Note: the venue of all productions should be presumed to be Chelsfield Village Hall unless otherwise stated. The month stated refers to the opening night, where known.
2020s
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March 2025
Escaped Alone Caryl Churchill with A Gambler’ Guide To Dying Gary McNair November 2024 The Ghost Train Arnold Ridley |
June 2024
A Legal Murder Ian McCutcheon March 2024 Steaming Nell Dunn November 2023 The Absence of War David Hare |
March 2023
Jekyll & Hyde RL Stevenson, adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher November 2022 Underground Michael Sloane |
July 2022
Ladies Down Under Amanda Whittington April 2022 Funny Money Ray Cooney November 2021 The Last Quiz Night On Earth Alison Carr |
2010s
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December 2019
Misfits: A comedy trilogy Mother Figure Alan Ayckbourn with Between Mouthfuls Alan Ayckbourn and Last Panto in Little Grimley David Tristram August 2019 The Wind In The Willows Edinburgh Fringe Kenneth Grahame, adapted by Mike Kenny July 2019 The Wind In The Willows Kenneth Grahame, adapted by Mike Kenny April 2019 The Hollow Agatha Christie November 2018 Much Ado About Nothing William Shakespeare August 2018 1 Flat, 3 Stories: Two Little Dicky Birds Sandy Taylor with Chalk and Cheese Sandy Taylor and Sound Choice Rob Wise |
April 2018
Animal Farm George Orwell November 2017 Feed The Beast Steve Thompson August 2017 Salt Fiona Peek April 2017 A Lady Mislaid Kenneth Horne November 2016 The Railway Children EM Nesbit & Mike Kenney August 2016 NSFW Lucy Kirkwood April 2016 The Thrill Of Love Amanda Whittington November 2015 The Country Wife William Wycherley August 2015 Fawlty Towers: A Touch of Class & The Wedding Party Edinburgh Fringe: The Space on the Mile, Theatre 3 John Cleese & Connie Booth July 2015 Fawlty Towers: A Touch of Class & The Wedding Party John Cleese & Connie Booth |
March 2015
This Happy Breed Noël Coward November 2014 Abandonment Kate Atkinson June 2014 Visiting Hour Richard Harris March 2014 Carrington VC Campbell & Dorothy Christie November 2013 Sauce For The Goose Georges Feydeau, translated by Peter Meyer August 2013 Nobody’s Perfect Simon Williams March 2013 Fawlty Towers: Basil the Rat, The Hotel Inspector, Communication Problems John Cleese & Connie Booth November 2012 Easy Virtue Noël Coward June 2012 Ladies’ Day Amanda Whittington March 2012 Flat Spin Alan Ayckbourn Review |
November 2011
Maskerade Terry Pratchett, adapted by Stephen Briggs July 2011 Love In A Mist Kenneth Horne May 2011 Crown Matrimonial (rehearsed reading) Royce Ryton March 2011 Six Characters in Search of an Author Luigi Pirandello, adapted by Rupert Goold & Ben Power Review November 2010 A Christmas Carol Charles Dickens, adapted by Neil Duffield July 2010 La Musica Marguerite Duras with Perfect Partners Alan Richardson May 2010 A Wedding Story Bryony Lavery March 2010 Hello, Is There Any Body There? Ian Hornby |
2000s
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November 2009
Our Country’s Good Timberlake Wertenbaker August 2009 Lady Windermere’s Fan Edinburgh Fringe July 2009 Lady Windermere's Fan Oscar Wilde March 2009 A Ghost on Tiptoe Robert Morley & Rosemary Anne Sisson November 2008 The Merry Wives of Windsor William Shakespeare August 2008 Over My Dead Body Ian Baker May 2008 New Directions (short plays) April 2008 Proscenophobia Bettine Manktelow |
November 2007
A Chorus of Disapproval Alan Ayckbourn August 2007 Strictly Murder Brian Clemens May 2007 Mars & Venus (short plays) March 2007 The Cemetery Club Ivan Menchell November 2006 A Midsummer Night's Dream William Shakespeare August 2006 Loot Joe Orton March 2006 Garden Alan Ayckbourn December 2005 House Alan Ayckbourn July 2005 Black Comedy Peter Shaffer |
April 2005
