Celebrating 50 years: the Henry Lawson Theatre.

The HENRY LAWSON THEATRE PRODUCTIONS

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The following table lists the title of the plays conducted each year, followed by the name of the author and the name of the director.

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2022

Caravan - Donald McDonald - Jason Darlington

8 Short Plays:

1.A Bench In The Park - Albert M Brown - Sari Erasmus-Hickey

2.Bingo Buddies - Sue Chapman - Rhonda Hancock

3.Scripted - Mark Harvey Levine - Nicole Smith

4.Oh, Nanna! - Nicole Smith - Ian Fletcher

5.The Beards - Angela Pezzano - Felicity Jean

6.Changing, Engaging, Aging - Maz Goldrick - Rosie Crossing

7.Ash - Alex Broun - Nicole Madden

8.Sound FX- Duncan Ball - Ian Fletcher

Romeo & Juliet - William Shakespeare - Nicole Madden

Room To Move - Hannie Rayson - Sari Erasmus-Hickey

Third Word Blues - David Williamson - Heather McGreal

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2021

Chamber Music - Arthur Kopit - Clarinda Edwards

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2020

God Of Carnage - Yasmina Reza - Rebecca Fletcher

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2019

The Female Of The Species – Joanna Murray-Smith - Sari Erasmus-Hickey

So Much To Tell You - John Marsden - Nicole Madden

3 One Act Plays:

1.The Perfect Crime - Valda Marshall - Neridah James

2.Heavenly Inspiration - Greg Freier - Rebecca Fletcher

3.The Dog Logs - Christopher Johnson - Pam Pickard

Dinkum Assorted - Linda Aronson - Rhonda Hancock

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2018

Two Weeks With The Queen – Morris Gleitzman - Pam Pickard

Shut Your Eyes & Think Of England - John Chapman & Anthony Marriott - Lee Caton

Dags - Debra Oswald - Nicole Madden

Dad’s Army - Jimmy Perry & David Croft - Barbara Stone

Happiness - David Williamson - Sari Erasmus-Hickey

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2017

Titanic: The Diamond Of Dreams - K Cotterill - Pam Pickard

Money And Friends - David Williamson - Mike Rochfort

Two One Acts:

1.The Donahue Sisters- Geraldine Aron - Leanne Caton

2.The Omelet Murder Case - Tim Kelly - Barbara Stone

Calendar Girls - Tim Firth - Pam Pickard

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2016

When Dad Married Fury - David Williamson - Sari Erasmus-Hickey

Final Act: (3 One Acts ):

1.Logies - Ken Cotterill - Janet Boreham

2.Just A Straight Man - Rob Smith & J.Mawson - Lee Caton

3.The Gift - Rob Smith & Ken Cotterill - Mike Rochfort

‘Allo ‘Allo - Jeremy Lloyd & David Croft - Barbara Stone

Love Begins At Fifty - Raymond Hopkins - Pam Pickard

The Oldest Proffession - Paula Vogel - Joshua Crew

Peter Pan - J M Barrie - Nicole Madden

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2015

Deck Chairs: (3)

1.Cruise Missile - Jean Mcconnell - Leanne Caton

2.Day Trippers - Jean Mcconnell - Rhonda Hancock

3.Theatrical Digs - Jean Mc Connell- Nicole Madden

Happy Families - Simon Hopkinson & H O’Connor - Pam Pickard

Nobby Postlethwaite’s 50th Anniversity - Wayne Guy - Wayne Guy

Dial M For Murder - Frederick Knott - Leanne Caton

Fawlty Towers - John Cleese & C Booth - Leanne Caton

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2014

At Any Cost?D Williamson & Dr Mohamed KhadraSari Erasmus-Hickey

Laugh Till You Cry (3):

