Past Productions - from 1965!
(Month) Year Production , Venue, Dir. Director
1965 Man Alive By John Dighton, ADC Theatre, Dir. Jim Railton
1966 Inherit The Wind By Jerome Lawrence , Cambridge Arts Theatre , Dir. Jim Railton
1967 The Workhouse Donkey By John Arden, Cambridge Arts Theatre, Dir. Jim Railton
1968 Hotel Paradiso By Georges Feydeau & Maurice Desvallieres. English translation: Peter Glenville, Cambridge Arts Theatre, Dir. Jim Railton
1969 Twelve Angry Men By Reginald Rose , Cambridge Arts Theatre, Dir. Jim Railton
1970 The Devils By John Whiting, based on Aldous Huxley's book, The Devils of Loudun, Cambridge Arts Theatre, Dir. Stephen Siddall
1970 The Taming of The Shrew By William Shakespeare, Selwyn College*, Dir. Bert Parnaby
1971 The Government Inspector By Nikolai Gogol, Cambridge Arts Theatre, Dir. Stephen Siddall
1971 As You Like It By William Shakespeare, Selwyn College*, Dir. Lisa Wright
1972 Dark of The Moon By Howard Richardson and William Berney, Cambridge Arts Theatre, Dir. Kay M’Cartney
1972 Two Gentlemen of Verona By William Shakespeare, Selwyn College*, Dir. Crispin Thomas
1973 Mother Courage By Bertolt Brecht , Cambridge Arts Theatre, Dir. Owen Pigrim
1973 The Annunciation , Ely Festival, Dir. Ray Raikes
1973 A Midsummer Night’s Dream By William Shakespeare, Selwyn College*, Dir. Sue Limb
1974 The Comedy of Errors By William Shakespeare, Cambridge Arts Theatre, Dir. Stephen Siddall
1974 The Merry Wives of Windsor By William Shakespeare, Selwyn College*, Dir. Michael Arditti
1975 The Wild Duck By Henrik Ibsen, Cambridge Arts Theatre, Dir. Akemi Horri-Webber
1975 She Stoops to Conquer By Oliver Goldsmith, Christ’s College*, Dir. Sue Limb
1976 Gone with the Winklepicker A Revue devised by Barry Brown, ADC Theatre, Dir. Barry Brown
1976 Alice's Amazing Adventures by Sue Limb, Cambridge Arts Theatre, Dir. Sue Limb
1976 The Shoemaker's Holiday by Thomas Dekker, Christ’s College*, Dir. Ray Raikes
1977 The Last Amateur Dramatic Show by Barry Brown & John Parry, ADC Theatre, Dir. John Parry
1977 The Merchant of Venice By William Shakespeare, On tour, Dir. Eric Smith
1977 The Taming of The Shrew By William Shakespeare, Christ’s College*, Dir. Richard Brown
1978 The Playboy of The Western World By John Millington Synge, ADC Theatre, Dir. Robert Smith
1978 The Miser By Molière, ADC Theatre, Dir. Richard Brown
1978 The Changeling By Thomas Middleton and William Rowley, Christ’s College*, Dir. John Shaw
1979 Home By David Storey, ADC Theatre, Dir. Philip Bradley
1979 The Tempest By William Shakespeare, ADC Theatre, Dir. Peter Ince
1979 Marriage A la Mode By John Dryden, Christ’s College*, Dir. David Male
1979 The Deep Blue Sea By Terence Rattigan, School of Pythagorus, Dir. Joy Crofts
1980 John Gabriel Borkman By Henrik Ibsen, ADC Theatre , Dir. Robert Smith
1980 Black Comedy / Trevor by Peter Shaffer, ADC Theatre, Dir. Ray Raikes
1980 The School For Scandal By Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Christ’s College*, Dir. Joy Crofts