Lucky Sods John Godber December 2004 Fear and Fancy July 2004 Steel Magnolias Robert Harling March 2004 The Importance Of Being Earnest Oscar Wilde December 2003 Out Of Focus Peter Gordon August 2003 The Rivals Edinburgh Fringe July 2003 The Rivals Richard Brinsley Sheridan March 2003 Murder In Company John Boland, Philip King December 2002 Hobson’s Choice Harold Brighouse |
August 2002
Daisy Pulls It Off Denise Deegan Edinburgh Fringe July 2002 Daisy Pulls It Off Denise Deegan April 2002 Dangerous Corner JB Priestley November 2001 Party Piece Richard Harris July 2001 Intimate Exchanges Alan Ayckbourn April 2001 Ring Round the Moon Christopher Fry December 2000 My Three Angels Samuel & Bella Spewack July 2000 Stepping Out Richard Harris March 2000 Arsenic and Old Lace Joseph Kesselring |
1990s
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December 1999
The Weekend Michael Palin July 1999 Time and Time Again Alan Ayckbourn April 1999 An Inspector Calls JB Priestley December 1998 Not Now Darling John Chapman & Ray Cooney July 1998 Round and Round The Garden Alan Ayckbourn March 1998 Time, Murderer, Please Charles Raymond Dyer November 1997 Dick Turpin Paul Reakes |
July 1997
When One Door Closes Rob Wise March 1997 Move Over Mrs Markham Ray Cooney & John Chapman November 1996 Deadly Nightcap Francis Durbridge July 1996 Gosforth’s Fete Alan Ayckbourn March 1996 Miranda Peter Blackmore December 1995 Some “Confusions”: A Talk In The Park with Mother Figure and Between Mouthfuls Alan Ayckbourn |
March 1995
Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime Oscar Wilde, adapted by Constance Cox December 1994 Tons of Money Will Evans & Arthur Valentine, adapted by Alan Ayckbourn April 1994 Bedroom Farce Alan Ayckbourn December 1993 The Woman In White Wilkie Collins, adapted by Constance Cox April 1993 Time and Time Again Alan Ayckbourn November 1992 Something To Hide Leslie Sands July 1992 Pleasures and Perils |
April 1992
Blithe Spirit Noël Coward December 1991 Tartuffe Molière July 1991 The Late Edwina Black William Dinnie & William Murum April 1991 Hay Fever Noël Coward December 1990 Season’s Greetings Alan Ayckbourn July 1990 Dial M For Murder Frederick Knott April 1990 California Suite Neil Simon |
1980s
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December 1989
The Rape Of The Belt Benn W Levy July 1989 Busybody Jack Popplewell April 1989 Nightmare Henry Gabriel December 1988 The Wonderful Story of Mother Goose Norman Robbins July 1988 A Friend Indeed William Douglas Home April 1988 The Brontës Albert Sangster |
November 1987
Shut Your Eyes and Think of England John Chapman & Anthony Marriott July 1987 Suddenly At Home Francis Durbridge April 1987 A Tomb With A View Norman Robbins July 1986 Outside Edge Richard Harris April 1986 Pygmalion George Bernard Shaw December 1985 When We Are Married JB Priestley |
April 1985
Murder In Company John Boland & Philip King December 1984 Anastasia Marcelle Maurette, adapted by Guy Bolton April 1984 Caught Napping Geoffrey Lumsden December 1983 Separate Tables Terence Rattigan April 1983 Treasure Hunt John Perry & MJ Farrell |
December 1982
The Barretts Of Wimpole Street Rudolf Besier April 1982 Return To Victoria Maurice McLoughlin November 1981 Pink String and Sealing Wax Roland Pertwee April 1981 Relative Values Noël Coward December 1980 Gaslight Patrick Hamilton April 1980 The Full Treatment Michael Brett |
1970s
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December 1979
Fish Out Of Water Derek Benfield May 1979 Wanted: One Body Charles Raymond Dyer December 1978 The House Of Bernarda Alba Federico García Lorca April 1978 Shadow In The Sun Maurice McLoughlin December 1977 Dear Charles Alan Melville April 1977 Ladies In Retirement Edward Percy & Reginald Denham |
December 1976
The Chiltern Hundreds William Douglas-Home April 1976 The Rivals Richard Brinsley Sheridan November 1975 The Circle Somerset Maugham April 1975 The Matchmaker Thornton Wilder November 1974 Spider’s Web Agatha Christie |
April 1974
