The Kings Theatre - Southsea

Performances at the Kings Theatre 1905 January 23rd Waterloo, The Bells, Henry Irving 1905 January 24th Becket Henry Irving, 1905 January 25th The Lyons Mail, Henry Irving 1905 January 26th Merchant of Venice, Henry Irving 1905 January 27th Louis XI, Henry Irving 1905 January 28th Merchant of Venice, Henry Irving 1907 September 30th Six different plays H B Irving 1907 October 2nd Charles the First, H B Irving 1907 October 7th Mr & Mrs Kendall 1907 November 11th The Prodigal Son Richard A Greene Barbara Gott 1907 Panto Puss in Boots with Olive Marston, Bessie Herbert, Zena Joy 1908 - 1913 Variety and Short Plays & Variety acts plus WWI intervened 1909 June 28th Sidney Back, Stowe Brothers, Elsie Kerry 1910 January 9th Syvia Du Barry, Jessie Hartley, James Stewart, Six Brohters Lock 1910 July 11th Sisters Wingrove, Prince Milser Trio, The Mackays, Lupino Lane 1910 July 25th Fred Karno`s Company`s second Edition of "Mumming Birds". Hughes and Elliot: Comedy dancers Evelyn Taylor: Comedienne Les Ados: In Olympic Game, including Sig Ados in an exhibition of music Manipulation. Cornalla & Eddie.: Jugglers 1910 October 3rd Harold Heath: Comedian The Friscos: Musical Mimics Archie Royer: Comedian Harry Clark: Juvenile Comedian and dancer Rich and Rich: Patter Comedians Avalys and Freydo: Acrobats and Hand Balancers Leroux`s Bicycle Monkeys Beatie and Babs: George Lestocq: In a Miniature Musical melange "Very Much Engaged". Salge`s Animate Sculpture Animated pictures on the Kingscope. 1910 November 21st John Warren : The dramatic illusionist and company presenting "The Magic Carpet". Ausonia Trio: Olympic Gladiators Hazel Glade: Comedienne and vocalist Four Paulasto`s: Comedy Act A. E. Clifford: Vocal Comedian W. T. Thompson`s Company in a "farcical skit". Trevor & Ware: Comedy Artistes and dancers Serene Nord: Susie & Protti: Continental Dancing Creation 1911 June 5th Florence Dudley: Vocalist Josh Dixon: Comedian Wilkie: Human Marionette The Paulhan Team: presenting Arial Football on Bicycles Harry Elliston & Co. Present "Aunt Matilda" Brothers Artois: Comedy Act 4 Rosebuds: Vocalists and Dancers Carrie Laurie`s Juveniles Pechilli Troupe: Chinese Jugglers and Acrobats 1911 Novemebr 27th Ethel Eden, J & J Mannix, Torino 1911 December 4th Florence Wix, J H Scotland, The Marvelous Child Trio 1912 March 13th Grand Special Matinee in aid of the Veterans Releif Fund 1913 February 17th Houdini 1913 June 13th Dort & Leonard, Tom Mahoney, Edwina Boyde, Mlle. De Dio, Alexanders Ragtime Band 1913 Jne 23rd Dort and Leonard: Comedy Acrobats Tom Mahony: American Raconteur Edwina Boyde: Comedienne Mlle. De Dio: Queen of Prismatic Dancers Alexander`s Ragtime Band: An American Ragtime Band Arthur Boyd: Tenor Ernie Mayne: Comedian 1914 March 28th Speical Flying Matinee Miss Marie Tempest 1914 May 25th Evie Greene Horace Hunter 1914 June 1st Hullo Tango Laura Guerite, Lionel Victor 1916 December 18th The Frenchwoman variety programme 1917 April 23rd May Moore Duprez, The Original Jolly Dutch Girl The Elliott Savonas... Amy Evans... Akron, Comedy Wire Performer. Gladys Purnell & Barbara Everest in 'Reciprocity'... Brooklyn Comedy 4... Les Tumilet... Vivian Foster 1918 Apr 29th Variety programme Radford and Valentine The Renown Gomez Trio 1919 April 17th Moonstruck Will Hay Ennis Parkes 1921 May 21st The Monks of St Bernard, Scothch Kelly, The Kobes 1921 September 26th the Kings Theatre started showing full length feature films in the afternoon with the usual twice nightly variety bill in the evening. Today's film The Mark Of Zorro with Douglad Faibanks 1921 September 26th Fred Karno's French Beans George Jackley Russell Carr 1922 April 17th Maid of the Mountains Jose Collins 1922 November 27th The Green Bay Tree Muriel Martin Harvey 1923 June 23rd Carnival Granville Darling Brian Buchel Elsie Judge 1923 September 6th The Young Person in Pink Donald Calthrop Joyce Carey 1924 January 16th Fast and Furious 1924 January 21st The