History

We’re proud of our 50 year history, and here is a list of previous productions spanning those years.

2022

19th – 23rd July Everyman (Dan Segeth)

7th – 11th June Bouncing Back (Ian Holding-Sutton)

26th – 30th April Yes, Prime Minister (Catherine Kenton, Jenny Ormrod)

8th – 12th March Nuclear War (Richard Dawes, Laura Hill)

1st – 5th February The Wind in the Willows (Chelmsford Drama Centre)

2021

1st – 4th & 8th – 11th December It’s A Wonderful Life! (Caroline Froy, Iain Holding-Sutton)

19th – 23rd October A Wrong Turn Down Memory Lane (John Mabey)

31st August – 4th September Ladies Down Under (Christine Davidson)

2020

10th – 14th March Constellations (Ria Milton)

6th – 9th January Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (Chelmsford Drama Centre)

2019

11 – 14th & 18 – 21st December The Flint Street Nativity (Rachel Curren & Stephanie Yorke-Edwards)

12th – 16th November The House of Barnada Alba (Richard Dawes)

2nd – 6th July Lilies on the Land (Mark Preston)

4th – 8th June Sexual Perversity in Chicago (John Mabey)

30th April – 4th May The Bible: The Complete Word of God (Abridged) (Sally Ransom with Keith Newman)

2nd – 6th April The Gut Girls (Leanne Young with Iain Holding-Sutton)

27th February – 9th March One Man, Two Guvnors (Tom Tull)

2018

4th December – 15th December A Christmas Carol (Iain Holding-Sutton with Corrine Woodgate)

30th October – 3rd November The Pride (Ria Milton with Rachel Curren)

2nd – 6th October A Bunch Of Amateurs (Rob Whitfield with Kat Tokley)

10th – 14th July Wish List (Ria Milton)

5th – 9th June Ladies’ Day (Christine Davidson)

25th – 28th April & 2nd – 5th May Terry Pratchett’s The Fifth Elephant (Mark Preston)

20th – 24th March Bothered & Bewildered (Sally Ransom)

13th – 17th February Mad Forest (Tom Tull)

10th – 13th January I’ll Be Back Before Midnight (Jacob Burtenshaw)

5th – 16th December The Merry Wives Of Windsor (Peter Jeary)

31st October – 4th November The House Of Dracula (Ian Holding-Sutton)

5th – 7th October Animal Farm: A Dramatised Reading (Rob Whitfield)

25th – 29th July Casa Valentina (Rebecca Segeth)

20th – 24th June Handbagged (Lynne Foster)

16th – 20th May One Day When We Were Young (Ria Milton)

5th – 15th April Harvey (Jade Flack)

28th February – 4th March 4:48 Psychosis (Richard Dawes)

24th – 28th January Love, Loss And What I Wore (Sally Ransom)

7th – 10th & 14th 17th December 2016 Gaslight (Christine Davidson)

1st – 5th November 2016 The Unvarnished Truth (Caroline Froy)

27th September – 1st October 2016 The Unexpected Guest (Ian Holding-Sutton)

2nd – 6th August 2016 Mr Kolpert (Richard Dawes)

28th June – 2nd July 2016 The Compleat Female Stage Beauty (Christine Davidson)

24th – 28th May 2016 Birdland (Ian Willingham and Danny Segeth)

19th – 23rd April 2016 Sarcophagus (Dave Hawkes)

9th – 12th & 16th – 19th March 2016 Mort (Lynne Foster)

26th – 30th January 2016 The Vagina Monologues (Sally Ransom)

9th – 12th and 16th – 19th December Sweeney Todd – The Musical (Catherine Bailey)

27th – 31st October The Turn of the Screw (Jacob Burtenshaw)

15th – 19th September The Ghost Train (Iain Sutton-Holding)

28th July – 1st August Midsummer (Lynne Foster)

23rd – 27th June Stags and Hens (Iain and Steve Sutton-Holding)

26th – 30th May Earthquakes in London (Danny Segeth)

15th – 18th & 22nd – 25th April Wyrd Sisters (Mark Preston)

2nd – 7th March And Then There Were None (Joe Kennedy & Alex Houlton)

20th – 24th January No Sex Please, We’re British (John Mabey)

9th – 13th and 16th – 20th December 2014 Blackadder’s Christmas Carol (Dean Hempstead)

28th October – 1st November 2014 The Haunting of Hill House (Jake Burtenshaw)

16th – 20th September 2014 The Birds (Mike Nower)

29th July – 2nd August 2014 Suddenly Last Summer (Kelly McGibney)

7th, 13th – 14th June 2014 Out There (Danny Segeth)

