2009
2008

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

Past Archway Theatre Company Productions

2009

The Sunshine Boys
by Neil Simon

December 2009
Directed by Chris Butler

Cressida
by Nicholas Wright

October/November 2009
Directed by Joy Matthews

Dick Barton Special Agent
By Phil Willmott

September/October 2009
Directed by Carol Hall

Private Lives
By Noel Coward

August 2009
Directed by Michael Beach

Conjugal Rites
by Roger Hall

July 2009
Directed by Simon Bonsor

Youth Workshop
Treasure Island

By Phill Willmott

June 2009
Directed by Eddie Redfern

Passing Out Parade
By Ann Valery

June 2009
Directed by Margaret Morris

Betrayal
by Harold Pinter

April/May 2009
Directed by Will Fenton

Roots and Winds
By Frank Vickery

March / April 2009
Directed by Marion Naughton

Dolly West's Kitchen
by Frank McGuiness

February / March 2009
Directed by Luise Cartwright

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
By Peter Denyer

January 2009
Directed by Chris Butler & Michael Beach

2008

Nunsense2
by Dan Coggin

December 2008
Directed by Andrew Cornell

The Merry Wives of Windsor
by William Shakespeare

October/November 2008
Directed by Gary Andrews

Proof
By David Auburn

September/October 2008
Directed by Joy Matthews

September in the Rain
By John Godber

August 2008
Directed by Trish Moram

TRI THEATRE ADVENTURE
DAMSELS IN DISTRESS by Sir Alan Ayckbourn

July 2008
Directed by Eddie Redfern, Cathryn Parker, Ann Mattey

Youth Workshop
Bugsy Malone libretto

By Alan Parker

June 2008
Directed by Jacquie Redfern

'Allo 'Allo
By Jeremy Lloyd and David Croft

June 2008
Directed by Margaret Morris

Quartet
by Ronald Harwood

April/May 2008
Directed by Chris Yeldham

The Lieutenant of Inishmore
By Martin McDonagh

March / April 2008
Directed by Chris Dangerfield

Humble Boy
by Charlotte Jones

February / March 2008
Directed by Michael Beach

Beauty and the Beast
(Production Cancelled)
By Laurence Boswell

January 2008
Directed by Eddie Redfern

2007

Privates On Parade
by Peter Nicols

December 2007
Directed by Gwyneth Boorer & Phil Boorer

Talking Heads
by Alan Bennett

October/November 2007
Directed by Carol Hall

The Rivals
by Sheridan

September/October 2007
Directed by Simon Bonsor

We Happy Few
By Imogen Stubbs

August/September 2007
Directed by Gary Andrews

Skylight
by David Hare

July 2007
Directed by Alan Tracey

Youth Workshop Flashback
By Youth Workshop

June 2007
Directed by TBA

Stars In Their Eyes &
Snake In The Grass

June 2007
Directed by Andrew Cornell

Erogenous Zones
by Frank Vickery

May 2007
Directed by Marion Naughton

A Month of Sundays
By Bob Larbey

March / April 2007
Directed by Carol Hall

The Crucible
by Arthur Miller

February / March 2007
Directed by Dave Gallichan

Alice In Pantoland
By Ray Eyers & Ray Elder

January 2007
Directed by Gwyneth Boorer

2006

The Dresser
by Ronald Harwood

December 2006
Directed by Chris Butler

The Danny Crowe Show
by David Farr

October / November 2006
Directed by Joy Andrews

Dinner
by Moira Buffini

September / October 2006
Directed by Joy Matthews

Men of the World
by John Godber

August / September 2006
Directed by Mandi Tester

Blithe Spirit
by Noel Coward

July 2006
Directed by Marion Naughton

The Pied Piper
by Malcolm Sircom

June 2006
Directed by Jacquie & Hannah Redfern

Strangers on a Train
by Craig Warner

June 2006
Directed by Luise Cartwright

Brimstone and Treacle
by Dennis Potter

May 2006
Directed by Kevin Day

Love's Labours Lost