Covered Wagon 1925 September 8th Have a dip Peg Marks(mother of Peter Sellars) 1927 July 18th Peggy-Ann Dorothy Dickson, Maisie Gay 1927 July 25th Princess Charming Mamie Watson, Grace Fisher 1927 October 10th, Crime, Miriam Seeger, Albert Hayes 1927 December 5th The Call of the Legion Henry Weste Florence Hunt 1927 December 19th The Prince and the Beggar Maid Tod Slaughter and Co, N Carter Slaughter, T W Dunscombe, C Douglas Carlile 1928 August 8th D'Oyle Court Opera Company The Mikado, Iolanthe 1928 September 17th The Lad, Billy Merson, Mildryd Wayne 1929 August 5th The Mifddle Watch Ann ToddReginald Purdell 1929 August 16th D'oyly Carte Opera Company Ruddigore 1929 August 17th D'oyly Carte Opera The Gondoliers 1929 August 19th Carpet Slippers Horace Hodges 1929 September 16th Funny Face Ethel Oliver Rosamund Ross Guy Fane 1929 September 23rd Young Woodley Frank Laeton 1930 August 4th Silver Wings Harry Welchman 1930 September 30th Private Lives Noel Cpoward, Gertrude Lawrence, Laurence Olivier 1930 November 3rd The man who kissed his wife Kathleen Harrison Felix Aylmer 1930 November 24th I take that man Rosalind Fuller Roy Byford 1931 May 25th My Wife's Family Fred Puprez, Angela Barrie 1931 August 11th D'Oyle Court Opera Company The Mikado, Iolanthe 1931 August 18th Saqint Joan, Sybil Thorndyke 1932 May 19th The Merry Widow Carl Brisson Helen Gilliland George Graves 1932 July 25th I lived with you Ivor Novello 1932 August 1st Orderes are orders Olive Blakeney Clive Currie 1932 August 12th D'Oyle Court Opera Company The Yoeman of the Guard, The Gondoliers 1932 Panto Puss in Boots with Marjorie Lawrence, Pat Barney 1933 January 16th A Bit of a Test Ralph Lynn Robertson Hare 1933 February 6th Between Friends Hugh Wakefield 1933 February 13th Every Son Phyllis Neilson-Terry 1933 March 6th The Miracle 1933 March 13th The Miracle Phyllis Stanley, Florence Hunt 1933 April 3rd Waltz from Vienna Dorothy Fisher 1933 April 21st Service Ian Fleming 1933 April 24th Lilac Don t Frank Barcklay 1933 May 1st Dubarry Raymond Huntley 1933 May 18th Tell her no truth Leslie Hatton 1933 July 31st White Horse Inn 1933 August 14th D Oyle Carte, Gilbert & Sullivan 6 shows MONDAY, August 14th, "THE MIKADO" TUESDAY. August 15th. lOLANTHE" WEDNESDAY, August 16th, THE GONDOLIERS" MATINEE THURSDAY, August 17th, RUDDIGORE" THURSDAY, Augusl 17th, RUDDIGORE" FRIDAY, August l8th TRIAL BY JURY" followed by THE PIRATES OF PENZANCB" SATURDAY, August 19th, THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD" 1933 August 28th Waltz Time Evelyn Laye 1933 September 4th Perm Alibi Gerry Mills 1933 September 18th Sally who Jessie Matthews 1933 September 25th When ladies meet Marie Tempest 1933 October 2nd Road House Peggy O Neil 1933 October 23rd No Surrender June & Hugh Wakefield 1933 October 30th Mother of Pearl Alice Delysea 1933 November 6th Dinner at eight Hilary Fisher White 1933 November 13th Fresh Field by Ivor Novello Ruth Goddard 1933 December 28th Wild Violets Blake Adams 1933 Panto Play Wild Violets 1934 January 15th The Brontes Ivy Carlton 1934 January 29th Proscenium Ivor Novello Zena Dare 1934 February 19th Richard of Bordeaux Glen Byam Shaw 1934 March 31st The Dubarry Russell Dierran 1934 April 30th The Rose Thorns Dora Barnes 1934 May 21st The Private Road Edwin Styles 1934 June 4th Double Door Sybil Thorndyke Douglas Fairbanks Jr 1934 June 25th The Winding Journey Gertrude Lawrence 1934 July 30th Admirals All Frederick Burtwell 1934 August 6th White Horse Inn Syd Walker, Nita Croft 1934 August 20th Lovers Leap Nora Swinburn, Ursula Jeans, Owen Nares 1934 September 10th Nice going on Harry Gould 1934 September 3rd Gay Divorce Richard Dolman 1934 September 17th Music in the air Maria Minetti Reginald Palmer 1934 September 24th Happy Week to End Harley Ford 1934 October 8th The Royal Carl Rosa Opera Company Helen Ogilvie 1934 October 10 to 12th Die Fledermaus Godfrey Stirling 1934 October 11th Rigoletto Ivor John 1934 Panto Cinderella with Jean