Past Productions

Each year we perform 3 plays and a Christmas pantomime. As you can see, our plays range from
contemporary comedies to tense thrillers, from ‘Whodunits’ to period classics.
Click on the Year links to see photos of our more recent and older productions.

2010
The Foreigner by Larry Schue
Chase Me Up farndale Avenue S’il Vous Plais by David McGillivray & Walter Zerlin Jnr
Blithe Spirit by Noel Coward

2009
Tons Of Money
September Tide by Daphne du Maurier
A Chorus of Disapproval by Alan Ayckbourn

2008
Bouncers Re-mixed by John Godber
A Better You by Mark C Bourne
The Dresser by Ronald Harwood

2007
Habeas Corpus by Alan Bennett
Secondary Cause of Death (sequel to the 2005 play “Murdered to Death”) by Peter Gordon
Find the Lady by Michael Pertwee

2006
Tom Jones by Joan MacAlpine
The Shop at Sly Corner by Edward Percy
Two one-act plays – Ways and Means / Red Peppers by Noel Coward

2005
Abigail’s Party by Mike Leigh
Murdered to Death by Peter Gordon
The Memory of Water by Shelagh Stephenson

2004
Bums on Seats by Michael Snelgrove
Anybody For Murder? by Brian Clemens & Dennis Spooner
The Odd Couple (Female version) by Neil Simon

2003
Bell, Book and Candle by John van Druten
Haywire by Eric Chappell
The Importance of being Earnest by Oscar Wilde

2002
The Restless Evil by Charlotte Hastings
Situation Comedy
by Johnnie Mortimer & Brian Cooke
Dead of Night by Peter Whalley

2001
Cash on Delivery by Michael Cooney
Down to Brass Tacks by Derek Benfield
Separate Tables by Terence Rattigan

2000
Sand Castles by Bob Larbey
Tiptoe through the Tombstones by Norman Robbins

1999
Family Planning by Frank Vickery
Steel Magnolias by Robert Harling
Murder in Company by Philip King & John Boland

1998
The Cabinet Minister by Arthur Wing Pinero
The haunted through lounge and recessed dining nook at Farndale Castle by David McGillivray & Walter Zerlin Jnr
California Suite by Neil Simon

1997
Ladies in Retirement by Edward Percy & Reginald Denham
Look No Hans by John Chapman & Michael Pertwee
Suddenly at Home by Francis Durbridge

1996
There goes the Bride by Ray Cooney & John Chapman
An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde
We found love and an exquisite set of Porcelain Figures aboard the SS Farndale Avenue by David McGillivray & Walter Zerlin Jnr

1995
Trivial Pursuits by Frank Vickery
Intent to Murder by Leslie Sands
Eden End by J.B.Priestley

1994
Run for your Wife by Ray Cooney
The Provoked Wife y John Vanbrugh
Cat’s Cradle by Leslie Sands

1993
A Doll’s House by Albert Pia from Henrik Ibsen
Local Affairs by Richard Harris
Jane Eyre

1992
Key for Two by John Chapman & David Freeman
Tomb with a View by Norman Robbins
The Prisoner of Second Avenue by Neil Simon

1991
Confusions by Alan Ayckbourn
Pack of Lies by Hugh Whitemore
You can’t take it with you by Moss Hart & George S. Kaufman

1990
The Anniversary by Bill MacIlwraith
Farndale Ave. Housing Estate… by David McGillivray & Walter Zerlin Jnr
Private Lives by Noel Coward

1989
An Inspector Calls by J.B.Priestley
Sailor Beware by Philip King & Cary Falkland
Children’s Day by Keith Waterhouse & Willis Hall

1988
Blithe Spirit by Noel Coward
When we are Married by J.B.Priestley
Round and Round the Garden by Alan Ayckbourn

1987
Outside Edge by Richard Harris
Last of the Red Hot Lovers by Neil Simon
She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith

1986
Born in the Gardens by Peter Nichols
Taking Steps by Alan Ayckbourn
I have been here before by J.B.Priestley

1985
Filomena by Keith Waterhouse & Willis Hall
Celebration by Keith Waterhouse & Willis Hall
The Winslow Boy by Terence Rattigan