1.Lucy In The Sky - Tony Layton - Peter Williams

2.Catnips - Rhonda Hancock - Pam Pickard

3.Just A Straight Man - R Smith & J Mawson - Nicole Madden

Plaza Suite - Neil Simon - Leanne Caton

The Poet Of The People - Henry Lawson Poems/ Stories - Sari Erasmus-Hickey

Are You Being Served - J Lloyd & David Croft - Barbara Stone

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2013

Audrey And The Professor - Wayne Guy - Pam Pickard

Crimes Of The Heart - Beth Henley - Anthony Stirling-Edgar

Love Letters - A R Gurney - Peter Williams

Twelve Angry Men - Sherman Sergel - Leanne Caton

Mother And Son - Geofrrey Atherden - J Crew & Nicole Madden

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2012

The Touch Of Silk - Betty Roland - Allyson Prowse

Beautiful Thing - Jonathan Harvey - Joshua Crew

On Golden Pond - Ernest Thompson - Anthony Stirling-Edgar

Secret Bridesmaids Business - Elizabeth Coleman - Leanne Caton

Dry Rot - John Roy Chapman - Peter Williams

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2011

The Harp In The South - Ruth Park - Joshua Crew

Doubt - John Patrick Shanley - Hilda Janes

The Bard Rewired (3):

1.The Case Of The Prince Formerly Known As Hamlet - B Kane - Arpad Horvath

2.Under The Balcony - Bruce Kane - Allyson Mckinnon- Howett

3.Julius And Cleopatra - Michael Green - Mitchell Rist

Budgie Smugglers Of The Murrumbidgee - Wayne Guy - Rhonda Hancock

Pardon Me, Prime Minister - E Taylor &J Graham - Peter Williams

The Wizard Of Oz - Alfred Bradley - Anthony Stirling-Edgar

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2010

Carols By Glowstick - Lindsay & Stephnie Sell (director)

Corpse - David Kary - Leanne Caton

Katherine Howard - William Nicholson - Anthony Stirling-Edgar

The Dog Logs - Christopher Johnson - Pam Pickard

Such Is Life: One Acts(3):

1.A Change Of Heart - Colleen Soper - Colleen Soper

2.The Hitchhiker - Lucille Fletcher - Joshua Crew

3.Asylum - Alec Baron - Anthony Stirling-Edgar

The Odd Couple: Female Version - Neil Simon - David Attrill

Once Upon A Time Mate - Colleen Soper - Rhonda Hancock

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2009

Henry’s Carols By Glowlight - Compiled Program - Joshua Crew

It Was A Dark And Stormy Night - Tim Kelly - Janet Boreham

Red Faces Variety Acts- Joshua Crew(director)

Musical Extravaganza - Liz Stramandinoli (director)

Women In Waiting (3):

1.Bloody Mary - A. Stirling-Edgar - Anthony Stirling-Edgar

2.Bus Stop - Ray Shirley - Hilda Janes

3.Classis Claustrophobia - Jenny Rixon - Barbara Stone

Dracula - Bram Stoker - Leanne Caton

A Night In Court - Jay Corr - Rhonda Hancock

Mother Goose Has Flown The Coop - Pat Cook - Peter Williams

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2008

The Cemetery Club - Ivan Menchell - Anthony Stirling-Edgar

A Command Performance - Variety Concert - Don De Maria & Sari Erasmus-Hickey

A Day In Court - Jay Corr - Rhonda Hancock

Guilty Or Not: Four One Acts

1.How Far - Lawrence Block - David Attrill

2.Hello Out There - William Saroyan - Hilda Janes

3.One Day I'll Plant More Walnut Trees - Lawrence Block - David Attrill

4.Henry, Anne, Elizabeth And Mary - Anthony Stirling-Edgar (director)

Beauty And The Beast - Warren Graves - Anthony Stirling-Edgar

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2007

A Champagne Supper Show: What Kind Of Fool Am I - Don De Maria (director)

The Small Poppies - David Holman - Sari Erasmus-Hickey

Rebecca - Clifford Williams - Anthony Stirling-Edgar

Frames Of Mind (3):

1.Lament For The Living - Eve Old - Peter Williams

2.Chamber Music - Arthur L Kopit - Rhonda Hancock

3.Interiors - Dean Barrett - Mike Raymond

One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest - Dale Wasserman - Leanne Caton

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2006

Musical Extravaganza - Liz Stramandinoli (director)

Death And The Maiden - Ariel Dorfman - Mike Rochfort

Jane Eyre - Constance Cox - Anthony Stirling-Edgar

About Face -One Acts (4):

1.The Fat Lady Sings In Little Grimley- David Tristram - John Bell

2.In Sheep's Clothing - J Mawson & R Smith - Peter Williams

3.Perfect - Helen Wyngard - Kathleen Anderson

4.The Donahue Sisters - G Aron - Leanne Caton

The Underpants - Carl Sternheim & Steve Martin - Sari Erasmus-Hickey

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2005

Fawlty Towers- C Booth/ J Cleese - Leanne Caton

Birthrights - David Williamson - Sari Erasmus

Season One Acts (4):

