Silchester Players

Past Productions


[ Index to review pages, by year ]

Certain entries are empty - this simply means that I haven't yet been through the archives for those periods.  Bear with me - they are gradually being filled!

(NOTE: certain of the production titles may be clicked to see a review - since this is a long process, still in progress, some of the links may refer to pages not yet created.  Please bear with me - Ed)

When What Notes
New Year 1976 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
by Jill Mansfield, Keith Percival, Brenda Percival & John Lewis
Produced by John Lewis
Spring 1976 Two One-Act Plays
. The Sky is Overcast by Anthony Booth
. A Fishy Business by Margaret Wood
Directed by Joe Josephs & Shelagh Brinkman
Autumn 1976 Maria Marten -or- The Red Barn,
a Melodrama in Three Acts
by B J Burton
Directed by Debbie Josephs
New Year 1977 Forties & Flappers, a Revue Produced & Directed by John Birtill & Keith Percival
Spring 1977 Busybody, a Three Act Comedy-Thriller
by Jack Popplewell
Produced & Directed by Christine & Norman Utton
Autumn 1977 Old Time Music Hall
in aid of Leukæmia Research
Produced & Directed by Jill Mansfield & Keith Percival
New Year 1978 Jack and the Beanstalk Produced & Directed by John Birtill & Norma Smith
Spring 1978 Wanted - One Body!, a Farcical Chiller
by Raymond Dyer
Directed by Bert Watkins & Gordon Cave
Autumn 1978 Two One-Act Plays
. Deadline Dawn
. This Desirable Cottage
by Anthony Booth
Produced & Directed by Christopher Street (DD) & Stephen Oliver (TDC)
New Year 1979 Puss In Boots ??? I believe this panto was produced at this time, but we have no documentary record in our archives
Spring 1979 Mixed Salad, a Revue Produced by Pam Byway & Joyce Harvey
Autumn 1979 The House on the Cliff
by George Batson
Directed by Bryony Paton;
Assisted by Carole Street
New Year 1980 Robinson Crusoe Directed by Alf Campsie
Later 1980 Wild Goose Chase ??? There is evidence that a production of this name was staged; lack of archive material for other shows in 1980 suggests it might have been performed in that year.
New Year 1981 Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
by Jack F. Hilton
Produced by Margaret Flemington;
Directed by Mack Flemington
Spring 1981 Mixed Doubles,
an Entertainment on Marriage
Directed by Marilyn Fowler
Autumn 1981 Pot Luck, a Revue Compiled, Produced & Directed by Beryl & Stephen Oliver
New Year 1982 Hickory Dickory Dock, a Pantomime
by Norman Robbins
Produced & Directed by Alf Campsie
Spring 1982 The Full Treatment
by Michael Brett
Produced by Les Masters
Autumn 1982 Deja Revue Written, Directed & Produced by Stephen Ayres, Mack Flemington & Jan Hullett
New Year 1983 Cinderella
by Jack F. Hilton
Produced & Directed by Janet & Brian Hope
Spring 1983 They Don't Grow on Trees, a Comedy
by Ronald Millar
Produced by Les Masters
Autumn 1983 Old Tyme Music Hall
in aid of Helen House Hospice
Produced & Directed by Glenise Masters & Pam Mansfield
New Year 1984 Mr Macaroni and the Exploding Pizza Pie
by John Gardiner & Fiz Coleman
The Cinderella Story
by Kenneth Lillington
Produced & Directed by Les Masters
Spring 1984 Outside Edge
by Richard Harris
Directed by Marilyn Fowler
Autumn 1984 Calleva Fever, a Revue Produced & Directed by Barbara Fairbrother & Janet Taylor
New Year 1985 The Sleeping Beauty
by Jack Hilton
Produced by Janet & Brian Hope
Spring 1985 No Time for Fig Leaves, a Comedy
by Duncan Greenwood & Robert King
Directed by Keith Graham
Autumn 1985 East Lynne, a Victorian Melodrama
by Brian J. Burton
Directed by Marilyn Fowler
New Year 1986 Robin Hood
by Malcolm (Mack) Flemington
Produced & Directed by Janet Taylor & Barbara Fairbrother
Later 1986 Suddenly At Home
by Francis Durbridge
Produced & Directed by Mary Fenner
New Year 1987 Dick Whittington
by Verne Morgan
Produced & Directed by Pam Mansfield & Tim Oliver
Spring 1987 Taking Steps, a Farce
by Alan Ayckbourn
Produced by Mary Fenner
Autumn 1987 Revue of the Year Produced & Directed by Brian & Janet Hope
New Year 1988 Wind in the Willows Produced & Directed by Janet Taylor & Barbara Fairbrother
Spring 1988  
Autumn 1988  
New Year 1989 D'Artagnan & the Three Musketeers
by Mack Flemington
Produced & Directed by Mack & Margaret Flemington
Spring 1989 Time to Kill, a Thriller
by Diana Morgan
 
