Derby Playhouse production history

The following is a chronological list of productions staged at the Derby Playhouse from 1975 to 2008. The Derby Playhouse was a theatre production company and the former name of the theatre which it owned and operated from its opening in 1975 until 2008, when the company ceased operating after a period in administration. Situated in Derby, England, the theatre is now known as the Derby Theatre and has been owned and operated by the University of Derby since 2009.[1][2]

List of past productions 1975–2008

The list includes all Main House, in-house professional productions. It does not include many Studio, Theatre in Education (TIE), visiting professional or amateur performances, such as those of the Derby Gilbert & Sullivan Company, whose annual Gilbert and Sullivan shows played at the theatre from 1980 to 2003 and again after the theatre's reopening in 2009.[2][3]

1975

1976

1977

1978

1979

1980

1981

1982

1983

1984

1985

1986
  • The Anastasia File
  • Intimate Exchanges :- Affairs in a Tent & A One Man Protest
  • Sons of the Beach
  • Intimate Exchanges :- A Pageant & A Game of Golf
  • Tom Jones
  • The Brewery Beano
  • It's a Madhouse
  • Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004
  • Josefina – Derby Playhouse Youth Theatre
  • Silver Ghosts & Spitfires (7 – 10 July 2004) – Derby Playhouse Community Theatre [24]
  • Merlin & The Winter King (4 December 2004 – 22 January 2005) [35] [36] [37] [10]

2005
  • Hooray for Hollywood (30 March – 2 April 2005) – Derby Playhouse Youth Theatre [43] [44]
  • Bold Nelson's Praise (6 – 9 July 2005) – Derby Playhouse Community Theatre [53]

2006
  • Master Class (11 March – 8 April 2006) [71] [72]

2007

2008

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