14th – 17th & 21st – 24th May 2014 Blood Brothers – The Play (Christine Davidson)

8th – 12th April 2014 Dirty Butterfly (Jake Burtenshaw)

4th – 8th March 2014 Hello/Goodbye (Mike & Sara Nower)

28th January – 1st February 2014 My Night with Reg (John Mabey)

16th – 20th December 2013 Happy Savages (Emma Moriaty)

6th – 9th & 13th – 16th November 2013 Hamlet (Lynne & Mick Foster)

4th & 5th October 2013 Beneath Still Waters (Katherine Hempstead) Co-production with Mad Apple Collective at the High Chelmer Shopping Centre

24th – 28th September 2013 Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Joe Kennedy)

30th July – 3rd August 2013 Holding The Man (Tonio Ellis)

25th – 29th June 2013 Frost/Nixon (Mark Preston)

21st – 25th May 2013 Shakers (Joe Kennedy)

17th – 20th & 24 – 27th April 2013 The Complete Works of William Shakespeare – Abridged (Emma Moriaty)

13 – 16th March 2013 Blackbird (Mike and Sara Nower)

29th Jan – 1st February 2013 The Insanity of Mary Girard (Kelly McGibney)

18th – 22nd December 2012 The Odd Couple (James Christie)

7th – 11th & 14th – 18th November 2012 Blackadder Goes Forth

(Dean Hempstead & Ben Fraser)

26^th-29^th Sept, 3^rd-6^th Oct 2012 Anne Boleyn (Christine Davidson)

24^th-28^th July 2012 The Laramie Project (Kelly McGibney)

13^th-16^th, 20^th-23^rd June2012 Macbeth (Lynne and Mick Foster)

25^th-28^thAp, 2^nd– 5^thMay 2012 Bouncers (Jenny Almond & Catherine

Kenton)

13^th-17^th March 2012 Oedipus the King (Dean & Kat Hempstead)

7^th -11^th February 2012 Man and Boy(Mike Nower)

13^th-17^th December 2011 My Cousin Rachel (Christine Davidson)

15^th-19^th November 2011 Jekyll and Hyde (Debbie Miles)

27^th-30^th Sept, 1^st 0ct. 2011 The Government Inspector (Danny Segeth)

26^th-30^th July, 4^th-6^th Aug 2011 Closer (Joe Kennedy)

16^th-18^th, 22^nd-25^th June 2011 She Stoops to Conquer (Christine Davidson)

5^th-7^th, 11^th-14^th May 2011 Travesties (Peter & Lois Jeary)

15^th-19^th March 2011 Blackadder the Third (Dean Hempstead)

1^st-5^th February 2011 Out in the Garden (Lynne Foster)

14^th-18^th December 2010 The Lion in Winter (Mike Nower)

2^nd-6^th November 2010 The Arsonists (Danny Segeth)

23^rd-25^th, 28^th-31^stSeptember, The Picture of Dorian Gray (Joe

1^st-2^nd October 2010 Kennedy)

22^nd-24^th July 2010 The Dog In The Manger (Christine Davidson)

15^th-19^th June 2010 Scarborough/Ae Fond Kiss (Lynne Foster)

18^th-20^th May 2010 World’s End (Sara Nower)

8^th-19^th, 14^th-17^th April 2010 Steel Magnolias (Catherine Kenton & Jenny Almond)

24^th-27^th Feb, 3^rd-6^th Mar 2010 Romeo & Juliet (Beth Walters)

20^th-23^rd January 2010 Shirley Valentine (Steve Holding)

9^th-12^th, 15^th-19^th Dec 2009 The Importance Of Being Earnest (Mark Preston)

21^st-24^th, 28^th-31^st Nov 2009 Dracula (Danny Segeth & Dean Hempstead)

9^th-11^th September 2009 Relatively Speaking (Mike Nower)

21^st-25^th July 2009 Breaking The Code (Mike & Sara Nower)

18^th-20^th, 25^th-27^th June 2009 Marat/Sade (John Hunt)

19^th-23^rd May 2009 Boom Bang-A-Bang (Joe Kennedy)

21^st-25^th April 2009 A Taste Of Honey (Vince Webb)

11^th-14^th,18^th-21^st Mar 2009 Blackadder II (Dean Hempstead)

24^th– 29^th January 2009 Gormenghast (Mark Preston)

10^th-13th, 17^th-20^th Dec 2008 Kind Hearts& Coronets (Christine Davidson)

9^th-11^th, 15^th-18^th Oct 2008 The Glass Menagerie (Raynor Hendon-Bragg)

