Full Production Listing

Productions by season |

1970s

Six Characters In Search of an Author, Luigi Pirandello (May 1970)
The Love of Four Colonels, Peter Ustinov (December 1970)
Death of a Salesman, Arthur Miller (June 1971)

Mixed Doubles, Various (October 1971)
The Rape of the Belt Levy, Benn (March 1972)
Major Barnara, George Bernard Shaw (May 1972)

I am a Camera, John Van Druten (Oct 1972)
The Entertainer, John Osborne (December 1972)
The Happy Apple, Jack Pullman (March 1973)
The Vicery's Carriage, Prosper Merimee (July 1973)
Black Comedy, Peter Shaffer (July 1973)

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The Anniversary, Bill Macilwrith (October 1973)
The Critic, Richard Sheridan (December 1973)
Richard III, William Shakespeare (April 1974)
The Sandbox, Edward Albee (July 1974)
Krapp's Last Tape, Samuel Beckett (July 1974)
Trever, John Bowen (July 1974)
The Bald Prima Donna, Eugene Ionesco (July 1974)
The RadioActive Nude, Tim Lille (July 1974)

The Hotel In Amsterdam, John Osbourne (October 1974)
Cinderella, John Scadding (1975)
A Man for All Seasons, Robert Bold (March 1975)
Arms and the Man, George Bernard Shaw (June 1975)
The Real Inspector Hound, Tom Stoppard (July 1975)
The Sam Pongo Show, Henry Livings (July 1975)

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The Cherry Orchard, Anton Chekov (October 1975)
A Delicate Balance, Edward Albee (March 1976)
Andorra, Max Frisch (May 1976)

All Things Bright and Beautiful, Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall (October 1976)
As You Like It, William Shakespeare (February 1977)
Tonight at 8|30, Noel Coward (June 1977)

A Day in the Death of Joe Egg, Peter Nichols (October 1977)
Habeas Corpus, Alan Bennett (Nov 1977)
A Midsummer Night's Dream, William Shakespeare (March 1978)
The Philanthropist, Christopher Hampton (May 1978)
The Sea, Edward Bond (July 1978)

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Private Lives, Noel Coward (October 1978)
Antigone, Jean Anouilh (November 1978)
The Government Inspector, Nikolai Gogol (March 1979)
Waiting for Godot, Samuel Beckett (May 1979)
Loot, Joe Orton (July 1979)

Waiting for Godot, Samuel Beckett (August 1979)
The Love of Four Colonels, Peter Ustinov (October 1979)
Twelfth Night, William Shakespeare (December 1979)
The Birthday Party, Harold Pinter (February 1980)
Pygmalion, George Bernard Shaw (May 1980)
The Monty Python Show, Various (May 1980)
The Brothers, Plautus (July 1980)
The Merchant, Plautus (July 1980)

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1980s

The Noble Spaniard, W Somerset Maugham (October 1980)
Under Milk Wood, Dylan Thomas (December 1980)
The Only Way to Cross, Varioud (March 1981)
The Taming of the Shrew, William Shakespeare (May 1981)
The Bed-Sitting Room, Spike Milligan and John Antrobus (July 1981)

The Killing of Sister George, Frank Marcus (October 1981)
Three Sisters, Anton Chekov (December 1981)
Rosencrantz and Guilderstern Are Dead, Tom Stoppard (March 1982)
The Risistible rise of Arturo Ui, Bertolt Brecht
How the Other Half Loves, Alan Ayckbourn (July 1982)
A Frankenstein, Dick Bird & David Penrose (Aug 1982)

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Entertaining Mr Sloane, Joe Orton (Oct 1982)
Toad of Toad Hall, A. A. Milne (Dec 1982)
Cross Your Heart, Jacquie Penrose (Mar 1983)
Whose Life is it Anyway? Brian Clarke (May 1983)
The Threepenny Opera, Bertolt Brecht (Jul 1983)

