Chelmsford Theatre Workshop
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)
2017
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)
2016
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)
2015
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)
2014
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)
2013
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)
2012
18th – 22nd December 2012 The Odd Couple (James Christie)
7th – 11th & 14th – 18th November 2012 Blackadder Goes Forth
(Dean Hempstead & Ben Fraser)
26th-29th Sept, 3rd-6th Oct 2012 Anne Boleyn (Christine Davidson)
24th-28th July 2012 The Laramie Project (Kelly McGibney)
13th-16th, 20th-23rd June2012 Macbeth (Lynne and Mick Foster)
25th -28th Ap, 2nd – 5thMay 2012 Bouncers (Jenny Almond & Catherine
Kenton)
13th -17th March 2012 Oedipus the King (Dean & Kat Hempstead)
7th -11th February 2012 Man and Boy(Mike Nower)
2011
13th-17th December 2011 My Cousin Rachel (Christine Davidson)
15th-19th November 2011 Jekyll and Hyde (Debbie Miles)
27th-30th Sept, 1st 0ct. 2011 The Government Inspector (Danny Segeth)
26th-30th July, 4th-6th Aug 2011 Closer (Joe Kennedy)
16th-18th, 22nd-25th June 2011 She Stoops to Conquer (Christine Davidson)
5th-7th, 11th-14th May 2011 Travesties (Peter & Lois Jeary)
15th-19th March 2011 Blackadder the Third (Dean Hempstead)
1st-5th February 2011 Out in the Garden (Lynne Foster)
2010
14th-18th December 2010 The Lion in Winter (Mike Nower)
2nd-6th November 2010 The Arsonists (Danny Segeth)
23rd-25th, 28th-31st September, The Picture of Dorian Gray (Joe
1st-2nd October 2010 Kennedy)
22nd-24th July 2010 The Dog In The Manger (Christine Davidson)
15th-19th June 2010 Scarborough/Ae Fond Kiss (Lynne Foster)
18th-20th May 2010 World’s End (Sara Nower)
8th-19th, 14th-17th April 2010 Steel Magnolias (Catherine Kenton & Jenny Almond)
24th-27th Feb, 3rd-6th Mar 2010 Romeo & Juliet (Beth Walters)
20th-23rd January 2010 Shirley Valentine (Steve Holding)
2009
9th-12th, 15th-19th Dec 2009 The Importance Of Being Earnest (Mark Preston)
21st-24th, 28th-31st Nov 2009 Dracula (Danny Segeth & Dean Hempstead)
9th-11th September 2009 Relatively Speaking (Mike Nower)
21st-25th July 2009 Breaking The Code (Mike & Sara Nower)
18th-20th, 25th-27th June 2009 Marat/Sade (John Hunt)
19th-23rd May 2009 Boom Bang-A-Bang (Joe Kennedy)
21st-25th April 2009 A Taste Of Honey (Vince Webb)
11th-14th, 18th-21st Mar 2009 Blackadder II (Dean Hempstead)
24th– 29th January 2009 Gormenghast (Mark Preston)
2008
10th-13th, 17th-20th Dec 2008 Kind Hearts& Coronets (Christine Davidson)
9th-11th, 15th-18th Oct 2008 The Glass Menagerie (Raynor Hendon-Bragg)
22nd-26th July 2008 Silly Cow (Vince Webb)
24th-28th June 2008 The Last Days of Don Juan (Alison Woollard)
20th-24th May 2008 Art (Christine Davidson)
