Horfield Theatre Company - Past Productions

Below is a list of all our previous productions. We are working on adding more photos and information when we can.

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	1995		Godspell

			Written By:	John-Michael Tebelak

			Produced By:	Julie Nicholson

			Cast:	Bruce Turnbull (Jesus); David Johnson (John the Baptist/Judas); James Hall, Ruth Hopton, Sarah Lee, Elizabeth Nicholson, Jennifer Nicholson, Lynden O’Neill, Katie Summerhill, David Temperley (Disciples); Melody Brown, Jessica Cook, Peter Day, Heather Franklin, Jennie Hall, Shahina Johnson, Ruth Pitter, Jennie Plaister, Miranda Powell, Jayne Richardson, Geoff Stock, John Summerhill, Vicki Temperley, Heidi Thompson, Zoe Thompson, Donald Wainwright, Michele Wills, Rachel Woodford (Players)



Dec	1996	HORFIELD THEATRE COMPANY OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED


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	1997		The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe

			Written By:	C S Lewis (adapted by Glyn Robbins)

			Produced By:	Julie Nicholson

			Cast:	Colin Williams (Peter); Olivia Bradbury (Susan); Hannah Richmond (Lucy); Nick Temperley (Edmund); Bruce Turnbull (Professor/Aslan); Jan Black (Mrs Macready); Heather Franklin (Mr Tumnus); Liz Nicholson (White Witch); James Venn (Maugrim); Melody Brown (Dwarf); Geoff Stock (Mr Beaver); Fran Rogers (Mrs Beaver); Roy Townsend (Father Christmas); Matthew Bishop (Leopard One); Jessica Cook (Leopard Two); Katie Wills (Wolf/Ugly/Statue); Jenny Wills (Ugly/Statue); Jennie Plaister (Ugly/Statue); Lucy Richmond, Jennifer Chapman, Joanna Bracken, Thomas Nicholson, Leo Bradbury (Mice); Duncan Jennings (Voice of Giant Rumblebuffin)


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Feb	1998		Joseph and the amazing technicolour dreamcoat

			Written By:	Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber

			Produced By:	Julie Nicholson

			Cast:	Rachel Jenkinson, Becky Lambert, Jennifer Nicholson, Heidi Thompson (Narrators); James Hall, Luke Cox – understudy (Joseph); Geoff Stock (Jacob); Darren Jones, Bruce Turnbull – understudy (Potiphar); Dave Griffiths (Pharaoh); Chris Barge, Matthew Bishop, Luke Cox, Stephen Donovan, Bob Green, Dave Griffiths, Darren Jones, Gary Lewis, Bruce Turnbull, Colin Williams, Graham Winter (Brothers); Julie Baker, Melody Brown, Caroline James, Yvette Kydd, Lizzie Nicholson, Kim Porcel, Alpa Samji, Liz Smith, Zoe Thompson, Michele Wills, Rachel Woodford (Wives); Ruther Pitter (Mrs Potiphar); Jennie Hall (Egyptian Slave); Lucy Clarke, Rachel Franklin, Martyn Lewis, Tim Paul, Hannah Richmond, Jenny Wills (Children’s Chorus)


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May	1998		The Chrysalids (Youth Production) The story focuses on a group of young people living in a post-holocaust world who have the power to communicate telepathically. Their society is divided at birth by those who are physically ‘perfect’ and those who are not.

			Written By:	David Harrower (from an original story by John Wyndam)

			Directed By:	James Hall

			Cast:	Luke Cox (David); Jenny Nicholson (Roslind); Matt Bishop (Michael); Melody Brown (Anne); Katie Summerhill (Rachel); Darren Lawrenczuk (Mark); Olivia Bradbury (Petra); James Venn (Joseph); Liz Smith (Emily); Heidi Thompson (Katy); Becky Lambert (Sarah); Phil Kydd (Axel); Lizzie Nicholson (Sophie); Lynne Annear (Mary); James Hall (Alan Ervin); Jennie Hall (Mrs Ervin); Julie Nicholson (Inspector 1); Ruth Pitter (Inspector 2); Heather Franklin, Jennie Plaister, Ruth Pitter, Jessie Cook, Julie Nicholson (Fringe People)