by William Shakespeare

March / April 2006
Directed by Dave Gallichan

Kindertransport
By Diane Samuels

February 2006
Directed by Carol Hall

Mother Goose
By Margaret Morris

January 2006
Directed by Margaret Morris

2005

The Prisoner of 2nd Avenue
By Neil Simon

December 2005
Directed by Bill Fenton

The Paper Crown
By Gary Andrews

November 2005
Directed by Gary Andrews

Misery
By Stephen King -Adapt, Simon Moore

September / October 2005
Directed by Andrew Cornell

God Only Knows
By Hugh Whitemore

August 2005
Directed by Eddie Redfern

Animal Farm
By George Orwell

July 2005
Directed By Jo Ord

Around the world with Class six
By N J Warburton
Twisted
By Andrew Fusek Peters & Polly Peters

June 2005
Directed By Eddie Redfern

Natural Causes
By Eric Chappell

June 2005
Directed By Trish Moram

Bouncers
By John Godber

May 2005
Directed By Dave Gallichan

The Winslow Boy
By Terrence Rattigan

March/ April 2005
Directed By Simon Bonsor

Entertaining Mr Sloan
By Joe Orton

February 2005
Directed by Chris Dangerfield

Aladdin
By Alan Frayn

January 2005
Directed By Rebecca Warnett

2004

Arcadia
By Tom Stoppard

November / December 2004
Directed By Ian Smith & Sue Harrington

Life x 3
By Yasmina Reza

October / November 2004
Directed By Joy Matthews

The Importance Of Being Earnest
By Oscar Wilde

September/October 2004
Directed By Luke Fresle

Death And The Maiden
By Ariel Dorfman

August 2004
Directed By Bill Fenton

Down To Earth
By Simon Bonsor

July 2004
Directed By Simon Bonsor

Jumbalistic
By Archway Youth Workshop

June 2004
Jacquie Redfern & Gwyneth Boorer

The Communication Cord
By Brian Friel

June 2004
Chris Butler

Julius Caesar
By William Shakespeare

April / May 2004
Dave Gallichan

Popcorn
By Ben Elton

March / April 2004
James Selby

Turn Of The Screw
Adapted by Ken Whitmore

February 2004
Alan Tracey

The Wizard Of Oz
By Frank Baum, Adapted by Frank Gabrielson With Music & Lyrics from the MGM motion picture score by Harold Arien & E Y Harburg

January 2004
Eddie Redfern

2003

Absured Person Singular
By Alan Ayckbourn

December 2003
Margaret Morris

NUNSENSE
By Dan Goggin

October / November 2003
Directed by Mark Bellchambers

THE CEMETERY CLUB
By Ivan Menchell

September / October 2003
Directed by Viv Short

THE TEMPEST
By William Shakespeare

August 2003
Directed by Carol Hall

Angels and Saints
By Jessica Townsend

July 2003
Directed by Nina Berry

Youth Workshop
The Rocky Monster Show
By Malcolm Sircom

June 2003
Directed by Eddie Redfern

Arms and the Man
By Bernard Shaw

June 2003
Directed by Margaret Morris

A Shred of Evidence
By R C Sherriff

May 2003
Directed by Viv Short

Victor Hugo’s LES MISERABLES
Adapted by Gary Andrews

March / April 2003
Directed by Gary Andrews

SHAKERS (Re-stirred)
By John Godber & Jane Thornton

February 2003
Directed by Sue Harrington

ROBIN HOOD & THE BABES IN THE WOOD
By Peter Denyer

January 2003
Directed by Andrew Cornell and Andy Pimm

2002

Pardon Me, Prime Minister
By Edward Taylor and John Graham

December 2002
Directed by Marion Naughton

The Bacchae
By Philip Vellacott

November 2002
Directed by David Gallichan

Single Spies
An Englishman Abroad
A Question Of Attraction

By Alan Bennett

October 2002
Directed by Nick Rowling

Semi-Detached
By David Turner

August / September 2002
Directed By Sylvia Temple

Cabaret
Book by Joe Masteroff, based on the play by John Van Druten and stories by Christopher Isherwood, with music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb

July / August 2002
Directed by Sue Harrington

Archway Theatre Youth Workshop
Conundrum
Thursday 27th June - Saturday 29th June

June 2002
Directed by Jacquie Redfern &
Dolena Richmond

The Memory Of Water
By Shelagh Stevenson

June 2002
Directed by Ann Ricketts

The Leenane Trilogy
By Martin McDonagh

April / May 2002
Directed by, Chris Butler, Chris Dangerfield, Simon Bonsor

Communicating Doors
By Alan Ayckbourn

March / April  2002
Directed by Eddie Redfern

12 Angry Men
By Reginald Rose

February / March 2002
Directed by Alan Tracey

Dick Whittington And His Cat
By Peter Denyer

January 2002
Directed by Sue Sherwin

2001

A Christmas Carol
By Charles Dickens
(Adapted for the stage by Gary Andrews)

December 2001
Directed by Gary Andrews

Up 'n' Under
By John Godber

November   2001
Directed by Alex Gear

Pygmalion
By George Bernard Shaw

September / October 2001
Directed by Debra Cornell

The Miracle Worker
By William Gibson

August / September
Directed by Margaret Morris

Flame!
By Hannah, Laura, Sophie, Caroline & Tom

2nd September 2001
Evacuation Evening Special Production...

Playhouse Creatures
By April De Angelis

June / July 2001
Directed By Mark Bellchambers

Presented By The Youth Workshop
Dandelion Time
By Patricia Wood

June 2001
Directed by Eddie Redfern &
Rebecca Warnett

Amy's View
By David Hare

June 2001
Directed By Chris Butler

Close To The Wind
By Richard Everett

May 2001
Directed By Rebecca Warnett

The Merchant Of Venice
By William Shakespeare

March / April  2001
Directed By Dave Gallichan

Hysteria
By Terry Johnson

February / March  2001
Directed By Sue Harrington

Peter Pan
Piers Chater-Robinson

January 2001
Directed By Gwyneth Morris &
Dolena Richmond

2000

Henceforward
By Alan Ayckbourn

December  2000
Directed By Steve Haley

The School For Scandal
By R B Sherridan

November  2000
Directed By David Gallichan

Present Laughter
By Noel Coward

September  2000
Directed By Ian Smith

Oliver
By Lionel Bart

August / September 2000
Directed by Eddie Redfern

Habeas Corpus
By Alan Bennett

June 2000
Directed By Steve Williams

Presented By The Youth Workshop

Jigsaw

June 2000
Directed by Jacquie Redfern
Assisted by, Gwyneth Morris, Dolena Richmond, Alan Tracey

The Madness of George III
By Alan Bennett

June 2000
Directed By Carol Hall

Talking Heads
By Alan Bennett

May 2000
Directed by, Trish Moram, Viv Short, Marjory Wright

Henry IV
By William Shakespeare 

March / April 2000
Directed By Gary Andrews

Dead Guilty
By Richard Harris

February / March 2000
Directed by Ann Ricketts

Cinderella
by Peter Denyer

January 2000
Directed By Jean Stokes

1999

Once Again Ladies And Gentlemen, Welcome To
"An Evening At The Empire"
By Sue Sherwin

November / December 1999
Directed By Sue Sherwin

Time Of My Life
By Alan Ayckbourn

October / November 1999
Directed by Gwyneth Morris

The Shawl
By David Mamet
The Bay at Nice
By David Hare

September 1999
Directed by Mike Park

The Cripple Of Inishmaan
By Martin McDonagh

August 1999
Directed by Marjory Wright

This Happy Breed
By Noel Coward

July 1999
Directed by Andrew Cornell

Presented By The Youth Workshop
An Alien Stole My Skateboard
Randall Lewton

June 1999
Directed by
Jacquie Redfern, Eddie Redfern

Measure For Measure
By William Shakespeare

June 1999
Directed by David Gallichan

All Things Considered
By Ben Brown

April / May 1999
Directed By Mandi Baum

The Picture Of Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde, adapted by John Osborne