Grimwade, Leslie Spurling 1935 February 4th Libel Beckett Gould 1935 February 11th Mr Whittington Jack Buchanan 1935 February 18th Clive of India Wilfred Babbage 1935 February 25th Murder in Mayfair Fay Compton, Edna Best, Zena Dare, Ivor Novello 1935 March 4th Delusion Alexander Sarner 1935 March 11th Matilda goes a crusin' Maire O'Neill, Kenneth Kove 1935 March 18th The wind and the rain Iris Vandeleur 1935 March 25th The Royal Valentine Dyall Maria Tempest 1935 April 20th All rights reserved Nora Swinburn Esme Cannon 1935 April 29th Chase the Ace Eric Portman 1935 August 19th D'Oyly Carte The Gondoliers, 1935 August 20th D'Oyly Carte The Mikado 1935 August 21st D'Oyly Carte Iolanthe 1935 August 24th D'Oyly Carte The Mikado 1935 September 9th The Scapegoat Leslie Beaufort Phillip Hewland 1935 September 16th Family Affairs Violet Vanbrugh 1935 September 23rd Man of Mystery Arnold Bell 1935 December 2nd The Little Damozel Betty WEarren 1935 December 26th Jack and the Beanstalk with Constance Carpenter, Phyllis Gillespie 1936 April 8th Eden End Alexander Gauge 1936 September 28th Markova & Anton Dolin 1936 October 2nd Carnival, Argument, Act 1 Swan Lake 1936 Panto Dick Whittington and Thomas, his Cat with George Jackley, Leslie Spurling Kings Theatre shows in 1937 March 15th 1937 Markova and Anton Dolin, 1937 March 22nd Six Men of Dorset Sybil Thorndyke Lewis Casson 1937 May 17th Admirals All Naval Comedy for Naval review Week with Alfred Denville Players 1937 May 24th The Naughty Wife Gladys Coopers comedy success at the Playhouse . Denville players 1937 May 31st The Cat and the Canary Alfred Denville Players in John Willards thrilling comedy 1937 June 14th Tilly of Bloomsbury Comedy by Ian Hay presented by the Alfred Denville Players 1937 June 21st And the Music Stopped by Noel Scott. First Provincial presentation of Londons latest play. 1937 June 28th The Silver King Wilson Barretts success, by Henry Arthur Jones, Denville Players 1937 July 5th The Ghost Train The Players stage Arnold Ridleys great comedy-thriller 1937 July 12th Eliza comes to stay Denville players final week+July 16th Alfred Denville in Jerry the Tramp 1937 Aug 2nd Careless Rapture Ivor Novello musical play, Jack Cardew, Beryl de Querton, Joan Emney 1937 Aug 23rd The Frog Edgar Wallace novel adapted by Ian Hay, Wilfred Gillard,Edwin Beverley 1937 Aug 30th French without Tears by Terence Rattigan. With Anthony Drake, Gerald Case, Arthur Little Richard Greene 1937 Sept 6th Gilbert & Sullivan Operas D Oyly Carte. Yeomen, Mikado,Patience, Pirates/Penzance,Gondoliers 1937 September 8th Gilbert & Sullivan Operas D Oyly Carte. Yoeman of the Guard (or The Merryman and his maid) 1937 September 9th Gilbert & Sullivan Operas D Oyly Carte. Patience 1937 September 10th Gilbert & Sullivan Operas D Oyly Carte. Trial by Jury and Pirates of Penzance 1937 September 11th Gilbert & Sullivan Operas D Oyly Carte. The Godoliers 1937 Sept 13th George and Margaret Eric Messitter (Dam Busters 1955) , Susan Ritchards, John Arnatt 1937 Sept 19th 'Please Teacher', musical comedy 1937 Sept 26th 'Call it a day' Phyllis Dare, Percy Marmont 1937 October 12th The Chinese Bungalow Matheson Lang, Alice Darch, Joan Carol 1937 Panto Little Red Riding Hood with Wilfred Brandon, Yvonne Zeeta Kings Theatre shows in 1938 1938 Jan 31st Venus in Silk musical comedy Carl Brisson, Kitty Reidy,Shaun Grenville 1938 Feb 21st The Desert Song Harry Welchman star of musical theatre ex Dury Lane 1938 Apr 16th This Money Business A comedy presented by Cedric Ormond Bermingham Repertory Theatre 1938 May 9th The Rotters A comedy by H.F.Maltby with the C.O. Bermingham company of players 1938 June 13th The Crime at Blossoms produced by Paget Hunter, presented by the Bermingham Company 1938 June 20th Symphony in Two Flats Ivor Novello s play produced by Paget Hunter 1938 June 27th Hindle Wakes play about Lancashires annual mills holiday week by Stanley Houghton 1938 July 4th The Crooked Billet produced by Paget Hunter, presented by the Bermingham Company 1938 July 11th Night Must Fall by Emlyn Williams. The final C.O.Bermingham season at The Kings. 