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PAST PRODUCTIONS

Since 1961 Burnt Ash Drama Association has presented a varied and exciting programme of productions ranging from drama to comedy, musical to farce stopping at one-act plays, reviews and original works.

1961 “Quiet Weekend” by Esther McCracken

1961 “Price Of fame” by Wilfred Massey

1962 “Make It Murder” by Jack Last

1962 “The Reluctant Debutante” by William Douglas-Home

1964 “Little Lambs Eat Ivy” by Noel  Langley

1964 “Friends And Neighbours” by Austin Steele

1965 “The Chiltern Hundreds” by William Douglas-Home

1966 “The Sound Of Murder” by William Fairchild

1966 “Semi-Detached” by David Turner

1967 “The Private Ear and The Public Eye” by Peter Shaffer

1967 “The Happiest Days Of Your Life” by John Dighton

1968 “Out Of The Crocodile” by Giles Cooper

1968 “Pink String And Sealing Wax” by Roland Pertwee

1969 “We Must Kill Toni” by Ian Stuart Black

1969 “The Big Killing” by Philip Mackie

1970 “Hay Fever”  by Noel Coward.  (Joint production with Whitfield Players)

1970 “On Monday Next” by Philip King

1971 “The Winslow Boy” by Terence Rattigan

1971 “Someone Waiting” by Emlyn Williams

1972 “The Crucible” by Arthur Miller

1972 “Everything In The Garden” by Giles Cooper

1973 “A Man For All Seasons” by Robert Bolt

1973 “The Real Inspector Hound” by Tom Stoppard and “Miss Julie” by August Strindberg

1974 “Night Must Fall” by Emlyn Williams

1974 “Ring Round the Moon” by Jean Anouilh adapted by Christopher Fry.

1975 “A Streetcar Named Desire” by Tennessee Williams.

1975 “Plaza Suite” by Neil Simon

1975 “Blithe Spirit” by Noel Coward

1976 “Crime On Goat Island” by Ugo Betti

1976 “The Odd Couple” by Neil Simon

1976 “Separate Tables” by Terence Rattigan

1977 “Time And Time Again” by Alan Ayckbourn

1977 “Waltz of the Toreadors” by  Jean Anouilh adapted by Lucienne Hill

1977 “The Roses Of Eyam” by Don Taylor

1978  “Dark Of The Moon” by Howard Richardson and William Berney

1978 “She Stoops to Conquer” by Oliver Goldsmith

1978 “Round And Round The Garden” by Alan Ayckbourn

1979 “Macbeth” by William Shakespeare

1979 “Absent Friends” by Alan Ayckbourn

1979 “The Curious Savage” by John Patrick

1980 “Ghosts” by Henrik Ibsen.

1980 “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” by William Shakespeare

1980 “The Importance Of Being Earnest” by Oscar Wilde.

1981 “Just Between Ourselves” by Alan Ayckbourn

1981 “The Long And The Short And The Tall” by Willis Hall                                   

1981 “Outside Edge” by Richard Harris

1982 “Hedda Gabler” by Henrik Ibsen

1982 “A View From The Bridge” by Arthur Miller.

1982 “The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie” by Jay Presson Allan adapted from the novel by Muriel Spark

1983 “Enter A Free Man” by Tom Stoppard

1983 “London Assurance” by Dion Boucicault

1983 “Sisterly Feelings” by Alan Ayckbourn

1984 “The Dresser” by Ronald Harwood

1984 “The Gingerbread Lady” by Neil Simon

1984 “On The Razzle” by Tom Stoppard (Joint production with Whitfield Players)

1985 “Whose Life is it Anyway” by Brian Clark

1985 “On The Razzle” by Tom Stoppard

1985 “The Poker Session” by Hugh Leonard

1986 “Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime” by Constance Cox

1986 “Abigail’s Party” by Mike Leigh

1986 “The Family Dance” by Felicity Browne

1987 “Pack Of Lies” by Hugh Whitemore

1987 “The King’s Mare” by Jean Canolle

1987 “Billy Liar” by Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hill

1988 “The Glass Menagerie” by Tennessee Williams

1988 “Outside Edge” by Richard Harris

1988 “A Month Of Sundays” by Bob Larbey

1989 “Quatermaine’s Terms” by Simon Gray

1989 “Thieves Carnival” by Jean Anouilh

1989 “Oh What A Lovely War” by Joan Littlewood (Joint Production with Whitfield Players)

1990 “The Ghost Train” by Arnold Ridley

 1990 “Veronica’s Room” by Ira Levin

1990 “Season’s Greetings” by Alan Ayckbourn

1991 “Journey’s End” by R.C. Sherriff. 

1991 “Molly” by Simon Gray

1991 “The Bed Before Yesterday” by Ben Travers

1992 “The Great Coarse Acting Show” by Michael Green

1992 “Whose Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?” by Edward Albee

1992 “A Man For All Seasons” by Robert Bolt

1993 “Habeas Corpus” by Alan Bennett

1993 “The Killing Of Sister George” by Frank Marcus

 1993 “Ten Times Table” by Alan Ayckbourn

1994 “Hobson’s Choice” by Harold Brighouse

1994 “Gaslight” by Patrick Hamilton

1994 “On The Razzle” by Tom Stoppard 

1995 “Tons Of Money” by Will Evans and Valentine, adapted by Alan Ayckbourn

1995 “The Three Sisters” by Anton Checkov

1995 “The Second Great Coarse Acting Show” by Michael Green              

1996 “Table Manners” by Alan Ayckbourn

1996 “A Doll’s House” by Henrik Ibsen.