March 1999
Directed by Nick Rowling
and Olive Smith

Making History
Brian Friel

February 1999
Directed by Alan Tracey &
Mark Bellchambers

The Witches
Roald Dahl, adapted by David Wood

January 1999
Directed by Carol Hall,
assisted by Joy

1998

Dead Funny
Terry Johnson

December 1998
Directed by Ian Smith

Under The Patronage Of Dame Judi Dench
BT Biennial Play
WORLD PREMIERE
Ladies Who Lunch
Tudor Gates

October 1998
Directed by Eddie Redfern

Old Herbaceous
Alfred Shaughnessy

September / October 1998
Directed by Miles Beauchamp

Family Planning
Frank Vickery

August 1998
Directed by Margaret Morris

Rough Justice
Terence Frisby

July 1998
Directed by Trish Moram

Presented By The Youth Workshop
Three one-act plays:
Ellie's Incredible Illucinations
Alan Ayckbourn
Murder At Teechum Towers
Bob Burgin
Ghost Writer
N J Warburton

June 1998
Directed by
Jacquie Redfern,
Eddie Redfern &
Gwyneth Morris

She's Done It Again
Michael Pertwee

June 1998
Directed by Carol Hall & Mandi Baum

Stage Struck
Simon Gray

April / May 1998
Directed by Steve Haley

A Midsummer Night's Dream
William Shakespeare

March 1998
Directed by Gary Andrews

Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell
Keith Waterhouse

February 1998
Directed by Marjory Wright

Old Mother Hubbard
David Wood

January 1998
Directed by Carolyn White

1997

Tonight At The Empire
Sue Sherwin

December 1997
Directed by Sue Sherwin

The Birthday Party
Harold Pinter

November 1997
Directed by Tony White

Twelfth Night
William Shakespeare

September / October 1997
Directed by Alex Gear

WORLD PREMIERER
Tenderfoot Travellers
Muriel Massey

August 1997
Directed by Margaret Morris

Archway Youth Workshop
Kaleidoscope

July 1997
Directed by  Jacquie & Eddie Redfern

Rope
Patrick Hamilton

July 1997
Directed by Nick Rowling

Dancing at Lughnasa
Brian Friel

June 1997
Directed by Chris Butler

Why Me
Stanley Price

May 1997
Directed by Sylvia Temple

The 100th Production Of The Archway Theatre Company
She Stoops To Conquer
Oliver Goldsmith

April 1997
Directed by David Gallichan

Miss Julie
(Johan) August Strindberg

February / March 1997
Directed by Bill Fenton

The Wind In The Willows
Willis Hall

January 1997
Directed by Carolyn White

1996

Deathtrap
Ira Levin

December 1996
Directed by Jean Stokes

The Tragedy Of King Richard III
William Shakespeare

October / November 1996
Directed by Ian Smith

Shirley Valentine
Willy Russell

September / October 1996
Directed by Alex Gear

Little Shop Of Horrors
Howard Ashman (book and Lyrics) and Alan Menken (Music)

