Our Archive
The Priory has an immense history of over 90 years worth of productions! We’re working hard to archive them all here, including (where possible) show dates, castings and production photos.
If you have photos, posters or any other information about the shows listed below, we’d love to hear from you! Please get in touch here.
We’d also like to pay thanks to Chris Parker, whose tireless work on the previous Priory websites formed the basis for this archive and to Mike Brooks, who’s spent hours cataloguing historic photos included here.
Catalogued Shows
The shows in this section have been fully archived and include (where available) the show poster, director and production photographs.
It is searchable by show name, director or production company.
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2025
- 7 Nov 2025 Manford's Comedy Club
- 5 Sept 2025 – 13 Sept 2025 Our Day Out
- 4 Jul 2025 – 12 Jul 2025 Hay Fever
- 16 May 2025 – 24 May 2025 The 39 Steps
- 4 Apr 2025 – 12 Apr 2025 It’s a Wonderful Life
- 2 Mar 2025 Manford's Comedy Club
- 22 Feb 2025 – 1 Mar 2025 Ladies Unleashed
- 3 Jan 2025 Sleeping Beauty - Relaxed Performance
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2024
- 18 Dec 2024 – 5 Jan 2025 Sleeping Beauty
- 26 Oct 2024 LTG Central Region Conference 2024
- 23 Oct 2024 – 2 Nov 2024 The Addams Family
- 20 Sept 2024 Manford's Comedy Club
- 8 Sept 2024 Priory Treasure Hunt
- 4 Sept 2024 – 14 Sept 2024 The Stranger
- 27 Jul 2024 The Jive Aces - Keeping the show on the road tour
- 26 Jul 2024 Manford's Comedy Club
- 10 Jul 2024 – 20 Jul 2024 Dead Simple
- 7 Jun 2024 – 8 Jun 2024 Arabian Nights
- 1 Jun 2024 Richard Digance
- 25 May 2024 3-2-1 Dance!
- 24 May 2024 Manford's Comedy Club
- 18 May 2024 Sam Lawrence: An evening of Jazz & Swing
- 11 May 2024 The Book Taster - Tasting Notes Live
- 12 Apr 2024 – 20 Apr 2024 On Golden Pond
- 30 Mar 2024 Richie’s Skittles Night
- 23 Mar 2024 – 24 Mar 2024 Haunted Heritage - Ghost Hunt
- 16 Mar 2024 – 17 Mar 2024 Haunted Adventures - Ghost Hunt
- 8 Mar 2024 Manford's Comedy Club
- 23 Feb 2024 – 2 Mar 2024 Abigail’s Party
- 20 Jan 2024 – 21 Jan 2024 Paranormal Eye - Ghost Hunt
- 4 Jan 2024 Dick Whittington - Relaxed Performance
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2023
- 20 Dec 2023 – 7 Jan 2024 Dick Whittington
- 2 Dec 2023 Christmas Craft Fayre
- 25 Nov 2023 Richie’s Quiz Night
- 29 Oct 2023 Michael Mansfield – The Power in the People
- 27 Oct 2023 Manford's Comedy Club
- 24 Oct 2023 MYJO Midland Youth Jazz Orchestra with Jeff Hooper
- 15 Oct 2023 REVIVAL: The Tribute to ABBA
- 13 Oct 2023 – 14 Oct 2023 IntaDance: Fanfare for Forty
- 11 Oct 2023 – 12 Oct 2023 Twelve Dancing Princesses (PYT)
- 7 Oct 2023 Magic of the Dinosaurs
- 30 Sept 2023 – 1 Oct 2023 Haunted Adventures - Ghost Hunt
- 29 Sept 2023 Divorced, Beheaded, Died
- 23 Sept 2023 Ultimate Elton
- 6 Sept 2023 – 16 Sept 2023 Sheila’s Island