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July	1998		Around The World In 80 Minutes A tribute to Avis Robbins and Joan Seward


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Nov	1998		Seasons Greetings

			Written By:	Alan Ayckbourn

			Produced By:	Julie Nicholson

			Cast:	( more information coming soon )


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Feb	1999		Our Man

			Written By:	Daniel Klucas

			Directed By:	Judith Claypoole

			Cast:	Graham Winter (Phones); Bruce Turnbull (Sir); Ruther Pitter (Eyes); Fran Rogers (Ears); Amanda Nutton (Nose); Gary Lewis (Mouth) War Poems read by: Donald Wainwright, Betty Topham, Judy Lee, Liz Smith, David Temperley, Philip Kydd


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May	1999		The Witches (Youth Production)

			Written By:	Roald Dahl (Adapted By David Wood)

			Produced By:	Julie Nicholson

			Cast:	( more information coming soon )


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Feb	2000		Fiddler On The Roof

			Written By:	Joseph Stein (Music By Jerry Brock, Lyrics By Sheldon Harnick)

			Produced By:	Julie Nicholson

			Cast:	Gary Lewis (Tevye); Caroline James (Golde); Emma Lanyon (Tzeitel); Sarah Pitt (Hodel); Vivienne Lemoir (Chava); Rachel O’Gara (Shprintze); Claire Rose (Bielke); Liz Nicholls (Yente); Graham Winter (Motel); Bruce Turnbull (Perchik); Geoff Stock (Lazar Wolf); Steve Donovan (Mordcha); Greg Nicholson (Rabbi); James Hall (Mendel); Philip Pover (Avram); Donald Wainwright (Nachum); Jennie Hall (Grandma Tzeitel); Ruth Pitter (Fruma Sarah); Steve Hawkins (Constable); Jasek Szymanski (Fyedka); Fran Rogers (Shandel); Sarah Delaney (Rifka); Mandy Nutton (The Fiddler); Ashley Mundy, Grahame Rose (The Russians); Sarah Delaney, Karin Davies, Teresa Derrick, Jennie Hall, Liz Nicholson, Denny Sheppard, Ruth Pitter (Chorus)


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June	2000		The Wiz (Youth Production)

			Written By:	A William Brown book, music by Charlie Smalls

			Directed By:	James Hall

			Cast:	Vivienne Lemoir (Dorothy); Niamh Archbold (Aunt Em); Liam Archbald (Toto); Martin Lewis (Uncle Henry); Zara Mason (Addaperle); Samantha Reilly (Scarecrow); Rita Platts (Tinman); Alex Karatzas (Lion); Liz Nicholson (Evillene); Dionne Lattibeaudiere (Glinda); Tom Elliott (The Wiz);

			Chorus:	Jessica Baber, Joanna Bracken, Charlotte Clark, Rebecca Derrick, Nikki Donovan, Heather Franklin, Casper Green, Ellis Hart, Emily Hill, Cecily Jay, Emma Kydd, Jessica Kydd, Alison Lamb, Aimi Mouser, Anna O’Gara, Rachel O’Gara, Nicola Pearce, Joy Phillips, Becky Plant, Maisie Platts, Lucy Richmond, Claire Rose, Georgina Searle, Elizabeth Sheppard, Pippa Travers, Annie Turnbull, Jessica Turnbull, Emily Wills.



July	2000	ONE ACT PLAY OH DEED MAJESTIC! BY DEREK SKELCHER ONE WAS NUDE AND ONE WORE TAILS BY DARIO FO A REHEARSED READING DOUBLE BILL PRESENTED AT THE UNITED REFORMED CHURCH HALL


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Feb	2001		First Class Lives

			Written By:	The Cast

			Directed By:	Judith Claypool

			Cast:	Mandy Nutton (Narrator); Emma Lanyon (Sophie); Ruth Pitter (Dee); Liz Nicholls (Ellie); Teresa Derrick (Jane) Presented at the QEH Theatre as part of the Bristol One Act Drama Festival Highly Commended in the Geoffrey Whitworth Playwriting Competition



GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT – A NEW VERSION BY JUSTINE HOPKINS AND CATHY BRADBURY – ORIGINAL MUSIC BY GRAHAM TREACHER


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Sept	2001		Father and Son: Son & Father, A Passion Play

			Written By:	The Rev. Neville Boundy

			Directed By:	Julie Nicholson

			Cast:	Bruce Turnbull (Jesus); Andrew Smith (Father) Presented at The Vicars’ Halls, Wells Cathedral Holy Trinity, Abbots Leigh


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Feb	2001		Macbeth

			Written By:	William Shakespeare

			Directed By:	Bob Derrick

				Rose Bowl Nominated: Best Shakespeare Production ( more information coming soon )


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May	2001		A Place With The Pigs

			Written By:	Athol Fugard

			Directed By:	Yvette Kydd and Grahame Rose

			Cast:	Julie Nicholson (Praskovya Naygotsky); Graham Winter (Pavel Ivanovich Naygotsky) Presented at The Alma Tavern Theatre Rose Bowl Winner: Best Actor, Best Set Rose Bowl Nominated: Best Production


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Feb	2002		The Pajama Game

			Written By:	Richard Adler & Jerry Ross

			Directed By:	Judith Claypoole

			Cast:	Philip Pover (Hines); Gary Lewis (Prez); Geraldine Winkler (Joanne); Cliff Evans (Hasler); Ruth Pitter (Gladys); Teresa Derrick (Mabel); Mark Collins (Sid Sorokin); Donald Wainwright (First Helper); Holly Rigby (Babe Williams); Liz Smith (Brenda); Carmel Halloran (Poopsie); Phil Flook (Salesman/Pop); Karin Davies, Amy Evans, Jennie Hall, Judy Lee, Lorraine Owen, Fran Rogers, Denny Sheppard (Chorus)


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April	2002		No Way Out (Huis Clos)

			Written By:	Jean-Paul Sartre

			Directed By:	Yvette Kydd and Grahame Rose

				Presented at The Alma Tavern Theatre


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July	2002		Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Youth Production)

			Written By:	Roald Dahl (Adapted By Richard George)

			Directed By:	Many Nutton and Ruth Pitter

			Cast:	Mike Lockett (Waiter); Mike Luckett (Gardin); Cathy Bradbury (Ines); Emily Connell (Estelle) Rose Bowl Nominated: Best Youth Production


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Dec	2002		The Second Shepherd's Pageant, Medieval Mystery Play

			Written By:

			Directed By:	Helen Currie

			Cast:	Carmel Halloran (Shepherd 1); Jane Holmes (Shepherd 2); Julie Jay (Shepherd 3); Donald Wainwright (Mak/Joseph); Jane Connell (Gill/Mary); Karin Davies (Angel); Emma Kydd, Becky Plant, Jessica and Annie Turnbull (Mak and Gill's brood)

			Dancers:	Dinah Barnes, Emily Connell, Jennie Hall, Judy Lee, Mandy Nutton, Fran Rogers


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Feb	2003		Calling Up

			Written By:	Claire Griffiths

			Produced By:	Judith Claypoole

			Cast:	James Hall (Mikey); Carmel Halloran (Margaret); Graham Winter (Robert); Jayne Connell (1st Woman Caller); Sue Timmis (2nd Woman Caller); Teresa Derrick (3rd Woman Caller); Sue Timmis (4th Woman Caller) Presented at the QEH Theatre as part of the Bristol One Act Drama Festival: Also presented at Horfield Parish Hall along with poetry and prose readings by: Ruth Pitter, Phil Kydd, Mandy Nutton, Helen Currie, Jennie Hall


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Feb	2004		Cabaret

			Written By:	Joe Masteroff, Lyrics: Fred Ebb, Music: John Kander

			Cast:	( more information coming soon )


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May	2004		Playhouse Creatures

			Written By:	April De Angelis

			Directed By:	Julie Nicholson

			Cast:	Sue Timmis; Jane Connell; Emily Connell; Helen Currie; Lizzie Nicholson


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Sept	2004		Variety Concert in aid of Cystic Fibrosis Trust


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Nov	2004		A Murder Mystery Evening