Bent, Martin Sherman (Sept 1983)
Skirmishes, Catherine Hayes (Oct 1983)
Old King Cole, Ken Campbell (Dec 1983)
Major Barbara, George Bernard Shaw (Dec 1983)
The Accrington Pals, Peter Whelan (Mar 1984)
What the Butler Saw, Joe Orton (May 1984)
Flatsville, John Scadding (Jun 1984)
The Havant Mysteries, John Scadding (Jun 1984)
Hedda Gabler, Henrick Ibsen (Jul 1984)

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And God Created Michelangelo, Jacquie Penrose (Oct 1984)
Johnnie, Dudley William (Oct 1984)
Outside Edge, Richard Harris (Dec 1984)
Othello, William Shakespeare (Mar 1985)
Accidental Death of an Anarchist, Dario Fo (May 1985)
Peer Gynt, Henrick Ibsen (July 1985)

Electra, Sophocles (Oct 1985)
Absurd Person Singular, Alan Ayckbourn (Dec 1985)
The Dumb Waiter, Harold Pinter (Mar 1986)
Betrayal, Harold Pinter (Mar 1986)
Trelawney of the Wells, Arthur Wing Pinero (May 1986)
Good, C. P. Taylor (Jul 1986)

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Cloud Nine, Caryl Churchill (Oct 1986)
Comedy of Errors, William Shakespeare (Dec 1986)
The Suicide, Nikoli Erdman (Feb 1987)
Todd's War, Steve Farnfield (May 1987)
Can't Pay? Won't Pay!, Dario Dario (Jul 1987)

Salonika, Louise Page (Sept 1987)
Time and Tide, Jacquie Penrose (Sept 1987)
The Plough and the Stars, Sean O'Casey (Dec 1987)
The Christmas Box, David Urquhard & Jo German (Dec 1987)
Bedroom Farce, Alan Ayckbourn (Feb 1988)
Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck (May 1988)
Stags and Hens, Willy Russell (Jul 1988)

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A Perfect Gentle Knight, Jacquie Penrose (Sept 1988)
Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll (Dec 1988)
Trumpets and Raspberries, Dario Fo (Feb 1989)
The Seagull, Anton Chekov (May 1989)
Quatermaine's Terms, Simon Gray (Jul 1989)

Real Estate, Louise Page (Sept 1989)
The Miser, Moliere (Dec 1989)
The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, Charles Dickens (May 1990)
Loot, Joe Orton (Jul 1990)

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1990s

The Lady's Not For Burning, Christopher Fry (Sept 1990)
On Golden Pond, Ernest Thompson (Dec 1990)
Ghosts, Henrick Ibsen (Feb 1991)
Relatively Speaking Alan Ayckbourn (May 1991)
Comedians, Trevor Griffiths (Jul 1991)

The Business of Murder, Richard Harris (Sept 1991)
Waiting in the Wings, Noel Coward (Dec 1991)
The Visit, Friedrich Durrenmatt (Feb 1992)
Terra Nova, Ted Tally (May 1992)
Glengarry Glen Ross, David Mamet (Jul 1992)

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Time and Time Again, Alan Ayckbourn (Sept 1992)
Robin Hood, Patrick Prior (Dec 1992)
My Mother Said I Never Should, Charlotte Keatley (Feb 1993)
The Father, August Strindberg (May 1993)
Placebo, Andrew Vachss (Jul 1993)
Four Portraits - of Mothers, Arnold Wesker (Jul 1993)
Confessions of a Primary Terrestrial, Peter Barnes (Jul 1993)
Medea, Dario Fo (Jul 1993)
Monologue, Harold Pinter (Jul 1993)
The Havant Mysteries, John Scadding (Jul 1993)

Something Unspoken, Tennessee Williams (Sept 1993)
Zoo Story, Edward Albee (Sept 1993)
The Voysey Inheritance, Harley Granville Barker (Nov 1993)
Oedipus Rex, Sophocles (Feb 1994)
The Dresser, Ronald Harwood (Apr 1994)
Habeas Corpus, Alan Bennett (Jul 1994)