24th-26thApril, 1st-3rd May Teechers (Catherine Kenton and Jenny
2008 Almond)
18th-22nd March 2008 The Deep Blue Sea (Nick Gulvin)
12th-16th February 2008 The Maids (Keith Hiscox)
2007
18th-22nd December 2007 The Exorcism (Mike & Sara Nower)
20th-24th November 2007 The Canterville Ghost (Danny Segeth)
10th-13th October 2007 An Inspector Calls (Joe Kennedy)
18th-21st, 25th-28th July 2007 A Streetcar Named Desire (Steve Holding)
22nd-26th May 2007 The Dice House (Mike & Sara Nower)
18th-21st, 25th-28th April 2007 Terry Prachett’s Carpe Jugulum (Mark Preston)
6th-10th March 2007 Oleanna (Keith Hiscox)
30th-31st Jan, 1st-3rd Feb 2007 Betrayal (Nick Gulvin)
2006
19th-23rd December 2006 Look No Hans (Vince Webb)
7th-11th November 2006 Someone who’ll Watch Over Me (Lynne Foster)
10th-14th October 2006 Blithe Spirit (Mike Nower)
13th-15th, 19th-22nd July 2006 The Crucible (Joe Kennedy)
8th-10th, 15th-18th June 2006 The Shape of Things (Mike and Sara Nower)
4th-6th, 10th-13th May 2006 Abigail’s Party (Catherine Kenton, Jenny Almond &Steve Holding
25th-25th, 30th-31st Mar 2006 Duet for One (Mike Nower)
9th-11th, 15th-18th Feb 2006 Loot (Steve Holding & Gary Ball)
2005
20th-23rd, 27th-31st Dec 2005 Terry Pratchett’s Maskerade (Mark Preston)
10th-12th, 16th-19th Nov 2005 An Experiment With An Airpump (John Hunt)
29th -30th July 2005 Our War (Owen Jones & Jo Cope)
28th-30th June, 1st -2nd July Amadeus (Steve Holding)
31st May, 1st -4th June, 2005 Abducting Diana (Matthew Fish)
3rd-7th May 2005 Decadence (Chris Piper)
29th March-April 2nd 2005 The Winslow Boy (Jo Cope)
1st-5th March 2005 The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists (Dave Hawkes)
20th-22nd, 27th-29thJan 2005 Commedia dell ‘Arte (Simon Ratcliffe)
2004
25th-27th November 2004 Mixed Messages – CTW Youth Theatre(Peter Jeary)
26th-30th October 2004 An Evening with Gary Lineker (Debbie Miles)
30th Sept – 2nd October 2004 Animal Farm [a dramatic reading](Rob Whitfield)
24th-25th September 2004 John Paul’s Last Mission (Greg Whitehead, with Mark Bland & Harry Carr)
17th-21st 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)?
20th-25th July 2004 Children of a Lesser God (Dave Hawkes)
22nd-26th June 2004 Further than the Furthest Thing (Mark Preston)
25th –29th May 2004 East (Chris Piper)
27th April-1st May 2004 Much Ado about Nothing (Jo Cope)
9th-13th March 2004 Educating Rita (Steve Holding and Debbie Miles)
11th-14th February 2004 Not About Heroes (Sophie Cater)
1st-3rdJan 2004 The Hobbit (Greg Whitehead)
2003
26th-27th Dec, 30th Dec, The Hobbit (Greg Whitehead)
16th-20th, 23rd-24th Dec 2003
11th –15th November 2003 Secret Bridesmaids’ Business (Simon Ratcliffe)
14th-18thOctober 2003 Under Milk Wood (Ivor Jeavons)
19th –23rd, 29th-30th Pride and Prejudice (Jane Hunt &
August 2003 Lindsay Lloyd. Also at Hylands House.)
