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]

1970s

1975

1976

1977

1978

1979

1980s

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

1990s

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000s

2000

2001

2002

2003

  • Educating Rita (1 February – 1 March 2003)
  • My Dad's Corner Shop (22 March – 12 April 2003) by Ray Grewal (The play won Grewal the Meyer-Whitworth Award in 2001. This was its first main-stage production)[9]
  • Viking Tales (16 – 19 April 2003) – Derby Playhouse Youth Theatre
  • The Entertainer (26 April – 24 May 2003)
  • Oh, What a Lovely War! (31 May – 28 June 2003) – Pro & Derby Playhouse Community Theatre
  • Blithe Spirit (6 September – 4 October 2003)
  • Dracula (11 October – 1 November 2003) [10]
  • Loot (8 – 29 November 2003)
  • A Christmas Carol (6 December 2003 – 24 January 2004) [10]

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

References

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  8. 1 2 3 Derby Telegraph (27 January 2010). "Our favourite playwright returns to the city stage". Retrieved 13 January 2013.
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  10. 1 2 3 4 5 Orme, Steve (2004). "Karen Hebden – Rescuing Derby" Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. British Theatre Guide. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
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