THE PRODUCTIONS - The Charles Vance Years

1987 SEASON

(alphabetical order)
BREAK-OUT – Bill Owen
DEATHTRAP by Ira Levin
DOUBLE EDGE by Leslie Darbon & Peter Whelan
EDUCATING RITA by Willy Russell
GASLIGHT by Patrick Hamilton
IN PRAISE OF LOVE by Terence Rattigan
THE KINGFISHER by William Douglas Home
THE MAN MOST LIKELY TO…by Joyce Rayburn
RELATIVELY SPEAKING by Alan Ayckbourn
TIME & TIME AGAIN by Alan Ayckbourn
WHO SAW HIM DIE? by Tudor Gates

1988 SEASON

(alphabetical order)
ABIGAIL’S PARTY by Mike Leigh
A BEDFULL OF FOREIGNERS by Dave Freeman
BREAKDOWN – ?
FAMILY PLANNING by Frank Vickery
THE HOUSE ON THE CLIFF by George Batson
HOW THE OTHER HALF LOVES by Alan Ayckbourn
AN INSPECTOR CALLS by J B Priestley
THE LATE EDWINA BLACK by William Dinner & William Morum
POOLS PARADISE by Philip King
TABLE MANNERS by Alan Ayckbourn
TRAP FOR A LONELY MAN by Robert Thomas
THE UNEXPECTED GUEST by Agatha Christie

1989 SEASON

(alphabetical order)
BAREFOOT IN THE PARK by Neil Simon
BUTTERFLIES ARE FREE by Leonard Gershe
THE CREEPER by Pauline Macauley
DUET FOR TWO HANDS by Mary Hayley Bell
HIDE AND SEEK by Guy Bolton
THE HOLLOW by Agatha Christie
I HAVE BEEN HERE BEFORE by J B Priestley
MURDER MISTAKEN by Janet Green
RATTLE OF A SIMPLE MAN by Charles Dyer
TAKING STEPS by Alan Ayckbourn
TWO & TWO MAKE SEX by Leslie Darbon & Richard Harris
WHILE THE SUN SHINES by Terence Rattigan
WHO’S WHO – ?

1990 SEASON

(alphabetical order)
BEDROOM FARCE by Alan Ayckbourn
THE BUSINESS OF MURDER by Richard Harris
DANGEROUS CORNER by J B Priestley
DIAL M FOR MURDER by Frederick Knott
HOME AT SEVEN by R C Sherriff
IN FOR THE KILL by Derek Benfield
LAST OF THE RED HOT LOVERS by Neil Simon
MISS ADAMS WILL BE WAITING by Arthur Lovegrove
OUTSIDE EDGE by Richard Harris
ROUND AND ROUND THE GARDEN by Alan Ayckbourn
THE SECRETARY BIRD by William Douglas Home
VERDICT by Agatha Christie
 

1991 SEASON

1-3 July – DEAD OF NIGHT by Peter Whalley
4-10 July – TWO DOZEN RED ROSES by Kenneth Horne
11-17 July -ANYBODY FOR MURDER by Brian Clemens & Dennis Spooner
18-24 July – BEDSIDE MANNERS by Derek Benfield
25-31 July – THE MAN OUTSIDE by Jane Allen
1-14 August – LIVING TOGETHER by Alan Ayckbourn
15-21 August – MURDER AT QUAY COTTAGE by Simon Amberley
22-28 August – MY COUSIN RACHEL by Daphne du Maurier
29 August – 4 September – THE GRASS IS GREENER by Hugh Williams & Margaret Williams
5-11 September – WE MUST KILL TONI by Ian Stuart Black
12-18 September – BIRDS ON THE WING by Peter Yeldham
19-25 September – MURDER ON THE NILE by Agatha Christie
26-28 September – THE OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT by Bill Mahoff