- 19 Aug 2023 Trip to London
- 22 Jul 2023 – 23 Jul 2023 Fleetwood Machine
- 7 Jul 2023 – 15 Jul 2023 Curtains
- 20 Jun 2023 Prize Women: Editor and Storyteller
- 10 Jun 2023 – 11 Jun 2023 Paranormal Eye - Ghost Hunt
- 3 Jun 2023 Tasting Notes Live
- 20 May 2023 – 27 May 2023 Waiting for God
- 13 May 2023 Eurovision Song Contest Party
- 6 May 2023 The Coronation
- 15 Apr 2023 StingChronicity
- 14 Apr 2023 Carnival Queen Crowning Ceremony
- 29 Mar 2023 – 8 Apr 2023 And Then There Were None
- 25 Feb 2023 Priory Bingo Night
- 10 Feb 2023 – 18 Feb 2023 Blithe Spirit
- 28 Jan 2023 – 29 Jan 2023 Haunted Adventures - Ghost Hunt
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2022
- 14 Dec 2022 – 31 Dec 2022 Aladdin
- 6 Nov 2022 Simon and Garfunkel Through the Years
- 29 Oct 2022 Me and My Shadow
- 27 Oct 2022 Wizard of Oz
- 23 Oct 2022 Suitcase Songalogues
- 7 Sept 2022 – 17 Sept 2022 Wait Until Dark
- 20 Jul 2022 – 30 Jul 2022 Macbeth
- 1 Jun 2022 – 11 Jun 2022 Prepare to Meet Thy Tomb
- 19 Apr 2022 Rapunzel
- 2 Apr 2022 – 9 Apr 2022 Mr Bennet's Bride
- 6 Mar 2022 Pop-Up Bowie
- 16 Feb 2022 Birthday Suite
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2021
- 15 Dec 2021 – 2 Jan 2022 Cinderella
- 25 Oct 2021 – 31 Oct 2021 The Grey Mist
- 19 Sept 2021 Meet The Beatles
- 18 Sept 2021 The Revolvers - Sounds of the Sixties
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2020
- 12 Feb 2020 – 22 Feb 2020 Keeping Up Appearances
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2019
- 18 Dec 2019 – 5 Jan 2020 Babes in the Wood
- 3 Nov 2019 Maetloaf
- 16 Oct 2019 – 26 Oct 2019 The Perfect Murder
- 9 Sept 2019 – 14 Sept 2019 Dracula the Bloody Truth
- 20 Jul 2019 West End Jerseys
- 18 Jul 2019 – 19 Jul 2019 Youth Theatre Showcase (PYT)
- 3 Jul 2019 – 13 Jul 2019 Spider's Web
- 13 May 2019 – 18 May 2019 The Dresser
- 27 Mar 2019 – 6 Apr 2019 Ladies Day
- 24 Feb 2019 The Revolvers
- 11 Feb 2019 – 16 Feb 2019 A Month of Sundays
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2018
- 12 Dec 2018 – 30 Dec 2018 Puss in Boots
- 24 Oct 2018 – 2 Nov 2018 Quartet
- 5 Sept 2018 – 15 Sept 2018 A Bunch of Amateurs
- 11 Jul 2018 – 21 Jul 2018 Tiptoe Through the Tombstones
- 2 Jun 2018 – 9 Jun 2018 Steptoe and Son
- 4 May 2018 – 5 May 2018 Moods and Memories
- 18 Apr 2018 – 28 Apr 2018 Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
- 9 Mar 2018 – 11 Mar 2018 Peter Pan (PYT)
- 29 Jan 2018 – 3 Feb 2018 Frost/Nixon
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2017
- 13 Dec 2017 – 31 Dec 2017 Snow White
- 23 Oct 2017 – 28 Oct 2017 Edith in the Dark
- 6 Sept 2017 – 16 Sept 2017 Rumours
- 5 Jul 2017 – 15 Jul 2017 Jeeves & Wooster
- 22 Apr 2017 Maet Loaf & The Never Neverland Express
- 29 Mar 2017 – 8 Apr 2017 Death in High Heels
- 19 Feb 2017 The Dreamers
- 21 Jan 2017 The Revolvers
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2016
- 14 Dec 2016 – 31 Dec 2016 Jack & The Beanstalk
