The Lying Kind by Anthony Neilson | Ian Black |
7 to 14 Nov | Bold Girls by Rona Munro | Jerry Lyne |
10 to 17 Oct | Art by Yasmina Reza | Tim McQuillen Wright |
4 to 6 Sept | Intimate Encounters | Devised by Uli Schilling |
8 to 11 July | Mlle Y | Tamar Daly & Mike Stubbs |
20 to 27 Jun |
Double Bill – The Maids & Deathwatch by Jean Genet |
Strat Mastoris |
19 to 14 May |
Double Bill – The Real Inspector Hound & After Magritte by Tom Stoppard |
Mark Wilson & Martin Nicholls |
2 to 16 May | Festen by David Eldridge | Pat Boxall |
28 Mar to 4 Apr | Beauty Within | Devised by Uli Schilling |
21 to 28 Feb | Five kinds of Silence by Shelagh Stephenson | Kirsty Harbon |
27 to 28 Jan | Being Frank by Calolm MacGregor | Calolm MacGregor |
23 to 24 Jan |
Double Bill – The Therapists & The Therapists Strike Back by Andy Thomas |
Andy Thomas |
2008 |
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13 to 21 Dec | It’s a Wonderful Life - adapted by Gerry McCrudden | Gerry McCrudden & Mike Stubbs |
2 to 6 Dec | The Man who was Hamlet |
Vital Theatre Company |
22 to 29 Nov | True West by Sam Shepard | Calolm Mac Gregor |
25 Oct to 1 Nov | What all the Rabbits are Doing by Zoe Hinks | Sabotage Theatre Co |
19 to 26 Jul | Three Tall Women by Edward Albee | Ian Black |
21 to 28 Jun | The Anniversary by Bill Mc Illwrath | Jerry Lyne |
20 to 25 May | Intimate Encounters | Devised Uli Schilling |
3 to 17 May | Mojo by Jez Butterworth | Frank McCabe |
26 Mar to 5 Apr | Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen | Helen Caton |
21 to 23 Feb | Frankie says Laugh - Improvisation | |
26 Jan to 2 Feb | Strangers on a Train by Craig Warner | Pat Boxall |
2007 | ||
15 to 22 Dec | Plays for Coarse Actors by Michael Green | Brandon McGuire |
10 to 17 Nov |
Double Bill - Shakers by John Godber & Jane Thornton & Bouncers by John Godber |
Louise Gregory & Mark Green |
29 Sep to 6 Oct | A Number by Caryl Churchill | Strat Mastoris |
21 to 28 July | Our Country’s Good by T. Wertenbaker | Mark Wilson |
23 to 30 June | Splendour by Abi Morgan | John Norris |
22 to 27 May | American Buffalo by David Mamet | James Newton |
5 to 19 May | Richard III by William Shakespeare | Martin Nichols |
24 to 31 Mar |
Double Bill – The Interview & Agape’s Excess by Robert Hamilton |
Helen Caton & Susan Moss |
17 to 24 Feb | Bone by John Donnelly | Anita Sullivan |
20 to 27 Jan | Dinner by Moira Buffini | Carl Boardman |
2006 | ||
2 to 9 Dec | Outlying Islands by David Greig | Nicholas Richards |
11 Nov | Sunny Days by Peter Poole - (rehearsed reading) | Susan Moss |
4 Nov | A Rational Death by Gareth Buckell - (rehearsed reading) | Strat Mastoris |
28 Oct | Being Frank by Calolm MacGregor - (rehearsed reading) | Nicholas Richards |
14 to 21 Oct | The Memory of Water by Shelagh Stephenson | Alex McQuillen Wright |
8 & 9 Sep | The Breeze and I | |
22 to 29 July |
Double Bill – Still Life by Noel Coward & Between Mouthfuls by Alan Ayckbourn |
Alex McQuillen Wright / Chris Nunn |
22 to 24 June | Short Plays by Richard Allden & various | |
23 to 28 May | The Therapists by Andy Thomas | Andy Thomas |
6 to 20 May | A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare | Carl Boardman |
8 to 15 April | The Beauty Queen of Leenane by Martin McDonagh | Pat Boxall |
18 to 25 Mar | Grimm Tales by Carol Ann Duffy ( Adapt by Tim Supple) - Youth Theatre | Nick Beeby |
25 Feb to 4 Mar | Blue Remembered Hills by Dennis Potter | Cheryl Brown |
21 Jan to 4 Feb |
Through the Wormhole by Eleanor Gamper | Nik Hedges |
2005 | ||
8 to 10 Dec | Dream Play | Dreams Leap Company |
22 Nov | The Alchemist by Danny Bradshaw | |
12 to 19 Nov | Cosi by Louis Nowra | Jet Tattersall |
16 to 23 July | Amadeus by Peter Shaffer | Mark Wilson |
4 June | Derek Mason Tribute Evening | |
3 June | The Therapists by Andy Thomas - Rehearsed Reading | Andy Thomas |
17 to 22 May |
The Weir by Conor McPherson - (last production in the Theatre Upstairs before refurbishment) |
Pat Boxall |
30 Apr to 14 May | Hard Times by Charles Dickens - adapted by Frank McCabe | Martin Nichols |
5 to 9 April | Thin Walls by Anita Sullivan | Anita Sullivan |
10 to 13 Mar | ‘17’ by Michael Gow - (Youth Theatre Production) | Nick Beeby |
19 to 26 Feb | The Prisoner of Second Avenue by Neil Simon | Alex Epps |
4 Feb | ILL Duce by Mike Graney | Mike Graney |
22 to 29 Jan | The Duchess of Malfi by John Webster | Nik Hedges |
2004 | ||
11 to 18 Dec | Another Country by Julian Mitchell | Laura Bennett |
13 to 20 Nov | What I just Shot by Helen Nelder | Helen Nelder |
30 to 31 Oct | She left her hat on the table by David Mowatt | Paola Dionisotti |
16 to 23 Oct | Dealing with Clair by Martin Crimp | Karl Rhys |
18 to 25 Sept | Copenhagen by Michael Frayn | Carl Boardman |
17 to 24 July | The Birthday Party by Harold Pinter | Pat Boxall |
29 Jun to 3 July | Jump by David Allen | David Allen |