1992 SEASON

EDUCATING RITA by Willy Russell
ON APPROVAL by Frederick Lonsdale
RELATIVELY SPEAKING by Alan Ayckbourn
SECOND SIGHT by Eve Doro
CASTLE IN THE AIR by Alan Melville
THE KIDNAP GAME by Tudor Gates
A TOE IN THE WATER by Derek Benfield
THE SMALL HOURS by Francis Durbridge
DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE by Richard Gordon
JOB FOR THE BOY by Dennis Driscoll
A TASTE OF HONEY by Shelagh Delaney
THE MAN IN GREY by Barbara Toy & Moie Charles

1993 SEASON

SUSPECTS by Giles Cole
FOUR IN HAND by Michael Brett
TIME AND TIME AGAIN by Alan Ayckbourn
MURDER BY MISADVENTURE by Edward Taylor
PLAINTIFF IN A PRETTY HAT by Hugh Williams & Margaret Williams
DEAR DELINQUENT by Jack Popplewell
FRIENDS AND NEIGHBOURS by Austin Steele
A SHRED OF EVIDENCE by R C Sherriff
SAILOR BEWARE by Philip King
THE UNEXPECTED GUEST by Agatha Christie
PRIVATE LIVES by Noel Coward
ON GOLDEN POND by Ernest Thompson

1994 SEASON

(alphabetical order)
THE LITTLE HUT by Andre Roussin
LOVE FROM A STRANGER by Agatha Christie & Frank Vosper
MIRANDA by Peter Blackmore
NIGHTMARE by Alex Atkinson
POOLS PARADISE by Philip King
SALAD DAYS by Dorothy Reynolds & Julian Slade
SEPTEMBER TIDE by Daphne du Maurier
THE SHOT IN QUESTION by Michael Gilbert
SLEUTH by Anthony Shaffer
SUDDENLY AT HOME by Francis Durbridge
TABLE MANNERS by Alan Ayckbourn
WATCH IT SAILOR by Falkland L Cary & Philip King

1995 SEASON

(alphabetical order)
ABIGAIL’S PARTY by Mike Leigh
AND THEN THERE WERE NONE by Agatha Christie
CRYSTAL CLEAR by Falkland L Cary & Philip King
THE DEEP BLUE SEA by Terence Rattigan
HOUSE GUEST by Francis Durbridge
JANE EYRE by Charlotte Bronte, adapted by Charles Vance
LADIES IN RETIREMENT by Reginald Denham & Edward Perry
THE MURDER GAME by Constance Cox
MURDER ON ARRIVAL by George Baston
REBECCA by Daphne du Maurier
ROUND AND ROUND THE GARDEN by Alan Ayckbourn
VERDICT by Agatha Christie

1996 SEASON

(alphabetical order)
EYEWITNESS – ?
THE FLIP SIDE by Hugh Williams & Margaret Williams
GASLIGHT by Patrick Hamilton
THE GENTLE HOOK by Francis Durbridge
IN PRAISE OF LOVE by Terence Rattigan
INSIDE JOB by Brian Clemens
LIVING TOGETHER by Alan Ayckbourn
THE LONG MIRROR by J B Priestley 
THE SEVENTH VEIL by Muriel Box & Sydney Box
SPIDER’S WEB by Agatha Christie
TAKING STEPS by Alan Ayckbourn
WUTHERING HEIGHTS by Emily Bronte, adapted by Charles Vance

1997 SEASON

(alphabetical order)
DEAD GUILTY – Richard Harris
I HAVE BEEN HERE BEFORE by J B Priestley
JOHNNY BELINDA by Elmer Harris
THE LODGER by Anthony Skene
MURDER AT QUAY COTTAGE by Simon Amberley
NIGHT MUST FALL by Emlyn Williams
ODD MAN IN by Claude Magnier & Robin Maugham
OUTSIDE EDGE by Richard Harris
SEE HOW THEY RUN by Philip King
A TOUCH OF DANGER by Francis Durbridge
WAIT UNTIL DARK by Frederick Knott
WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION by Agatha Christie