- 25 Oct 2016 – 4 Nov 2016 Fallen Angels
- 7 Sept 2016 – 17 Sept 2016 Look Behind You
- 30 Jul 2016 Bublé Sway
- 6 Jul 2016 – 16 Jul 2016 The Hollow
- 23 May 2016 – 28 May 2016 The Lion in Winter
- 13 Apr 2016 – 23 Apr 2016 Cash on Delivery
- 1 Mar 2016 – 5 Mar 2016 James and the Giant Peach (PYT)
- 13 Feb 2016 Want U Back
- 16 Jan 2016 Queen Extreme
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2015
- 16 Dec 2015 – 3 Jan 2016 Beauty & The Beast
- 27 Oct 2015 – 6 Nov 2015 A Chorus of Disapproval
- 7 Sept 2015 – 19 Sept 2015 The Importance of Being Earnest
- 1 Aug 2015 Matthew Long
- 26 Jul 2015 Made in 48 Hours - The Undirectables
- 25 May 2015 – 30 May 2015 Entertaining Mr Sloane
- 26 Apr 2015 Sounds of the 60s
- 13 Apr 2015 – 25 Apr 2015 How to Succeed in Business
- 4 Mar 2015 – 7 Mar 2015 The Wonderful World of Dissocia (PYT)
- 11 Jan 2015 – 21 Feb 2015 Yes, Prime Minister
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2014
- 17 Dec 2014 – 4 Jan 2015 Mother Goose
- 5 Nov 2014 – 15 Nov 2014 The Ladykillers
- 21 Sept 2014 Swede Dreamz
- 10 Sept 2014 – 20 Sept 2014 The Accrington Pals
- 9 Jul 2014 – 19 Jul 2014 Up Pompeii!
- 29 May 2014 – 31 May 2014 Trash (PYT)
- 7 May 2014 – 17 May 2014 A Tomb With a View
- 19 Mar 2014 – 29 Mar 2014 Rough Crossing
- 9 Feb 2014 Only Fools and Boycie
- 3 Feb 2014 – 8 Feb 2014 Damages
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2013
- 13 Dec 2013 – 29 Dec 2013 Sleeping Beauty
- 26 Oct 2013 – 1 Nov 2013 The Children of the Wolf
- 4 Sept 2013 – 14 Sept 2013 Entertaining Angels
- 21 Jul 2013 Meet The Beatles
- 10 Jul 2013 – 20 Jul 2013 Blood Brothers - The Play
- 30 May 2013 – 1 Jun 2013 Romeo & Juliet (PYT)
- 1 May 2013 – 11 May 2013 If I Were You
- 11 Mar 2013 – 23 Mar 2013 Lock Up Your Daughters
- 30 Jan 2013 – 9 Feb 2013 On Your Honour
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2012
- 14 Dec 2012 – 30 Dec 2012 Aladdin
- 24 Oct 2012 – 3 Nov 2012 Sleep No More
- 1 Sept 2012 – 15 Sept 2012 Calendar Girls
- 4 Jul 2012 – 14 Jul 2012 Charley’s Aunt
- 24 May 2012 – 26 May 2012 Oliver Twist (PYT)
- 2 May 2012 – 12 May 2012 Present Laughter
- 19 Mar 2012 – 31 Mar 2012 Acorn Antiques - The Musical!
- 1 Feb 2012 – 11 Feb 2012 The Hound of the Baskervilles
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2011
- 15 Dec 2011 – 2 Jan 2012 Dick Whittington
- 24 Oct 2011 – 29 Oct 2011 The Winter’s Tale
- 7 Sept 2011 – 17 Sept 2011 The Odd Couple (Female Version)
- 22 Jun 2011 – 2 Jul 2011 The Unexpected Guest
- 2 May 2011 – 7 May 2011 Iron
- 21 Mar 2011 – 2 Apr 2011 Godspell
- 2 Feb 2011 – 12 Feb 2011 Moonlight & Magnolias
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2010
- 16 Dec 2010 – 2 Jan 2011 Cinderella
- 20 Oct 2010 – 30 Oct 2010 Out of Sight, Out of Murder
- 16 Jul 2010 – 18 Jul 2010 Alice in Wonderland (PYT)
- 23 Jun 2010 – 3 Jul 2010 The Key of the Door
- 3 May 2010 – 15 May 2010 ‘Allo ‘Allo!
