NVT Archives
The New Venture Theatre in Bedford Place, Brighton has been in existence since the 1950s. Prior to this the group was known as The Brighton and Hove Players, who staged productions in various locations.
Over the years we have accumulated a vast amount of information, images and documentation of the theatre, productions etc. We are in the process of archiving this information and, where possible, creating digital copies. Over the coming months we will create an online archive here for members and non-members to share with us some of the events that have taken place at the New Venture Theatre over those years.
Below are links to various aspects of these archives and more will appear as the process continues. If you have any programmes, photos or other memories of past productions that you would be happy to share with us please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. He would be delighted to hear from you.
Here is a listing of our productions back to November 1947:
Date | Production | Director |
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2022 | ||
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 & Viv & 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 & 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 | Anne 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? 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 |
Sept | Richard The Third (Rehearsed reading) By William Shakespeare | Scott Roberts |
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 |
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 | The God of Carnage by Yasmina Reza | Ulrike Schilling |
19 Oct | Reopening of Main Theatre | |
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 Insecure 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 - Adaptation 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 by Robert Hamilton & 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 | Prodigious Splash 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 Main Theatre) |
Pat Boxall |
30 Apr to 14 May | Hard Times by Charles Dickens - (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 |
4 Feb | ILL Duce by Mike Graney | Mike Graney |
19 to 26 Feb | The Prisoner of Second Avenue by Neil Simon | Alex Epps |
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 | Anthony 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 | Gerald Sexton |
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 | |
18 to 22 June | Hot Shorts Showcase | |
7 to 8 June | The Homecoming by Harold Pinter | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 |
This archive will be added to over the coming months | ||
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 |