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 developing listing of our productions back to November 1947:
| Date | Production | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | ||
| 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 | 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 |
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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 Women 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 | This archive will be added to over the coming weeks |