- 22 Mar 2010 – 27 Mar 2010 Bronte
- 10 Feb 2010 – 20 Feb 2010 Good Things
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2009
- 11 Dec 2009 – 30 Dec 2009 Sinbad The Sailor
- 24 Oct 2009 – 31 Oct 2009 Ladies in Retirement
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2001
- 2 Jul 2001 – 14 Jul 2001 Nunsense
- 16 May 2001 – 26 May 2001 Alarms and Excursions
- 23 Feb 2001 – 24 Feb 2001 Kidney Kabaret
- 7 Feb 2001 – 17 Feb 2001 Steel Magnolias
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2000
- 16 Dec 2000 – 30 Dec 2000 A Christmas Carol
- 4 Oct 2000 – 14 Oct 2000 Season’s Greetings
- 17 May 2000 – 27 May 2000 Under Milk Wood
- 22 Mar 2000 – 1 Apr 2000 Diary of Anne Frank
- 9 Feb 2000 – 19 Feb 2000 Rookery Nook
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1999
- 17 Dec 1999 – 8 Jan 2000 Jack and the Beanstalk
- 9 Jul 1999 – 24 Jul 1999 Anything Goes
- 20 Mar 1999 – 27 Mar 1999 The Scottish Play
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1998
- 18 Dec 1998 – 2 Jan 1999 Robinson Crusoe
- 8 Jul 1998 – 18 Jul 1998 The Ghost Train
- 15 Apr 1998 – 25 Apr 1998 The Boyfriend (PYT)
- 4 Feb 1998 – 14 Feb 1998 The Sunshine Boys
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1997
- 17 Dec 1997 – 27 Dec 1997 Goldilocks and the Three Bears
- 17 Sept 1997 – 27 Sept 1997 Blithe Spirit
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1972
- 23 Nov 1972 – 2 Dec 1972 Animal Farm
- 13 Apr 1972 – 22 Apr 1972 Dark of the Moon (40th Birthday Gala)
Other Past Productions
We’ve got a lot of previous productions and we’re still working our way through them to create a full archive. In the meantime, here’s a list of them all.
If you have photos, posters or any other information about the shows listed below, we’d love to hear from you! Please get in touch here.
Four Nights In Knaresborough
Blood Relations
The Long And The Short And The Tall
Disposing Of The Body
Jack And The Beanstalk
The Beauty Queen Of Leenane
Something To Hide
See How They Run
The Wind In The Willows
The Breath Of Life
Feelgood
Robin Hood And The Babes In The Wood
Humble Boy
Little Women
Destiny’s Child
Neville’s Island
Little Shop Of Horrors
Dead Guilty
The Herbal Bed
Puss In Boots
A Killing Frost
Fatal Encounter
When Saturday Comes
The Invisible Man
Snake In The Grass
Funny Money
Waters Of The Moon
Aladdin
Gasping
Gaslight
Bugsy Malone
Journey’s End
Hay Fever
Sleeping Beauty
The Memory Of Water
Lady Windermere’s Fan
Ship Of Dreams
Run For Your Wife
A Saint She Aint
London Suite
Daring Dick
Peggy For You
Forty Years On
Are You Being Served?
A Murder Is Announced
Nunsense II
Nobody’s Perfect
Beauty And The Beast
Maskerade
The Rise And Fall Of Little Voice
It Runs In The Family
The Kingfisher
Oh What A Lovely War!