Mr Flannery's Ocean - Lewis J Carlino - Bernadette Madell

1.Gosforth Fete - A Ayckbourn - John Bell

2.Sure Thing - D Ives- M Raymond

3.That Scottish Play - Simon Denver - Mike Rochfort

4.Deathtrap - Ira Levin - Leanne Caton

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2004

Titanic- K Cotterill - P Pickard & M Bell

Hating Alison Ashley - Richard Tulloch - Sari Erasmus

Ghost Train - Arnold Ridley - Mark Bell

Marvin’s Room - Scott Mcpherson - Leanne Caton

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2003

Fawlty Towers - C Booth / J Cleese - Leanne Caton

Rehearsal For Murder - R Levinson & W Link - Mike Raymond

A Night Of One Act Comedies(2):

1.The Actors Nightmare - C Durang - Mike Rochfort

2.Day Trippers: J Mcconnell - John Bell

Tiptoe Through The Tombstones - Norman Robbins - Mark Bell

A Tomb With A View - Norman Robbins - Mark Bell

Face To Face - David Williamson - Sari Erasmus

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2002

The Sum Of Us - David Stevens - Leanne Caton

Deckchairs (4): Jean Mcconnell

1.Day Trippers - John Bell (director)

2.The Guilt Card - Sari Erasmus (director)

3.Theatrical Digs - Pam Pickard (director)

4.Early Blight - Mike Raymond(director)

Wanted One Body - Charles Dyer - Mark Bell

Sunshine Boys - Neil Simon - Leanne Caton

Supper Show Compiled Program - Don De Maria (director)

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2001

A Chorus Of Disapproval - Alan Ayckbourn - Pam Pickard

Three One Acts: Sweet & Sour:

1.Last Tango At Little Grimley - David Tristam - John Bell

2.Join The Club - David Tristam - Mark Bell

3.Triumphant Failure Compiled Program - Robin Queree (director)

I'm Not Henry Lawson’s Mother - Melvyn Morrow & James Long - Sari Erasmus

Shirley Valentine - Willy Russell - Gordon Piper

Bullshot - Crummond A Sherman, D Cunningham,D White,J Andrews, R House - Mal Tibbits

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2000

Happy Families - Stephen Hopkinson & H O'connor - Pam Pickard

Cosi - Louis Nowra - Gordon Piper

Hotel Sorrento - Hannie Rayson - Leanne Caton

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1999

Perfect Murder -Ken Cotterill - Mike Raymond

Arsenic And Old Lace - Joseph Kessering - Gordon Piper

Needs, Wants And Desires (3):

1.Mates - Peter Kenna - Leanne Caton

2.Odyssey Of Runyon Jones - N Corwin - Sari Erasmus

3.Butterflies, Red Herrings, A Will And A Death - Neridah James - Ken Cotterill

Silly Cow- Ben Elton - Robin Queree

The Umpire Strikes Back - Simon Denver - John Mulders

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1998

The Witches - Roald Dahl - Anthony Stirling-Edgar

The Last of The Red Hot Lovers - Neil Simon - Janet Boreham

The One Day Of The Year - Alan Seymour - Gordon Piper

Dead Man’s Hand - Seymour Matthews - Mike Raymond

Breezeblock Park - Willy Russell - John Mulders

Dimboola - Jack Hibberd - Gordon Piper

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1997

Forty Winks Beauty /Albert Laddin - Richard Tydeman - Pam Pickard

Cosi - Louis Nowra - Gordon Piper

One -Acts: Four Plays

1.Mother Figure - Alan Ayckbourn - Anthony Stirling-Edgar

2.The Leopard- Adrian Alington - Gordon Piper

3.The Rainy Afternoon - William Inge - Janet Boreham

4.Losing Touch - Jennifer Rogers - Mike Raymond

Steel Magnolias - Robert Harling - John Mulders

Cosi - Louis Nowra - Gordon Piper

Lend Me A Tenor - Ken Ludwig - Anthony Stirling- Edgar

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1996

The Night Santa Dropped In - M Rocchio,G Denton-Cook, D Tordoff - Sari Erasmus

One Acts: Who's Fooling Who?(4):