18 to 29 May | Talk by Mark Wilson - (Sweetspot) | Emma Kilbey |
1 to 15 May | The Crucible by Arthur Miller | Mark Wilson |
27 Mar to 3 Apr | The Good Woman of Setzuan by Bertold Brecht - Youth Theatre | Nick Beeby |
6 to 20 Mar | Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare | Martin Nichols |
14 to 21 Feb | The Night Heron by Jez Butterworth | J P Calderwood / Andy Costello |
17 to 31 Jan | The Last Resort by Eleanor Gamper & Nik Hedges | Eleanor Gamper & Nik Hedges |
2003 | ||
9 to 13 Dec | Beyond Therapy by Christoper Duvary | Vicky Neath |
28 to 29 Nov | Hotbed / Acting Class Showcase | |
15 to 22 Nov | Fool for Love by Sam Shephard | Jerry Lyne |
21 to 25 Oct | Freakshow by Anita Sullivan | Anita Sullivan |
27 Sep to 4 Oct | Not about Heroes by Stephen Macdonald | Alex Epps |
19 to 20 Sept | The Death of Nelson by Robert Cohen | Emma Gustafsson |
26 Jul to 2 Aug | Just Whores by Anita Sullivan | Anita Sullivan |
28 Jun to 5 Jul | Confusions by Alan Ayckbourn - Youth Theatre | Hannah Price & Suzie Walker |
7 to 14 Jun | The House of Bernardo Alba by Frederico Garcia Lorca | Martin Nichols |
20 to 31 May | On The Verge by Eric Overmyer | Sweetspot Theatre |
3 to 10 May | Oleanna by David Mamet | Pat Boxall |
8 to 15 March | Macbeth by William Shakespeare | Mark Wilson |
8 to 15 Feb | Making Noises Quietly by Robert Holman | Hannah Price |
18 to 25 Jan | The Last Yankee by Arthur Miller | Martin Nichols |
2002 | ||
3 to 6 Dec | Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer | Varndean School Production |
16 to 30 Nov | The Fastest Clock in the Universe by Philip Ridley | Sweetspot Production |
2 to 9 Nov | Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov | Tony Scola |
12 to 19 Oct | W@rn by Helen Nelder | Helen Nelder |
21 to 28 Sept | When I was a girl I used to Scream and Shout by Sharman MacDonald | Tony Jaffe |
27 July | Scandals | Toby Collins |
15 Jul to 4 Aug | Tape by Stephen Belber | APE Production |
6 to 13 July | The Misanthrope by Moliere | Martin Nichols |
29 Jun | The Lodger by Jenny Pulling | Hotbed Production |
18 to 22 June | Hot Shorts Showcase | Hotbed Production |
7 to 8 June | The Homecoming by Harold Pinter | 1066 Theatre Company Production |
13 to 19 May | The American Clock by Arthur Miller | Mark Wilson |
6 to 19 May | Blavatsky’s Tower by Moira Buffini | Sweetspot Production |
4 to 11 May | After Juliet by Sharman MacDonald (Youth Theatre) | Clare Polkey |
26 to 27 April | Blithe Spirit by Noel Coward | Brighton College Production |
20 April | Designing Genes by Caroline Adams | Hotbed Production |
11 to 18 April | The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams | Carl Boardman |
23 Feb to 2 Mar | The Woman by Edward Bond | Martin Nichols |
9 Feb | Frail Blood by Giles Cole | Hotbed Production |
12 Jan | St Brendan’s Men by John O’Donaghue | Hotbed Production |
2001 | ||
19 to 22 Dec | Descent by Michael Graney | Mike Graney & Mark Solomon |
15 Dec | The Unsuitable by Peter Poole | Hotbed Production |
4 to 8 Dec | Blavatsky’s Tower by Moira Buffin | Sweetspot Production |
24 Nov to 1 Dec | The Accrington Pals by Peter Whelan | Tony Scola |
17 Nov | Fantail Doves by Eliza Wyatt | Hotbed Production |
3 Nov | The Reckoning by Andrew Woodward | Hotbed Production |
20 to 27 Oct | Silence & Limelight by Toby Collins (For Diana Beall) | Toby Collins |
6 Oct | Houston, We Have a Problem by Malcolm Lowry | Hotbed Production |
2 to 3 Oct | The Government Inspector by Gogol | |
22 to 29 Sept | Monumental by Anita Sullivan | June Rowe |
21 to 27 July | La Gloria by Mark Wilson | Martin Nichols & June Rowe |
23 to 30 Jun | Curtains by Stephen Bill | Jean Francis |
21 to 26 May | The Woman Who Washed Her Knickers by Jenny Pulling & A Tale of Two Todgers by Brian Behan | Martin Nicholls |
14 to 19 May | Dealers Choice by Patrick Marber | Lisa Fulthorpe |
5 to 12 May | Kes by Lawrence Till (Youth Theatre) | Clare Polkey |
4 to 7 Apr | Hot Shorts 3 | |
24 to 31 Mar | Sexual Perversity in Chicago by David Mamet | Mark Wilson |
17 to 24 Feb | Betrayal by Harold Pinter | Jim Calderwood |
20 to 27 Jan | Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare | Dermot Keaney |
2000 | ||
9 to 16 Dec | The Talented Mr Ripley by Phyllis Nagy | Karl Rhys |
4 to 18 Nov | Risk by Toby Collins | Toby Collins |
18 to 21 Oct | Hot Shorts 2 | Hotbed Production |
12 to 19 Aug | Cloud Nine by Caryl Churchill | June Rowe |
15 to 22 July | Death of A Salesman by Arthur Miller | Martin Nicholls |
17 to 24 Jun | W@rn by Helen Nelder | Helen Nelder |
22 to 27 May | Just Whores by Anita Hickmore | Anita Hickmore |
15 to 20 May | At the Inland Sea by Edward Bond | Mark Wilson |
6 to 12 May | Love and Understanding by Joe Penhall | Frank Swift |
8 to 15 Apr | A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen | Dermot Keaney |
March | Ten Minute Plays | |
March | Hotshots | |
