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'''Welcome to the <big>South London Theatre Archive'''</big> ...a look around and feed comments back to [[Feedback|Feedback Page]] as the the old discussion board is no longer available.

...have been able to create a page for nearly every production, updated from the archives, although in some cases, information may be a little sparse, but t ...nformation about creating your own production pages. [[The Crucible (2007)|The Crucible]] and [[Les Liaisons Dangereuses (2001)|Les Liaisons Dangereuses]]

* [[Breaking the Code (2011)|Breaking The Code]] ([[2011]]) ([[Prompt Corner]]) * [[The Comedy of Errors (2010)|The Comedy Of Errors]] ([[2010]]) ([[Bell Theatre]])

Prompt Corner was the South London Theatre's studio theatre which opened in February [[1975]]. Th ...WS then grew into an idea of a LITTLE THEATRE, and now we proudly announce the birth of

...t as magic is to him, which he prefers before his chiefest bliss. And this the man that in his study sits” ...e in the mind, a shimmering mirage of riches and mystery and death. Within the walls of Faust’s opulent gothic mansion an orgy of evil is about to begin

*[[Pass The Butler (1994)|Pass The Butler]] (April) ([[Eric Idle]]) ([[Bell Theatre]]) ...n]] & [[Roger Greatorex]]) ([[Prompt Corner]]) & [[The Eyes Have It (1994)|The Eyes Have It]] (July) ([[David John]]) ([[Prompt Corner]])

HELEN: We don't know what sex it is. It's too young. The doctor said we could decide later. ...a girl. Or in some cases, the DNA combines with cobalt molecules, and then the child would be radioactive for 5000 years and we'd have to send it out into

...e role of Yeats in a film being made nearby) offers joy and hope to two of the Kennedy women. ...and unexpected sources. Funny, rude and moving with plentiful Irish charm, the play wears its literary references lightly but has echoes of Yeats and Chek

...with all fourteen characters played by just two actors who drag us through the whole gamut of emotions. ...as their own dark tragedy is revealed. All these characters are linked by the bar, but also by their battle with love and their conflicts between public

...rim Lancashire landscape and setting the scenes for the glimpses we see of the inhabitants’ lives. ...veying their greatest fears and dreams, the hopelessness of their hope and the thought that somehow they might escape.

...ere also known to use gay men for target practice, aiming their weapons at the pink triangles they were forced to wear. ...de, and not until 2002 that the German government officially apologised to the gay community.

...on the notion of Meaning. In the end, Mystery remains the sole reason for hope. ...ined to a bed or a wheelchair and unable to do anything for herself but in the hotel has a normal healthy body.

He is currently the Bar Manager of the SLTC Members' Club, ex-editor of the Theatre magazine "Backstage", Archivist and LTG representative. * [[The Passing Out Parade (1989)|The Passing Out Parade]] ([[1989]]) ([[Bell Theatre]])

From the Wikipedia entry on ''Kafka's Dick'': :Set in the present-day in a suburban Yorkshire dwelling, Kafka aficionado Sydney, and

...uld fit with Orton's original intentions. I've tried to remain faithful to the script as much as possible. ...ease; the pompous, possessive know-it-all always threatening violence; and the broken spirit whose life revolves around his lover, and who's lost without

Mrs Macleavy is dead and on the day of her funeral the only wish of her lay preacher husband is to see her depart this world with ...the sinister Truscot 'Of The Yard' forces them to take a flying leap over the edge, as under his watchful eye disorder turns to chaos with hilarious, if

by [[The Heather Brothers]] From the Wikipedia entry:

==Pre Show blurb for the Theatre's news letter== ...ecidedly foreign manufacture) swoops beneath the RAF’s radar stations on the south coast. '''What can it all mean?'''

...became quite a cult on both stage and in film as expressing the essence of the era. ...ater. When an innocent young girl, newly arrived in London and looking for the YMCA, wanders in, relationships and situations develop at an hilarious, com

by [[Michael Green]] & [[Michael Langridge]] adapted from the novel by [[Herman Melville]] About the play, from the programme:-

Text about the play *Harry Hope - [[Michael Mattey]]

Part of a double bill with [[The Cherry Sisters (1984)|The Cherry Sisters]] A Coarse Acting Play; information on coarse acting from the author, Michael Green.