1.Roses Are Red My Love - Pat Woods - Sari Erasmus

2.Make Like A Dog - Jeremy Kass - Janet Boreham

3.The Problem- A.J. Gurney - Janet Boreham

4.Barney - John D Burls - Phil Storey

Night Mother - Marsha Norman - Anthony Stirling-Edgar

Nuts - Tom Toper - Robin Lewsey

Chapter Two - Neil Simon - John Mulders

Act I Dramafest

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1995

One Acts: Schemes, Dreams And Scrambled Eggs:

1.Over My Dead Body - Leanne Caton (director)

2.Present Tense - Jen Smith (director)

3.The Omelet Murder Case - Tim Kelly - Cathy Williams

The Exorcism - Don Taylor - Robin Lewsey

One For The Road - Willy Russell - Mike Raymond

They Ran Naked- Pam Pickard & Robin Queree,- Jen Smith

Act I Dramafest

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1994

Caravan - Donald Mcdonald - Sari Erasmus

Roads, Rates And Rubbish - Bill Condon - Robin Lewsey

Jigsaws - Jennifer Rogers - Mike Raymond

Act I Dramafest

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1993

One-Acts: Theatre Strewth !

A Solo Act & Blokes Like Him. - Bill Condon - Chris Green & Phil Storey

1.The Ruling Class - Peter Barnes - Robin Queree

One –Acts: Murder, Mirth & Mind Games

1.Sorry Wrong Number - Lucille Fletcher - Robin Queree

2.Once Upon A Jumbuck- Ian Austin - Robin Lewsey (Was The 100th Play Presented And The 25th One –Act)

3.Overtones - Kay Quinn (director)

Act I Dramafest

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1992

The Removalist David WilliamsonRobin Lewsey

One-Act Plays: Matters Of Life And Death (3):

1.Immaculate Conception - Allan Curtis- Neridah James

2.Private Worlds- Ian Austin - Chris Green

3.Women Alive- John Tully- Leanne Caton

Habeas Corpus - Alan Bennett - Robin Lewsey

Cinderladdin - Patrick Mcloughlin - Tony Lackey

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1991

Hate – Stephen Sewell - Tony Lackey

Bedroom Farce - Alan Ayckbourn - Mike Raymond

Dags - Debra Oswald- Hlt Youth -Janet Boreham

Desperately Seeking ( 3 One-Acts)

1.The Unloved - Anthony Lance - Susan Watson-Will

2.Sr Mary Ignatius Explains It All For Us - Christopher Durang - Mike Raymond

3.Flatmates. - C.F. Dockrill- Phil Storey

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1990

Murder For The Asking - Derek Benfield- Martin Ramage

Re-Electing Roger - Ken Cotterill - Mike Raymond

One –Acts (4):

1.The Ups And Downs Of Life And The Hereafter

2.Late Arrivals - Pamela Anstel - Joanne Paulinski

3.Remains To Be Seen - Ian Austin - Leanne Caton

4.When You're Strange - Anthony Lance - Robin Queree

Leap Year- Allan Curtis- Antoinette Perceval

The Anniversary - Bill Macilwraith - Antoinette Perceval

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1989

Sweeney Todd - Christopher Bond - Robin Lewsey

The Patrick Pearse Motel - Hugh Leonard - Robin Queree

Hating Alison Ashley - Robin Klein -Hlt Youth - Phil Storey

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1988

Not Even A Mouse - Barbara Stellmach - John Mulders

One –Acts:A Light Hearted Look At Life (3):

1.Un-Cucumber ManIan AustinRobin Queree

2.Monday To FridayIan AustinKay Quinn

3.Once Upon A Jumbuck - Ian Austin - Danny Church

The Three Secrets - Mona Brand - Sari Erasmus

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1987

Doctor Jekyll And Mr Hyde

Leonard - H Caddy - Emma Hatfield

Youth Theatre:

Sir Jasper’s Revenge - Nevil Thurgood - John Mulders

On Monday Next - Phillip King - Phil Storey

Raggedyanne - John Bates & Jay Mckee - Robin Lewsey

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1986

The Childrens' Hour - Lillian Hellmann - Shane Beasley

Who Killed Santa Claus - Terance Feely - John Mulders

Hot And Cold In All Rooms - Max Reitmann`- Robin Lewsey ( Hlt Youth The Furtive Fortunes Of Fickle Fate )

The Frog Princess And The Witch - Jaci Cooper (director)