16 to 17 Mar | Old Tyme Music Hall | Tony Jaffe |
26 Feb to 4 Mar | King Lear by William Shakespeare | Martin Nicholls |
22 to 29 Jan | Assassins by Stephen Sondheim & John Weidman | Toby Collins |
1999 | ||
15 to 18 Dec | The Green Millennium (NVT Youth Theatre) | |
20 to 27 Nov | Water & The Lover | |
11 to 18 Sept | Just Whores by Anita Hickmore | |
14 to 21 Aug | The Chalk Garden by Enid Bagnold | Jean Francis |
17 to 24 July | Still Let me Sleep by Robert Cohen | Robert Cohen |
19 to 22 June | Easter by August Strindberg | Reg Jinks |
22 to 26 May | Faith Healer by Brian Friel | Martin Nichols |
17 to 19 May | Still Life by Sue Long | Cindy Oswin |
11 to 15 May | Triple Bill - Actor, Harry’s Christmas, Dog by Steven Berkoff | Jenny Knight |
1 to 8 May | All’s Well that ends well by William Shakespeare | Frank Swift |
20 to 27 Mar | Bazaar And Rummage by Sue Townsend | |
13 to 20 Feb | Archangels Don’t play Pinball by Dario Fo | |
16 to 23 Jan | The Hour of the Lynx by Olov Enquist | Dermot Keany |
1998 | ||
12 & 13 Dec | Suitcase - Devised (Youth Group) | N.Hoare & B Mackay Green |
14 to 29 Nov | Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens adapted by Frank Swift | Martin Nichols |
12 to 19 Sep | Billy Bishop Goes to War by John Gray & Eric Peterson | Katie Brownings |
1 to 8 Aug | The Changeling by Middleton & Rowley | |
8 to 16 Aug | My Mother Said I Never Should by Charlotte Keatley | Jane Barraclough |
20 to 27 Jun | Social Climbers by Roger Hall | Barry Hewlett-Davies and Jean Francis |
12 to 16 May | Decadence by Stephen Berkof | |
2 to 9 May | Festival Comedians by Trevor Griffiths | |
21 to 28 Mar | A Woman of no Importance by Oscar Wilde | |
7 to 14 Feb | Orphans by Lyle Kessler | |
1997 | ||
13 to 20 Dec | What the Butler saw by Joe Orton | |
1 to 8 Nov | Progress by Doug Lucie | Frank Swift |
13 to 20 Sep | After the Fall by Arthur Miller | Martin Nicholls |
2 to 8 Aug | Bouncers by John Godber (our first Midnight matinee due to audience demand) | Katie Brownings |
21 to 28 Jun | Ladies in Retirement by E.Percy & R Denham | Jean Francis |
3 to 11 May | Festival Week; Hamlet by Shakespeare & Moscow Stations by S. Mulrine | Martin Nicholls |
15 to 22 Mar | I Thought I Heard a Rustling by Alan Plater | Barry Hewlett-Davies |
1 to 8 Feb | Steel Magnolias by Robert Harding | Tony Brownings & Pat Boxall |
1996 | ||
7 to 21 Dec | The Winter’s Tale by Shakespeare | Martin Nicholls, Frank Swift,Jane Barraclough |
7 to 14 Sep | True Faith by Frank Swift | Frank Swift |
3 to 10 Aug | Round and Round the Garden by Alan Ayckbourn | |
23 to 29 Jun | Death and the Maiden by Ariel Dorfman | |
May | Approaching Darkness by Chris Maguire | Chris Maguire |
30 Mar to 6 Apr | The Cemetery Club by Ivan Menchell | Martin Nicholls |
24 Feb to 2 Mar | Accidental Death of an Anarchist by Dario Fo | Richard Mc Kendrick |
20 to 27 Jan | Talking Heads by Alan Bennett (Amateur Premiere) | Barry Hewlett-Davies |
1995 | ||
9 to 23 Dec | Twelfth Night by Shakespeare | Chris Maguire |
21 to 28 Oct | Nasty Neighbours by Debbie Isitt | Tony Brownings |
9 to 16 Sep | Dancing at Lughnasa by Brian Friel | Pat Boxall |
5 to 12 Aug | Arms and the Man by Bernard Shaw | Dennis Evans |
24 Jun to 1 Jul | Playing Sinatra by Bernard Kops | Martin Nichols |
6 to 20 May | Then he kissed me by Philip Goulding | Tony Loveless |
18 to 25 Mar | The Ride down Mount Morgan by Arthur Miller | Reg Jinks and Barry Hewlett-Davies |
11 to 18 Feb | Old Times by Harold Pinter | |
7 to 14 Jan | Les Liasions Dangereuses by Christopher Hampton | Richard McKendrick |
1994 | ||
15 to 18 Dec | A Christmas Anthology | |
3 to 10 Dec | Barefoot in the Park by Neil Simon | Pat Boxall |
22 to 29 Oct | Best of Friends by Hugh Whitmore | Dennis Evans & Tony Loveless |
24 Sep to 1 Oct | Blithe Spirit by Noel Coward | Ron Newman, Tony Brownings, Pat Boxall |
6 to 13 Aug | Salt of the Earth by John Godber | Dennis Evans |
25 Jun to 2 Jul | Prin by Andrew Davies | Pat Boxall |
24 to 29 May | Two Way Mirror by Arthur Miller | |
7 to 14 May | The Magic Man by Michael Law | |
19 to 26 Mar | The Rivals by RB Sheridan | Reg Jinks |
12 to 19 Feb | The Business of Murder by Richard Harris | |
8 to 15 Jan | The Black Prince by Iris Murdoch | Harry Atkinson |
1993 | ||
27 Nov to 4 Dec | The Aspern Papers by Henry James | Ron Newman |
16 to 23 Oct | Shakespeare Country by Peter Whelan | Nigel Sharpe |
11 to 18 Sep | Rattle of a Simple Man by Charles Dyer | Robin Catling |
7 to 14 Aug | Henceforward by Alan Ayckbourn | Thomas Everchild |
19 to 26 Jun | Duet for One by Tom Kempinski | Ron Newman |
8 to 15 May | A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Shakespeare | Chris Maguire |
3 to 10 Apr | Lettice and Lovage by Peter Shaffer | Reg Jinks |
27 Feb to 6 Mar | Temptation by Vaclav Havel | Dennis Evans |
23 to 30 Jan | Dial ‘M’ for Murder by Frederick Knott | Nigel Sharpe |