Absurd Person Singular
Cinderella
Katherine Howard
The Deep Blue Sea
Nunsense 2001
Alarms And Excursions 2001
As You Like It
Steel Magnolias 2001
A Christmas Carol 2000
Skylight
Season’s Greetings 2000
Educating Rita
You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown
Under Milk Wood 2000
The Diary Of Anne Frank 2000
Rookery Nook 2000
Jack And The Beanstalk 1999
Private Lives
Pygmalion
Anything Goes 1999
The Day After The Fair
Daisy Pulls It Off
The Scottish Play 1999
A Passionate Woman
Robinson Crusoe 1998
Don’t Dress For Dinner
September Tide
The Ghost Train 1998
The Country Wife
The Boyfriend 1998
The Sunshine Boys 1998
Goldilocks And The Three Bears 1997
April In Paris
Blithe Spirit 1997
Dancing At Lughnasa
Mansfield Park
Confusions
September Tide
Little Red Riding Hood
The Cemetary Club
Double Double
Out Of Order
Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell
Half A Sixpence
Far From The Madding Crowd
Mother Goose
Nasty Neighbours
Deadly Embrace
Noises Off
The Royal Baccarat Scandal
A Midsummer Nights Dream
The Whales Of August
Aladdin
Veronica’s Room
Shirley Valentine
Lend Me A Tenor
And So To Bed
Therese Raquin
Salad Days
Dangerous Obsession
Dick Whittington
Shakespeare Country
Stepping Out
My Cousin Rachael
When We Are Married
Driving Miss Daisy
We Found Love And An Exquisite Set Of Porcelain Figurines Aboard The SS Farndale Avenue
Santa In Space
The Exorcism
Canterbury Tales
Old Herbaceous
Wife Begins At Forty
Our Day Out
Business Of Murder
Tons Of Money
Cinderella
Happy Families
Anastasia File
Harvey
Jane Eyre
Beyond Reasonable Doubt
No Sex Please, We’re British
Toad Of Toad Hall
Old Herbaceous
Cat On A Hot Tin Roof
Beautiful Dreamer
A Lesson From Aloes
Antigone
Twelve Angry Men
Relatively Speaking
The Dracula Spectacula
The Complaisant Lover
They Came From Mars And Landed Outside The Farndale Avenue Church Hall In Time For The Townswomen’s Guild Coffee Morning
Mr Macaroni And The Exploding Pizza Pie
Irma La Douce
Loot
Outside Edge
The Real Thing
Pride And Prejudice
The Lion The Witch And The Wardrobe
Hay Fever
The Adventures Of A Bear Called Paddington
Taking Steps
Death Of A Salesman
The Haunted Through Lounge And Recessed Dining Nook At Farndale Castle
Rockefeller And The Red Indians
On Golden Pond
Night Must Fall
Dames At Sea
Children Of A Lesser God
Pack Of Lies
Spring And Port Wine
Babes In The Magic Wood
Season’s Greetings
Gaslight
Cause Celebre
Hobson’s Choice
The Heiress
Deathtrap
Kidnapped At Christmas
An Evening Of Flanders And Swann
84 Charing Cross Road
A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum
Semi-Detached
No Room For Love
You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown
Educating Rita
Charlie And Algernon
Witness For The Prosecution
La Ronde
The Philanthropist
Alice In Wonderland
Accrington Pals
Say Goodnight To Grandma
Godspell
The Dresser
The Country Wife
Flint
Flibberty And The Penguin
Uproar In The House
The Thwarting Of Baron Bolligrew
The Norman Conquests
Bodies
Cowardy Custard
A Woman Of No Importance
The Real Inspector Hound & Cahoots Macbeth
The Contractor
Winnie The Pooh
Whose Life Is It Anyway?
Charlie And The Chocolate Factory
The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie
Bedroom Farce
Clouds
After The Fall
The Plotters of Cabbage Patch Corner
The Innocents
The Happy Marriage
Oh, What A Lovely War!