22^nd-26^th July 2008 Silly Cow (Vince Webb)

24^th-28th June 2008 The Last Days of Don Juan (Alison Woollard)

20^th-24^th May 2008 Art (Christine Davidson)

24^th-26^thApril, 1^st-3^rd May Teechers (Catherine Kenton and Jenny

2008 Almond)

18^th-22^nd March 2008 The Deep Blue Sea (Nick Gulvin)

12^th-16^th February 2008 The Maids (Keith Hiscox)

18^th-22^nd December 2007 The Exorcism (Mike & Sara Nower)

20^th-24^th November 2007 The Canterville Ghost (Danny Segeth)

10^th-13^th October 2007 An Inspector Calls (Joe Kennedy)

18^th-21^st, 25^th-28^th July 2007 A Streetcar Named Desire (Steve Holding)

22^nd-26^th May 2007 The Dice House (Mike & Sara Nower)

18^th-21^st, 25^th-28^th April 2007 Terry Prachett’s Carpe Jugulum (Mark Preston)

6^th-10^th March 2007 Oleanna (Keith Hiscox)

30^th-31^st Jan, 1^st-3^rd Feb 2007 Betrayal (Nick Gulvin)

19^th-23^rd December 2006 Look No Hans (Vince Webb)

7^th-11^th November 2006 Someone who’ll Watch Over Me (Lynne Foster)

10^th-14^th October 2006 Blithe Spirit (Mike Nower)

13^th-15^th, 19^th-22^nd July 2006 The Crucible (Joe Kennedy)

8^th-10^th, 15^th-18^th June 2006 The Shape of Things (Mike and Sara Nower)

4^th-6^th, 10^th-13^th May 2006 Abigail’s Party (Catherine Kenton, Jenny Almond &Steve Holding

25^th-25^th, 30^th-31^st Mar 2006 Duet for One (Mike Nower)

9^th-11^th, 15^th-18^th Feb 2006 Loot (Steve Holding & Gary Ball)

20^th-23^rd, 27^th-31^st Dec 2005 Terry Pratchett’s Maskerade (Mark Preston)

10^th-12^th, 16^th-19^th Nov 2005 An Experiment With An Airpump (John Hunt)

29^th -30^th July 2005 Our War (Owen Jones & Jo Cope)

28^th-30^th June, 1^st-2^nd July Amadeus (Steve Holding)

31^stMay, 1^st-4^thJune, 2005 Abducting Diana (Matthew Fish)

3^rd-7^th May 2005 Decadence (Chris Piper)

29^th March-April 2^nd2005 The Winslow Boy (Jo Cope)

1^st-5^th March 2005 The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists (Dave Hawkes)

20^th-22^nd, 27^th-29^thJan 2005 Commedia dell ‘Arte (Simon Ratcliffe)

25^th-27^th November 2004 Mixed Messages – CTW Youth Theatre(Peter Jeary)

26^th-30^th October 2004 An Evening with Gary Lineker (Debbie Miles)

30^thSept – 2^nd October 2004 Animal Farm [a dramatic reading](Rob Whitfield)

24^th-25^th September 2004 John Paul’s Last Mission (Greg Whitehead, with Mark Bland & Harry Carr)

17^th-21^st August 2004 CTW Festival Youth Theatre ? Summer Confusions / Songs and Plays

Blokes’ Bits – a take on Shakespeare (Jo Butler & Sophie Cater)

?? Sherlock Holmes Night. Soireé? (Roger Johnson)?

20^th-25^thJuly 2004 Children of a Lesser God (Dave Hawkes)

22^nd-26^thJune 2004 Further than the Furthest Thing (Mark Preston)

25^{th –}29^th May 2004 East (Chris Piper)

27^th April-1^st May 2004 Much Ado about Nothing (Jo Cope)

9^th-13^thMarch 2004 Educating Rita (Steve Holding and Debbie Miles)

11^th-14^th February 2004 Not About Heroes (Sophie Cater)

1^st-3^rdJan 2004 The Hobbit (Greg Whitehead)

26^th-27^th Dec, 30^th Dec, The Hobbit (Greg Whitehead)

16^th-20^th, 23^rd-24^th Dec 2003

11^{th –}15^th November 2003 Secret Bridesmaids’ Business (Simon Ratcliffe)

14^th-18^thOctober 2003 Under Milk Wood (Ivor Jeavons)

19^th–23^rd, 29^th-30^thPride and Prejudice (Jane Hunt &

August 2003 Lindsay Lloyd. Also at Hylands House.)