1992 | ||
5 to 12 Dec | Harvey by Mary Chase | Tony Brownings |
24 to 31 Oct | Metamorphosis by Steven Berkoff (also taken to Prague) | Pat Boxall |
12 to 19 Sep | Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen | Robin Potter |
2 to 8 Aug | One for the Road by Willy Russell | |
21 to 27 Jun | Therese Raquin by Emile Zola (L Sands) | Dennis Evans |
7 to 16 May | Dr. Faustus by Christopher Marlowe | Reg Jinks & Chris Maguire |
5 to 11 Apr | Bed by Jim Cartwright | Pat Boxall |
1 to 7 Mar | Turcaret by Alain Rene Lesage | Nigel Sharpe |
19 to 25 Jan | The Deep Blue Sea by Terence Rattigan | Ron Newman |
1991 | ||
8 to 14 Dec | Daisy Pulls it Off by Denise Deegan | Tony Brownings |
20 to 26 Oct | Happy Families by John Godber | Pat Boxall |
8 to 14 Sep | The Kingfisher by W. Douglas Home | Barrie Syder |
4 to 10 Aug | Blue Remembered Hills by Dennis Potter | Nigel Sharpe |
30 Jun to 6 Jul | Butterflies are Free by Leonard Gershe | |
19 to 25 May | Our Town by Thornton Wilder | Sheelagh Baker |
14 to 20 Apr | Treats by Christopher Hampton | Pat Boxall |
3 to 9 Mar | Gimme Shelter by Barrie Keefe | Nicholas Quirke & Barry Syder |
20 to 26 Jan | Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare | John Wilkinson |
1990 | ||
9 to 15 Dec | The Haunted Through Lounge and Recessed Dining Nook at Farndale Castle by McGillivray & Zerlin | Tony Brownings |
28 Oct to 3 Nov | A Scent of Flowers by James Saunders | Hamilton Wilson |
9 to 15 Sep | The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams | Ron Newman |
5 to 11 Aug | The Father by Strindberg/Osborne | Reg Jinks |
1 to 7 Jul | Mary Barnes by David Edgar | John Wilkinson |
27 May to 2 Jun | Holyoake by John Norman | Nigel Sharpe |
22 to 28 Apr | Waters of the Moon by N C Hunter | Beryl Passmore |
11 to 17 Mar | One of Us by Robin Chapman | Derek Mason |
21 to 27 Jan | Time and Again by Alan Ayckbourn | Pat Boxall |
1989 | ||
10 to16 Dec | Charley’s Aunt by Brandon Thomas | Anthony J Brownings |
22 to 28 Oct | Equus by Peter Shaffer | J. Wilkinson |
17 to 23 Sept | Once a Catholic by Mary O’Malley | |
6 to 12 Aug | Say goodnight to Grandma by Colin Welland | |
9 to 15 July | The Golden Pathway Annual by John Harding & John Burrows | Nigel Sharpe |
11 to 17 June | Curtains by Stephen Bill | |
14 to 20 May | Road by Jim Cartright | Tony Brownings |
16 to 22 April | A View from the Bridge by Arthur Miller | Ronald Newman |
5 to 11 Mar | Laugh? I nearly went to Miami by Miles Tredinnick | |
22 to 28 Jan | Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead by Tom Stoppard | John Wilkinson |
1988 | ||
11 to 17 Dec | Confusions by Alan Ayckbourn | |
13 to 19 Nov | Macbeth by William Shakespeare | Pat Boxall |
9 to 15 Oct | Shakers by John Godber | Kate Brownings |
11 to 17 Sep | Veronica’s Room by Ira Levin | |
7 to 13 Aug | Breaking the Silence by Steven Poliakoff | |
17 to 23 July | Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer ( P.Woods) | Nigel Sharpe |
26 Jun to 2 Jul | The Gingerbread Lady by Neil Simon | Ian Middleton |
15 to 21 May | Before Dawn & The Browning Version by Terence Rattigan | Tony Loveless |
3 to 9 Apr | The Farndale Ave Housing Estate Townswomens Guild Dramatic Society Murder Mystery by McGillivray & Zerlin | John Wilkinson |
13 to 19 Mar | The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui by Bertolt Brecht | Richard McKendrick |
21 to 27 Feb | When the Wind Blows by Raymond Briggs | Reg Jinks |
10 to 16 Jan | Lion in Winter by Ronald Newman | |
1987 | ||
13 to 19 Dec | Christmas Bells by A Festive Tapestry | Derek Mason |
15 to 22 Nov | Children of a Lesser God by Mark Medoff | Tony Brownings |
27 Sep to 3 Oct | Present Laughter by Noel Coward | Tony Loveless |
9 to 15 Aug | Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen | Reg Jinks |
28 Jun to 4 July | The Understanding by Angela Huth | Ian Middleton |
17 to 23 May | The Mating Game by Robin Hawdon | |
5 to 11 April | Pack of Lies by Hugh Whitemore | Reg Jinks |
8 to 14 Mar | West by Stephen Berkoff | Nigel Sharpe |
15 to 21 Feb | Agnes of God by John Pielmeier | Tony Loveless |
11 to 17 Jan | As you Like It by William Shakespeare | Derek Mason |
1986 | ||
23 to 29 Nov | Wait until Dark by Frederick Knott | |
19 to 25 Oct | Masterpieces by Sarah Daniels | Pat Boxall |
21 to 27 Sept | The Sunshine Boys by Neil Simon | |
10 to 16 Aug | Stevie by Hugh Whitemore | Reg Jinks |
6 to 12 July | The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde | Vincent Worth |
25 to 31 May | Same time next year by Bernard Slade | |
9 to 11 May | NVT Review | |
20 to 26 April | Dead Ringer by Charles Ross | |
9 to 15 Mar | A Bedfull of Foreigners by Dave Freeman | |
26 Jan to 1 Feb | Brimstone and Treacle by Dennis Potter | Tony Brownings |
1985 | ||
15 to 21 Dec | On Golden Pond by Ernest Thompson | Tony Loveless |