1981 Miss Julie / The Stranger by August Strindberg, ADC Theatre, Dir. Ray Raikes
1981 The Winter’s Tale (with GROTS) By William Shakespeare, ADC Theatre, Dir. Richard Brown
1981 Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme By Molière, Christ’s College*, Dir. Lydia Langenheim & Hilary Walston
1982 Oh Carol! by Barry Brown, ADC Theatre, Dir. Barry Brown
1982 Silence By Harold Pinter , Drama Festival, Dir. Ray Raikes
1982 Playing with Fire by David Edgar, Drama Festival, Dir. Ray Raikes
1982 The Good Companions Book by Ronald Harwood, music by André Previn and lyrics by Johnny Mercer, ADC Theatre, Dir. Joy Crofts
1982 Charley’s Aunt By Brandon Thomas, Christ’s College*, Dir. Bill Woodland
1982 Pinter Plays , Christ’s Theatre, Dir. Ray Raikes
1983 A Streetcar Named Desire By Tennessee Williams , Mumford Theatre, Dir. Lydia Langenheim & Hilary Walston
1983 Take a Deep Breath by Bill Woodland, Drama Festival, Dir. Bill Woodland
1983 King Lear By William Shakespeare, Robinson College Theatre, Dir. Ray Raikes
1983 The Recruiting Officer By George Farquhar, Emmanuel College*, Dir. Bill Woodland
1983 Slag By David Hare, Christ’s College Theatre, Dir. Colin Dixon
1984 Arsenic and Old Lace By Joseph Kesselring, ADC Theatre, Dir. Frances Huxley
1984 Riders to the Sea By John Millington Synge, Drama Festival, Dir. Ray Raikes
1984 Twelfth night By William Shakespeare, Christ’s College*, Dir. Lydia Langenheim & Hilary Walston
1984 Pinteresque. Short Plays and Revue Sketches By Harold Pinter, Christ’s Theatre, Dir. Ray Raikes
1985 A Resounding Tinkle By N.F. Simpson, Drama Festival, Dir. Julie Petrucci
1985 Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? By Edward Albee , ADC Theatre, Dir. Robert Smith
1985 Much Ado About Nothing By William Shakespeare, Darwin College*, Dir. Richard Brown
1985 Course Acting Show II By Michael Green, ADC Theatre, Dir. Hilary Walston
1986 Sour Grapes and Ashes By Nick Warburton, Drama Festival, Dir. Julie Petrucci
1986 A Flea in Her Ear By Georges Feydeau , Cambridge Arts Theatre, Dir. Stephen Siddall
1986 A Midsummer’s Night Dream By William Shakespeare, Christ’s College*, Dir. Bob Kingsbury
1986 The Fantasticks Music by Harvey Schmidt, book and lyrics by Tom Jones, ADC Theatre, Dir. Frances Huxley
1987 The Happiest Days of Your Life By John Dighton, Cambridge Arts Theatre, Dir. John Bowen
1987 The Tempest By William Shakespeare, Christ’s College*, Dir. Ray Raikes
1987 Sisterly Feelings By Alan Ayckbourn, ADC Theatre, Dir. Julie Petrucci
1988 The Two Executioners By Fernando Arrabal, Drama Festival, Dir. Patrick Hazard
Dracula, from the novel by Bram Stoker adapted by Ken Hill, Cambridge Arts Theatre, Dir. Colin Lawrence
Lark Rise to Candleford adapted by Keith Dewhurst from the books by Flora Thompson, Sidney Sussex College*, Dir. Gloria Milne
The Archbishop’s Ceiling By Arthur Miller, Downing College Theatre, Dir. Ray Raikes
1989 Blood Relations By Sharon Pollock, ADC Theatre, Dir. Colin Lawrence
1989 "1789" by Ariane Mnouchkine (Théâtre du Soleil), Christ’s College*, Dir. Richard Brown