August 1996
Directed by Sue Harrington

Presented By The Youth Workshop
Charlie And The Chocolate Factory
Richard George

July 1996
Directed by Gwyneth Morris

Straight And Narrow
Jimmie Chinn

July 1996
Directed by Andrew Cornell

Children Of A Lesser God
Mark Medoff

June 1996
Directed by Gary Andrews

Jane Eyre
Willis Hall

May 1996
Directed by Carol Hall

Neville's Island
Tim Firth

April 1996
Directed by Eddie Redfern

The Word And The Flesh
Alice Williams

February / March 1996
Directed by Alan Tracey

Jack And The Beanstalk
Geoffrey Tinniswood

January 1996
Directed by Carol Hall and Geoffrey Tinniswood

1995

Joking Apart
Alan Ayckbourn

December 1995
Directed by Steve Haley

BT Biennial Play
WORLD PREMIERE
Nasty Neighbours
Debbie Isitt

October / November 1995
Directed by Alex Gear

Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Christopher Hampton

September 1995
Directed by Nick Rowling

Presented By The Youth Workshop
In Search Of The Rings
Beth Wood

September 1995
Directed by Gary Andrews

Albert Make Us Laugh
Jimmie Chinn

August 1995
Directed by Audrey Hall

Party Piece
Richard Harris

July 1995
Directed by Margaret Morris

Under The Stars
Richard Crane

June 1995
Directed by Chris Butler

Count Dracula
Ted Tiller

May 1995
Directed by Carolyn White

Much Ado About Nothing
William Shakespeare

April 1995
Directed by Tony White

Breaking The Code

Hugh Whitemore

February / March 1995

Directed by Sue Harrington

The Sleeping Beauty
Norman Robbins

January 1995
Directed by Eddie Redfern

1994

A Chorus Of Disapproval
Alan Ayckbourn

December 1994
Directed by Jean Stokes

Not About Heroes
Stephen Macdonald

November 1994
Directed by Miles Beauchamp

My Mother Said I Never Should
Charlotte Keatley

October 1994
Directed by Viv Short

Salad Days
Dorothy Reynolds and Julian Slade

August / September 1994
Directed by David White

Inherit The Wind
Robert E Lee

July 1994
Directed by William Fenton

The Secret Rapture
David Hare

June 1994
Directed by Ian Smith

Presented By The Youth Workshop
The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe
C.S.Lewis

May 1994
Directed by Gary Andrews

Run For Your Wife
Ray Cooney

May 1994

Directed by Andrew Cornell

Macbeth
William Shakespeare

April 1994
Directed by Gary Andrews

Dangerous Corner
J.B.Priestley

February / March 1994
Directed by Arthur Clermont

Aladdin
John Crocker

January 1994
Directed by Jean Stokes

1993

Taking Steps
Alan Ayckbourn

December 1993
Directed by Alex Gear

Under The Patronage Of Dame Judi Dench
BT Biennial Play
WORLD PREMIERE
Shakespeare Country
Peter Whelan

October 1993
Directed by Chris Butler

A Dolls House
Henrik Ibsen

September 1993
Directed by Olive Smith

Dangerous Obsession
N.J.Crisp

August 1993
Directed by Eddie Redfern

The Diary Of Anne Frank
Frances Goodrich & Albert Hackett

July 1993
Directed by Alan Tracey

Teechers
John Godber

June 1993
Directed by David Gallichan

Opus '87 In Old World
Aleksei Arbuzov

May 1993
Directed by Olive Smith

The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby
Charles Dickens, adapted by David Edgar