3 to 10 Nov | The Accrington Pals by Peter Whelan | Ian Middleton |
22 to 28 Sept | The Dresser by Ronald Harwood | Nigel Sharpe |
13 to 18 Aug | Dangerous Corner by J B Priestley | Ian Middleton |
9 to 14 July | Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime by Constance Cox | Tony Loveless |
28 May to 2 Jun | Betrayal by Harold Pinter | |
16 to 21 Apr | Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier | Ronald Newman |
5 to 10 Mar | Happy Family by Giles Cooper | |
29 Jan to 3 Feb | A Delicate Balance by Edward Albee | Tony Loveless |
1984 | ||
18 to 23 Dec | Not now Darling by Ray Cooney & John Chapman | Nigel Sharpe |
6 to 11 Nov | Rose by Andrew Davies | Jean Francis |
2 to 7 Oct | Educating Rita by Willy Russell | John Griffiths |
21 to 26 Aug | Joking Apart to Alan Ayckbourn | Tony Loveless |
17 to 22 Jul | The Gentle Hook by Francis Durbridge | |
12 to 17 Jun | When we are Married by J B Priestley | John Griffiths |
1 to 6 May | Whose Life is it Anyway by Brian Clark | Derek Mason |
27 Mar to 1 Apr | Big Bad Mouse by P King & F Cary | Reg Jinks |
21 to 26 Feb | The Caretaker by Harold Pinter | Ian Middleton |
17 to 22 Jan | The Entertainer by John Osborne | Tony Brownings |
1983 | ||
16 to 18 Dec | Christmas Anthology | |
29 Nov to 4 Dec | Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller | Tony Brownings |
11 to 16 Oct | Boeing Boeing by Marc Camolletti & Beverly Cross | Tony Loveless |
23 to 28 Aug | Hay Fever by Noel Coward | Nigel Sharpe |
19 to 24 Jul | Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf by Edward Albee | Tony Loveless |
14 to 19 Jun | The House by the Lake by Hugh Mills | Tony Allen |
10 to 15 May | Home by David Storey | |
5 to 10 Apr | Spring at Marino by Constance Cox | Reg Jinks |
1 to 6 Mar | Notes on a Love Affair by Frank Marcus | Derek Mason |
18 to 23 Jan | Arsenic & Old Lace by Joseph Kesselring | Tony Brownings |
1982 | ||
17 to 19 Dec | A Christmas Anthology | Derek Mason |
30 Nov to 5 Dec | Six for the Charleston by Barry H Hillman | Ian Middleton |
19 to 24 Oct | Suddenly at Home by Francis Durbridge | Ian Middleton |
14 to 19 Sep | Bedroom Farce by Alan Ayckbourn | Ronald Newman |
10 to 15 Aug | A Man about the House by John Perry | Tony Loveless |
29 Jun to 4 Jul | A Man for all Seasons by Robert Bolt | Tony Loveless |
11 to 16 May | Clouds by Michael Frayn | Ian Middleton |
16 to 18 Apr | L’Amante Anglais by Marguerite Duras | Barry Leahy |
23 to 28 Mar | Shut your Eyes and Think of England by J Chapman & A Marriott | Tony Brownings |
2 to 7 Feb | Rain by J Colton & C Randolph | Derek Mason |
8 to 10 Jan | Sound and Vision (a Revue) | Peter Meekings |
1981 | ||
15 to 20 Dec | The passing of the Third floor back by Jerome K Jerome | Barry Leahy |
3 to 8 Nov | Look back in Anger by John Osborne | Tony Allen |
22 to 27 Sep | Filumena by Eduardo de Filippo | Ronald Newman |
11 to 16 Aug | The Birthday Party by Harold Pinter | Ian Middleton |
17 to 19 Jul | In praise of Love by Terence Rattigan | Tony Loveless |
23 to 28 Jun | Ten Times Table by Alan Ayckbourn | Eileen Miller & Tony Allen |
5 to 10 May | Shock by Brian Clemens | Tony Allen |
17 to 22 Mar | And so to bed by J B Fagan | Rosalind Smith |
3 to 8 Feb | And a little love besides by Alan Plater | Derek Mason |
16 to 18 Jan | Abigail’s Party by Mike Leigh | Roz Smith |
1980 | ||
16 to 21 Dec | A Christmas Carol by Dickens | Granville Williams |
11 to 16 Nov | The Family Reunion by T S Eliot | Barry Leahy |
30 Sep to 5 Oct | Move over Mrs Markham by Ray Cooney & John Chapman | Tony Loveless |
19 to 24 Aug | Noah by Andre Obey | |
8 to 13 Jul | The Disorderly Women by John Bowen | Derek Mason |
27 May to 1 Jun | The Edge of darkness by Brian Clemens | Ronald Newman |
25 to 27 Apr | Tearoom with a fan by Jerome Piercy | Jerome Piercy |
8 to 13 Apr | The Bells of Hel by John Mortimer | Sheelagh Baker |
19 to 24 Feb | Alphabetical Order by Michael Frayn | Rosalind Smith |
11 to 13 Jan | Village Wooing by GS Shaw & La Musica | Marguerite Duras |
1979 | ||
18 to 23 Dec | A Christmas Anthology | |
13 to 18 Nov | The Engagement by Fred Partridge | Derek Mason |
25 to 30 Sep | On Monday Next by Philip King | Jerome Piercy |
7 to 12 Aug | Mr Kettle and Mrs Moon by J B Priestley | Derek Mason |
13 to 15 Jul | Images of Childhood - Anthology | |
26 Jun to 1 Jun | Rookery Nook by Ben Travers | Roz Smith |
1 to 3 Jun | The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams | Ron Newman |
15 to 20 May | Lloyd George knew my Father by W .Douglas Home | Constance Cox |
27 to 29 Apr | Old Tyme Music Hall | Granville Williams |
3 to 8 Apr | A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare | Granville Williams |
20 to 25 Feb | Getting On by Alan Bennett | Rosalind Smith |
26 to 28 Jan | Entertaining Mr Sloane by Joe Orton | Granville Williams |
8 to 14 Jan | Virgin Blood by J Piercy & R Jones | Jerome Piercy |