1938 July 18th REVELRY ON THE ICE (2 weeks) Tom Arnolds Ice Musical- Melitta Brunner, Goater s,Hartungs etc. 1938 Aug 1st Balalaika (2 weeks) Tom Arnold by arrangement with Eric Maschwitz. A musical play 1938 Aug 16th Crest of the Wave (2 weeks) Tom Arnold presents Ivor Novello s musical play. Roma Beaumont 1938 Aug 22nd Ivor Novello's Crest of the Wave Olive Gilbert, Esmund Knight, Viola Tree Roma Beaumont, Finlay Currie 1938 Aug 29th Can we tell Megs Jenkins Mervyn Jones Bernard Miles Jack Hawkins 1938 Sept 19th Vic Oliver's Idiot's Delight Sarah Churchill Michael Gough Humphrey Lestocq 1938 Sep 19th Idiots Delight Tom Arnold by arrangement with New York Theatre Guild. Vic Oliver 1938 Sep 26th Black Limelight presented by the Daniel Mayer Company, Valerie Lush (Miss Marple) 1938 Oct 17th Aloma & Nutane Carl Brisson in a musical romance of the South Seas 1938 Nov 7th Traitors Gate Jack Hawkins, Margaretta Scott prior to Duke of Yorks , London 1938 Dec 5th I killed the Count Richard Wattis (St Trinians, Carry Ons, Goodies, Hancock etc) 1938 Dec 12th Bonnet over the Windmill Judy Campbell (Noel Cowards muse), Richard Wattis, Peter Ducrow 1938 Panto Cinderella with Fai Robina, Frances Hughes, Cliff Weir Kings Theatre shows in 1939 1939 Janauary 16th The Royal Carl Rosa Opera Co 1939 Janauary 20th The Royal Carl Rosa Opera Co Der Zigeunerbaron 1939 Janauary 21st The Royal Carl Rosa Opera Co Faust 1939 March 20th Autumn Crocus Arthur Brough Players perform C.L.Anthony (Dodie Smith s) 3 act play 1939 March 27th Death on the Table Comedy Thriller by Guy Beauchamp and Michael Pertwee 1939 April 3rd Whiteoaks produced by Peter Colman with Dora Davis and the players 1939 April 10th My Wife s Family The Arthur Brough Players in The funniest play in the world 1939 April 17th Housemaster Ian Hays comedy starring Arthur Brough in person 1939 May 1st The High Road by Frederick Lonsdale scintillating comedy with the Brough Players 1939 May 15th Just Married Farcical comedy presented by the Arthur Brough players 1939 May 22nd Rope A thrilling murder mystery performed by the Players 1939 May 29th Wild Oats Tom Arnold Ltd. Arthur Riscoe & Vera Pearce direct from London 1939 June 5th Bird in hand by John Drinkwater. Penultimate week of the Arthur Brough season 1939 July 31st Runaway Love pre London production Barry Lupino Esma Cannon Tonie Lupino Billy Mayerl and his Orchestra 1939 August 4th Runaway Love, Robertson Hare, Alfred Drayton 1939 August 7th Spotted Dick, Robertson Hare, Patrick Barr, 1939 August 21st Spring Meeting, Zena Dare 1939 October 9th Gas Light John Le Mesurier Sarah Chuchill 1939 October 23rd The Vic-Wells Ballet direction of Ninette DValois 1939 October 30th A Star comes home Eva Moore Molly Raynor 1939 November 6th Lilac Time Melodie Strange Ivor Browne 1939 November 27th Faithfully Yours Mary Glynn John Stuart 1939 Panto Babes in the Wood with Margaret Purdon, Jose Lynn, Joan Davis Although it was undamaged by enemy fire, the winter blitzes of 1940-41 forced the Kings to close its doors. 1940 January 15th Geneva Peggy Burt, Arthur Ridley 1940 January 22nd What they say Yvonne Arnaud, Alistair Sim 1940 January 29th The Women Barbara Carswell 1940 February 5th The corn is green Phyllis Neilson Terry 1940 February 13th Robert's Wife /td> Fay Compton, Owen Nares,Anona Wynne 1940 February 19th The Chocolate Soldier 1940 February 26th Punch without Judy Peter Murray Hill, Henry Kendall 1940 March 23rd Song Parade/Ladies in action Ivor Novello Finlay Currie 1940 April 8th Tony draws a horse Iris Hoey Thelma Rae 1940 April 15th Runaway Love Barry Lupino Moya Gee 1940 May 13th Arthur Brough Players 1940 July 8th Come out to play Jessie Matthews Sonny Hale 1940 July 15th The Body was well nourished Joss Ambler Wallas Eaton 1940 July 22nd The Long Mirror Marjorie Gabain, John Ruddock 1940 July 29th Nap