15th –19th July 2003 Mash (Peter Jeary)
17th-21st June 2003 Popcorn (Steve Holding & Rob Whitfield)
13th-17th May 2003 The Golden Fleece (Jane Hunt)
15th-19th April 2003 Bazaar and Rummage (Greg Whitehead)
18th-22nd March 2003 Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime (Mark Preston)
18th-22nd February 2003 Richard III (Sophie Cater)
2nd-4th January 2003, Charley’s Aunt (Allison Tibbatts & Jane Hunt)
2002
19th-21st , 26th-28th Dec 2002 Charley’s Aunt (Allison Tibbatts & Jane Hunt)
12th-16th November 2002 Absent Friends (Andrew Winmill)
22nd-26th October 2002 A Few Good Men (Duncan Cramphorn)
16th-20th July 2002 The Life of Death (John Hunt)
18th-22nd June 2002 The School for Scandal (Jim Crozier)
21st-25th May 2002 Brimstone and Treacle (Steve Holding & Neil Bateman)
23rd-27th April 2002 Beautiful Thing (Becky Ashton)
26th-30th March 2002 King Lear (Greg Whitehead)
19th-23rd February 2002 Picasso at The Lapin Agile (Allison Tibbatts & Peter Jeary)
2001
18th-22nd, 26th-29th The Magical Land of Green Ginger
December 2001 (John Richardson)
21st-24th November 2001 To Kill a Mockingbird [CTW Youth Theatre] (Greg Whitehead)
23rd-27thOctober 2001 Nunsense (Jane Hunt)
27th-29th September 2001 Talking Heads (Jackie Horne)
10th-14th July 2001 The Love of A Nightingale (Greg Whitehead)
22nd-26th May 2001 Journey’s End (Jim Crozier)
24th-28th April 2001 Moll Flanders (John & Jane Hunt)
27th-31st March 2001 Of Mice and Men (David Madams)
27th-28th Feb, 1st-3rdMar. 2001 Torch Song Trilogy (Jane Hunt)
23rd-27th January 2001 The Winter’s Tale (Martin Final)
2000
12th-16th December 2000 Stags and Hens (Duncan Cramphorn)
8th-11th November 2000 The Crucible [CTW Youth Theatre]Greg Whitehead)
5th-14th October 2000 CTW Festival
5th-7th Victor (Derek Scales)
12th-14th At Last The Day (John Hunt)
12th-14th Sunrise (Steve Holding)
18th-22nd July 2000 One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest (Steve Holding & Duncan Cramphorn)
21st-24th June 2000 Blue Remembered Hills (Jo Butler)
16th-20th, 23rd-27th May 2000 Terry Pratchett’s Lords and Ladies (Mark Preston)
11th-15th April 2000 The Elephant Man (Sophie Cater)
15th-18th March 2000 Summer Day’s Dream (Ben Tuff)
16th-19th February 2000 Spirit of Man Trilogy (Chris Piper)
1999
14th-18th, 21st-24th Dec. 1999 A Christmas Carol (Jane Hunt)
17th-20th November 1999 Accidental Death of an Anarchist (Greg Whitehead)
21st-23rd October 1999 Effie (Laurie Keen)
22nd-25th September 1999 The Insurance Man (Peter Jeary)
31st July 1999 An Evening with Thomas Hardy, soirée (Sylvia Hardy)
16th-17th, 21st-24th July 1999 Moll Flanders (John & Jane Hunt)
23rd-26th June 1999 Juno and the Paycock (Mark Hammond)
19th-22nd May 1999 The Rainmaker (Derek Scales)
21st-24th April 1999 Steel Magnolias (Jo Butler & Becky Ashton)
24th-27th March 1999 Greek (Sophie Cater)
23rd-27th Feb 1999 The Merchant of Venice (Matthew Rowe)
1998
26th Dec 1998-2nd Jan 1999 Terry Pratchett’s Men at Arms (Mark Preston)
22nd-23rd Dec 1998 Terry Pratchett’s Men at Arms
11th-14th November 1998 Death and The Maiden (Chris Piper)
22nd-24th October 1998 Winners and Losers (Shelia Lauder)
23rd-26th September 1998 Equus (Steve Holding)
1st August 1998 An Evening With Noel Coward, soirée (Jackie Horne)
14th-18th July 1998 The Threepenny Opera (Chris Piper)