1996 “The Country Wife” by William Wycherley

1997  “The Cherry Orchard” by Anton Chekhov

1997 “Deathtrap” by Ira Levin.

1997 “How The Other Half Loves” by Alan Ayckbourn

1998 “Loot” by Joe Orton

1998 “The Night Of The Iguana” by Tennessee Williams

1998 “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” by William Shakespeare

1998 “Murder On The Nile” by Agatha Christie

1999 “Dancing At Lughnasa” by Brian Friel

1999 “See How They Run” by Philip King

2000 “The Sisters Rosensweig” by Wendy Wasserstein

2000 “The Browning Version” by Terrence Rattigan

2000 “Dancing At Lughnasa” by Brian Friel

2001 “Food For Thought” a fundraiser

2001 “Tom And Clem” by Stephen Churchett

2001 “It Could Be Any One Of Us” by Alan Ayckbourn

2002 “The Playboy Of The Western World” by J. M. Synge

2002 “Relative Values” by Noel Coward

2002 “On The Razzle” by Tom Stoppard

2003 “One Act Double Bill – Red Peppers And The Proposal” by Noel Coward and Anton Checkov

2003 “Dona Rosita The Spinster” by Federico Garcia Lorca translated by Gwynne Edwards

2003 “Supper Theatre - After Magritte” by Tom Stoppard                            

2003 “The Wind In The Willows” by Kenneth Grahame, adapted by Alan Bennett, Music by Jeremy Sams

2004 “Confusions” by Alan Ayckbourn

2004 “Uncle Vanya” by Anton Chekhov adapted by Brian Friel

2004 “Hard Times” by Stephen Jeffreys from the novel by Charles Dickens

2004 “Love To Keep Us Warm At Christmas” – a seasonal fundraiser

2005 “Our Country’s Good” by Timberlake Wertenbaker

2005 “Tom Jones” by Joan Macalpine from Henry Fielding’s novel

2005 “Christmas Extravaganza And Christmas Magic”

2006 “We’ll Eat Again – A Naafi Knees-Up” – a fundraiser

2006 “The American Clock” by Arthur Miller

2006 “A Month In The Country” by Brien Friel after Turgenev

2006 “A Time To Die!” – a murder/mystery fund raiser

2006 “Jack The Ripper” by Ron Pember and Denis de Marne

2007 “Valentine’s Masked Ball” – a fundraiser

2007  “Dark Of The Moon” by Howard Richardson and William Berney

2007 “When We Are Married” by J B Priestley

2007 “Twelfth Night” by William Shakespeare

2008 “David Copperfield” by Ian Mullins from the novel by Charles Dickens

2008 “Ladies In Retirement” by Edward Percy and Reginald Denham

2008  “Nicholas Nickleby Part One” by David Edgar from the novel by Charles Dickens

2008 “Christmas Quiz Night” – fundraiser           

2009  “Bedroom Farce” by Alan Ayckbourn.

2009 “Melodies And Memories” – A fundraising evening with Diane Todd         

2009 “The Government Inspector” by Nikolai Gogol

2009 “Pygmalion” by George Bernard Shaw

2010 ”Don’t Dress For Dinner” by Marc Camoletti adapted by Robin Hawdon

2010 “The Grapes Of Wrath” by John Steinbeck, adapted by Tim Baker

2010 “Alphabetical Order” by Michael Frayn

2010 “Crackers At Christmas” – a seasonal fundraiser                                      

2011 “Absurd Person Singular” by Alan Ayckbourn   

2011 “The Diary Of Anne Frank” by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett 

2011 “A Christmas Carol” by Stephen Sharkey from the novel by Charles Dickens

2012 “Crime On Goat Island” by Ugo Betti

2012 “Treasure Island”  by John Lloyd after Robert Louis Stevenson

2013 “Hard Times” by Stephen Jeffreys from the novel by Charles Dickens.

2013 The Bluebell Line War Weekend Show

2014 “David Copperfield Part One” by Phyllis Thomas

2014 The Bluebell Line War Weekend Show

2015 The Bluebell Line War Weekend Show

2015 “Jack The Ripper” by Ron Pember and Denis de Marne

2015 “Cinderella” by David Evans.

2016 “On The Razzle” by Tom Stoppard

2016 “Pack Of Lies” by Hugh Whitemore

2017 “Tom, Dick And Harry” by Michael and Ray Cooney

2017 “The Accrington Pals” by Peter Whelan

2017 “Flare Path” by Terence Rattigan

2018 “It Runs In The Family” by Ray Cooney

2018 “My Boy Jack” by David Haig

2018 “Time And Time Again” by Alan Ayckbourn

2019 “Aladdin” by David Evans

2019 “Blithe Spirit” by Noel Coward

2019 “The 39 Steps” adapted by Patrick Barlow

2020 “Steel Magnolias” by Robert Harling

2021 “Peter Pan” by David Evans

2022 “Snake In The Grass” by Alan Ayckbourn

2022 “Entertaining Angels” by Richard Everett

2023 “Plaza Suite” by Neil Simon

2023 “Dick Whittington” by David Evans

2024 "Picnic at Hanging Rock" by Tom Wright from the novel by Joan Lindsay

2024 "Birthday Club" by Phil Olson

2025 "Taking Sides" by Ronald Harwood

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