1989 Relatively Speaking By Alan Ayckbourn, ADC Theatre, Dir. Alison Maguire
1990 The Man Who Came to Dinner By George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart, ADC Theatre, Dir. Colin Lawrence
1990 The Mysteries By Tony Harrison, St Andrew’s Church, Dir. Gloria Milne, Wendy Walford & Ray Raikes
1990 Romeo and Juliet By William Shakespeare, Peterhouse*, Dir. Ray Raikes
1990 Dark of The Moon By Howard Richardson and William Berney, ADC Theatre, Dir. Gordon Cummings
1991 The Accrington Pals By Peter Whelan, Mumford Theatre, Dir. Colin Lawrence
1991 Elegy For a Lady By Arthur Miller, Drama Festival, Dir. Ray Raikes
1991 The Hunchback of Notre Dame adapted for the stage by Richard Brown, ADC Theatre, Dir. Richard Brown
1991 Coarse Shakespeare By Michael Green , Peterhouse*, Dir. Julie Petrucci & Hilary Sage
1991 Stevie by Hugh Whitmore, Covent Garden Covent Garden Drama Centre, Dir. Wendy Walford
1991 The Last Amateur Pantomime by Barry Brown, ADC Theatre, Dir. Barry Brown
1992 Top Girls by Caryl Churchill, Drama Festival, Dir. Wendy Walford
1992 Bedroom Farce by Alan Ayckbourn, ADC Theatre, Dir. Colin Lawrence
1992 The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare, Gonville & Caius' Harvey Court.* , Dir. Richard Brown
1992 Antigone by Sophocles, Covent Garden Drama Centre, Dir. Hilary Sage
1993 Portrait of a Madonna by Tennessee Williams , Drama Festival, Dir. Michael Holland
1993 California Suite by Neil Simon, Mumford Theatre, Dir. Sheila Knight, Ray Raikes & Colin Lawrence
1993 The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde, Gonville & Caius' Harvey Court.* , Dir. Wendy Walford
1993 Woman in Mind by Alan Ayckbourn, Covent Garden Drama Centre, Dir. Julie Petrucci
1994 Steel Magnolias by Robert Harling, Mumford Theatre, Dir. Gloria Milne
1994 The Merchant of Venice By William Shakespeare , Gonville & Caius’ Harvey Court.* , Dir. Julie Petrucci and Richard Brown
1994 The Tempest By William Shakespeare, Covent Garden Covent Garden Drama Centre, Dir. Richard Brown
1994 The Gingerbread Man by David Wood, ADC Theatre, Dir. Wendy Walford
1995 Dancing at Lughnasa by Brian Friel, Mumford Theatre, Dir. Colin Lawrence
Dickens and Company compiled by Derek Brown, Peterhouse Theatre, Dir. Derek Brown
1996 The Donahue Sisters by Geraldine Aron, Drama Festival, Dir. Wendy Walford
1996 Amadeus by Peter Shaffer, The Leys School, Dir. Lyn Chatterton
1996 Under Milkwood by Dylan Thomas, Peterhouse Theatre, Dir. Derek Brown
1996 Season’s Greetings By Alan Ayckbourn, ADC Theatre, Dir. Colin Lawrence
1997 Lark Rise to Candleford adapted by Keith Dewhurst from the books by Flora Thompson, Festival Theatre now the Cambridge Buddhist Centre, Dir. Richard Brown
1997 Talking Heads by Alan Bennett, Peterhouse Theatre, Dir. Julie Petrucci
1997 Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, ADC Theatre, Dir. Colin Lawrence
1998 On the Razzle by Tom Stoppard, Mumford Theatre, Dir. Keith Phillips