1978 | ||
15 to 17 Dec | A Christmas Anthology | Rosalind Smith |
14 to 19 Nov | The Lady’s not for Burning by Christopher Fry | |
3 to 8 Oct | Absent Friends by Alan Ayckbourn | Eileen Miller |
1 to 3 Sep | The Musical Toadstool Show | Brenda Mason |
15 to 20 Aug | Yellow Sands by E &A Philpots | Rosalind Smith |
27 Jun to 2 Jul | Quality Street by JM Barrie | Granville Williams |
3 to 4 Jun | World War 1 - An Anthology | Barry Leahy |
16 to 21 May | Habeas Corpus by Alan Bennett | Rosalind Smith |
4 to 9 Apr | Wings of the Dove by Christopher Taylor | Brenda Mason |
3 to 5 Mar | Music Hall | Granville Williams |
14 to 19 Feb | Robin Redbreast by John Bowen | Derek Mason |
3 to 8 Jan | Spell of Virtue by CN Gattey & Z Bramley Moore | |
1977 | ||
16 to 18 Dec | Christmas Anthology | |
15 to 20 Nov | The Restless Evil by Charlotte Hastings | Roz Smith |
22 Oct | Photographic Evening | |
4 to 9 Oct | Lysistrata by Aristophenes | Granville Williams |
16 to 17 Sep | Review 77 | John Griffiths |
16 to 21 Aug | I have been here before by J B Priestley | |
5 to 10 Jul | The Crucible by Arthur Miller | |
24 to 29 May | The Real Inspector Hound by Tom Stoppard / Squat Betty by Keith Waterhouse & Willis Hall | Granville Williams & Roz Smith |
12 to 17 Apr | Gigi by Colette and Anita Loos | Ronald Newman |
22 to 27 Feb | Dutch Uncle by Simon Gray | Roz Smith |
11 to 16 Jan | The Tempest by William Shakespeare | Granville Williams |
1976 | ||
16 to 21 Nov | Night Watch by Lucille Fletcher | |
28 Sep to 3 Oct | The Ghost Train by Arnold Ridley | Derek Mason |
10 to 15 Aug | Out of the Crocodile by Giles Cooper | Roz Smith |
4 to 9 May | Come as you Are by John Mortimer | Patricia Penney |
15 to 22 Mar | Son of Man by Dennis Potter | Derek Mason |
27 Jan to 2 Feb | Killing of Sister George by Frank Marcus | Patricia Penney |
1975 | ||
9 to 14 Dec | Who Killed Santa Claus by Terence Feeley | Ian Middleton |
28 Oct to 2 Nov | Dandy Dick by A.W. Pinero | Derek Mason |
2 to 7 Sep | Butterflies are Free by Leonard Gershe | |
29 Jul to 3 Aug | I Have Five Daughters by Marg. McNamara | Ian Middleton |
10 to 15 Jun | After My Fashion by Diana Morgan | Ray Lacey |
22 to 27 Apr | Deep Water by A Graham Phillips | Ronald Newman |
4 to 9 Mar | Double Bill - The Boy with a Cart by Christopher Fry / Overuled by GB Shaw | Patricia Penny & Margaret Corbin |
21 to 26 Jan | One Way Pendulum by N F Simpson | Granville Williams |
1974 | ||
3 to 8 Dec | The Sleeping Prince by Terence Rattigan | |
22 to 27 Oct | Shadow of the Gun by Maurice McLoughlin | |
10 to 15 Sep | The Eagle with Two Heads by Jean Cocteau | |
16 to 21 Jul | Patricia’s Seven Houses by Lajos Biro | A Graham Phillips & Ian Middleton |
4 to 9 June | So Many Children by Gerald Savory | Kay Alexander |
23 to 28 April | Badgers Green by R C Sherriff | Granville Williams |
5 to 10 Mar | Mrs. Warren’s Profession by G B Shaw | Granville Williams |
22 to 27 Jan | Summertime by Ugo Betti | A Graham Phillips |
1973 | ||
4 to 9 Dec | The Peacocks must Go by Dennis Driscoll | A Graham Phillips |
23 to 28 Oct | The Tender Trap by Max Shulman & RP Smith | Ronald Newman |
11 to 16 Sep | Mandragola by Niccolo Machiavelli | Granville Williams |
30 Jul to 5 Aug | The Three Daughters of M. Dupont | A Graham Phillips |
18 to 24 Jun | Chase me Comrade by Ray Cooney | Ian Middleton |
7 to 13 May | Faithfully Yours by Sergio Pugliese | A Graham Phillips |
26 Mar to 1 Apr | Duet for Two Hands by Mary Hayley Bell | Ronald Newman |
12 to 18 Feb | The Cactus Garden by David Campton | A Graham Phillips |
8 to 14 Jan | Anthony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare | A Graham Phillips |
1972 | ||
20 to 26 Nov | Murder for Asking by Derek Benfield | Ian Middleton |
9 to 15 Oct | The Complaisant Lover by Graham Greene | A Graham Phillips |
16 to 22 Aug | Enter a Free Man by Tom Stoppard | A Graham Phillips |
5 to 11 Jul | The Witch of Endor by Val Rieke | A Graham Phillips |
17 to 23 May | Come Blow your Horn by Neil Simon | Ronald Newman |
8 to 13 May | The Life and Death of Almost Everybody by David Campton | A Graham Phillips |
5 to 11 Apr | Cupid Rampant by Percy Corry & A Phoenix Too Frequent by Ch. Fry | Ian Middleton |
16 to 22 Feb | The Pillars of Society by Henrik Ibsen | A Graham Phillips |
1971 | ||
29 Dec to 4 Jan | My Three Angels by S and B Spewak | Patricia Penney |
17 to 23 Nov | Mademoiselle | |
29 Sep to 5 Oct | Leave it to Dinah by Freddie Esbester | |
11 to 17 Aug | The Lion in Winter by James Goldman | Ronald Newman |
30 Jun to 6 Jul | The Life I gave you by Luigi Pirandello | A Graham Phillips |
19 to 25 May | The Anniversary by Bill MacIlwraith | Ian Middleton |
Mar to Apr | Theatreview by A. Graham Phillips | A. Graham Phillips |
6 to 12 Jan | Holy Isle by James Bridie | A. Graham Phillips |
1970 | ||