17th-20th June 1998 A Month of Sundays (Derek Scales)
20th-23rd May 1998 Cider with Rosie (Jane & Rick Smith)
22nd-25th April 1998 A Chekov Trilogy: the Bear; The Proposal; The Anniversary (Sophie Cater & Sian Perrot)
26th-28th March 1998 Talking to Nancy (Jane Hunt??) / A Spot of R and R (Mark Preston)
24th-28th February 1998 Macbeth (Alison Woollard)
1997
16-20, 26-27 Dec 1997 Cabaret (Jackie Horne)
6 December 1997 In The Bleak Midwinter, soirée (Alison Woollard)
30th October – 1st Nov 1997 An Evening with Dracula (Roger Johnson)
22nd-25th October 1997 Bouncers (Jane Hunt & Neil Tollfree)
25th-27th September 1997 Friends and Family (Mick Morris)
16th-19th July 1997 Building Blocks (Ken Rolf)
28th- 31st May 1997 Antigone (Matthew Rowe)
22nd-26th April 1997 Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Steve Holding)
19th-22nd March 1997 Prin (Derek Scales)
25th Feb. -1st March 1997 Romeo and Juliet (Jackie Horne)
24th-25th January 1997 An Evening with Oscar Wilde (Jannie Ireland)
1996
10th-14th, 17th– 21st Dec. 1996 Nicholas Nickleby (Lisa Kendal & John Pile?)
8th November 1996 War War, soirée (Derek Scales)
23rd-26th October 1996 As Is (Peter Fowler)
19th-21st September 1996 An Evening with Jane Austen, soirée (Jackie Horne)
16th-20th July 1996 Little Shop of Horrors ( John & Jane Hunt)
18th-22nd June 1996 No Big Deal (Jackie Horne)
8th-11th May 1996 Dancing at Lughnasa (Peter Redman)
27th-30th March 1996 84 Charing Cross Road (Ken Rolf)
20th-24th February 1996 Twelfth Night (Jackie Horne & Alison Woollard)
24th-27th January 1996 Trick of the Mind (Peter Fowler?/Sue Windos?)
2nd-6th January 1996 Terry Pratchett’s Interesting Times (Tim Hatcher & Gill McCutcheon)
1995
19th-23rd, 26th-30th Dec. 1995 Terry Pratchett’s Interesting Times (Tim Hatcher & Gill McCutcheon)
22nd-25th November 1995 Schippel The Plumber (Derek Scales. Musical Director: Margaret Rolf))
24th-28th October 1995 Pygmalion (Sophie Cater)
29th-30th September 1995 Pleasure and Repentance (Jackie Horne. Festival venues)
22nd-26th August 1995 Trafford Tanzi(Glen Barnwell)
12th-15th July 1995 The House of Bernada Alba (Helen Raine)
20th-24th June 1995 Tom Jones (Alison Woollard)
10th-13th May 1995 Waiting for Godot (Sophie Cater)
28th March-1st April 1995 Julius Caesar (Jackie Horne)
21st-25th February 1995 Whose Life Is It Anyway? (Jane & John Hunt?)
24th-28th January 1995 Beyond Reasonable Doubt (Ron Ibbotson)
1994
13th-17th, 28th-31st Dec 1994 Terry Pratchett’s Wyrd Sisters (Tim Hatcher)
16th –19th November 1994 Shadowlands (Ken Rolf)
18th-22nd October 1994 Look Back In Anger (Peter Redman)
7th-10th September 1994 Below The Belt (Sophie Cater)
27th-30th July 1994 Trafford Tanzi(Glen Barnwell)
11th-14th May 1994 Nice Dorothy (Jackie Horne)
4th-5th, 7th May 1994 Waiting for Godot (Jackie Horne & Sophie Cater)
22nd-26th February 1994 The Tempest (Alasdair Duncan)
1993
8th-10th December 1993 Can’t Stand Up For Falling Down (Helen Raine)
3rd-6th November 1993 Night Must Fall (Joe Morris)
23rd-26th June 1993 A Woman of No Importance
7th-10th April 1993 The Passion Play (Neil Arbon)
28th-30th January 1993 Top Girls (Jackie Horne)
1992
10th-11th December 1992 The Hamelin Incident
21st-24th October 1992 Our Town (Helen Raine)
18th-20th June 1992 The Happy Apple (Karen Boggan or David Madams?)
