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Company Theatre - The Early Days |
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In this section on the web is the History of Company Theatre, and further down you will find a list of all our productions since 1980.
Company Theatre (formerly known as the North Shore Company Theatre and Dramatic Society Inc.) celebrated 25 years in 2005.
Company was the brainchild of Keith Passmore and John Dylan. In 1980, it consisted of a group of perfomers which performed at various venues on the North Shore under the name of "Company Players." John evenutally took the reins singularly and creaed COMPANY THEATRE and gave it a base in St Michael's Hall, King Edward Ave, Bayswater. The small group of nine people who started it, wished to stage theatre of an experimental or “avant-garde” nature. John Dylan was the first President of the society and the initial nine are remembered in our Logo. (If you look you can see nine people sitting in a theatre!)
In 1982, a new committee was formed, with a view to producing more box office shows.
During the period 1982 - 1987, a number of very dedicated theatrical people joined the society and the most influential members of this group were Geoff Clews, Peter Segrove and Neil Burgham. All served as Presidents for the society but most importantly, they were all involved in the idea to find Company a permanent home on the Shore. |
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Company Theatre Show History 1980 - 2009 |
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If anyone can help us fill in the missing details associated with the authors or the directors of some of our early shows, please contact Sherry Ede on
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1980 During the first two years of Company Theatre a variety of alternative Short Plays & Sketches were presented. We do not have complete details of authors and directors:
Plastic in Aspic. Written and Directed by Keith Passmore Neuroses In Bloom, a Sketch from “Living For Pleasure” Lend Us Your Ears Simultaneous Broadcast written by Dennis Norden. Directed by Keith Passmore. Oh by N.F. Simpson. DIrected by Keith Passmore One Blast and Have Done by N.F. Simpson. Directed by Keith Passmore. Imperfectly Serious. Wirtten and Directed by Keith Passmore. Strawberry Jam Lunch Hour by John Mortimer
1981 With All My Love I Hate You The Stone Cage Krapp’s Last Tape by Samuel Beckett Blue Comedy Balls Imported From Canada They Came to A City by J.B. Priestley. Directed by Rosemary Gailer Christmas With Company. Directed by John Dylan 1982: New committee takes over. Not Now Darling by Cooney & Chapman. Directed by John Dylan The Unexpected Guest by Agatha Christie. Directed by….
1983Blithe Spirit by Noel Coward. Directed by Jocelyn McQuaid Music Hall ’83 Devised and Directed by Jean Naismith & John Dylan Mixed Moods. Directed by…. A Company Christmas. Directed by…..
1984Love In Idleness by Terrence Ratigan. Directed by Jean Naismith Dangerous Corner by J.B. Priestley. Directed by….. One Act Plays ’84. (Titles? or Directed by….. Who’s Who by……… Directed by John Dylan
1985Trilogy ( Three One Act Plays) Tomb With A View by Norman Robbins. Directed by John Antony Music Hall ’85. Directed by June Luscombe
1986Gaslight by Patrick Hamilton. Directed by….. Dear Delinquent by Jack Popplewell. Directed by Anne Potter Mother Goose. A Pantomime. Directed by Peter Segrove
1987 Mr Pim Passes By. A comedy by A.A. Milne. Directed by Ruth Mathieson Bonaventure by Charlotte Hastings. Directed by Anne Potter Music Hall ’87 Directed by John Dylan
1988 Charley’s Aunt by Brandon Thomas. Directed by Peter Segrove. Fifth Dimension (One Act Plays) 50/50 by Roger Hall. Directed by Neil Burgham The Pohutakawa Tree by Bruce Mason. Directed by Anne Potter Move Over, Mrs Markham by Ray Cooney/John Chapman. Directed by Ruth Mathieson
1989 Murder On The Nile by Agatha Christie. Directed by Anne Potter Whose Life Is it, Anyway? By Brian Clarke. Directed by Neil Burgham Music Hall ’89. Directed by Peter Segrove.
1990Wait Until Dark by Frederick Knott. Directed by Neil Burgham. Not Now Darling by Ray Cooney & John Chapman. Directed by Peter Segrove Babes In The Wood by Tony Currie. Directed by Alistair Bibby
1991Middle Age Spread by Roger Hall. Directed by Gordon Currie Music Hall ’91. Directed by Peter Segrove.