December | Christmas Anthology 1970 | Patricia Penney & Derek Mason |
11 to 17 Nov | Man and Boy by Terence Rattigan | Ronald Newman |
September | Cul de Sac by Olive Chase & Stanley Clayton | A Graham Phillips |
12 to 18 Aug | The Odd Couple by Neil Simon | Kay Alexander |
24 to 30 Jun | Love’s Labour’s Lost by William Shakespeare | A Graham Phillips |
6 to 12 May | Waiting for Gillian by Ronald Millar | Ronald Newman |
18 to 24 Mar | The Private Eye and the Public Ear by Peter Shaffer | A Graham Phillips |
23 Jan to 3 Feb | Men without Shadows by Jean Paul Sartre | Granville Williams |
1969 |
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20 & 21 Dec | A Christmas Anthology | A Graham Phillips & Pat Penney |
10 to 16 Dec | Sauce for the Gander by Edward Barton | A Graham Phillips |
29 Oct to 4 Nov | Book of the Month by Basil Thomas | Ian Middleton |
10 to 16 Sep | Love in a Mist by Kenneth Horne | |
23 to 29 Jul | The Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov | The Killing of Sister George by Frank Marcus | Entertaining Mr Sloane by Joe Orton | Kay Alexander & A Graham Phillips |
4 to 10 Jun | The Noble Spaniard by W Somerset Maugham | A Graham Phillips |
14 to 15 May | The Hollow Crown by John Barton | Derek Mason |
23 Apr to10 May | The Night of the Iguana by Tennessee Williams | Granville Williams |
5 to 11 Mar | The Joyride by Georgina Reid | A Graham Phillips |
15 to 21 Jan | Murder without Crime by J Lee Thompson | Ian Middleton |
1968 | ||
27 Nov to 3 Dec | The Verge by Susan Glaspell | A Graham Philips |
16 to 22 Oct | I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith | Ronald Newman |
4 to 10 Sep | Squaring the Circle by Valentine Kataev | A Graham Phillips |
24 to 30 Jul | The Blue Goose by Peter Blackmore | A Graham Phillips |
12 to 18 Jun | Montserrat by Emanuel Robles | Ian Middleton |
24 to 30 Apr | Traveller Without Luggage by Jean Anouilh | Many Tongues in Trees | A day in the Death of Joe Egg by Peter Nichols | A Graham Phillips & A Reading |
13 to 19 Mar | The Irregular Verb to Love by Hugh & Margaret Williams | |
31 Jan to 6 Feb | Rape of the Belt by Benn W Levy | A Graham Phillips |
1967 | ||
13 to 19 Dec | Death takes a Holiday by Alberto Casella | Ronald Newman |
1 to 7 Nov | The Undersigned by Joan Brampton | A Graham Phillips |
20 to 26 Sep | The Corn is Green by Emlyn Williams | Granville Williams |
10 to 15 Aug | The Time of your Life by William Saroyan | A Graham Phillips |
23 to 27 Jun | Candied Peel by Falkland L Cary | |
4 to 9 May | Joy by John Galsworthy | A Graham Phillips |
16 to 21 Mar | Everything in the Garden by Giles Cooper | A Graham Phillips |
26 to 31 Jan | Escapade by Roger MacDougall | |
1966 | ||
8 to 13 Dec | The Two Gentlemen of Verona by William Shakespeare | A Graham Phillips |
27 Oct to 1 Nov | The Living Room by Graham Greene | |
15 to 20 Sep | Out Goes He by O Chase & J Pierson | A Graham Phillips |
4 to 9 Aug | Murder Mistaken by Janet Green | Ian Middleton |
23 to 28 Jun | The Offshore Island by Marghanita Laski | A Graham Phillips |
12 to 17 May | The Hawthorn Tree by Margaret Gibbs | A Graham Phillips |
31 Mar to 5 Apr | A Man’s House by John Drinkwater | |
17 to 22 Feb | The Prisoner by Bridget Boland | |
6 to 11 Jan | Two Stars for Comfort by John Mortimer | |
1965 | ||
18 to 23 Nov | Getting Married by Bernard Shaw | |
7 to 12 Oct | We’ll have Music by G Walsh & N Coton | |
July | The Pinedas Affair by Paolo Levi | |
1 to 6 Apr | The Big Knife by Clifford Odets | Disorder of the Bath by Osbert Mills | Letter from a General by Maurice McLachlin | |
18 to 22 Feb | King Henry V by William Shakespeare | A Graham Phillips |
January | Fools Paradise by Peter Coke | |
1964 | ||
Windmills in the Street by Neil Grant | ||
Lord Arthur Saville’s Crime by Constance Cox | ||
The Party by Jane Arden | ||
The Government Inspector by Nikolai Gogol | ||
Miss Mabel by R C Sherriff | ||
A Touch of the Sun by N C Hunter | ||
Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare | ||
January | Charley’s Aunt by Brandon Thomas | |
1963 | ||
Crime in Store by O Chase & S Clayton | ||
Rollo by Marcel Achad | ||
Chicago by J Barry Roach | ||
11 to 16 Jul | A Shred of Evidence by R C Sherriff | |
May | The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare | A Graham Phillips |
Object Matrimony by Joan Brampton | ||
Object Matrimony by Joan Brampton | ||
10 to 16 Jan | Flowering Cherry by Robert Bolt | Kay Alexander |
1962 | ||
November | The Seagull by Anton Chekhov | A Graham Phillips |
The Happy Marriage by John Clements | ||
23 to 28 Aug | Last in – First Out by John Leyin | |
12 to 17 Jul | A Priest in the Family by K Tunnery & J Synge | |
And no Birds Sing by J Laird & J Fernald | ||
Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare | ||
March | Triple Bill by Neil Grant | A Graham Phillips |
January | Breath of Spring by Peter Coke | |
1961 | ||
November | Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekov | A Graham Phillips |
October | Lot’s Wife by Peter Blackmore | |
24 to 29 Aug | The Long Mirror by J B Priestley | A Graham Phillips |
July | Mate in Three by L du Garde Peach | Kay Alexander |
May | Double Jeopardy by O Chase & S Clayton | |
April | A Resounding Tinkle by NF Simpson | Liberation by N.Holland | The Proposal by Anton Chekhov | A Graham Phillips |
13 to 18 Apr | Dusty Ermine by Neil Grant | |
February | Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare | A Graham Phillips |
January | Hippo Dancing by Robert Morley | |
1960 | ||
27 Nov | Cupids Antics by A Graham Phillips | A Graham Phillips |
10 Nov | Blind Fury by Parnell Bradbury | |
29 Sep | Who Lies There? by Philip Johnson | A Graham Phillips |
August | The Gaye Affair by J Barry Roach | A Graham Phillips |
9 Jun | Exit Julian Herrick by Joan Brampton | |
May | The Beauty Makers by N B Lamont | A Graham Phillips |
The Telescope by R C Sherriff | A Graham Phillips | |
The Man with a load of mischie by Ashley Dukes | ||
The Rivals by RB Sheridan | A Graham Phillips | |
1959 | ||
Misery Me by Dennis Cannan | ||
3 Sep | The Well of the Saints by J M Synge | A. Graham Phillips |
23 Jul | The Constant Wife by W. Somerset Maugham | A. Graham Phillips |
June | The Golden Fleece by J B Priestley | A. Graham Phillips |
16 Apr | Touch of Fear by Dorothy C. Christie | Kay Alexander |
27 Feb | The Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen | Ronald Newman |
9 Jan | Tomorrow’s Child by John Coates | Ian Middleton |
1958 | ||
November | The Burning Glass by Charles Morgan (This was the first production in the Main Theatre) | A Graham Phillips |
August | Upstairs and Downstairs by Alison Mc Master | |
1 to 3 May | Crown Derby by Joan Brampton | |
February | Light of Heart by Emlyn Williams | Ronald Newman |
January | The Dover Road by AA Milne | |
1957 | ||
October | A Winter’s Tale by William Shakespeare | A Graham Phillips |
September | The Evergreens by Margaret Gibbs | |
August | Deep Water by A Graham Phillips | A Graham Phillips |
June | Judgement Day by Elmer Rice | A Graham Phillips & Derek Mason |
June | He sits by the melting pot by Kaj Munk & Norman Ginsbury | |
February | She passed Through Lorraine by Lionel Hale | |
1956 | ||
November | The Devil’s Plaything by Parnell Bradbury | |
Three Plays by Sussex Authors | ||
August | Restoration Piece by Joan Brampton | A Graham Phillips |
June | Sabrina Fair by Samuel Taylor | A Graham Phillips |
March | Miracle at Manassas | |
1 to 3 Mar | Tons of Money by Evans & Valentine | A Graham Phillips |
1955 | ||
1 to 3 Dec | A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde | A Graham Phillips |
31 Aug to 3 Sep | Summer Day’s Dream; J B Priestley | |
11 to 16 Jul | As You Like It by William Shakespeare | Keith Slade & A Graham Phillips |
May | The Come Back by Parnell Bradbury | |
March | Right You Are by Luigi Pirandello | |
January | Ladies For You by Norman Ginsbury | A.Graham Phillips |
1954 | ||
October | Merely Players (One Act Plays) | |
26 to 28 Aug | Winter Sunshine by G A Thomas | |
Many Waters by Monckton Hoffe | ||
March | Mamba by Joan Brampton | |
February | The Simpleton of the Unexpected Isles by George Bernard Shaw | |
1953 | ||
October | Bottoms Up! by A. Graham Phillips | |
27 to 29 Aug | And so ad infinitum by The Brothers Capek | |
26 to 27 Jun | The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare | |
23 to 25 Apr | The gift of Ko Feng by Joan Brampton | |
February | Two Dozen Red Roses by Kenneth Horne | |
1952 | ||
December | The Day is Gone by W.C. Strode | |
23 to 25 Oct | Peeps at the Plays - One Act plays | |
4 to 6 Sep | The Tempest by William Shakespeare | |
May | Death takes a Holiday by Alberto Casella | |
April | Robert’s Wife by St John Ervine | |
February | Deep Water by A. Graham Philips | |
January | A Trip to Scarborough by R B Sheridan | |
1951 | ||
I’ll leave it to you; Noel Coward | ||
31 Aug & 1 Sep | Dear Brutus by J M Barrie | |
June | The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare | |
13 & 14 April | Storm in a Paint Pot by Margaret Gibbs | |
23 & 24 Feb | They walk alone by Max Catto | |
5 & 6 Jan | To have the honour by A.A.Milne | |
1950 | ||
27 & 28 Aug | Angry Dust by Parnell Bradbury | |
29 & 30 Aug | Much ado about nothing by William Shakespeare | |
12 & 13 May | The Sword of Heaven by Eileen Lelliot | |
31 Mar & 1 Apr | The Constant Wife by Somerset Maugham | |
2 & 3 Feb | Candida by George Bernard Shaw | |
1949 | ||
16 & 17 Dec | Mr.Pim Passes By by A.A.Milne | |
15 & 24 Nov | Mixed Doubles by Philip Berry | |
28 & 29 Oct | The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare | |
1948 | ||
January | Where all roads meet by Parnell Bradbury | |
1947 | ||
November | The Late Mr Laverick by Robert Norwood | A. Graham Phillips |