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