1992Murder In Company by Philip King. Directed by Ruth Segrove THE MOVE TO THE ROSE CENTRE. Habeas Corpus by Alan Bennett. Directed by Peter Segrove
1993Beside The Sea by Brian Jefferies. Directed by John Palmer Cowardy Custard by Noel Coward. Directed by Bruce Murray Map Of The Heart by William Nicholson. Directed by Neil Burgham
1994 Mothers and Fathers by Joe Musaphia. Directed by Gordon Currie The Mad, Mad World of Theatre. Devised & Directed by Sherry Ede Situation Comedy by Mortimer & Cooke. Directed by Robert Letcher An Edwardian Evening. Devised & Directed by Bruce Murray
1995Natural Causes by Eric Chappell. Directed by Neil Burgham Steel Magnolias by Robert Harling. Directed by Robert Letcher
1996Just Between Ourselves by Alan Ayckbourn. Directed by Anthony Whitehouse Three of a Funny Kind. (One Acts) Titles: Hidden Meanings, Thermal Underwear & Visiting Hours. Directed by Kathy Gent Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime by Oscar Wilde. Directed by Peter Millar.
1997The Odd Couple (Female Version) by Neil Simon. Directed by Maggie Maxwell Two Play (One Acts) The Real Inspector Hound by Tom Stoppard directed by Graham Wagstaff Cup Final by Charles Mander directed by Steve Wright Palladium. Devised & Directed by Ruth Segrove & Moira Coote Blithe Spirit by Noel Coward. Directed by Kathy Gent
1998 Social Climbers by Roger Hall. Directed by Steve Wright One Act …Times Two. (One Acts) A Kind of Alaska by Harold Pinter. Directed by Perry Cameron. White Liars by Peter Shaffer. Directed by Graham Wagstaff Money & Friends by David Williamson. Directed by Sherry Ede Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen. Directed by Sian Davis
1999Chapter Two by Neil Simon. Directed by Perry Cameron See How They Run by Philip King. Directed by Kathy Gent Straight & Narrow by Jimmy Chin. Directed by Kathy Gent
2000 How The Other Half Loves by Alan Ayckbourn. Directed by Anthony Whitehouse The Pain & The Passion. Written & Directed by Sherry Ede Eugenia by Lorae Parry. Directed by Sian Davis Outside Edge by Richard Harris. Directed by Steve Wright
2001 Darkness Falls (One Acts) The Monkey’s Paw &The Dark. Directed by Lynne Davis King Arthur. A Pantomime by Paul Reakes. Directed by Anne Rimmer Arsenic & Old Lace by Joseph Kesselring. Directed by Sian Davis
2002 Brilliant Lies by David Williamson. Directed by Richard Parmee Curtain Up On Murder by Bettine Maktelow. Directed by Steve Wright The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov. Directed by Sian Davis The Sex Fiend by Sinclair & Mulheron. Directed by Anthony Whitehouse
2003Tons of Money adapted by Alan Ayckbourn. Directed by Sherry Ede The Memory of Water by Shelagh Stephenson. Directed by Steve Wright Run For Your Wife by Ray Cooney. Directed by Sherry Ede
2004Take A Chance On Me by Roger Hall. Directed by Kathy Gent Kindertransport by Diane Samuels. Directed by Graham Wagstaff An Inspector Calls by J.B. Priestley. Directed by Helen Cooper Up For Grabs by David Williamson. Directed by Richard Parmee
2005 Caught In The Net by Ray Cooney. Directed by Sherry Ede Trick of The Light by Ken Duncam. Directed by Sian Davis The Ghost Train by Arnold Ridley. Directed by Graham Wagstaff
2006Spreading Out by Roger Hall. Directed by Kathy Gent. Gym & Tonic by John Godber. Directed by Lesley Locke Noises Off by Michael Frayn. Directed by Richard Parmee.
2007The Bach by Stephen Sinclair, Directed by Sian Davis Daughters of Heaven by Michelanne Forster, Directed by Mary Cavanagh Funny Money by Ray Cooney, Directed by Sherry Ede
2008Someone Who'll Watch Over Me by Frank McGuinness. Directed by Steve Wright 'Allo 'Allo, by David Croft and Jeremy Lloyd. Directed by Kathy Gent Boeing Boeing by Marc Carnoletti. Directed by Richard Parmee 2009 Relatively Speaking by Alan Ayckbourn. Directed by Lynne Davis Tom, Dick and Harry by Ray and Michael Cooney. Directed by David Adkins Murdered To Death by Peter Gordon. Directed by Sherry Ede 2010 Who Wants to be 100? (Anyone who's 99) by Roger Hall. Directed by Sian Davis Brassed Off by Paul Allen. Directed by Kathy Gent Music Hall 2010. Devised and Directed by Ruth Chapman. Assisted by Sherry Ede |
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