15^{th –}19^th July 2003 Mash (Peter Jeary)

17^th-21^stJune 2003 Popcorn (Steve Holding & Rob Whitfield)

13^th-17^th May 2003 The Golden Fleece (Jane Hunt)

15^th-19^thApril 2003 Bazaar and Rummage (Greg Whitehead)

18^th-22^ndMarch 2003 Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime (Mark Preston)

18^th-22^nd February 2003 Richard III (Sophie Cater)

2^nd-4^th January 2003, Charley’s Aunt (Allison Tibbatts & Jane Hunt)

19^th-21^st, 26^th-28^th Dec 2002 Charley’s Aunt (Allison Tibbatts & Jane Hunt)

12^th-16^th November 2002 Absent Friends (Andrew Winmill)

22^nd-26^th October 2002 A Few Good Men (Duncan Cramphorn)

16^th-20^th July 2002 The Life of Death (John Hunt)

18^th-22^nd June 2002 The School for Scandal (Jim Crozier)

21^st-25^th May 2002 Brimstone and Treacle (Steve Holding & Neil Bateman)

23^rd-27^th April 2002 Beautiful Thing (Becky Ashton)

26^th-30^th March 2002 King Lear (Greg Whitehead)

19^th-23^rd February 2002 Picasso at The Lapin Agile (Allison Tibbatts & Peter Jeary)

18^th-22^nd, 26^th-29^th The Magical Land of Green Ginger

December 2001 (John Richardson)

21^st-24^th November 2001 To Kill a Mockingbird [CTW Youth Theatre] (Greg Whitehead)

23^rd-27^thOctober 2001 Nunsense (Jane Hunt)

27^th-29^th September 2001 Talking Heads (Jackie Horne)

10^th-14^th July 2001 The Love of A Nightingale (Greg Whitehead)

22^nd-26^th May 2001 Journey’s End (Jim Crozier)

24^th-28^th April 2001 Moll Flanders (John & Jane Hunt)

27^th-31^st March 2001 Of Mice and Men (David Madams)

27^th-28^th Feb, 1^st-3^rdMar. 2001 Torch Song Trilogy (Jane Hunt)

23^rd-27^th January 2001 The Winter’s Tale (Martin Final)

12^th-16^th December 2000 Stags and Hens (Duncan Cramphorn)

8^th-11^th November 2000 The Crucible [CTW Youth Theatre]Greg Whitehead)

5^th-14^th October 2000 CTW Festival

5^th-7th Victor (Derek Scales)

12^th-14th At Last The Day (John Hunt)

12^th-14th Sunrise (Steve Holding)

18^th-22^nd July 2000 One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest (Steve Holding & Duncan Cramphorn)

21^st-24^th June 2000 Blue Remembered Hills (Jo Butler)

16^th-20^th,23^rd-27^th May 2000 Terry Pratchett’s Lords and Ladies (Mark Preston)

11^th-15^th April 2000 The Elephant Man (Sophie Cater)

15^th-18^th March 2000 Summer Day’s Dream (Ben Tuff)

16^th-19^th February 2000 Spirit of Man Trilogy (Chris Piper)

14^th-18^th, 21^st-24^th Dec. 1999 A Christmas Carol (Jane Hunt)

17^th-20^th November 1999 Accidental Death of an Anarchist (Greg Whitehead)

21^st-23^rd October 1999 Effie (Laurie Keen)

22^nd-25^th September 1999 The Insurance Man (Peter Jeary)

31^st July 1999 An Evening with Thomas Hardy, soirée (Sylvia Hardy)

16^th-17^th, 21^st-24th July 1999 Moll Flanders (John & Jane Hunt)

23^rd-26^th June 1999 Juno and the Paycock (Mark Hammond)

19^th-22^nd May 1999 The Rainmaker (Derek Scales)

21^st-24^th April 1999 Steel Magnolias (Jo Butler & Becky Ashton)

24^th-27^th March 1999 Greek (Sophie Cater)

23^rd-27^th Feb 1999 The Merchant of Venice (Matthew Rowe)

26^th Dec 1998-2^nd Jan 1999 Terry Pratchett’s Men at Arms (Mark Preston)

22^nd-23^rd Dec 1998 Terry Pratchett’s Men at Arms

11^th-14^thNovember 1998 Death and The Maiden (Chris Piper)

22^nd-24^thOctober 1998 Winners and Losers (Shelia Lauder)

23^rd-26^thSeptember 1998 Equus (Steve Holding)

1^st August 1998 An Evening With Noel Coward, soirée (Jackie Horne)

14^th-18^th July 1998 The Threepenny Opera (Chris Piper)

17^th-20^th June 1998 A Month of Sundays (Derek Scales)