1998 Chekhov Shorts by Anton Chekhov, Peterhouse Theatre, Dir. Wendy Walford, Derek Brown, John Russell, Paul Philpott
1998 The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe adapted by Glyn Robbins from the book by C.S.Lewis, ADC Theatre, Dir. Gloria Milne
1999 A Tale of Two Cities adapted by Richard Brown from the book by Charles Dickens, Mumford Theatre, Dir. Richard Brown
1999 Perfect Company by Richard Brown & Maddie Forrester, Peterhouse Theatre, Dir. Richard Brown
The Wind in the Willows adapted by Alan Bennett from the book by Kenneth Grahame, Mumford Theatre, Dir. Gloria Milne
2000 When We Are Married by J.B Priestley, ADC Theatre, Dir. Pat Hamilton
2000 The Railway Children by E. Nesbit, ADC Theatre, Dir. Mike Holland
April 2001 Blue Remembered Hills by Dennis Potter, ADC Theatre, Dir. Pat Hamilton
June 2001 She Stoops to Conquer By Oliver Goldsmith , ADC Theatre, Dir. Clive Young
Dec. 2001 Midnight Folk adapted by Richard Brown from the book by John Masefield, ADC Theatre, Dir. Richard Brown
Apr 2002 Lady Windermere’s Fan By Oscar Wilde, ADC Theatre, Dir. Margaret Thorp
July 2002 Our Town By Thornton Wilder, Peterhouse Theatre, Dir. Clive Young
Oct 2002 The Collection By Harold Pinter, Covent Garden Drama Centre, Dir. Rani Drew
Dec 2002 Alice Through The Looking Glass adapted by Barry Brown from the book by Lewis Carroll, ADC Theatre, Dir. Barry Brown
April 2003 On Golden Pond By Ernest Thompson, ADC Theatre, Dir. Pat Hamilton
Nov 2003 A Chorus of Disapproval By Alan Ayckbourn, Mumford Theatre, Dir. Steve Doke
2004 Pride and Prejudice Adapted from the novel by Jane Austen , ADC Theatre, Dir. Margaret Thorp
Oct 2004 Haunting Tales (various authors), Touring, Dir. James Dowson, Gloria Milne & Wendy Walford
Dec 2004 The Tinderbox & Other Tales adapted for the stage by Nick Warburton, ADC Theatre, Dir. Pat Hamilton, Paul Philpott & Nick Warburton
Apr 2005 Memory of Water By Shelagh Stephenson, ADC Theatre, Dir. Clive Young
July 2005 Hay Fever By Noel Coward, ADC Theatre, Dir. Margaret Thorp
Oct. 2005 Tales From the Witch's Cauldron by Alonso D Cole, Touring, Dir. James Dowson & Pat Hamilton
March 2006 Humble Boy By Charlotte Jones, ADC Theatre, Dir. Richard Peoples
July 2006 My Three Angels By Samuel and Bella Spewack, ADC Theatre, Dir. Paul Philpott
Dec 2006 Beauty and The Beast by Nicholas Stuart, ADC Theatre, Dir. Pat Hamilton
March 2007 Travels With My Aunt Adapted for the stage by Giles Havergal from the novel by Graham Greene, ADC Theatre, Dir. James Dowson
July 2007 Hobson’s Choice By Harold Brighouse, ADC Theatre, Dir. Margaret Thorp
Dec 2007 David Copperfield (with BAWDS) Stage adaptation by Nick Warburton based on the novel by Charles Dickens, ADC Theatre, Dir. Colin Lawrence
April 2008 The Browning Version & Harlequinade By Terence Rattigan, Peterhouse Theatre, Dir. Colin McLean
June 2008 The Rivals By Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Anstey Hall*, Dir. James Dowson
Dec. 2008 No December 2008 production , No ADC or Mumford Theatre slot, Dir.