...Hogg]] (in Programme as Miss Directed by Nikki Hogg, with an arrow to move the Miss to read Miss Nikki Hogg) A Coarse Acting Play; information on coarse acting from the author, Michael Green.

...ddy”-style Story Of The Clash; or maybe some inane jukebox musical along the lines of “We Will Rock You”? Kindly think again. ...l First winner in 2006 and toured the UK in 2007. SLT's production will be the amateur premiere of this passionate comedy.

The action takes place in and around a country village south of the Midlands. ...s ago. Now, revisited, the play still has a compelling theatrical quality. The South London Theatre Centre in West Norwood High Street is to be commended

...the parts in the Murder Mystery. I hope that is all clear, it will explain the double credits below. ...of Checkmate Manor, Lady Doreen's ancestoral home, an isolated house near the sea.

by [[Carol Ann Duffy]] (from [[The Brothers Grimm]]), adapted for the stage by [[Melly Still]] and [[Tim Supple]] ...m both ends, and a host of Kings and Queens make outrageous commands! Join the cast as they retell these wonderfully Grimm stories. You'll laugh, scream a

"Downtown Purgatory - Next Case: 'God and the Kingdom of Heaven and Earth versus Judas Iscariot' ...es place in Hope, a small section of Purgatory where litigation determines the fates of its inhabitants. Thanks to a writ signed by God himself, Judas Isc

[[Image:300px-Summer17009.jpg|thumb|500px|Mike as Barney Ibbot in [[Summer of the Seventeenth Doll (1978)]] Photograph by [[Brian Fretwell]]]] * Officer in Whatever Happened to Him?, Mr Fibbs in Trouble in the Works in [[Offshoot (1970)|Offshoot]] ([[1970]]) ([[Studio]])

* Chorus in [[The Wizard of Oz (1979)|The Wizard of Oz]] ([[1979]]) ([[Bell Theatre|Main Stage]]) * Second peasant woman in [[The Queen and the Rebels (1980)|The Queen and the Rebels]] ([[1980]]) ([[Bell Theatre|Main Stage]])

...eneral Hospital. 1.45 p.m. The play is intended to amuse and entertain; we hope it does. Some parts had not been cast when the programme was printed

by [[Charles Dickens]] Adapted for the stage by [[Stephen Jeffreys]] Dickens wrote 'Hard Times' as a satire on the mechanising effects of the Industrial Revolution. It is doubly unusual in that it is a short novel, ev

* Company for [[The Caucasian Chalk Circle (1986)|The Caucasian Chalk Circle]] ([[1986]]) ([[Bell Theatre]]) * Nicholas Beckett in [[What the Butler Saw (1987)|What the Butler Saw]] ([[1987]]) ([[Bell Theatre]])

* The Promoter in [[The Lark (1985)|The Lark]] ([[1985]]) ([[Bell Theatre]]) * Mr Stanley in [[The Man Who Came To Dinner (1991)|The Man Who Came to Dinner]] ([[1991]]) ([[Bell Theatre]])

...ho, largely, are far more interested in their own clandestine affairs than the entertainment laid on by their host, Saucy Jack. ...g back thrust into the chest of each victim. But, in true showbiz fashion, the show must go on!<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saucy_Jack_and_the_Space

...es, tap dancing and tangos and a sub plot that will leave you smirking, we hope you’ll enjoy this spoof on old time musical plays with perhaps just a hin ...]], [[Matt Gosden]], [[Kay George]], [[Jenny Gammon]], [[Iain Krelle]] and the cast

...an, who has gone walkabout Down Under. Linda is too consumed by guilt over the big win to care much. ...ey, they also make a journey of self-discovery with laughs and tears along the way.