20^th-23^rd May 1998 Cider with Rosie (Jane & Rick Smith)

22^nd-25^th April 1998 A Chekov Trilogy: the Bear; The Proposal; The Anniversary (Sophie Cater & Sian Perrot)

26^th-28^th March 1998 Talking to Nancy (Jane Hunt??) / A Spot of R and R (Mark Preston)

24^th-28^th February 1998 Macbeth (Alison Woollard)

16-20, 26-27 Dec 1997 Cabaret (Jackie Horne)

6 December 1997 In The Bleak Midwinter, soirée (Alison Woollard)

30^th October – 1^st Nov 1997 An Evening with Dracula (Roger Johnson)

22^nd-25^thOctober 1997 Bouncers (Jane Hunt & Neil Tollfree)

25^th-27^th September 1997 Friends and Family (Mick Morris)

16^th-19^thJuly 1997 Building Blocks (Ken Rolf)

28^th-31^st May 1997 Antigone (Matthew Rowe)

22^nd-26^th April 1997 Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Steve Holding)

19^th-22^nd March 1997 Prin (Derek Scales)

25^th Feb. -1^st March 1997 Romeo and Juliet (Jackie Horne)

24^th-25^th January 1997 An Evening with Oscar Wilde (Jannie Ireland)

10^th-14^th,17^th–21^stDec. 1996 Nicholas Nickleby (Lisa Kendal & John Pile?)

8^thNovember 1996 War War,soirée (Derek Scales)

23^rd-26^th October 1996 As Is (Peter Fowler)

19^th-21^st September 1996 An Evening with Jane Austen, soirée (Jackie Horne)

16^th-20^thJuly 1996 Little Shop of Horrors ( John & Jane Hunt)

18^th-22^nd June 1996 No Big Deal (Jackie Horne)

8^th-11^th May 1996 Dancing at Lughnasa (Peter Redman)

27^th-30^th March 1996 84 Charing Cross Road (Ken Rolf)

20^th-24^th February 1996 Twelfth Night (Jackie Horne & Alison Woollard)

24^th-27^th January 1996 Trick of the Mind (Peter Fowler?/Sue Windos?)

2^nd-6^th January 1996 Terry Pratchett’s Interesting Times (Tim Hatcher & Gill McCutcheon)

19^th-23^rd, 26^th-30^th Dec. 1995 Terry Pratchett’s Interesting Times (Tim Hatcher & Gill McCutcheon)

22^nd-25^th November 1995 Schippel The Plumber (Derek Scales. Musical Director: Margaret Rolf))

24^th-28^th October 1995 Pygmalion (Sophie Cater)

29^th-30^th September 1995 Pleasure and Repentance (Jackie Horne. Festival venues)

22^nd-26^th August 1995 Trafford Tanzi(Glen Barnwell)

12^th-15^th July 1995 The House of Bernada Alba (Helen Raine)

20^th-24^thJune 1995 Tom Jones (Alison Woollard)

10^th-13^th May 1995 Waiting for Godot (Sophie Cater)

28^th March-1^st April 1995 Julius Caesar (Jackie Horne)

21^st-25^th February 1995 Whose Life Is It Anyway? (Jane & John Hunt?)

24^th-28^th January 1995 Beyond Reasonable Doubt (Ron Ibbotson)

13^th-17^th, 28^th-31^st Dec 1994 Terry Pratchett’s Wyrd Sisters (Tim Hatcher)

16^{th –}19^th November 1994 Shadowlands (Ken Rolf)

18^th-22^nd October 1994 Look Back In Anger (Peter Redman)

7^th-10^th September 1994 Below The Belt (Sophie Cater)

27^th-30^th July 1994 Trafford Tanzi(Glen Barnwell)

11^th-14^th May 1994 Nice Dorothy (Jackie Horne)

4^th-5^th, 7^th May 1994 Waiting for Godot (Jackie Horne & Sophie Cater)

22^nd-26^th February 1994 The Tempest (Alasdair Duncan)

8^th-10^th December 1993 Can’t Stand Up For Falling Down (Helen Raine)

3^rd-6th November 1993 Night Must Fall (Joe Morris)

23^rd-26^th June 1993 A Woman of No Importance

7^th-10^th April 1993 The Passion Play (Neil Arbon)

28^th-30^th January 1993 Top Girls (Jackie Horne)

10^th-11^th December 1992 The Hamelin Incident

21^st-24^th October 1992 Our Town (Helen Raine)

18^th-20^th June 1992 The Happy Apple (Karen Boggan or David Madams?)