May 1992 Evening of Poetry
25th-28th March 1992 Hard Times (Alison Woollard)
1991
27th-30th November 1991 Our Country’s Good (Alison Woollard? Mick Morris)
?? September 1991 Rockafella [Youth production](Terry ??)
25th-28th September 1991 Bent (Helen Raine)
26th-29th June 1991 Much Ado About Nothing (Jackie Horne. )
24th-27th April 1991 Up ‘n’ Under (Neil Arbon)
20th-23rd March 1991 Woman In Mind (Patricia Lee)
1990
19th-22nd December 1990 A Christmas Carol [CTW Youth Theatre]
17th-20th October 1990 Loot (Rita Ronn)
18th-21st July 1990 Epsom Downs (Helen Raine)
?? May 1990 A Proper Little Nooryeff (Neil Arbon & Helen Raine??)
14th-17th February 1990 A Family Affair (David Madams?? Trish Stevens??)
1989
29th-30th November & 1st-2nd Daisy Pulls It Off (Alison Woollard and
December 1989 Veronica Dodson)
18th-21st October 1989 Time and the Conways (David Madams)
15th-16th September 1989 Skirmishes & September in the Rain (Veronica Dodson & Alison Woollard)
4th-8th July 1989 The Dark of the Moon (Jackie Horne)
19th-21st April 1989 Middle Age Spread (Sheila Lauder)
17th-21st January 1989 Entertaining Strangers (Neil Arbon)
1988
9th-10th December 1988 Out For the Count & Perfection City
[CTW Youth Theatre]
9th-12th November 1988 Death of a Salesman (Helen Raine)
14th-15th October 1988 Shakers
6th-9th July 1988 Agnes of God (Ken Rolf)
27th-30th April 1988 An Inspector Calls (Patricia Lee)
5th-9th January 1988 The Hired Man (Neil Arbon)
1987
10th-12th December 1987 The Winter’s Tale [CTW Youth Theatre]
4th-7th November 1987 Kean (Alison Woollard)
1st-4th July 1987 A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Peter Greene)
29th-30th Ap &1st-2nd May1987 Pack Of Lies (Margaret Simmonds)
23rd-28th February 1987 Candleford (Neil Arbon)
1986
12th-13th December 1986 Christmas Stuffing: poetry, prose, music (Rita Ronn)
26th – 29th November 1986 Amadeus (Ken Rolf)
24th – 27th September 1986 The Glass Menagerie (David Madams)
14th – 19th July 1986 Lark Rise (Neil Arbon)
7th – 10th May 1986 Ghosts (Mike Phillips)
19th-22nd February 1986 Present Laughter (Jane Valentine)
1985
13th – 16th November 1985 The Deep Blue Sea (Patricia Lee)
21st 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.