1998 SEASON

(alphabetical order)
 A BEDFULL OF FOREIGNERS by Dave Freeman
BEDROOM FARCE by Alan Ayckbourn
DANGEROUS OBSESSION by N J Crisp
DEADLY NIGHTCAP by Francis Durbridge
HIS, HERS AND THEIRS by Hugh Williams & Margaret Williams
INTIMATE EXCHANGES by Alan Ayckbourn
THE KINGFISHER by William Douglas Home
LOVE IN A MIST by Kenneth Horne
MURDER AT THE VICARAGE by Agatha Christie, adapted by Barbara Toy & Moie Charles
MY COUSIN RACHEL by Daphne du Maurier
ONE FOR THE ROAD by Willy Russell
POOLS PARADISE by Philip King

1999 SEASON

(alphabetical order)
ABIGAIL’S PARTY by Mike Leigh
BEDSIDE MANNERS by Derek Benfield
BILLY LIAR by Keith Waterhouse & Willis Hall
FOUR IN HAND by Michael Brett
FRIENDS AND NEIGHBOURS by Austin Steele
GASLIGHT by Patrick Hamilton
THE GRASS IS GREENER by High Williams & Margaret Williams
MURDER MISTAKEN by Janet Green
PERIL AT END HOUSE by Agatha Christie, adapted by Arnold Ridley
SWEET REVENGE by Francis Durbridge
TIME AND TIME AGAIN by Alan Ayckbourn
TRAP FOR A LONELY MAN by Robert Thomas

2000 SEASON

(alphabetical order)
BUSYBODY by Jack Popplewell
THE HOUSE ON THE CLIFF by George Batson
THE LATE EDWINA BLACK by William Dinner & William Morum
MURDER ON THE NILE by Agatha Christie
PLAINTIFF IN A PRETTY HAT by Hugh Williams & Margaret Williams
RELATIVELY SPEAKING by Alan Ayckbourn
SHIRLEY VALENTINE by Willy Russell
THE SMALL HOURS by Francis Durbridge
THE SOUND OF MURDER by William Fairchild
SPRING AND PORT WINE by Bill Naughton
A TOE IN THE WATER by Derek Benfield
THE UNEXPECTED GUEST by Agatha Christie

2001 SEASON

(alphabetical order)
ALIBI by Agatha Christie
BOEING BOEING by Marc Camoletti
BREAK-OUT – Bill Owen
DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE by Richard Gordon & Ted Willis
DOUBLE DOUBLE – ?
HAY FEVER by Noel Coward
THE HOLLOW by Agatha Christie
HOW THE OTHER HALF LOVES by Alan Ayckbourn
A PARTY TO MURDER – ?
SEPTEMBER TIDE by Daphne du Maurier
SUDDENLY AT HOME by Francis Durbridge
WORM’S EYE VIEW by R F Delderfield

2002 SEASON

(alphabetical order)
ALL FOR MARY by Kay Bannerman & Harold Brooke
THE EDGE OF DARKNESS by Brian Clemens
THE GENTLE HOOK by Francis Durbridge
LIVING TOGETHER by Alan Ayckbourn
A MURDER IS ANNOUNCED by Agatha Christie, adapted by Leslie Darbon
REBECCA by Daphne du Maurier
ROPE by Patrick Hamilton
SAILOR, BEWARE! by Falkland L Cary & Philip King
SEE HOW THEY RUN by Philip King
SHRED OF EVIDENCE by R C Sherriff
SIGNPOST TO MURDER by Monte Doyle
WHILE THE SUN SHINES by Terence Rattigan

2003 SEASON

(alphabetical order)
CRYSTAL CLEAR by Falkland L Cary & Philip King
THE FLIP SIDE by Hugh Williams & Margaret Williams
HOUSE GUEST by Francis Durbridge
JANE EYRE by Charlotte Bronte, adapted by Charles Vance
KEY TO MURDER by Stewart Burke
THE LONG MIRROR by J B Priestley
MURDER AT QUAY COTTAGE by Simon Amberley
THE MURDER GAME by Constance Cox
POOLS PARADISE by Philip King
PRIVATE LIVES by Noel Coward
TABLE MANNERS by Alan Ayckbourn
THE YEARS BETWEEN by Daphne du Maurier

