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Playlovers was formed in 1956 and its first production was THE HAPPIEST DAYS OF YOUR LIFE

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YEAR		PRODUCTION		DIRECTOR

2005		MONEY & FRIENDS		Claudette Ridout
		EDUCATING RITA
		THE FULL MONTY		Susan Vincent
		ARSENIC AND OLD LACE		Andrea DeVaack
2004		GREASE, THE MUSICAL		Alex McLennan
		SILLY COW		Janelle Hammond
		AN IDEAL HUSBAND		Bethne Crisafulli
		THE COUNTRY WIFE		David Crewes
		I LOVE YOU, YOU’RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE		Stewart Bentley
2003		PAGEANT		Kimberley Shaw
		RUMORS		Andrea DeVaack
		BEYOND THERAPY		Les Hart
		“EVERYTHING’S GROOVY” ; “IL FORNICAZIONE”
		PRIVATE LIVES		Dario
2002		JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR		Alex McLennan
		ARCADIA		Bethne Crisafulli
		SUNRISE		Andrea DeVaack
		MATCHGIRLS (A MUSICAL)		Geoff Robinson
2001		OEDIPUS		Nick Christo
		CLOSER THAN EVER
		THE RISE AND FALL OF LITTLE VOICE
		AFTER DINNER		Les Hart
		BLACK COMEDY
2000		COME BLOW YOUR HORN		Claudette Ridout
		ASSASSINS		Alex McLennan
		CABARET		David Gardette
1999		LAWRENCE OF ARABIA
		LOST IN YONKERS
		HOT MIKADO		Gillian Binks
		THE WORLD GOES ROUND
1998		BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS		Gillian Binks
		WORKING		David Crewes
1997		THE QUEEN AND I		Keith Hall
		INTO THE WOODS		Adam Webb
		STAGS & HENS		David Gardette
		REBECCA		Indira McDonald
1996		CHESS
		COSI		Adam Webb
		TARTUFFE		David Crewes
1994		THE VENETIAN TWINS		David Crewes
1993		PIRATES OF PENZANCE		David Young/Alison Seimon
		HOUSE OF BERNARD ALBA		Rose Martin
		LES LIAISON D’ANGEREUSES		Joey Leonard
		NUTS		Christopher Churchouse
		EQUUS		Grant Malcolm
1992		MAD HOUSE IN GOA		John Hyde
		STEEL MAGNOLIAS		Marilyn Paul
		A CLOCKWORK ORANGE		David Meadows
		JOURNEY’S END		Beth Stokes
		A COMEDY OF ERRORS		Pat Stroud
		MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG		Jason Seperic/Elliot McCann
1991		BABY		Harry Docherty
		TORCHSONG TRILOGY		John Milson
		TWO		Jason Seperic
		TAKING STEPS		Beth Snowden
		THE MUSIC MAN		Harry Docherty
1988		CRIMES OF THE HEART		Philip Boon
		CHICAGO
		ROOM TO MOVE
		LOOT
		MIDDLE AGE SPREAD
		INHERIT THE WIND		Rose Martin
1987		GREASE (revived at the Quarry Amphitheatre)    –		John Hyde, Ann Adlem
		THE PERFECTIONIST		John Hyde
		TOMB WITH A VIEW		Beth Snowden
		HABEUS CORPUS		Joey Leonard
		A STREECAR NAMED DESIRE		George Dickinson
1986		THE DIARY OF ANN FRANK		Rose Martin
		GREASE		Ann Adlem
		DEAR CHARLES		Jean Gawned
		PYGMALION		Robert Jones
1985		ABSURD PERSON SINGULAR		Rose Martin
		GODSPELL		Ann Adlem
		A MURDER IS ANNOUNCED		Jean Gawned
		THE THWARTING OF BARON BOLLINGREW		Keith Hall
1984		FLEXITIME		Keith Hall
		OLD TYME MUSIC HALL		Ann Adlem
		IN PRAISE OF LOVE		Jean Gawned
		BLYTHE SPIRIT		Roy Collinson
1983	–	WILD GOOSE CHASE		Roy Collinson
		NO NO NANETTE		Arthur Marshall
		MURDER AT THE VICARAGE		Jean Gawned
		GIGI		Rose Martin

 

If you have information about productions in other years or can fill in the blanks, please email info@playlovers.org.au

 

And here are some of the earliest productions:

1956	“Evening Dress Indispensable”	Beverley Brown
	“Husbands Supplied”	Albert Vivian
	“Dumb Jewels”	Lee Coghlan
1957	“World Without Men”	June Murdock
	“The Recco”-	Beverley-Anne Brown
	“The Bathroom Door”	Verna Norgard
	“Petticoat Fever”	June Percival
	“The Rest Cure”	Lilias Chessell
	“Mr Hackett’s Alibi”	Albert Vivian
	“Five Minutes”	Joan Kerr
	“The Crimson Cocunut”	produced for club party
1958	“From Five to Five Thirty”	Jessie McDonald-Taylor
	“Villa For Sale”	Beverley-Anne Brown
	“The Valiant”	Dorothy Griffin
	“Sunday Cost Spends”	HF Parkinson
	“Nemisis”	Ramsay Maclean
	“Even Exchange”	Jenni Gardiner
	“Death at Bogglesworth Manor”	Jessie McDonald-Taylor
	“Bonaventure”	Jan Keeley
	“The Mask”
	“The Sword is Double Edged”
	“Can the Leopard”
	“The Young Duchess”	Don Emery
	“Plot & Counter Plot”	Dorothy Griffen
	“Apple-Pie Order”	Claire McDonald
1959	“Pink String & Ceiling Wax”	Renee Weller
	“Companion To a Lady”	Betty Pitschell
	“The Boy Comes Home”	Jean Gawned
	“Mr Gayload Remembers”	Jan Keeley
	“Murder Out of Tune”	Constance Ord
	1959 Drama Festival  “Clouded Crystal”	Ean McDonald
	“The Spider Ring”	Jean Gawned
	“Ring Out, Wild Bells”	Verna Norgard
	“How Now, Brown Cow”	Win Parkinson
	“The White Sheep of the Family”	Michael Lewer