History
2019
Harper Regan
by Simon Stephens
Snag!
by Tony Traxler
The Last Will and Testament of Henry Van Dyke
by Karrim Jalali
Lotte Moore: A Child’s War
Adapted and Directed by Nick Bromley from Lotte Moore’s children’s book
Carl's Story
A new comic drama by Gavin Miller
Beauty and the Beast
by Jellyfish Theatre Company
Radiant Vermin
by Philip Ridley
Tied to the Vicarage
by Leo Michael
2018
Stig of the Dump
by Clive King
Adapted for the stage by Richard Williams
When You Fall Down - The Buster Keaton Story
by James Dangerfield
Lotte Moore: A Child’s War
Adapted and Directed by Nick Bromley from Lotte Moore’s children’s book
Sexy Laundry
by Michele Riml
See Me For Myself
by Chris Naylor and Joanna Way
A Small House at the Edge of the World
by Chris Lee
Fish Eye
by Lucas Kavner
Meet the Teaspoons
Book and Lyrics by Nick Bromley, Music by Ricky Whaites,
Inspired by Lotte Moore's Book The Teaspoon Family
Half Me, Half You
by Liane Grant
Sirens of the Silver Screen
by Beth Burrows
C'est La Vie – Sarah Bernhardt and Me
by Hilary Tones
Perfect Pitch
by John Godber
The Jungle Book
Adapted from the Mowgli stories by Rudyard Kipling
The Scene
by Get Over It Productions
Lady with a Dog
by Anton Chekhov in a new adaptation by Mark Giesser
Tales from Star City
by Dan Dawes
Yr Obedient Servant, Samuel Johnson
by Kay Eldredge, Starring Matthew Kelly
2017
Little Match Girl
Book and Lyrics by Jeremy Paul and Leslie Stewart, Music by Keith Strachan
Jamaica Inn
by Daphne du Maurier, adapted by Lisa Evans
Tryst
by Karoline Leach
Looking for John
by Tony Timberlake
A Day in the Life of Mr Mole and William the Frog
by Theatre Seagull
Lonely Planet
by Steven Dietz
Relatively Speaking
by Alan Ayckbourn
Montagu
by Greg Freeman
The Chainsaw Manicure
by Thomas Kett
Dog Ends
by Richard Harris
2016
The Last Tycoon
by F Scott Fitzgerald
Broken Strings
by Joe Wenborne
Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington:
Reminiscences of an Irish Suffragette
by Rosalind Scanlon
Sherlock Holmes and the Invisible Thing
by Greg Freeman
Wastwater
by Simon Stephens
I Love My Love
by Fay Weldon
A Flea in Her Ear
by Georges Feydeau
The Young Visiters
by Daisy Ashford
2015
The Drunken City
by Adam Bock
Gigi
by Collete and Anita Loos
Blood Crossed
by Gareth Cadwallader
Sigurd, the Dragon Slayer
by Peter Machen
Proof
by David Auburn
Simpatico
by Sam Shepard
Bruises
by Nadia Cavelle
Shakespeare's R&J
Adapted by Joe Carlarcom from Shakespeare's play
Bluebird
by Simon Stevens
Madame Manet
by Gareth Cadwallader
Blush of Dogs
by Roland Reynolds
Time of My Life
by Alan Ayckbourn
Radiance
by Alan Alda
Next Door
by Sydney Stevenson
2014
The Lost Happy Endings
by Carol Ann Duffy
Sheltered
by Greg A. Smith
Lady Windermere's Fan
by Oscar Wilde
Oh, the Humanity and Other Good Intentions
by Will Eno
Edges
by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
Fanny and Faggot
by Jack Thorne
An Ideal Husband
by Oscar Wilde
Misalliance
by George Bernard Shaw
How to Build a Better Tulip
by Mark Giesser
The Boy Who Cried
by Matt Osman
Heresy
by Tilo Ulbricht
Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
Adapted from the Laurence Sterne novel by Callum Hale
2013
A Christmas Carol - The Musical
Music by Alan Menken, Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens
Book by Mike Ockrent and Lynn Ahrens
Based on the novel by Charles Dickens
Dogstar
by Greg Freeman
Code of the West
by Mark Giesser
Liza, Liza, Liza
by Richard Harris
Rent
Book, Music and Lyrics by Jonathan Larson
Musical Arrangements by Steve Skinner
Music Supervision & Additional Arrangements by Tim Weil
The Blind & The Intruder
by Maurice Maeterlinck
The Duke in Darkness
by Patrick Hamilton in the first revival in 60 years
Revised and adapted by Orlando Wells
The Lamplighters
Written and directed by Glenn Chandler
The Mikado
Music by Arthur Sullivan
Libretto by W.S. Gilbert
Good Morning, Alamo!