May 1992 Evening of Poetry

25^th-28^th March 1992 Hard Times (Alison Woollard)

27^th-30^th November 1991 Our Country’s Good (Alison Woollard? Mick Morris)

?? September 1991 Rockafella [Youth production](Terry ??)

25^th-28^th September 1991 Bent (Helen Raine)

26^th-29^th June 1991 Much Ado About Nothing (Jackie Horne. )

24^th-27^th April 1991 Up ‘n’ Under (Neil Arbon)

20^th-23^rd March 1991 Woman In Mind (Patricia Lee)

19^th-22^nd December 1990 A Christmas Carol [CTW Youth Theatre]

17^th-20^th October 1990 Loot (Rita Ronn)

18^th-21^st July 1990 Epsom Downs (Helen Raine)

?? May 1990 A Proper Little Nooryeff (Neil Arbon & Helen Raine??)

14^th-17^th February 1990 A Family Affair (David Madams?? Trish Stevens??)

29^th-30^th November & 1^st-2^nd Daisy Pulls It Off (Alison Woollard and

December 1989 Veronica Dodson)

18^th-21^st October 1989 Time and the Conways (David Madams)

15^th-16^th September 1989 Skirmishes & September in the Rain (Veronica Dodson & Alison Woollard)

4^th-8^th July 1989 The Dark of the Moon (Jackie Horne)

19^th-21^st April 1989 Middle Age Spread (Sheila Lauder)

17^th-21^st January 1989 Entertaining Strangers (Neil Arbon)

9^th-10^th December 1988 Out For the Count & Perfection City

[CTW Youth Theatre]

9^th-12^th November 1988 Death of a Salesman (Helen Raine)

14^th-15^th October 1988 Shakers

6^th-9^th July 1988 Agnes of God (Ken Rolf)

27^th-30^th April 1988 An Inspector Calls (Patricia Lee)

5^th-9^th January 1988 The Hired Man (Neil Arbon)

10^th-12^th December 1987 The Winter’s Tale [CTW Youth Theatre]

4^th-7^th November 1987 Kean (Alison Woollard)

1^st-4^th July 1987 A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Peter Greene)

29^th-30^th Ap &1^st-2^nd May1987 Pack Of Lies (Margaret Simmonds)

23^rd-28^th February 1987 Candleford (Neil Arbon)

12^th-13^th December 1986 Christmas Stuffing: poetry, prose, music (Rita Ronn)

26^{th –}29^th November 1986 Amadeus (Ken Rolf)

24^{th –}27^th September 1986 The Glass Menagerie (David Madams)

14^{th –}19^thJuly 1986 Lark Rise (Neil Arbon)

7^{th –}10^th May 1986 Ghosts (Mike Phillips)

19^th-22^nd February 1986 Present Laughter (Jane Valentine)

13^{th –}16^th November 1985 The Deep Blue Sea (Patricia Lee)

21^st September 1985 London: poetry, prose, music(Rita Ronn)

n.b. Old Court closed for building work during part of 1985, re-opening on 21.9.85.

22^nd -24^th November 1984 The Accrington Pals (Margaret Simmonds. Cramphorn Theatre)

15^th – 19^th October 1984 Came Christianity to an Eastern Shore (Eddie McKay)

4^th -7^th July 1984 She Stoops to Conquer (Rita Ronn)

25^th -28^th April 1984 The Making of Moo (Alan Wood)

29^th Febrary-3^rd March 1984 All Over (Martin Walsh)

4^th -7^th January 1984 Habeus Corpus (Bob George)

19^th-22^nd October 1983 A Voyage Round My Father (Karen

Boggan)

29^th June- 2^nd July 1983 What the Butler Saw (Sheila Lauder)

20^th – 23^rd April 1983 A Doll’s House (David Madams)

23^rd-26^th February 1983 Close the Coalhouse Door (Bob

George)

1^st January 1983 Alice Through the Looking Glass (John Petre)

29^th-31^st Dec. 1982 Alice Through the Looking Glass (John Petre)

20^th-23^rd October 1982 Rose (Margaret Simmonds)

June/July1982 Abigail’s Party [2 nights for members and guests](Mike Phillips)

30^th June-3^rd July 1982 Saint Joan (Mick Morris)

22^nd April 1982 Whateverisit (??. Junior Festival)

22^nd April 1982 The Sea-King’s Daughter (Cyril Crooke. Junior Festival)

14^th-17^th April 1982 or May? Doctor Faustus (Diane Watson)

April 1982?? All Over (Martin Walsh)

24^th-27^th February 1982 The Sea (Rita Ronn)

1^st-2^nd January 1982 The Tale of the Red Dragon [CTW and CTW Youth Theatre] (Karen Boggan & Mag Phillips)

30^th-31^st December 1981 The Tale of the Red Dragon [CTW & CTW Youth Theatre] (Karen Boggan & Mag Phillips)

18^th-21^st November 1981 The Heiress (Philip Linney)

1^{st –}3^rd October 1981 Arsenic and Old Lace [CTW Youth Theatre](Tony Winn)

1^{st –}4^thJuly 1981 or 83? The Diary of Anne Frank (Margaret Simmonds)

7^th May 1981 The Generation Gap: poetry, prose, music (Rita Ronn)

27^th April 1981 The Glass Menagerie (David Madams?)