Hand Henry Kendall 1940 August 6th, Good men sleep at home, Hugh Wakefield, Mackenzie Ward. 1941 Theatre probably closed No detail of programmes Kings Theatre shows in 1942 1942 January 1st Municipal Concert 1942 January 4th A Grand Concert Webster Booth Ann Zeigler 1942 April 6th Almost a honeymoon 1942 April 20th Lady be Good George & Ira Gershwin - presented by Charles Killick and Fred Thompson 1942 May 4th Blithe Spirit by Noel Coward, with *Helen Lacy (Hay fever 1946), Irene Browne (Red shoes 1948) 1942 May 11th The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company Gilbert & BSullivan operas 1942 May 15th The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company The Mikado 1942 May 25th Mercenary Mary Musical comedy presented by Kenneth Brierly 1942 June 1st Garrison Theatre B.B.C. Forces Programme for the Army, presented by Jack Hylton with Jack Warner & Morecambe and Wise 1942 June 2nd David Garrick Donald Wolfit 1942 June 25th Mark Hambourg (pianiast) Capt Vivian Dunn 1942 July 6th for the week Intgernational Ballet various ballets Mona Inglesby, Nina Tarakanova, Harold Turner, Leslie French 1942 July 20th Lovely to Look At Comedy :-Carl Bernard,Helen Shingler,Douglas Ives, Winifred Braema 1942 Sept 14th CARL ROSA OPERA Co Puccini s Madam Butterfly , Vedi s Rigoletto 1942 Sept 21st Other Peoples Houses Presented by Bernard Delfont, with Ivy St.Helier (Bitter sweet 1933), Patricia Laffan (Quo Vadis 1951) 1942 Nov 1st Orchestra of the Royal Marines Portsmouth conductor Capt F Vivian Dunn 11942 November 15th Orchestra of the Royal Marines Portsmouth conductor Capt F Vivian Dunn 1942 Nov 30th Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier Eileen Turner (Jane Eyre 1946) Paget Hunter (Rob Roy 1953, Farewell to Pegasus 1947) 1942 December 26th Panto Little Red Riding Hood with Wilfred Brandon, Irene Lister Kings Theatre shows in 1943 1943 February 2nd Irene Scharrer plus the Southern Philharmonic Orchestra 1943 February 16th Pouishnoff plus the Southern Philharmonic Orchestra 1943 March 1st Stranger's Road James Harcourt Diana Chruchill 1943 March 8th Big Bill Campbell Rocky Mountain Rhythm 1943 March 16th Eileen Joyce plus the Southern Philharmonic Orchestra 1943 March 21st Ida Haendel plus the Southern Philharmonic Orchestra 1943 March 30th Maurice Cole plus the Southern Philharmonic Orchestra 1943 April 4th Shulamith Shafir plus the Southern Philharmonic Orchestra 1943 May 1st Strangers Road James Harcourt, Frances Waring 1943 May 3rd Florodora Musical comedy, Len Edwards, Leslie Jones, Jay Laurier, Kittie Prince, Hannah Watt, Clifford Warren 1943 May 24th Murder woithout crime Geoffery Edwards Mary Mackenzie Raymond Lovell Nancy Hornsby 1943 June 7th Rose Marie Presented by Tom Arnold & Bernard Delmont by Otto Harbach & Oscar Hammerstein 2nd 1943 June 14th No no Nanette Jean Colin Bertha Russell 1943 July 19th Variety at it's best Fred Hearne Arthur Riscoe 1943 July 26th Chu Chin Chow 1943 August 2nd The Morning Star/Night Must Fall Emlyn Williams 1943 August 6/7th Night must fall Kynast5on Reeves Elliot Mason 1943 Aug 9th The Count of Luxembourg Presented by Bernard Delfont prior to London production 1943 Aug 30th A Chinese Honeymoon Dorothy Ivimey 1943 September 7th Louis Kentner plus the Southern Philharmonic Orchestra 1943 Sep 27th The Little Foxes Frederick Ross (The Masque of Kings 1946) Donald Masters (The Tempest 1951), Henry Latimer 1943 November 1st The Desert Song Rhys Thomas, Anne Olden 1943 Nov 8th Anglo-Polish Ballet Selection from Lec de cygnes,Blue Bird, Cracow Wedding, Pan Twardowski, Policana etc 1943 Nov 15th Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary Farcical comedy Wyndham Milligan (Marigold 1936, Voice in the Night 1941, Went the Day Well? 1942) 1943 December 27th Panto Cinderella with Helen Binnie, Sara Gregory, Valerie Hanson Kings Theatre shows in 1944 1944 January 16th Orchstra of the Royal Marines, Muriel Brunskill contralto 1944 March 6th Old Chelsea Richard