2004 SEASON

DEAD ON NINE by Jack Popplewell 
DIAL M FOR MURDER by Frederick Knott
DRIVEN TO MURDER by Olive Chase & Campbell Clayton
FLARE PATH by Terence Rattigan
THE FOUR POSTER by Jan de Hartog
GRAND NATIONAL NIGHT by Dorothy Christie & Campbell Christie
JAMAICA INN by Daphne du Maurier
MURDER AT MIDNIGHT – ?
PARTY PIECE by Richard Harris
ROOKERY NOOK by Ben Travers
ROUND AND ROUND THE GARDEN by Alan Ayckbourn
A TOUCH OF DANGER by Francis Durbridge
September – THE UNEXPECTED GUEST by Agatha Christie

2005 SEASON

23-29 June – THE BOUNDARY by Michael Claughton
30 June – 6 July – TIME AND TIME AGAIN by Alan Ayckbourn
7-13 July – ANYBODY FOR MURDER? by Brian Clemens
14-20 July – LORD ARTHUR SAVILE’S CRIME by Oscar Wilde, adapted by Constance Cox
21-27 July – THE HOUSE BY THE LAKE by Hugh Mills
28-29 July & 6-10 August – FRIENDS & NEIGHBOURS by Austin Steele
11-17 August – PINK STRING & SEALING WAX by Roland Pertwee
18-24 August – FATAL ENCOUNTER by Francis Durbridge
25-31 August – COME BLOW YOUR HORN by Neil Simon
1-7 September – DUET FOR TWO HANDS by Mary Hayley Bell
8-14 September – ANAGRAM OF MURDER by Seymour Matthews
15-21 September – IS YOUR HONEYMOON REALLY NECESSARY? by E V Tidmarsh
22-30 September – AN INSPECTOR CALLS by J B Priestley

2006 SEASON

A BEDFULL OF FOREIGNERS by Dave Freeman
DEATHTRAP by Ira Levin
THE MARRIAGE GO ROUND by Leslie Stevens
MURDER WITH LOVE by Francis Durbridge
TAKING STEPS by Alan Ayckbourn
22-28 June – TWO DOZEN RED ROSES by Kenneth Horne
29 June – 5 July – GASLIGHT by Patrick Hamilton
6-12 July – FIRST DEGREE MURDER by Bruce Montague
13-19 July – TEN MINUTE ALIBI by Anthony Armstrong
31 August – 6 September – NOT IN THE BOOK by Arthur Watkyn
7-13 September – MURDER WITHOUT CRIME by J Lee Thompson
14-20 September – DANGEROUS CORNER by J B Priestley
21 – 30 September – WUTHERING HEIGHTS by Emily Bronte, adapted by Charles Vance

2007 SEASON

BAREFOOT IN THE PARK by Neil Simon
DEAD MAN’S HAND by Seymour Matthews
EDUCATING RITA by Willy Russell
HOW THE OTHER HALF LOVES by Alan Ayckbourn
IN AT THE DEEP END by Derek Benfield
MURDER AT QUAY COTTAGE by Simon Amberley
MY COUSIN RACHEL by Daphne du Maurier
THE SMALL HOURS by Francis Durbridge
TRAP FOR A LONELY MAN by Robert Thomas
5-11 July – LOVE IN A MIST by Kenneth Horne
12-18 July – INTENT TO MURDER by Leslie Sands
September – CURTAIN CALL by Mike Claughton

2008 SEASON

BEDSIDE MANNERS by Derek Benfield
DEADLY NIGHTCAP by Francis Durbridge
THE OWL & THE PUSSYCAT by Bill Mahoff
3-9 July – THE PALM COURT by Mike Claughtons
10-16 July – RELATIVELY SPEAKING by Alan Ayckbourn
17-23 July – THE LODGER by Anthony Skene
24-30 July – SEE HOW THEY RUN by Philip King
22-27 August – BLITHE SPIRIT by Noel Coward
28 August – 3 September – BUSYBODY by Jack Popplewell
4-10 September – REBECCA by Daphne du Maurier
11-17 September – THE SHOT IN QUESTION by Michael Gilbert
18-24 September – I HAVE BEEN HERE BEFORE by J B Priestley
25-30 September – VERDICT by Agatha Christie