23^{rd –}25^thApril 1981 Our Town, Junior Theatre Workshop.(David Madams)

15^th, 16^th, 18^thApril 1981 Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (Stephen Tucker)

11^{th –}14^th February 1981 Forget-Me-Not Lane (Karen Boggan)

1^{st –}3^rdJanuary 1981 Keep Smilin’ Thro’ (Eddie McKay)

13^th-15^th November 1980 The Devil in Summer

13^th-15^th November 1980 The Browning Version

22^nd-25^th October 1980 Marching Song (Mike Phillips)

9^th-12^th July 1980 The Importance of Being Earnest (Philip Linney)

7^th-10^th May 1980 The Good Soldier Schweik (David Madams)

9^th-12^th April 1980 The Caucasian Chalk Circle [CTW Youth Theatre] (Tony Winn)

27^th-28^th February 1980 The Family Dance (Margaret Simmonds)

28^th-29^th December 1979 Music Hall Evening (Eddie Mckay)

Was this the first production at The Old Court??

27^th-30^th Nov. & 1^st Dec. 1979 King Lear (Guy Wilson & Stephen Tucker, Sillett Barn)

26^th-29^th September 1979 Relatively Speaking

4^th-7^th July 1979 Charley’s Aunt (Eddie McKay. Civic)

18^th May 1979 Little Brother Little Sister [Junior Theatre Workshop] (Tony Winn. Sillett Barn.)

25^th-28^thApril 1979 Uncle Vanya (David Madams. Sillett Barn)

17^th-18^th January 1979 The Thwarting of Baron Bolligrew (Stephen Tucker. Sillett Barn)

16^th-17^th December1978 The Journey of the Magi [Junior Theatre Workshop](Eddie McKay)

9^th-11^th November 1978 Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Mike Phillips. Sillett Barn)

25^th-27^th May 1978 A Bequest to the Nation (David Middleditch. Civic Theatre)

13^th-15^th April & 11^th-12^th Crippen and Other ‘Orrible Murders

August 1978 (Eddie McKay. Sillett Barn & Edinburgh Festival)

17^th – 19^th November 1977 J.B. (Mike Phillips. Sillett Barn)

21^st – 22^nd October 1977 The Hollow Crown (Guy Wilson. Sillett Barn)

22^nd – 23^rd July 1977 Mystery Plays (David Middleditch. Chelmsford Cathedral grounds and All Saints’ Church grounds, Writtle),

26^th – 28^th May 1977 Billy Liar (Wendy Walder. Civic Theatre)

27^th – 30^th April 1977 The Threepenny Opera [Festival production] (Eddie McKay. Civic Theatre)

20^th – 22^nd April 1977 The Royal Hunt of the Sun [Festival production](Jackie Horne. Civic Theatre.)

3-5^th March 1977 Home (David Middleditch. Sillett Barn)

26^th February 1977 CTW-Chelmsford Weekly News Poetry Competition(Sillett Barn)

11^th December 1976 After Magritte (Sheila Lauder) /Dead Letter (Diana George. Sillett Barn)

18^th – 20^th November 1976 The Devil’s Disciple (Mike Phillips, Sillett Barn)

22^nd-23^rd October 1976 Liberty Bell – American Poetry and Music(Guy Wilson. Sillett Barn)

9^th-10^th July 1976 Love, Cherish and Obey (Janet Mileham. Sillett Barn)

2^nd – 3^rd July 1976 Midsummer Mummers [Cathedral Folk Festival: drama & dance](Jackie Horne. Grounds of Guy Harlings.)

13^th– 15^thMay 1976 Hobson’s Choice (Eddie Mckay. Civic Theatre)

11^th– 13^thMarch 1976 Rashomon (Mike Phillips. Rainsford

School)

10^th January 1976 Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs (?)