by Mark Giesser
2012
Honk!
by George Stiles and Anthony Drewe
The Supper Party
by Alison Evans
Marguerite
Music by Michel Legrand
New book by Alain Boublil and Guy Unsworth
Lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer
Jumpers
by Tom Stoppard
THE 40th ANNIVERSARY PRODUCTION
Please Wait Patiently
by Natasha Collie, developed by Hot Tubs and Trampoline
Jubilee
Book by Moss Hart
Music & Lyrics by Cole Porter (1935)
Orchestrated by Larry Moore (1986)
The Pirates of Penzance
by Gilbert and Sullivan
The Custard Boys
Based on the novel by John Rae
Adapted and directed by Glenn Chandler
No Picnic
by Greg Freeman
Pitch Perfect
by Jonathan Guy Lewis
Elastic Bridge
Devised and written by Strawberry Blonde Curls
Green Forms
by Alan Bennett
The Rape of Lucrece
by William Shakespeare
Performed by Gerard Logan
2011
Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella
Music by Richard Rodgers,
Book and Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Love Question Mark
by Robert Gillespie
You're A Good Man Charlie Brown
Based on the comic strip Peanuts by Charles Schulz
Book Music and Lyrics by Clark Gesner
Directed by Anthony Drewe
The Night Porters
by Michael Moreland
Peter Pan
by J.M. Barrie
Cymbeline
by William Shakespeare
Ruddigore
by Gilbert and Sullivan
Extremities
by William Mastrimone
TIME OUT No1 CRITICS' CHOICE
A Woman Alone
by Franca Rame and Dario Fo
The Last Five Years
by Jason Robert Brown
2010
Just So
Music by George Stiles, Lyrics by Anthony Drewe
Inspired by the Just So Stories of Rudyard Kipling
Bright Star
by Stuart Hoar
The Scandalous Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde
Adapted for the Stage from Robert Louis Stevenson's Novella by Paul Kemble
Bent
by Martin Sherman
The Tempest
by William Shakespeare
Beak Street
by Greg Freeman
Stiffed!
by John Higginson and Clodagh Hartley
Threesome
by Hal Iggulden
2009
The Famous Five - A Musical Adventure
adapted from the stories of Enid Blyton
Sherlock Holmes - the last act
by David Stuart Davies
Starring Roger Llewllyn
Our Boys
by Jonathan Lewis
The Government Inspector
by Nikolai Gogol, adapted by Adrian Mitchell
Twelfth Night
by William Shakespeare
Doig! The Musical
by Greg Freeman
Wolfboy
by Brad Fraser
Beyond Flesh and Blood
by Jason Charles
La Soupiere
by Robert Lamoureux
LOL
by Rosalind Adler
Macbeth
by William Shakespeare
Under Control
by Nemo Verne
What the Night is For
by Michael Weller
The Trial of Marie Antoinette
by Peter Langdon
The Real Thing
by Tom Stoppard
Teaching Gods
by Robert Crighton
2008
Stig of the Dump
by Clive King, adapted for the stage by Richard Williams
Sherlock Holmes... the Death and Life
By David Stuart Davies
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Adapted for the stage from Oscar Wilde's novel by Kangaroo Court
Lusting After Pipino's Wife
by Sam Henry Kass
Another Kind of Silence
by Liz Rothschild
Fat Shirley - Trailer Park Opera
by Thomas J Brown & David B. Crawford
The Country
by Martin Crimp
New Boy
adapted from William Sutcliffe's novel by Russell Labey
Guerilla/Whore
by John Cargill Thompson & Carol Vine
The Lonesome West
by Martin McDonagh
TIME OUT CRITICS' CHOICE
Lizzy, Darcy and Jane
by Joanna Norland
2007
A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens
Copenhagen
by Michael Frayn
TIME OUT CRITICS' CHOICE
Road
by Jim Cartwright
Happy Ever After
by C Company
The Rover
by Aphra Behn
Turning Heads
by Opera on the Run
Exit the King
by Eugene Ionescu
Red Scarf
by Jona Howl
What Andrew Heard
by Jack Grone
One for the Road
by Harold Pinter
The Little Dressmaker
by Linnie Reeman
Leonce and Lena
by Georg Buchner
The Promise
by Aleksei Arbuzov
2006
Huis Clos
by Jean Paul Sartre
On Red Hill
by Abbey Wright
Visiting Hour
by Richard Harris
So This is It...