Tauber 1944 Marrch 13th The Chocolate Soldier Sidney Birchall Joan Collier 1944 March 25th Jane Eyre Rosalinde Fuller Henry Edwards 1944 March 20th A Waltz Dream Hugh Terry, Olive Rose 1944 March 28th Jane Eyre Rosilind Fuller, Henry Edwards 1944 August 14th Pink string and sealing wax Nancy Roberts Sheila Eves 1944 August 21st The Belle of New York John Leslie Peggy Edwards 1944 August 29th A Pagent of the People 1944 September 11th Residents only Michael Napper Martin Walker Veronica Rose 1944 September 18th Arsenic and Old Lace Janet Barrow Norman Williamson 1944 September 25th Daughter Jane Ian Fleming Lydia Sherwood 1944 October 3rd to 7th Portsmouth City Police 1944 Revue 1944 October 16th for two weeks /td> THE ROYAL CARL ROSA OPERA COMPANY Tudor Davies 1944 November 27th The Love Rackett Arthur Askey 1944 December 7th International Celebrity Week Webster Boot, Anne Ziegler 1944 December 8th International Celebrity Week Rawicz & Landauer, Helen Hill, Harold Fielding 1944 December 9th International Celebrity Week Rawicz & Landauer 1944 Panto Babes in the Wood Ann Drummond Grant, Jean Bamberger, Eta Nelson, Johnnie Johnson, Joyce Blair, Linda Bacon. Kings Theatre shows in 1945 1945 January 19th Gather no moss, Richard Shayne, Winifred Shotter 1945 February 5th While the sun shines Peter Cushing 1945 Feb 19th Ethel Fry Flora Robson (Dame), Eric Messiter (Dam Busters 1955), Jack Vyvyan 1945 February 26th Quirt Weekend George Thorpe Marjorie Fielding 1945 March 12th God and Susan by Rachel Crothers 1945 March 19th Desert Song Wilfred Grettell Ann Oldham 1945 March 26th How are they at home? by J B Preistley 1945 April 9th Betty Bertram Wallace Beryl Reid 1945 April 16th Hidden Horizon by 30 with Helen Haye, Hugo Schuster, Joanna Derrill 1945 April 23rd International Ballet selection from, Swan Lake, Copelia, Prince Igor, Danses Espagnoles, Twelth Night, Les Sylphides, Everyman, God Speaketh 1945 April 30th The Dollar Princess musical comedy Charles Verity, Peggy Rawlinson, John Denis, Stella Dixon 1945 May 14th Naughty Marietta Derek Oldham 1945 May 21st The Quaker Girl Dimitri Vetter, Gwen Harris 1945 May 28th(2 weeks) D Oyly Carte Opera Co. Gilbert & Sullivan The Mikado 1945 June 11th Maid of the Mountains Frank Pettitt Charles Kemp 1945 Jue 18th The Student Prince Carole Lynn 1945 June 25th Happy Birthday Musical Farce Jack Melford (28+ films/tv productions 1935 to 1971, George Lacy, Ann Jay 1945 July 9th Young Mrs Barrington Peter Hammond 1945 July 16th Four Days Raymond Lovell Ann Russell 1945 July 23rd No No Nannette Jean Colin Roy Royston Joan Shannon 1945 July 30th Me and my gal Lupino Lane George Graves 1945 August 6th Big Boy Richard Hearne Fred Emney 1945 August 14th, Pink String & Sealing Wax, Nancy Roberts, David Basil Gill 1945 August 20th A Southern Maid Frederick Bentley Nancy Brown 1945 Aug 27th Tomorrow the World Joyce Martin (no room at the inn 1948), Helen Hayne (39 Steps 1935), Lily Kann, Robert Harris 1945 Seprember 10th The Gypsy Princess Joan Lovelace G Alex Wright 1945 September 17th Miss Hook of Holland 1945 September 24th The Merry Widow Anna Claire Elizabeth French Leo Franklin 1945 October 1st Thirteen to the gallows Russell Thorndike 1945 Oct 8th Three Waltzes A new play with a large cast (19) which included John Shepherd in 3 different roles. 1945 Oct 15th Panama Hattie Cole Porter songs, produced by Teddy Beaumont, Margaret Peters Bennet O'Lochlen 1945 Oct 22nd The Royal Carl Rosa Opera Madam Butterfly/Cavalleria Rusticana/i Pagliacci 1945 November 5th Fit for Heroes Raymond Lovell Irene Vanburgh 1945 November 12th Under the counter Cicely Courtneidge Cyril Raymond Thorley Walters Hartley Power 1945 Novermber 26th Madam Bovary Rosalind Fuller 1945 Dec 4th The Lisbon Story Stanley Vilven, Jack, Livesey, Odette Field, Reginald Long, Joan Soames, Reginald Long, Arnaud & Peggy 1945 Dec 26th Dick Whittington & his Cat Panto and flying Ballet with Hazel Jenkins, Cliff Weir, Rex London, Marco & Max Kings