April / May 1993
Directed by Sue Harrington

The Caretaker
By Harold Pinter

February 1993
Directed by Tony White

Snow White And The Three Frenchmen
Graham Bushnell

January 1993
Directed by Sue Sherwin

1992

Steel Magnolias
Robert Harling

December 1992
Directed by Sylvia Temple

Henry V
William Shakespeare

October / November 1992
Directed by Gary Andrews

Summer Of The Seventeenth Doll
Ray Lawler

September / October 1992
Directed by Margaret Morris

Our 40th Birthday Production
How The Other Half Loves
Alan Ayckbourn

August 1992
Directed by Arthur Clermont

Equus
Peter Shaffer

July 1992
Directed by Julia Harvey

The Business Of Murder
Richard Harris

June 1992
Directed by Carol Hall

Plunder
Ben Travers

May 1992
Directed by David White

And A Nightingale Sang

C.P.Taylor

April 1992
Directed by Rebecca Warnett

A Day In The Death Of Joe Egg
Peter Nichols

February 1992
Directed by Tony White

The Wizard Of Oz
L.Frank Baum

January 1992
Directed by Eddie Redfern

1991

A Christmas Carol
Christopher Bedloe

December 1991
Directed by Jean Stokes

King Lear
William Shakespeare

November 1991
Directed by Alex Gear

Daisy Pulls It Off
Denise Deegan

September / October 1991
Directed by Sue Harrington

The Scottish Play
Graham Holliday

August 1991
Directed by Nina Berry

The Glass Menagerie
Tennessee Williams

July 1991
Directed by Olive Smith

Born In The Gardens
Peter Nichols

June 1991
Directed by Chris Butler

Beyond Reasonable Doubt
Jeffrey Archer

May 1991
Directed by Alan Tracey

Separate Tables
Terence Rattigan

April 1991
Directed by Audrey Hall

A View From The Bridge
Arthur Miller

February / March 1991
Directed by Sue Harrington

Puss In Boots
John Crocker

January 1991
Directed by David White

1990

Season's Greetings
Alan Ayckbourn

December 1990
Directed by Arthur Clermont

Hard Times
Charles Dickens adapted by Stephen Jeffreys

October / November 1990
Directed by Ian Smith

The House Of Bernarda Alba
Frederico Garcia Lorca

September / October 1990
Directed by Ann Brixey

Plaza Suite
Neil Simon

August / September 1990
Directed by Mark Kempner

Hamlet Prince Of Denmark
William Shakespeare

July 1990
Directed by David Gallichan

The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾
Sue Townsend

June 1990
Directed by Julia Harvey

Corpse
Gerald Moon

May 1990
Directed by Peter Allcorn

Uncle Vanya
Anton Chekov

March 1990
Directed by Miles Beauchamp

All My Sons
Arthur Miller

February 1990
Directed by Tony White

The Owl And The Pussycat Went To See...
Sheila Rushkin and David Wood

January 1990
Directed by David White

1989

Stepping Out
Richard Harris

December 1989
Directed by Audrey Hall

One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Dale Wasseman from the novel by Ken Kesey

October / November 1989
Directed by Alan Tracey and Mark Bellchambers

Dear Antoine
Jean Anouilh

September / October 1989
Directed by Martine Seal

Noises Off
Michael Frayn

August 1989
Directed by David White

The Taming Of The Shrew
William Shakespeare

July 1989
Directed by Alex Gear

Woman In Mind
Alan Ayckbourn

June 1989
Directed by Chris Butler

Whodunnit?
Anthony Schaffer

May 1989
Directed by Eddie Redfern

The Real Thing
Tom Stoppard

April 1989
Directed by Sue Harrington

Hedda Gabler
Henrik Ibsen

February / March 1989
Directed by Arthur Clermont and Pam Reeves

Turkish Delight
Carol Hall and John Hudspith

January 1989
Directed by Carol Hall

1988

Accidental Death Of An Anarchist
Dario Fo

December 1988
Directed by Tony White

The Accrington Pals
Peter Whelan

November 1988
Directed by Martin Stace

On Golden Pond
Earnest Thompson

October 1988
Directed by Sue Harrington

Brief Lives
John Aubrey, adapted by Patrick Garland

August / September 1988
Directed by Arthur Clermont

Local Affairs
Richard Harris

July 1988
Directed by Margaret Morris

Just Between Ourselves
Alan Ayckbourn

June 1988
Directed by Luise Cartwright

Alphabetical Order
Michael Frayn

May 1988
Directed by Margaret Morris

Top Girls
Caryl Churchill

March / April 1988
Directed by Audrey Hall

Events While Guarding The Bofors Gun
John McGrath

February / March 1988
Directed by Alan Tracey

Cinderella
Arranged by David White

January 1988
Directed by David White

1987

On The Razzle
Tom Stoppard

December 1987
Directed by Chris Butler

Pack Of Lies
Hugh Whitemore

November 1987
Directed by Miles Beauchamp

The Boyfriend
Sandy Wilson

September / October 1987
Directed by Sue Harrington

Sisterly Feelings
Alan Ayckbourn

August / September 1987
Directed by Arthur Clermont

Amadeus
Peter Schaffer

June / July 1987
Directed by Tony White

Scapino The Fixer
Moliére

May / June 1987
Directed by Martine Seal

The Desperate Hours
Joseph Hayes

February / March 1987
Directed by Alan Tracey

Goldilocks And The Three Bears
Martin Stace

January 1987
Directed by Martin Stace

In 1987 Barts Players and Horley Central Players combined to form the Archway Theatre Company