by Leila Borris
Trapped
by Beverley Foster
Numbers/Embassyland
by Kieron Barry
Land of Opportunity
by Catherine Hopkins
Big Maggie
by John B Keane
Masha and the Bear
by Abbey Wright
1988
For You My Sons
by Alec Baron
Under New Management
by Julian Perkins
Allegiance
by Sean O'Hare
Drama Studio Director's Showcase [27 June - 9 July]
Whited Sepulchre
by Peter Casterton
Press Play, Rewind
by Rebecca Clay
Final Rehearsal
by Svava Jakobsdottir
Despoiled Shore
by Heiner Muller (trilogy of shorts)
Getting Out
by Marsha Norman
Goats
by Alex Barr
Encounter in the Wilderness
by Hugh Carr
Circle of Lovers
by Andrew Staniland
Just Another Boring Old Bugger
by Jonathan Rix
Hilary, Jane and Ellie
by Deborah Catsby
Grown-Ups
by Tim Knapman
Risky Kisses
by Len Richmond (creator of Agony TV series) and directed by Tony Craven
1987
Intensive Care
by Christoph Gahl and translated by Antony Vivis
The Marriage of Bette and Boo
by Christopher Durang
Double Bill
Skeffington by Rosalind Scanlon
Out Loud by Jackie Dickson
Out of Sight
by Sheila Dewey
Don't
by Jean Binnie
Little Footsteps
by Ted Tally
Cauldron
by Sam Dowling and Andrea Kealy
Requiem
by John Reason
Scarecrows
by Loose Exchange
Double Bill
Changeling and
The Sorcerer's Apprentice by Dust Weblings
Height of Passion
by Elaine Feinstein
(based on Marina Tsvetaeva poem cycle)
Death of a Dragonfly
by Matthew Brady
1986
Striking Silence
by Louise Hide
Identity Crisis
by Christopher Durang
The Fly
by Beth Gamberoni
The Voyage Home
by Sylvia Freedman
Dreams on a Dancehall Floor
by John Bird (Founder of the Big Issue newspaper)
Night Thoughts On Lake Constance
by Wallace Dace
Portrait Of A Mute Woman
by Shelia Dewey
Double Bill
The Last Ditch by Shelia Dewey
Identity Crisis by Christopher Durang
Special Things
by Geographical Duvet
(Pre-Edinburgh)
Tree
by Ron Fernee
(Pre-Edinburgh One-Man Show)
Birth of the Beast
by Sam Dowling
Juxtapositions
by Larry Axelrod
(Trilogy of one-acters)
Bust
by Gregory Day and directed by Tony Craven
1985
Our Blue Heaven
by Bill Jesse
Druid the Dragon
by RJ Bell
(Children's show)
The Common Fun of Earth
by Clive Webster
(One-man show about the life and work of Dylan Thomas)
The Green Man
by Sheila Dewey
Riverman
by Sam Dowling and designed by Stephen Williams
A Change In The Moon
by Jeffery Beatty and directed by Tony Craven
The Virgin of Notting Hill
by Sam Dowling
Voyage Home
by Sylvia Freedman
(Play about Virginia Woolf)
Untitled (formerly The Aquarium)
by Louise Hide
The Gynae Ward
by Mary Barnett and directed by Stephen Butcher
James Bonney MP
by Ian Buckley and directed by Stephen Butcher
Four Play
by Jack Sanger
Below The Belt
by Donald Churchill
Assassin of the Sun
by David Calcutt
'Attractive new venue...bold artistic policy'
A-Z of Tabard Performances
We are currently trying to create a more complete archive of performances. If you have details of a show at the Tabard Theatre prior to 2006, please email info@tabardtheatre.co.uk.