1984
22nd -24th November 1984 The Accrington Pals (Margaret Simmonds. Cramphorn Theatre)
15th – 19th October 1984 Came Christianity to an Eastern Shore (Eddie McKay)
4th -7th July 1984 She Stoops to Conquer (Rita Ronn)
25th -28th April 1984 The Making of Moo (Alan Wood)
29th Febrary-3rd March 1984 All Over (Martin Walsh)
4th -7th January 1984 Habeus Corpus (Bob George)
1983
19th-22nd October 1983 A Voyage Round My Father (Karen
Boggan)
29th June- 2nd July 1983 What the Butler Saw (Sheila Lauder)
20th – 23rd April 1983 A Doll’s House (David Madams)
23rd-26th February 1983 Close the Coalhouse Door (Bob
George)
1st January 1983 Alice Through the Looking Glass (John Petre)
1982
29th- 31st Dec. 1982 Alice Through the Looking Glass (John Petre)
20th-23rd October 1982 Rose (Margaret Simmonds)
June/July1982 Abigail’s Party [2 nights for members and guests](Mike Phillips)
30th June-3rd July 1982 Saint Joan (Mick Morris)
22nd April 1982 Whateverisit (??. Junior Festival)
22nd April 1982 The Sea-King’s Daughter (Cyril Crooke. Junior Festival)
14th-17th April 1982 or May? Doctor Faustus (Diane Watson)
April 1982?? All Over (Martin Walsh)
24th-27th February 1982 The Sea (Rita Ronn)
1st-2nd January 1982 The Tale of the Red Dragon [CTW and CTW Youth Theatre] (Karen Boggan & Mag Phillips)
1981
30th- 31st December 1981 The Tale of the Red Dragon [CTW & CTW Youth Theatre] (Karen Boggan & Mag Phillips)
18th-21st November 1981 The Heiress (Philip Linney)
1st – 3rd October 1981 Arsenic and Old Lace [CTW Youth Theatre](Tony Winn)
1st –4th July 1981 or 83? The Diary of Anne Frank (Margaret Simmonds)
7th May 1981 The Generation Gap: poetry, prose, music (Rita Ronn)
27th April 1981 The Glass Menagerie (David Madams?)
23rd – 25th April 1981 Our Town, Junior Theatre Workshop.(David Madams)
15th, 16th, 18th April 1981 Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (Stephen Tucker)
11th – 14th February 1981 Forget-Me-Not Lane (Karen Boggan)
1st – 3rd January 1981 Keep Smilin’ Thro’ (Eddie McKay)
1980
13th-15th November 1980 The Devil in Summer
13th-15th November 1980 The Browning Version
22nd-25th October 1980 Marching Song (Mike Phillips)
9th-12th July 1980 The Importance of Being Earnest (Philip Linney)
7th-10th May 1980 The Good Soldier Schweik (David Madams)
9th-12th April 1980 The Caucasian Chalk Circle [CTW Youth Theatre] (Tony Winn)
27th-28th February 1980 The Family Dance (Margaret Simmonds)
1979
28th-29th December 1979 Music Hall Evening (Eddie Mckay)
Was this the first production at The Old Court??
27th-30th Nov. & 1st Dec. 1979 King Lear (Guy Wilson & Stephen Tucker, Sillett Barn)
26th-29th September 1979 Relatively Speaking
4th-7th July 1979 Charley’s Aunt (Eddie McKay. Civic)
18th May 1979 Little Brother Little Sister [Junior Theatre Workshop] (Tony Winn. Sillett Barn.)
25th-28thApril 1979 Uncle Vanya (David Madams. Sillett Barn)
17th-18th January 1979 The Thwarting of Baron Bolligrew (Stephen Tucker. Sillett Barn)
1978
16th-17th December1978 The Journey of the Magi [Junior Theatre Workshop](Eddie McKay)
9th-11th November 1978 Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Mike Phillips. Sillett Barn)
25th-27th May 1978 A Bequest to the Nation (David Middleditch. Civic Theatre)
13th-15th April & 11th-12th Crippen and Other ‘Orrible Murders
August 1978 (Eddie McKay. Sillett Barn & Edinburgh Festival)
1977
17th – 19th November 1977 J.B. (Mike Phillips. Sillett Barn)
21st – 22nd October 1977 The Hollow Crown (Guy Wilson. Sillett Barn)
22nd – 23rd July 1977 Mystery Plays (David Middleditch. Chelmsford Cathedral grounds and All Saints’ Church grounds, Writtle),
26th – 28th May 1977 Billy Liar (Wendy Walder. Civic Theatre)
27th – 30th April 1977 The Threepenny Opera [Festival production] (Eddie McKay. Civic Theatre)
20th – 22nd April 1977 The Royal Hunt of the Sun [Festival production](Jackie Horne. Civic Theatre.)