Theatre shows in 1946 1946 February 3rd Portsmouth Municipal Concerts Southern Philharmonic Orchestra 1946 February 4th Dear Murderer Michael Horndern Penelope Keec h 1946 February 11th Stage Door Riuchard Caldicot Dora Bryan 1946 February 18th Grand National Night Leslie Banks, Hermion Baddeley 1946 February 24th Portsmouth Municipal Concerts Hiawatha Portsmouth Coral Union Elsie Sudedaby, David Lloyd, Reginald Wassell Conductor Bertram Bradshaw 1946 February 25th Fifty Fifty Harry Green Ian MacLean 1946 March 6th Fifty-Fifty Harry Green Ian Maclean 1946 March 11th Lighten our darkness Elizabeth Allen Gerald Case 1946 Marchg 18th A Waltz Dream Musical comedy 1946 March 25th Our Betters Dorothy Dickson, by Somerset Maughn 1946 April 1st Gay Rosalinda Graham Allender Marita Kern 1946 April 7th Portsmouth Municipal Concerts Southern Philharmonic Orchestra conductor Herbert Menges 1946 April 15th Dear Evelyn Adrianne Allen Elliot Mason 1946 April 22nd Old Chelsea musical 1946 April 29th Madame Louise Robertson Hare, Alfred Drayton 1946 My 6th The Belle of New York John Hardinge Frederick Pepperell 1946 May 13th/td> Portrait in Black Diana Wynyard, Ronald Squire 1946 May 20th The Cure for Love June Whitfield Wilfred Pickles 1946 May 27th Day after tomorrow Evelyn Moore, John Penrose 1946 June 3rd The Poltergeist Gordon Harker, Olga Lindo 1946 June 10th for 2 weeks Doyle Carte Opera Co Gilbert & Sulivan Operas, Pirates of Penzance the Gondoliers Marjorie Eyer, Margeret Mithcell 1946 June 24th Elusive Lady Evelyn Laye, Frank Lawton 1946 July 1st Sweetheart Mine, Lupino Lane 1946 July 8th The Quaker Girl Peter Yardley Rosamund Belmore 1946 July 15th Vanity Fair Claire Luce Victoia Hopper 1946 July 22nd Fools rush in Joyce Barbour High Dempster 1946 July 30th The Dancing Years Henry Lutman Angela Braemar Barry Sinclair 1946 Augiust 12th Good-Night Vienna Joy O'Neill, Diana Maddox 1946 August 19th But for the grace of God Michael Gough, A E Matthews, Hugh McDermot 1946 September 2nd The hasty heart Nicholas Parsons, Emrys Jones 1946 September 16th No Medals Iris Hoey, Ian Fleming 1946 September 22nd Portsmouth Municipal Concerts Southern Philharmonic Orchestra with guest Cyril Smith (piano forte) 1946 September 23rd The shop at sly corner Peggy Evans, Keneth Kent 1946 September 30th Anglo Polish Ballet, 9 different performances 1946 October 6th Portsmouth Municipal Concerts Southern Philharmonic Orchestra guest Shulamith Shafir (piano forte) 1946 October 7th Strange as it may seem Charles Lamb Hubery Gregg 1946 October 14th The Play's the thing Clive Brook, Irene Worth 1946 October 20th Portsmouth Municipal Concerts Southern Philharmonic Orchestra guest Ida Haendel (solo violin) 1946 October 21st The years between Nancy Roberts Derek Farge 1946 October 28th She wanted a cream front door Pobertson Hare, Ian Carmichael 1946 November 3rd Portsmouth Municipal Concerts Southern Philharmonic Orchestra guest Michal Hambourg (piano forte) 1946 November 4th The Student Prince Bruce Trent Cherry Lind 1946 November 11th Carl Rosa Grand Opera Productions many different operas 1946 November 17th Portsmouth Municipal Concerts Southern Philharmonic Orchestra guest Louis Kentner (piano forte) 1946 November 25th Wonder Bar Sonnie Hale Bettyy Frankiss David Hutcheson Marjorie Standford Horace Percival 1946 December 1st Portsmouth Municipal Concerts Southern Philharmonic Orchestra guest Moura Lympany (piano forte) 1946 December 2nd Duet for two Hands hands Maureen Pook Elwyn Brook-Jones 1946 December 9th International Ballet Mixed programme in Coppelia 1946 December 26th Panto Cinderella with Ann Drummond-Grant, Patrick Colbert Kings Theatre shows in 1947 1947 March 3rd Peace comes to Peckham Lional Blair (age 16), Bertha Belmore, Alfred Harris, Leslie Dwyer, Peter Scott 1947 March 10th Quiet in the Forest Aubrey Malalieu (Winslow Boy 1948), Kenneth Griffith, Francis Lister, Zoe Hicks, John Penrose 1947 February 2nd Portsmouth Municipal Concerts Southern