* Mrs Amanda Price in [[Clara's on the Curtains (1992)|Clara's on the Curtains]] ([[1992]]) ([[Bell Theatre]]) * Renee in [[The Odd Couple (female version) (1993)|The Odd Couple (female version)]] ([[1993]]) ([[Bell Theatre]])

...sinter the old bones from their graves to make way for the newly departed. The longest any bones can remain in peace is seven years. ...that he staged the crash to cover up her murder. With her remains next on the exhumation list, will Mick be digging up secrets as well as skeletons this

* in [[Crimes of the Heart (1989)|Crimes of the Heart]] ([[1989]]) ([[Bell Theatre]]) * Business Person 3/Radio Announcer 2 in [[Bury the Dead (1993)|Bury the Dead]] ([[1993]]) ([[Bell Theatre]])

...chose this particular topic and isn't technically a professor but he does hope that his lecture will be of some benefit (although he is a smoker himself). Or add anything that is related ''within this site''. The author's page for instance or other plays with a similar theme.

* Bobby van Husen in [[The Boy Friend (1993)|The Boy Friend]] ([[1993]]) ([[Bell Theatre]]) * Ernest in [[Confusions (1994)|A Talk in the Park]] ([[1994]]) ([[Prompt Corner]])

...rrive Soon (1994)|I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon]] & [[The Eyes Have It (1994)|The Eyes Have It]] ([[1994]]) ([[Prompt Corner]]) ...authored a book on the subject and has produced Roman food for episodes of the TV show "Time Team", appearing in Roman dress to serve on one occasion.

* Harris in [[Pass the Butler (1994)|Pass the Butler]] ([[1994]]) ([[Bell Theatre]]) ...4)|I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon]] and Monologue in [[The Eyes Have It (1994)|The Eyes Have It]] ([[1994]]) ([[Prompt Corner]])

* Randle P McMurphy in [[One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (1995)|One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest]] ([[1995]]) ([[Bell Theatre]]) * [[The Babel Rap (1996)|The Babel Rap]] & [[The Unforgiven (1996)|The Unforgiven]] ([[1996]]) ([[Prompt Corner]])

* Martine in [[I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon (1994)|I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon]] ([[1994]]) ([[Prompt Corner]]) * Dana Ewing/Flodette in [[The Unforgiven (1996)|The Unforgiven]] ([[1996]]) ([[Prompt Corner]])

...self entangled in a sparkling comedy of life and death, love and loss, and the sex lives of hermaphroditic barnacles. ...ce, and of course [[Mark Bullock]], for originally submitting the show - I hope we've done you proud.

...g? Except the flat isn't hers, her name isn't Joanna and heaven knows what the good looking stranger is really after. Instead of romance comes considerabl ...n It (2013)|Kiss Me Like You Mean It]] and [[The Little Dog Laughed (2013)|The Little Dog Laughed]].

...Big Mama, floundering and craving affection; and Big Daddy, sickened with the world and with mendacity. ...the modern day. Despite the attractive front, this family are dealing with the very real and tragic issues of alcoholism, marital breakdown, and cancer.

...y, retribution and political backstabbing combine as Kotov is subjected to the terrifying reach of Stalin’s rule. ...ic summer becomes the backdrop to fear, betrayal and ultimate disaster for the family.

...ives of his friends (both human and non-human) and strung together through the course of a single day, from bright uncertain morning to hopeful starlit ev ...rsal space; [[Catherine Ellis]] for rehearsal time; David Ward, manager of the Croydon Pirates baseball team for baseball gear; Gary for Woodstock; [[Naom

by [[Hugh Whitemore]], based on the book "Alan Turing, The Enigma" by [[Andrew Hodges]] ...breaking of the German Enigma code at Bletchley Park during World War II. The play thematically links Turing's cryptographic activities with his attempts

...gly attracted to her personal secretary, Teodoro. This is not a union that the rigid society they inhabit would readily permit, and things are complicated ...oro’s lackey, as the assassin, who takes their money but manages to dupe the Duke Ludovico into thinking that Teodoro is his long lost son. Ludovico gai

A storm rages at sea. The survivors of a boat wreck are washed up on the shores of an isolated fishing community; a young woman, an outcast from tha ...That Woman dies. Her brother thinks he understands why and so Tombi tells 'The Story of My Little Sister who was Killed by Eating a Bowl of Shark's Fin So

...he ages, whilst posing the question: When is it right to use human life in the furtherance of scientific progress? ..., [[Alan Buckman]], Jacqueline and Andy Johnson for the loan of props, all the Box Office, Front of House and Bar teams, Theatre Committee, my friends and

Message from the Playwright Kelmscott Manor still stands in the Oxfordshire village of Kelmscott in surroundings very little altered since

by [[Helene Hanff]], adapted for the stage by [[James Roose-Evans]] ...their correspondence and, by then a successful writer, eventually visited the shop in 1971.

