History

Here at CTW, we’re proud of our 40+ year history, and here is a list of previous productions spanning those years. 

2017

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)

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 2015   Sweeney Todd – The Musical (Catherine Bailey)

27th – 31st October 2015   The Turn of the Screw (Jacob Burtenshaw)

15th – 19th September 2015   The Ghost Train (Iain Sutton-Holding)

28th July – 1st August 2015   Midsummer (Lynne Foster)

23rd – 27th June 2015   Stags and Hens (Iain and Steve Sutton-Holding)

26th – 30th May 2015   Earthquakes in London (Danny Segeth)

15th – 18th & 22nd – 25th April 2015   Wyrd Sisters (Mark Preston)

2nd – 7th March 2015   And Then There Were None (Joe Kennedy & Alex Houlton)

20th – 24th January 2015   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)

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^th Ap, 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)

2011

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)

2010

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^st September, 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)

2009

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)

2008

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)

2007

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)

2006

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)

2005

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^st May, 1^st -4^th June, 2005     Abducting Diana (Matthew Fish)

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

29^th March-April 2^nd 2005       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)

2004

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^th Sept – 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^th July 2004                  Children of a Lesser God (Dave Hawkes)

22^nd-26^th June 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^th March 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)

2003

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^th                                    Pride and Prejudice (Jane Hunt &

August 2003                          Lindsay Lloyd.  Also at Hylands House.)

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

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

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

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

18^th-22^nd March 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)

2002

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)

2001

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)

2000

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)

1999

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)

1998

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^th November 1998         Death and The Maiden (Chris Piper)

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

23^rd-26^th September 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)

1997

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^th October 1997            Bouncers (Jane Hunt & Neil Tollfree)

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

16^th-19^th July 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)

1996

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

8^th November 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^th  July 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)

1995

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^th June 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)

1994

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)

1993

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)

1992

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)

1991

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)

1990

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??)

1989

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)

1988

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)

1987

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)

1986

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^th July 1986                 Lark Rise (Neil Arbon)

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

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

1985

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.

1984

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)

1983

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)

1982

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)

1981

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^th July 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^th  April 1981               Our Town, Junior Theatre Workshop.(David Madams)

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

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

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

1980

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)

1979

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)

1978

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)

1977

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)

1976

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^th May 1976                Hobson’s Choice (Eddie Mckay. Civic Theatre)

11^th – 13^th March 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

1976

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

1975

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)

1974

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)

1973

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

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)

1971

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

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

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’.