Autumn 1989 Silchester Follies, a Revue Produced & Directed by Keith Graham & Marilyn Clarke
Spring 1990  
Autumn 1990  
New Year 1991  
Spring 1991  
Autumn 1991  
New Year 1992  
Spring 1992  
Autumn 1992 Move Over Mrs Markham
by Ray Cooney & John Chapman
Directed by Colin Flaherty;
Assisted by Mandy Oliver
New Year 1993 Frankenstein , the Panto
by David Swan
Produced & Directed by Dee Hartwell
Spring 1993  
Autumn 1993 Remotely in Control, a Revue Directed by Kevin Belcher;
Produced by Jill Hutchins;
Assisted by Caroline D'Arcy
New Year 1994 Jack and the Beanstalk
by John Morley
Produced & Directed by Keith Graham & Mandy Oliver
Spring 1994  
Autumn 1994 A Pair of Briefs
. Charade by Philip Johnson
. The Proposal (Anton Chekhov) by Alfred Emmett
Produced & Directed by Robert Whitehead & Lynn Davies (Charade) & Keith Graham (Proposal)
New Year 1995  
Spring 1995  
Autumn 1995  
New Year 1996  
Spring 1996  
Autumn 1996  
New Year 1997  
Spring 1997  
Autumn 1997  
New Year 1998  
Spring 1998  
Autumn 1998  
New Year 1999 The Secret of Eyrie Mountain, a Pantomime
by Pam Armstrong
Produced & Directed by Pam Armstrong;
Assisted by Jill Hutchins
Spring 1999 N O   P R O D U C T I O N
Autumn 1999 October Revolution, a Revue Produced & Directed by Bill Martin & Sarah Oliver
New Year 2000 Treasure Island, the Panto Produced & Directed by Tim Oliver;
Assisted by Lyn Davies
Spring 2000 N O   P R O D U C T I O N
Autumn 2000 Millennium Madness, a Revue Produced & Directed by Kevin Belcher;
Assisted by Jill Hutchins
New Year 2001 An Arabian Nights Panto Produced & Directed by Keith Graham
Spring 2001 And Then There Were None
by Agatha Christie
Produced & Directed by Brian Gillett;
Assisted by Lyn Davies
Autumn 2001 Three In a Bed - Actors at Work, Rest & Play
. In By the Half by Jimmie Chin
. Distracted Globe by Nick Warburton
. Cup Final by Charles Mander
Produced & Directed by Keith Graham & Kevin Belcher;
Assisted by Sharon McDonald-Grute
New Year 2002 Panto at the OK Corral
by Jim Sperinck
Produced & Directed by Sarah Oliver;
Assisted by Mark Larby
Spring 2002 An Inspector Calls
by J B Priestley
Produced & Directed by Keith Graham
Autumn 2002 Chase Me Up Farndale Avenue, s'il vous plaît
by David McGillivray and Walter Zerlin Jnr.
Produced & Directed by Kevin Belcher
New Year 2003 Puss In Boots -or- "Thereby Hangs a Tail"
by Paul Alexander
Directed by Brian Gillett;
Produced by Gaynor Keefe
Spring 2003 The Real Inspector Hound
by Tom Stoppard
Directed by Alan Moorhouse;
Produced by Keith Graham
Autumn 2003 Sand Castles, a comedy
by Bob Larbey
Produced & Directed by Keith Graham
New Year 2004 Dracula, the Panto
by Jim Sperinck
Produced & Directed by Sarah Oliver
Spring 2004 Tiptoe Through the Tombstones
by Norman Robbins
Produced & Directed by Tim Oliver
Autumn 2004 Old Time Music Hall Produced & Directed by Beryl & Stephen Oliver
New Year 2005 King Arthur, a pantomime adventure in Camelot
by Paul Reakes
Produced & Directed by Kevin Belcher
Spring 2005 Night Must Fall, a thriller
by Emlyn Williams
Produced & Directed by John and Gill Coffin
Autumn 2005 Silchester Players, Of Coarse - Three Coarse Acting Plays
. Oedocles, King of Thebes
. Cinderella
. King Henry the Tenth, Part Eight
Produced & Directed by Brian Gillett and Keith Graham
New Year 2006 The Wonderful Story of Mother Goose, a pantomime
by Norman Robbins
Produced & Directed by Kevin Belcher
Spring 2006 Time and the Conways, a play
by J.B. Priestely
Produced & Directed by Alan Moorhouse
Autumn 2006 Play On!, a comedy
by Rick Abbot
Produced & Directed by John and Gill Coffin
New Year 2007 Babes in the Wood, a pantomime
by Jim Sperinck
Produced by Sarah Oliver and Directed by Keith Graham
Spring 2007 The Haunting of Hill House, a supernatural thriller
adapted by F. Andrew Leslie from the novel by Shirley Jackson
Produced & Directed by Brian Gillet
Autumn 2007 Run For Your Wife!, a farce
by Ray Cooney
Produced & Directed by Tim Oliver
New Year 2008 The Pompeii Panto
by Jim Sperinck
Produced by Sarah Oliver and Directed by Keith Graham
Spring 2008 The Hollow
by Agatha Christie
Produced & Directed by John and Gill Coffin
Autumn 2008 Oh What a Lovely War
by Joan Littlewood & the Theatre Workshop
Produced & Directed by Alan Moorhouse


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