			Cast:	Luke Cox; Emily Connell; Bruce Turnbull; Phil Pover; Jane Connell; Fran Rogers; Lizzie Nicholson; Phil Flook


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Dec	2004		The Importance of being Earnest

			Written By:	Oscar Wilde

			Directed By:	Donald Wainwright

			Cast:	Luke Cox; Mark Biffen; Richard Farrer; Teresa Derrick; Mandy Johnson; Charlotte Williams


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June	2005		A Midsummer Night's Dream

			Written By:	William Shakespeare

			Produced By:	Judith Claypoole

			Cast:	Graham Winter (Theseus/Oberon); Tina Jannello (Hippolyta/Titania); Steve Miller (Lysander); James Hall (Demetrius); Emily Connell (Hermia); Michelle Roche (Helena); Holly Tomlinson (Puck/Philostrate); Cliff Evans (Bottom/Pyramus); Jayne Connell (Peter Quince); Richard Farrer (Egeus/Snout (Wall)); Teresa Derrick (Snug/Lion); Max Connell (Flute/Thisbe); Phil Flook(Starveling/Moonshine)

			Fairies:	Rebecca Plant; Laura Plant; Emma Kydd; Jessica Kydd; Daphné Charpin-Lébre


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July	2005		Singalong to the songs from Mary Poppins


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Sept	2005		Charlotte & Emily

			Written By:	Graham Billing

			Produced By:	Emily Connell

			Cast:	Jayne Connell; Emily Connell


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Nov	2005		An Evening of Contrast : Two One Act Plays

			After Midnight Before Dawn

			Written By:	David Campton

			Directed By:	Max Connell

			Cast:	Teresa Derrick; Jayne Connell; Emily Connell; Mark Biffen;

			Interior Designs

			Written By:	Jimmie Chinn

			Directed by:	Mary Perthen

			Cast:	Holly Rigby; Phil Flook; Carmel Halloran;



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May	2006		The Fix

			Written By:	John Dempsy (Music By Dana P Rowe)

			Produced By:	Judith Claypoole

			Cast:	James Hall (Cal); Jayne Connell (Violet); Cliff Evans (Grahame); Lizzie Nicholson (Tina); Bruce Turnbull (Reed); Mark Connell (Gliardi); Phil Flook (Bobby 'Cracker' Barrell); Liz Nicholls (Petra); Sophie Stevens (Leslie Pynchon); Linda Facciponti (Deborah); Caroline Hawkins (Maria); Neave Archbold (Danielle); Donald Wainwright (Sergeant)

			Chorus:	Neave Archbold; Leanne Dennison; Linda Facciponti; Jennie Hall; Caroline Hawkins; Liz Nicholls; Lorraine Owen; Fran Rogers; Sophie Stevens; Donald Wainwright


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Sept	2006		An Evening of Sunshine, Smiles and Champagne



May	2006		Rumours

			Written By:	Neil Simon

			Directed By:	Donald Wainwright

			Cast:	Teresa Derrick (Claire Cumming); Richard Farrer (Ernest); Sheelagh Huddleston (Cookie); Phil Pover (Len Cumming); Becca Thawley (Chris); Mark Biffen (Ken); Linda Trenchard and Rachel Pryce (Police Officers)


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Feb	2007		Murder On The Dance Floor (Murder Mystery)

			Directed By:	Phil Flook

			Cast:	Teresa Derrick; Phil Flook; Jane Connell; ?


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May	2007		Death and The Maiden

			Written By:	Georgina Reid

			Directed By:	Donald Wainwright

			Cast:	Kevin Parle; Linda Facciponti; Hannah Gibson; Maria Jannello; Marianne Wainwright; Mark Biffen; Sheelagh Huddleston


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Feb	2008		The Witches of Eastwick

			Written By:	John Dempsy (Music By Dana P Rowe)

			Directed By:	Amanda Nutton

			Cast:	Little Girl (Lizzie Nicholson); Bruce Turnbull (Daryll Van Horne); Hannah Gibson (Sukie Rougemont); Holly Kadola (Alexandra Spofford); Teresa Derrick (Jane Smart); Leanne Dennison (Felicia Gabriel); Donald Wainwright (Clyde Gabriel); Ami Mouser (Jennifer Gabriel); Robin Hodge (Michael Spofford); Steve Gregory (Fidel);