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The Homecoming, Harold Pinter (Sept 1994)
The Physicists, Friedrich Durrenmatt (Nov 1994)
The Story of Little Dombey, Charles Dickens (Jan 1995)
The Havant Mysteries, John Scadding (Jan 1995)
Man of La Mancha, Dale Wasserman (Feb 1995)
A Chip in the Sugar, Alan Bennett (Mar 1995)
A Woman of No Importance, Alan Bennett (Mar 1995)
A Visit from Miss Protheroe, Alan Bennett (Mar 1995)
Death & the Maiden, Ariel Dorfman (Apr 1995)
Dancing at Lughnasa, Brian Friel (Jul 1995)

All My Sons, Arthur Miller (Sept 1995)
A Doll's House, Henrick Ibsen (Nov 1995)
Bench Victorian Soiree, Rita de Bunsen (Dec 1995)
A Christmas Carol Charles Dickens (Dec 1995)
Faith Healer, Brian Friel (Jan 1996)
Top Girls, Caryl Churchill (Feb 1996)
Mother Courage and her Children, Bertolt Brecht (Apr 1996)
The Glass Menagerie, Tennessee Williams (Jul 1996)

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The Cherry Orchard, Anton Chekov (Sept 1996)
Blue Remembered Hills, Dennis Potter (Nov 1996)
Our Country's Good, Timberlake Wertenbaker (Feb 1997)
Butley, Simon Gray (Apr 1997)
Dreams of a Hero, Jacquie Penrose (Jul 1997)

Bloody Poetry, Howard Brenton, Howard (Sept 1997)
David Copperfield, Charles Dickens (Oct 1997)
A Family Affair, Alexander Ostrovsky (Nov 1997)
Freedom of the City, Brian Friel (Jan 1998)
Much Ado About Nothing, William Shakespeare (Apr 1998)
The Office Party, John Godber (July 1998)

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Renaissance Penrose, Jacquie Penrose (September 1998)
The Odd Couple (Male Version), Neil Simon (November 1998)
The Caretaker, Harold Pinter (January 1999)
King Lea, William Shakespear (April 1999)
The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde (July 1999)

Various pieces | Bench 30th Birthday Party! (September 1999)
Broken Glass, Arthur Miller (November 1999)
Old King Cole, Ken Campbell (February 2000)
Charley's Aunt, Brandon Thomas (April 2000)
Translations, Brian Friel (July 2000)

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2000s

Supernova, a collection of original work. (September 2000)
Racing Demon, David Hare (November 2000)
One For The Road/Moonlight double bill, Harold Pinter (February 2001)
Arsenic and Old Lace, Joseph Kesselring (April 2001)
Goodbye Mr Chips, James Hilton (May 2001)
Memory of Water, Shelagh Stephenson (July 2001)

Caucasian Chalk Circle, Brecht (November 2001)
Wyrd Sisters, Stephen Briggs (February 2002)
Female Parts, Dario Fo & Franca Rama (April 2002)
The Handyman, Ronald Harwood (July 2002)

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Oleanna David Mamet (September 2002)
Romeo&Juliet William Shakespeare (November 2002)
Picasso at the Lapan Agile Steve Martin (February 2002)
Uncle Vanya Chekhov (April 2002)
Shakers John Godber (May 2002)
The Real Thing Tom Stoppard (July 2002)

Supernova 2 various (a collection of original work) (September 2003)
The Sunshine Boys Neil Simon (November 2003)
Saved Edward Bond (February 2004)
Be My Baby Amanda Whittington (April 2004)
The Weir Conor McPherson

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Sexual Perversity in Chicago David Mamet (Oct 2004)
Christmas Carol Charles Dickens (Dec 2004)
Haroun and the Sea of Stories Salman Rushdie, adapted for the stage by Tim Supple and David Tushingham (Feb 2005)
Vagina Monologues Eve Ensler (Feb/Mar 2005)
Skylight David Hare (Apr 2005)
The Cripple of Inishmaan Martin MacDonagh (July 2005)