Dandy Dick Arthur Wing Pinero November 1973 The Aspern Papers Henry James, adapted by Michael Redgrave April 1973 The House On The Cliff George Batson January 1973 The Royal Pardon John Arden & Margaretta D’Arcy November 1972 A Letter From The General Maurice McLoughlin |
April 1972
An Ideal Husband Oscar Wilde November 1971 The Schoolmistress Arthur Wing Pinero April 1971 They Came To A City JB Priestley November 1970 Brush With A Body Maurice McLoughlin April 1970 Someone Waiting Emlyn Williams |
1960s
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December 1969
Midsummer Mink Peter Coke March 1969 The Pen of My Aunt Gordon Daviot with The Women Have Their Way Serafin Quintero November 1968 Flowering Cherry Robert Bolt July 1968 The Pleasure Garden Beatrice Mayor May 1968 The Bread Winner Somerset Maugham November 1967 The Hollow Agatha Christie September 1967 1066 and All That Reginald Arkell & Alfred Reynolds April 1967 Man Alive John Dighton |
January 1967
Breath Of Spring Peter Coke August 1966 The Young Elizabeth Jennette Dowling Letton & Francis Letton April 1966 Billy Liar Keith Waterhouse & Willis Hall January 1966 Aladdin August 1965 The Merchant Of Venice William Shakespeare March 1965 Rookery Nook Ben Travers January 1965 Cinderella Brian de Salvo & Brian Matthew December 1964 Frost at Midnight André Obey |
August 1964
As You Like It William Shakespeare April 1964 Antigone Sophocles, adapted by Jean Anouilh with The Critic Richard Brinsley Sheridan December 1963 Tobias and the Angel James Bridie August 1963 Macbeth William Shakespeare March 1963 The House By The Lake Hugh Mills December 1962 A Christmas Carol Charles Dickens, adapted by Shaun Sutton September 1962 The Taming Of The Shrew William Shakespeare |
March 1962
Charley’s Aunt Brandon Thomas November 1961 Pygmalion George Bernard Shaw June 1961 A Midsummer Night’s Dream William Shakespeare January 1961 The Dick Whittington Story Bob Knight November 1960 Waters Of The Moon Norman Charles Hunter June 1960 Twelfth Night William Shakespeare March 1960 Hay Fever Noël Coward January 1960 Pantomime |
1950s
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November 1959
The Holly and the Ivy Wynyard Browne May 1959 The Queen and the Rebels Ugo Betti December 1958 Count Your Blessings Ronald Jeans 1956 Thunder Rock Robert Ardrey |
April 1956
The Happy Prisoner John McNair December 1955 Eden End JB Priestley April 1955 Grand National Night Campbell & Dorothy Christie January 1955 Elegant Edward Edgar Wallace with The Browning Version Terence Rattigan |
March 1954
Martine Jean-Jacques Bernard (abandoned after Village Hall burnt down) 1953 The Late Christopher Bean Emlyn Williams June 1953 Young Wives’ Tale Ronald Jeans (performed for the Coronation) |
June 1952
Our Town Thornton Wilder 1952 After October Rodney Ackland April 1951 Libel Edward Wooll March 1950 By Candlelight Siegfried Geyer |
1940s
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November 1949
The Rivals Richard Brinsley Sheridan March 1949 Berkeley Square John L Balderston 1948 Dangerous Corner JB Priestley May 1948 Night Must Fall Emlyn Williams February 1948 Pinocchio |
November 1947
The Importance Of Being Earnest Oscar Wilde May 1947 This Happy Breed Noël Coward February 1947 (date uncertain) Cinderella December 1946 Noah André Obey, translated by Arthur Wilmurt |
1946/7 (date uncertain)
Duet For Two Hands Mary Hayley Bell 1946 New 1066 and All That (own version) pre-1947 (date uncertain) The Corn Is Green Emlyn Williams pre-1947 (date uncertain) The Ghost Train Arnold Ridley pre-1947 (date uncertain) Love From A Stranger Frank Vosper, adapted from Agatha Christie |
pre-1947 (date uncertain)
And So To Bed JB Fagan pre-1947 (date uncertain) Robert’s Wife St John Ervine pre-1947 (date uncertain) Flare Path Terence Rattigan 1939-45 (date uncertain) Elegant Edward Edgar Wallace |
1930s
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