Plaza Suite
Rain
The Bed before Yesterday
Mother Goose’s Golden Christmas
The Caretaker
The Lion In Winter
You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown
Confusions
The Royal Hunt Of The Sun
The Flip Side
Children Of The Wolf
An Italian Straw Hat
Black Comedy And White Liars*
Dial M For Murder*
Tom Jones*
Move Over Mrs Markham*
Time And Time Again
A Bequest To The Nation
The Godsend
The Long Christmas Dinner
Two In One
Count Dracula
The Children’s Hour
Devil May Care
Brief Lives
Blithe Spirit
How The Other Half Loves
Conduct Unbecoming
Time Sneeze
Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?
Arsenic And Old Lace
Garbage
The Killing Of Sister George
The Secretary Bird
The Wrong Side Of The Park
The Owl And The Pussycat
There’s A Girl In My Soup
The Devil’s Lady
In Celebration
Arms And The Man
Not Now Darling
The Hole
The Trojan Woman
Animal Farm 1972
Who Killed Santa Claus?
The Scandalous Affair Of Mr Kettle And Mrs Moon
Dark Of The Moon 1972
Summer Of The Seventeenth Doll
Antigone
A Man For All Seasons
Say Who You Are
The Marriage Go Round
A Touch Of The Sun
Make Me A Widow
Let’s All Go Down The Strand
Romanoff And Juliet
The Guilty Generation
Under Milk Wood
Lear Of Albion Crescent
Five Birds In A Cage
The Guilty Generation
The Bodenham Romp
The House on the Cliff
The Constant Wife
The Right Honourable Gentleman
Hotel Paradiso
The Diary Of Anne Frank
Apple Pie Order
The Badger Game
The Saxon Wives Of Ellandune
Husbands Supplied
Boeing Boeing
Amber For Anna
The Importance Of Being Earnest
The Evergreens
Fool’s Errand
Caliph’s Minstral
Petronella
Sherri Dawson
Something To Hide
Dear Octopus
Pools Paradise
Lady Windermere’s Fan
The Waltz Of The Toreadors
Night Must Fall
Come Blow Your Horn
The Rose Without A Thorn
Shop At Sly Corner
The Proposal
Lord Byron’s Love Letter
The Monkey’s Paw
The Bride And The Bachelor
Johnny Belinda
Relative Values
Flare Path
The Sky Is Overcast
Rough Diamond
The Murder Of Maria Martin Or The Red Barn
The Glass Menagerie
Bellamy
Break Out
The Queen And The Welshman
Atalanta
The Happy Journey
Fumed Oak
Brush With A Body
The Irregular Verb To Love
Dinner With The Family
The Rape Of The Belt
The Grass Is Greener
She Stoops To Conquer
Dead On Nine
The Deep Blue Sea
Miranda
Doctor In The House
Spider’s Web
Waiting For Gillian
Two Dozen Red Roses
Bell Book And Candle
Affairs of State
An Inspector Calls
Dear Delinquent
The Whole Truth
Sailor Beware
My Three Angels
Jupiter Laughs
Clutterbuck
A Murder Has Been Arranged
Young Wives
The Eagle Has Two Heads
French Without Tears
Witness For The Prosecution
The Long Mirror
Fallen Angels
Dangerous Corner
Murder Mistaken
Private Lives
While The Sun Shines
Fairy Scenes From A Midsummer Nights Dream
The Man Of Destiny
The Bear
Pink String And Sealing Wax
Friendly Relations
The Indifferent Shepherd
Shining Hour
Here We Come Gathering
Blithe Spirit
The Giaconda Smile
Gaslight
Traveller’s Joy
Love In Albania
Murder At The Vicarage
A Phoenix Too Frequent
One Wild Oat
Claudia
Arms And The Man
Hay Fever
Pygmalion
George And Margaret
The Two Mrs Carrolls
French Without Tears
Sixteen
The Barretts Of Wimpole Street
The Wind And The Rain
Flare Path
The Marquise
Middlewatch
I’ll Leave It To You
Fresh Fields
A Damsel In Distress
Interference
The Young Idea
The Middlewatch
Hay Fever
Rising Generation
* denotes a performance held elsewhere due to the fire in 1976 and the subsequent rebuilding of the theatre until 1978.