Text about the play *Nurse Glucose, (The Dame) - [[Alan Buckman]]

...how much they can really achieve. Joan Honeyman, the American, is new to the job and is a bit stuffy and pedantic in her idealism, but has an optimism a ...h they increasingly feel as they struggle to, as Honeyman says, “prevent the total destruction of every living thing on this planet.”

Act II The garden at The Manor House, Woolton. Act III Drawing-room at The Manor House, Woolton.

The world is at war. The Nazis have just entered Venice. The Ghetto is awash with rumour; entire families have disappeared overnight, sh ...tonio's ships are torpedoed and he cannot repay the loan, Shylock calls on the merchant to give his pound of flesh...

...he vehement opposition from some of the officers to the threat that one of the female leads will be hanged. ...en with wonderfully powerful language and interesting, complex characters. The relationships on stage are complicated, funny and moving and will be great

* Set Construction - [[Graham Clements]] & The Crew * Props - [[Alan Buckman]], the Cast and Crew.

...diva, Aurora. He loves her in all roles, but one scares him: This role is the spider woman, who kills with her kiss. ...lentin can't stand Molina and his theatrical fantasies and draws a line on the floor to stop Molina from coming nearer to him. Molina talks of Aurora and

Text about the play * The Player - [[Audrey Lindsay]]

by Theatre Workshop, [[Charles Chilton]] and the original cast - Based on the radio play by [[Charles Chilton]] ...ost of the war in sharp counterpoint to the light-hearted antics on stage. The show has become a classic, endlessly performed and yet always with somethin

[[Eternity Awaits (2012)|Eternity Awaits]] developed from the idea of what it meant to 'live forever'. What problems would be thrown up b ...r, but the one thing that always struck me was that when trying to explain the beginning of things and where we were going, it always came down to faith.

...moaning, lives vocalised. The play reflects isolation, identification and the need to be someone, in an increasingly sterile environment when no one list * Chorus Members of the company

*The Mirror - [[Jack King]] *Sir Knight of the Hill - [[Dean Wicks]]

Presented in a double bill with [[Close up the Walls (2012)|Close Up the Walls]]. New Writing Premier. ...getting better until a young man arrives at the institute with nothing but the firm belief that he'a a famous Danish prince. Doctor Fordyce won't believe

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...he two men could not be more different, but neither seem able to bring her the happiness or love that she needs. ...anges as lovers, friends and strangers try to help her survive her loss of hope, while she struggles to decide what to do.

...ty mixes with fiction as several of their most compelling characters haunt the sisters. *Set - [[Chaz Doyle]] and the cast

...erformed in 2005 at the Cork Arts Theatre and published in 2006, is set in the First World War, 1918, just before they go into battle. ...; the Hope pub for generously providing rehearsal space; and, finally, all the Bar, Box Office and Front of House volunteers who keep SLT running.

Presented in a double bill with [[Over the Top (2013)|Over the Top]] ...has been taken off to a foreign land with a Crusader army. Hackett follows the army's path to bring his son home.

Enraged by this behaviour, and now aware of the corrupting power of money and them evil it can cause men to do, Timon escap ...es, a businessman and friend of Timon who has been banished from Athens by the corrupt Senators who readily took his money when it was convenient, declare

Adapted by [[Alan Ayckbourn]] from the novels of [[P G Wodehouse]] ...lution is found with hilarious results. With the church volunteers playing the roles of Bertie's friends onstage and Jeeves serving as writer, composer, d

...llows these two couples through the early morning to sunrise, showing what the true meaning of love is... ...ed rehearsal space with. [[Jess Osorio]] for swapping rehearsal spaces and the c

...he has fallen for a bi-sexual rent boy, Alex. Into the mix arrives Ellen, the rent boy's girlfriend. Will love conquer all or will the desire for fame and fortune win the day?