3-5th March 1977 Home (David Middleditch. Sillett Barn)
26th February 1977 CTW-Chelmsford Weekly News Poetry Competition(Sillett Barn)
1976
11th December 1976 After Magritte (Sheila Lauder) /Dead Letter (Diana George. Sillett Barn)
18th – 20th November 1976 The Devil’s Disciple (Mike Phillips, Sillett Barn)
22nd-23rd October 1976 Liberty Bell – American Poetry and Music(Guy Wilson. Sillett Barn)
9th-10th July 1976 Love, Cherish and Obey (Janet Mileham. Sillett Barn)
2nd – 3rd July 1976 Midsummer Mummers [Cathedral Folk Festival: drama & dance](Jackie Horne. Grounds of Guy Harlings.)
13th – 15th May 1976 Hobson’s Choice (Eddie Mckay. Civic Theatre)
11th – 13th March 1976 Rashomon (Mike Phillips. Rainsford
School)
10th January 1976 Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs (?)
30thDec. 1975 & 1st January Happy Days / A Land Fit for
1976
Heroes [Poetry & song](David Middleditch, Sillett Barn)
1975
13th-15th November 1975 Lysistrata (Mick Morris)
11th October 1975 The Doomsday Show (Peter McKay) &
The Private Ear (Derek Scales)
10th-12th July 1975 Twelfth Night [Festival production](Murray MacLaren. Civic Theatre)
25th – 26th June 1975 Elizabethan Tapestry [poetry and song] (Jo Moorby/Spencer. Music: David Middleditch. Sillett Barn)
13th-14th June 1975 Shakespeare’s Women (David Madams; compiled by Eddie McKay. Sillett Barn)
30th April, 1st May 1975 Poor Kids [Junior Theatre Workshop](Eddie Mckay.Rainsford School)
8th March 1975 Murder in the Cathedral (Thaxted Church)
26th-27th Feb, 1st Mar. 1975 Murder in the Cathedral (Jackie
Horne, Chelmsford Cathedral – commissioned by the Bishop of Chelmsford)
January 1975 Little Red Riding Hood (Eddie McKay)
1974
December 1974 Little Red Riding Hood (Eddie McKay)
December 1974 Poetry in a Pub
5th-7th Dec. 1974 A Day in the Death of Joe Egg (Alan Wood)
19th October 1974 The Room & Dock Brief (Mick Morris?? Sillett Barn)
11th-13th July, 1974 Vivat! Vivat Regina! (Eddie McKay. Civic Theatre)
3rd-4th May 1974 Mother Courage [Festival production]
(Ron Smith & Patricia Lee.Civic Theatre)
30th March 1974 The New Tenant (Cyril Bagshaw) &
A Resounding Tinkle (Jan Mileham. Sillett Barn)
February 1974 Lady Audley’s Secret (Diana George. YMCA Hall)
1973
1st-3rd November 1973 The Seagull (David Madams)
5th – 7th July 1973 Loot (Murray MacLaren)
1973 The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Eddie McKay. Civic Theatre)
17th-19th April 1973 Passion Play, written by Jackie Horne. (Jackie Horne, Cathedral.)
Sleeping Beauty (Des Brashaw)
13th -14th December 1973 The Insect Play [Junior Theatre Workshop](Eddie McKay, née Edwina Peek.)
1972
1972 The Killing of Sister George
6th-8th 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)
1971
21st-23rd October1971 The Rape of the Belt (Tom Johnson. Great Baddow School)
27th-29th 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
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)
14th January 1970 Poetry & Jazz
1969
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’.
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.)