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1985

What's This Ear 'Ere. - Hugh Francis - Glenis Smith & Robin Lewsey

By The Skin Of Our Teeth - Thornton Wilder - Roy Maxwell

One Acts: Love And Marriage (3)-

1.Leave It To Me - Robin Lewsey (director)

2.Hank's Night - Denis Tordoff (director)

3.Husband Supplied - Robin Lewsey (director)

Christmas At Boggy Creek - Robin Lewsey (director)

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1984

The Entertainer - John Osborne - Roy Maxwell

Close The Coal House Door.- Alan Plater - Roy Maxwell

Aladdin - Hugh Francis - Roy Maxwell

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1983

Golden Leagion Of Cleaning Ladies - Allan Hopgood - Ray Dormer

Three Penny Opera - Bertolt Brecht & Kurt Weill - Roy Maxwell

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1982

Say Who You Are - Keith Waterhouse & Willis Hill - Ray Dormer

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1981

Arsenic And Old Lace - Joseph Kesselring - Ray Dormer

You Know I Can't Hear You When The Water Is Running One Acts (4): Robert Anderson

1.Shock Of Recognition - Ray Dormer (director)

2.The Footsteps Of Doves - Ray Dormer (director)

3.I’ll Be Home For Christmas - Ray Dormer (director)

4.I’m Herbert - Ray Dormer (director)

The Collector - John Fowles - Gordon Piper

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1980

Move Over Mrs Markham - Ray Cooney - Ray Dormer

Blithe Spirit - Noel Coward - Ray Dormer

The National Health - Nurse Norton’s Affair - Peter Nichols - Ray Dormer

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1979

Little Brother, Little Sister - David Crampton - Jean Korchma

Zoo Story / The American Dream. - Edward Albee

Variety Night

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1978

Garden District & Suddenly Last Summer - Tennessee Williams - John Upton

The Caretaker - Harold Pinter

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1977

Night Must Fall - Emlyn Williams - Robin Lewsey

Loot - Joe Orton - Pauline Beville-Anderson

The Long, The Short And The Tall - Willis Hall - Gordon Piper

Fringe Theatres: One-Act Play Festival – Morality Plays: 1.The Woman Taken In Adultery 1976

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1976

Quartet- 4 One Acts:

1.Dead Of Night- Judith Morris - Evan Love

2.A Very Special Occasion - Judith Morris - Judy Schumacher

3.The Visitor - Colleen Egan - Robin Lewsey

4.Geranium - Freda Galloway - John Upton

The Birthday Party - Harold Pinter - John Scott

Variety Night - Paddy Madden (director)

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1975

The House of Bernarda Alba - Frederico Garcia Lorca - Pauline Beville-Anderson

Reedy River - Dick Diamond - Gordon Piper

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1974

Halloran's Little Boat. - Thomas Keneally - Peg Upton (The First Play Presented In "The Shed")

Relative Values - Noel Coward - Merl Nelson

Love Rides The Rails - Pauline Beville-Anderson

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1973

Only An Orphan Girl - Henning Nelms - Fred Blakers

The Rape Of The Belt - Benn W Levy (director)

The Children’s Hour - Lillian Hellmann - Bruce Mcdonald

4 One Acts:

1.Passion, Poison & Petrification - Bernard Shaw- Trevor Connell

2.Red Peppers - Noel Coward - Michael Dean

3.Madly In Love - Paul Abelman - Merle Nelson

4.Eh!- Henry Livings - Colin Dalby

Plays Pleasant And Unpleasant - George Bernard Shaw

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1972

The Day Before Tomorrow - Ric Throssell -Trevor Connell

3 One Acts

1.A Slight Ache - Harold Pinter (director)

2.Carrier Pigeon

3.Riders To The See - John Millington Synge(director)

The Murray Queen - Edgar Penzig - Edgar Penzig

An Inspector Calls - J B Priestly -Gordon Piper

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1971

The Caucasian Chalk Circle - Bertolt Brecht - Pauline Beville-Anderson

The Cabbage Tree - Edgar Penzig - Edgar Penzig

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1970

Waters Run Deep - Milton Grivas - Milton Grivas

Pass The Billy. - Edgar Penzig - Edgar Penzig

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1969

The Bastard Country- Anthony Coburn - Robin Schenck

The One Day Of The Year - Alan Seymour - Ron Fisher