			Chorus:	Anna Daniell; Lorraine Owen; Jennie Hall; Fran Rogers; Kevin Parle; Linda Facciponti; Liz Nicholls; Rachel Pryce; Gary Lewis; Dafydd Owen; Phil Hall; Greg Nicholson


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Oct	2008		Hobson's Choice

			Written By:	Harold Brighouse

			Directed By:	Donald Wainwright

			Cast:	Gary Lewis (Henry Horatio Hobson); Bryony Edwards (Maggie Hobson); Chrissie Gay (Alice Hobson); Linda Facciponti (Vickey Hobson); Dan Crockett (William Mossop); Phil Flook (Timothy ‘Tubby’ Wadlow); Greg Nicholson (Jim Heeler); Richard Farrer (Albert Prosser); James Dupont (Fred ‘Freddie’ Beenstock); Sheelagh Huddleston (Mrs Hepworth); Steve Gregory (Dr Macfarlane); Shelly Whittington (Ada Figgins);


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Feb	2009		Cinderella

			Cast:	Sophie Taylor (Cinderella); Colin Munney (Buttons); Anna Daniell (Prince Charming); Rebecca Plant (Dandini); Geoff Stock (Baron Hardup); Judy Lee (Baroness Hardup); James Hall (Asphyxia); Lynden O’Neill (Euthanasia); Donald Wainwright (Carry); Richard Farrer (Cash); Hannah Gibson (Fairy Godmother); Teresa Derrick (Principal of the fairy academy); Steve Gregory (King);

			Chorus:	Lorraine Owen; Jennie Hall; Je-an Shields; Shelley Whittington

			Children:	Timothy Woods; Phoebe Woods; Nassim Ladjimi; Megan Deaves; Katie Luton; Sophie Plant; Molly Cox


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Oct	2009		Murder at The Hotel L'orible (Murder Mystery)

			Directed By:	Bruce Turnbull

			Cast:	Bruce Turnbull; Fran Rogers; Helen Currie; Gary Lewis; Anna Daniell; Philip Pover; Greg Nicholson; Liz Nicholls


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Oct	2010		Bad Girls

			Directed By:	Steve Blackmore

			Cast:	Bruce Turnbull (Jim Fenner); Teresa Derrick (Sylvia Hollamby); Anna Daniell (Helen Stewart); Ian (Cookie) Brooks (Justin Mattison); Sara Gledhill (Rachel Hicks); Michaela Sydney (Yvonne Atkins); Hannah Gibson (Nicki Wade); Bethany Prosser (Shell Dockley); Amber Andrews (Denny Blood); Chelsea Saroe (Crystal Gordon); Laura Thomas (Big Julie); Debi Lindsey (Little Julie); Fran Rogers (Noreen Biggs); Richard Farrer (No. 1 Governor)

			Chorus:	Alice Bouquet (Fletcher); Karan Du-Cann (Jackson); Linda Facciponti (Potts); Steve Gregory (prison officer); Jennie Hall (Gray); Claire Hornby (Mills); Laura Humphrey (Yates); Amanda Mattocks (Sawyer); Mandy Nutton (Holt); Lorraine Owen (Bush); Je-an Shields (Wright-Scuttler); Shelley Whittington (Evans); Louise Hall (Oates)


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Feb	2011		On The Town & Lazing Around - An Evening of Music from Stage, Screen and TV

			Directed By:	Hannah Gibson, Michaela Sidney, Anna Daniell

			Cast:	Alice Bouquet; Karan Du-Cann; Jennie Hall; Claire Hornby; Laura Humphrey; Amanda Mattocks; Lorraine Owen; Je-an Shields; Louise Hall; Holly Shead; Anna Daniell; Hannah Gibson; Fran Rogers; Teresa Derrick; Laura Humphrey; Sarah Moore; Greg Nicholson; Phil Pover; Chelsea Saroe; Laura Thomas


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Oct	2011		Franky Panky

			By:	Graham Barraclough

			Cast:	( more information coming soon )