...covers an alien plant after a total eclipse of the sun. The only defect is the plant's taste for human blood..... A funny and tuneful musical with a dark side - based on the cult 1960 Roger Corman film that had Jack Nicholson in a bit-part.

...help, begins to confront some uncomfortable truths behind his tragic loss. The emotional journey is just beginning, for both of them. ...encouraging the audience to explore their own beliefs as well as those of the characters, as much with what is left unsaid as through McPherson’s caref

Text about the play * The Duke - [[Barry Heselden]]

The play is set in the early 1940s. The action of the play passes in the living room of Charles Condonmine's house in Kent. ...called it an 'imporbable farce'. It remained the longest running comedy in the British theatre for three decades thereafter.

by [[Graham Greene]]. Adapted for the stage by [[Giles Havergal]]. The play is set in the 1960s

...llow Women's Institute members to pose nude for an "alternative" calendar. The play is based on a true story of WI members who raised money for Leukaemia * Costume - [[Jess Osorio]], [[Lisa Thomas]] & the cast

...y Jeeves (2014)|By Jeeves]] as well as the Youth Group and their teachers; the power of Facebook; [[Alan Buckman]]; [[Kay George]]; Jocastaisfabby; [[Nata From the SLT discussion board:

[[Image:The Shape of Things poster3 web01011970.jpg|thumb|400px|Poster by [[Barry Hesel Text about the play

Text about the play ...Chaz Doyle]], [[Mark Ireson]], [[Craig Harding]] with help from members of the company

* Set Construction - The cast & crew, [[Emma Hughes]] * Costume - The cast

* Set Construction - The cast & crew, [[Emma Hughes]] * Costume - The cast

...portrayal indicative of the incidents and street life which took place in the East End of London in November 1888. ...ell as the actors, members and audience of the typical gaudy music hall of the Victorian time.

...lenge him. The Marker has become the Marked, the duel is on and, suddenly, The Game is thrown wide open. a dynamic drama with a dialect coined by [[Sam Sh ...n the name of art. Thanks also to [[Caroline Doyle]], [[Anton Krause]] and the Box Office, front-of-house and bar volunteers.

...to invade France we see through the play how this trickles down to affect the common people he rules. ...e that this production will leave you with strong and powerful memories of the effect of war on those brave soldiers, who through a sense of duty, nationa

Welcome to The Flint Street Nativity! We were hoping to be in our new school hall..... ...fundraising news, this will be the last Christmas show this incarnation of the SLT building will see, and I am so proud of my stellar cast and crew for ma

...h any of the quirky characters who inhabit her 1970's suburban world? From the pen of local playwright Rodney Quinn comes this brand new one act play; a d ...se, box office, Theatre committee and the Publicity Director; staff of the Hope, Rosendale and Park pubs.

...t's about the disease I call "the done thing" - basically, keeping up with the Joneses.'. Last performed at the South London Theatre in 1985, we hope you enjoy the show and find it relevant. You may never go to a neighbour's drinks party a

...a Paris apartment. Anger, tears, deep friendship and hilarity ensue with the presence of an out of work actor working as a plumber and constant interrup ...t Gosden]] for constructing La Tour Eiffel used in [[The Boy Friend (2013)|The Boy Friend]]

...nd all of the other televised endurance competitions which have spawned in the twelve years since it was first produced. ...74 hours and the competition is getting fierce. With one hand remaining on the car they resort to all sorts of mind games and tricks to try to win, each f

*Presented in a Double-bill with [[The Swan (2015)|The Swan]] The action of the play takes place here and now.

...esign, a double bill of plays, one in each theatre, would be presented for the first and only time. ...[Festen (2015)|Festen]] for shifting a ton of stuff; and Special thanks to the cast and crew of [[Edgar and Annabel (2015)|Edgar and Annabel]] from [[Dani