30^thDec. 1975 & 1^st January Happy Days / A Land Fit for

Heroes [Poetry & song](David Middleditch, Sillett Barn)

13^th-15^th November 1975 Lysistrata (Mick Morris)

11^th October 1975 The Doomsday Show (Peter McKay) &

The Private Ear (Derek Scales)

10^th-12^th July 1975 Twelfth Night [Festival production](Murray MacLaren. Civic Theatre)

25^th – 26^th June 1975 Elizabethan Tapestry [poetry and song] (Jo Moorby/Spencer. Music: David Middleditch. Sillett Barn)

13^th-14^th June 1975 Shakespeare’s Women (David Madams; compiled by Eddie McKay. Sillett Barn)

30^th April, 1^st May 1975 Poor Kids [Junior Theatre Workshop](Eddie Mckay.Rainsford School)

8^th March 1975 Murder in the Cathedral (Thaxted Church)

26^th-27^th Feb, 1^st Mar. 1975 Murder in the Cathedral (Jackie

Horne, Chelmsford Cathedral – commissioned by the Bishop of Chelmsford)

January 1975 Little Red Riding Hood (Eddie McKay)

December 1974 Little Red Riding Hood (Eddie McKay)

December 1974 Poetry in a Pub

5^th-7^th Dec. 1974 A Day in the Death of Joe Egg (Alan Wood)

19^th October 1974 The Room & Dock Brief (Mick Morris?? Sillett Barn)

11^th-13^th July, 1974 Vivat! Vivat Regina! (Eddie McKay. Civic Theatre)

3^rd-4^th May 1974 Mother Courage [Festival production]

(Ron Smith & Patricia Lee.Civic Theatre)

30^th March 1974 The New Tenant (Cyril Bagshaw) &

A Resounding Tinkle (Jan Mileham. Sillett Barn)

February 1974 Lady Audley’s Secret (Diana George. YMCA Hall)

1^st-3^rd November 1973 The Seagull (David Madams)

5^th – 7^th July 1973 Loot (Murray MacLaren)

1973 The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Eddie McKay. Civic Theatre)

17^th-19^th April 1973 Passion Play, written by Jackie Horne. (Jackie Horne, Cathedral.)

Sleeping Beauty (Des Brashaw)

13^th-14^th December 1973 The Insect Play [Junior Theatre Workshop](Eddie McKay, née Edwina Peek.)

1972 The Killing of Sister George

6^th-8^th July 1972 Alfie (Eddie McKay née Edwina Peek. Civic Theatre )

1972 A Midsummer Night’s Dream [Festival production](Jackie Horne. Civic Theatre.)

1972 A Christmas Carol (Eddie McKay, née Peek. Great Baddow School)

21^st-23^rd October1971 The Rape of the Belt (Tom Johnson. Great Baddow School)

27^th-29^th May 1971 Under Milk Wood (Jackie Horne. Great Baddow School)

1971 The Fire Raisers (Peter Hughes)

1971 The Magic Feather (Gwyneth Southgate. Great Baddow School)

1970 Village Wooing (Alan Wood. Great Baddow School)

1970 Miss Julie (Peter Hughes)

Trojan Women &

A Phoenix Too Frequent (Jo Moorby. Great Baddow School)

Tom Jones (Tom Johnson)

14^th January 1970 Poetry & Jazz

1969 The Anniversary (Peter Hughes. Great Baddow School)

Venues: In the very early days, CTW hired various halls for their productions, with the exception of the Spring/Festival production which was performed at the Civic Theatre. Early in the 1970s, CTW gained the use of The Sillet Barn, in the grounds of Brooklands, Broomfield. This was variously known as ‘The Barn’, ‘The Sillett Barn’, and ‘Brooklands Barn’. In 1979, CTW bought the former Springfield church hall, re-christening it ‘The Old Court’ where we have performed ever since.

In addition, in the 70s and 80s, a number of touring productions occurred: ‘themed’ evenings of music, dramatic extracts, songs and poetry which visited various villages; the Festival Poetry productions at the Three Cups and a venue in Little Baddow; and, later, the ‘soirées’.

One Comment on “History”

Maureen Armstrong
November 7, 2021

I was very involved with CTW in the early days. I have a collection of press cuttings for the shows I was in, but they are buried in a suitcase so I can’t check them right now. . I had leading roles in The Magic Feather, (my daughters were also in it), The Seagull, Under Milk Wood, and Alfie. I was an extra in Midsummer Night’s Dream. I also produced at least one Poetry in a Pub event. I moved to Bristol in 1974, and lost touch with most of my CTW friends. I did meet up with Peter Brown a few years ago, when he was in a production of Twelfth Night at Bristol Old Vic.
Maureen Armstrong (formerly Maureen Clarke.)

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We’re proud of our 50 year history, and here is a list of previous productions spanning those years.

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