1984
Living Together by Alan Ayckbourn
Semi-Detached by David Turner
The Odd Couple by Neil Simon

1983
The Schoolmistress by Arthur Wing Pinero
Time and Time Again by Alan Ayckbourn
Accrington Pals by Peter Whelan

1982
Barefoot in the Park by Neil Simon
Best of Friends by Hugh Whitemore
Bedroom Farce by Alan Ayckbourn

1981
Bright Society by Cherry Vooght
St Patrick’s day
The Happiest Days of your Life by John Dighton
Ten Times Table by Alan Ayckbourn

1980
Dry Rot by John Chapman
Party to Murder by Marcia Kash & Douglas E. Hughes
Spring and Port Wine by Bill Naughton

1979
Hobson’s Choice by Harold Brighouse
Boeing Boeing b y Marc Camoletti from Beverley Cross
Gaslight by Patrick Hamilton

1978
Charley’s Aunt by Brandon Thomas
Absurd Person Singular by Alan Ayckbourn
Trap for a Lonely Man by Robert Thomas trans Lucienne Hill & John Sutro

1977
And so to Bed by J.B.Fagan
Cock-a-doodle Doo by Wilson Barnes
My Giddy Aunt by Ray Cooney & John Chapman

1976
How the Other Half Loves by Alan Ayckbourn
Wanted – One Body! by Charles Dyer

1975
Hay Fever b y Noel Coward
Woman in a Dressing Gown by Ted Willis
The Cure for Love by Walter Greenwood

1974
Home and Beauty by W. Somerset Maugham
Pink String and Sealing Wax by Rowland Pertwee

1973
I’ll get my Man by Philip Kng
The School for Scandal by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Plaza Suite by Neil Simon

1972
Close the Coalhouse Door by Alan Plater & Sid Chaplin & Alex Glasgow
Waiting in the Wings by Noel Coward
Relatively Speaking by Alan Ayckbourn

1971
Bonaventure by Charlotte Hastings
When we are Married by J.B.Priestley
The Whole Truth by Ray Jenkins

1970
Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw
The Bride and the Bachelor by Ronald Millar
Pomfret, Oh Pomfret

1969
Billy Liar by Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall
The Skin of our Teeth by Thornton Wilder
The Admirable Crichton by J.M.Barrie

1968
Man Alive by John Dighton
Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas

1967
The House of Bernada Alba by Federico Garcia Lorca trans Gwynne Edwards
The Cat and the Canary by John Willard

1966
Hindle Wakes by Stanley Houghton
Harvey by Mary Chase
All Things Bright and Beautiful by Keith Waterhouse & Willis Hall

1965
Arms and the Man by George Bernard Shaw
Farewell, Farewell Eugene by John Vari & Rodney Ackland
Double Image by Ted Allen

1964
Rape of the Belt by Benn W Levy
Separate Tables by Terrence Rattigan
The Noble Spaniard by Thomas Dekker

1963
The Devil’s Disciple by George Bernard Shaw
Why not tonight? by C.Strafford-Dickens
Waiting for Gillian by Ronald Millar

1962
Celebration by Keith Waterhouse & Willis Hall
Fool’s Paradise by Peter Coke

1961
Anastasia by Guy Bolton – from Marcelle Maurette
Young Wives’ Tale by Ronald Jeans
Breath of Spring by Peter Coke

1960
Something to Hide by Leslie Sands
A Likely Tale
The Lady Purrs by Ted Willis

1959
The Chalk Garden by Enid Bagnold
Sailor Beware by Philip King & Cary Falkland
The Importance of being Earnest by Oscar Wilde

1958
Night must Fall by Emlyn Williams
Waters of the Moon by N.C.Hunter

1957
Haul for the Shore by Jean McConnell
Sabrina Fair by Samuel Taylor

1956
Murder Mistaken by Janet Green
Relative Values by Noel Coward
This was a Woman by David Wood
Four One Act Plays

1955
Job for the Boy by Dennis Driscoll
A Lady Mislaid by Kenneth Horne

1954
Charity Begins
Corinth House by Pamela Hansford Johnson

1953
This Happy Breed by Noel Coward
A Murder has been Arranged by Emlyn Williams

1952
If this be Error
Fly Away Peter by A.P.Dearsley

1951
Bonaventure by Charlotte Hastings
Blithe Spirit by Noel Coward
Quiet Weekend by Esther McCracken

1950
Time and the Conways by J.B.Priestley
School for Spinsters by Rowland Pertwee
Is your honeymoon really necessary? by E.V.Tidmarsh

1949
Quiet Wedding by Esther McCracken & Terence Rattigan

1946-48
One Act Plays