2009 SEASON

ROPE by Patrick Hamilton
SEPTEMBER TIDE by Daphne du Maurier
25 June – 1 July – THE LATE EDWINA BLACK by William Dinner & William Morum
2-8 July – LIVING TOGETHER by Alan Ayckbourn
9-15 July – ABIGAIL’S PARTY by Mike Leigh
16-22 July – BOEING BOEING by Marc Camoletti
23-29 July – THE HOUSE ON THE CLIFF by George Batson
6-12 August – BEDROOM FARCE by Alan Ayckbourn
13-19 August – POOLS PARADISE by Philip King
27 August – 2 September – HOUSE GUEST by Francis Durbridge
3-9 September – MURDER MISTAKEN by Janet Green
17-23 September – THE UNEXPECTED GUEST by Agatha Christie
24-30 September – THE RETURN OF SHERLOCK HOLMES by Donald Thomas

2010 SEASON

24-30 June – THE FLIP SIDE by Hugh Williams & Margaret Williams
1-7 July – TABLE MANNERS by Alan Ayckbourn
8-14 July – THE CREEPER by Pauline Macaulay
15-21 July – THE GIOCONDA SMILE by Aldous Huxley
22-28 July – MURDER ON ARRIVAL by George Batson
5-11 August – FIVE FINGER EXERCISE by Peter Shaffer
12-18 August – PLAZA SUITE by Neil Simon
19-25 August – THE MURDER GAME by Constance Cox
26 August – 1 September – SWEET REVENGE by Francis Durbridge
2- 8 September – A BEDFULL OF FOREIGNERS by Dave Freeman
9-15 September – CHARLEY’S AUNT by Brandon Thomas
16-22 September – A MURDER IS ANNOUNCED by Agatha Christie
23-29 September – SUDDEN DEATHS by Jeremy Swan

2011 SEASON

1-6 July – ABSURD PERSON SINGULAR by Alan Ayckbourn
7-13 July – NIGHT MUST FALL by Emlyn Williams
14-20 July – PRIVATE LIVES by Noel Coward
21-27 July – DANGEROUS OBSESSION by N J Crisp
28-29 July & 6-10 August – TAKING STEPS by Alan Ayckbourn
11-17 August – THE YEARS BETWEEN by Daphne Du Maurier
18-24 August – JANE EYRE by Charlotte Bronte
25-31 August – SUDDENLY AT HOME by Francis Durbridge
1-7 September – WHILE THE SUN SHINES by Terence Rattigan
8-14 September – SOMETHING TO HIDE by Leslie Sands
15-21 September – DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE by Richard Gordon, adapted by Ted Willis
22-30 September – IS YOUR HONEYMOON REALLY NECESSARY? by E V Tidmarsh

2012 SEASON

21-27 June – WE MUST KILL TONI – Ian Stuart Black
28 June – 4 July – ROUND AND ROUND THE GARDEN by Alan Ayckbourn
5-11 July – STRICTLY MURDER by Brian Clemens
12-18. July – MY COUSING RACHEL by Daphne du Maurier, adapred by Diama Morgan
19-25 July – RECIPE FOR MURDER by Arnold Ridley
26 July – 1 August – TIME AND TIME AGAIN by Alan Ayckbourn
2-3 & 11-15 August – THE GENTLE HOOK by Francis Durbridge
16-22 August – TWO DOZEN RED ROSES by Kenneth Horne
23-29 August – THE UNEXPECTED GUEST by Agatha Christie
30 August – 5 September –  PRESENT LAUGHTER by Noel Coward
6-12 September – MURDER FOR THE ASKING by Derek Benfield
13-19 September – THE CHILTERN HUNDREDS by William Douglas Home
20-28 September – AN INSPECTOR CALLS by J B Priestley