March 2009 Measure For Measure By William Shakespeare, ADC Theatre, Dir. Clive Young
June 2009 Habeas Corpus By Alan Bennett, ADC Theatre, Dir. Paul Philpott
Dec 2009 Three Men in a Boat (with BAWDS) adapted by Nick Warburton from the book by Jerome K.Jerome, ADC Theatre, Dir. Colin Lawrence
April 2010 Breaking The Code By Hugh Whitmore, ADC Theatre, Dir. Pat Hamilton
June 2010 Charley’s Aunt By Brandon Thomas, ADC Theatre, Dir. Margaret Thorp
Dec 2010 The Borrowers (with BAWDS) adapted for the stage by Lynn Robertson Hay, ADC Theatre, Dir. Gloria Milne
March 2011 The Boundary & The Real Inspector Hound By Tom Stoppard & Clive Exton, ADC Theatre, Dir. Richard Peoples
July 2011 Improbable Fiction By Alan Ayckbourn, ADC Theatre, Dir. Paul Philpott
Dec 2011 Nicholas Nickleby (with BAWDS) Stage adaptation by Nick Warburton based on the novel by Charles Dickens , ADC Theatre, Dir. Colin Lawrence
March 2012 The Weir By Conor McPherson, ADC Theatre, Dir. Clive Young
July 2012 Overruled & A Phoenix Too Frequent By Bernard Shaw & Christopher Fry, Corpus Playroom, Dir. Chris Hudson
Dec. 2012 Twelfth Night (with BAWDS) By William Shakespeare, ADC Theatre, Dir. Clive Young
March 2013 The Killing of Sister George By Frank Marcus, ADC Theatre, Dir. James Dowson
Oct 2013 Kindertransport by Diane Samuels, Robinson Theatre (Hills Road), Dir. Tricia Peroni
Dec 2013 The Old Curiosity Shop (with BAWDS) Stage adaptation by Nick Warburton based on the novel by Charles Dickens , ADC Theatre, Dir. Colin Lawrence
March 2014 Oh What a Lovely War by Joan Littlewood Theatre Workshop, ADC Theatre, Dir. Chris Hindley
July 2014 Fishing by Jeremy Webb, Corpus Playroom, Dir. David Morris
Dec 2014 The School for Scandal (with BAWDS) by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, ADC Theatre, Dir. Paul Philpott
April 2015 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof By Tennessee Williams , ADC Theatre, Dir. Sarah Ingram
July 2015 Arcadia by Tom Stoppard, ADC Theatre, Dir. Chris Avery
Sept. 2015 From Ghosts to Gurus the many lives of the Festival Theatre, (200 yr celebration) presented by “The Barnwell Players”, Festival Theatre, now the Cambridge Buddhist Centre, Dir. Gloria Milne
Dec. 2015 Maskerade (with Bawds) by Terry Pratchett, ADC Theatre, Dir. Barry Brown
Apr. 2016 The Two Gentlemen of Verona (with Historyonics) By William Shakespeare, ADC Theatre, Dir. Chris Hudson
July 2016 The Night of the Iguana by Tennessee Williams , ADC Theatre, Dir. Steve Doke
Dec. 2016 Cranford at Christmas by Laura Turner , ADC Theatre, Dir. Gloria Milne
April 2017 Be My Baby by Amanda Whittington, ADC Theatre, Dir. Tricia Peroni
July 2017 An August Bank Holiday Lark by Deborah McAndrew,, ADC Theatre, Dir. Chris Avery
Dec. 2017 Jane Austen’s Emma (with BAWDS) adapted by Michael Bloom, ADC Theatre, Dir. Sean Baker
March & April 2018 Lear’s Daughters Women’s Drama Group, Drama Festival, Dir. Chris Avery
June 2018 The Tempest by William Shakespeare, The Howard Theatre, Downing College , Dir. James Dowson
Dec. 2018 The Girl in the Glass by Sean Lang (new writing), ADC Theatre, Dir. Sarah Ingram
March, Sept & Oct 2019 Escaped Alone by Caryl Churchill, Festival Play, Dir. Chris Avery
April 2019 Photograph 51 by Anna Zeigler, ADC Theatre, Dir. Helen Leedham & Ian Toombs
July 2019 The 39 Steps by John Buchan adapted by Patrick Barlow, ADC Theatre , Dir. Gloria Milne
July 2021 The Playboy of the Western World by Robert Synge, ADC Theatre, Dir. Graham Waterhouse
December 2021 Flint Street Nativity by Tim Firth, ADC Theatre, Dir. Sean Baker
March 2022 Our Country's Good by Timberlake Wertenbaker, ADC Theatre, Dir. Chris Avery
July 2022 The Ladykillers by Graham Linnehan, ADC Theatre, Dir. Jennifer Scott-Reid
September 2022 The Medici Stars by David Sear, Festival of Drama, ADC Theatre, Dir. David Sear