Philharmonic Orchestra guest Irene Scharrer (piano forte) 1947 February 16th Portsmouth Municipal Concerts Southern Philharmonic Orchestra guest Chopin Recital by Pouishnoff 1947 February 24th Just William Betty Bowden George Bishop John Clark Beryl Riggs Tony Stockman 1947 March 2nd Portsmouth Municipal Concerts Reading Symphony Orchestra with Jelly D'aranyi (solo violin) 1947 March 3rd Peace comes to Peckham Peter Scott Lionel Blair Diana Decker 1947 March 10th Quiet in the forest Kenneth Griffith Ellen Pollock 1947 March 15th The girl who couldn't quite Clifford Mollison Marjorie Battiss 1947 March 16th Portsmouth Municipal Concerts Southern Philharmonic Orchestra with guest Eileen Joyce (piano forte) 1947 March 17th Worm s Eye View Jack Hobbs, John Varley (In Which we Serve 1942), Ronald Shiner 1947 March 24th We Proudly Present by Ivor Novello with (Baron) Peter Graves, Anthony Forwood, Irene Handl 1947 March 30th Portsmouth Municipal Concerts Southern Philharmonic Orchestra with guest Maurice Cole 1947 March 31st Sim Sala Bim Dante the Magician 1947 April 7th Keep it dark George Gee 1947 April 13th Portsmouth Municipal Concerts Southern Philharmonic Orchestra guest Clifford Curzon (paino forte) 1947 April 14th Lady Windermere s Fan by Oscar Wild - Cast included Patricia Dickson,Stuart Bull, Anthony Marlowe 1947 April 15th Follow the girls Arthur Riscoe 1947 April 21st The First Gentleman John Miller Winifred Evans Grace Webb 1947 May 12th (2 weeks) Sadlers Wells opera Mozart s - The Marriage of Figaro, Followed by :- Sadlers Wells opera Puccini s- Tosca & Rossini s Barber of Seville 1947 May 26th Birthmark Ruth Goddard M artin Case 1947 June 2nd Pygmalion Brenda Bruce John Wyndham 1947 June 9th Charlie Kunz and Variety Company 1947 Jue 16th No room at the inn Freda Jackson 1947 June 23rd Lilac Time 1947 June 30th Thanking YEW, Cyril Fletcher, Betty Astell 1947 July 7th (2 weeks) D Oyly Carte Opera Co. Gilbert & Sullivan Iolanthe 1947 July 21st Ralph Reader Wings 1947 August 4th Laurel and Hardy in Variety 1947 Augst 18th Just William, John ClartkJacqueline Boyer 1947 Sep 1st The Winslow Boy by Terence Rattigan with Margery Caldicott, James Liggat, Peter Collingwood 1947 September 8th Ethel Revnell Stainless Stephen Les Allen 1947 Sept 15th The Dubarry Musical play Irene Manning, John Hendrik (Bitter Sweet 1940) *John Le Mesurier (Dads army) 1947 September 16th The Dubarry Irene Manning Joh Hendrik John Le Mesurier 1947 September 22nd Clutterbuck 1947 September 28th The Guinea Pig 1947 Oct 13th Outrageous Fortune Robertson Hare, Enid Lowe, Rona Laurie, Ian Reid, Martin Case 1947 October 20th Return Journey George Robey Arthur Margetson 1947 Oct 27th International Ballet Tchaikowskys Swan Lake (Lle Lac des Cygnes) 1947 Nov 3rd (2 weeks) Carl Rosa Opera Carmen, Rigoletto,La Bohem, Faust 1947 Nov 10th Carl Rosa Opera La Traviata,Madam Butterfly,Il Trovatore 1947 Novenebre 15th Carl Rosa Opera Carmen 1947 November 21st Rebecca, Robert Ginns Ann French 1947 Nov 24th(2 weeks) Ice Follies Tom Arnolds spectacular Ice Show 1947 December 8th Star Variety Donald Peers The Buster Shaver Midgets 1947 Dec 26th Aladdin Jean Bamberger, Eta Nelson, presented and directed by C.E.Williams Kings Theatre shows in 1948 1948 February 2nd Portsmouth Municipal Concerts Southern Philharmonic Orchestra guest Irene Scharrer (piano forte) 1948 February 16th Portsmouth Municipal Concerts Southern Philharmonic Orchestra guest Chopin Recital by Pouishnoff Jan Cobels Anglo-Polish Ballet 1948 February 23rd Dark Eyes Yul Brynner Genine Graham 1948 February 30th Snow White and the Seven Dwafs 1948 March 2nd Portsmouth Municipal Concerts Reading Symphony Orchestra with Jelly D'aranyi (solo violin) 1948 March 7th Off the record D'arcy Conyers Daina Calderwood 1948 March 8th Canaries sometimes sing Jack Buchanan Coral Browne 1948 March 15th The girl who couldn't quite Clifford Mllison Marjorie Battiss 1948 March 16th Portsmouth Municipal Concerts Southern Philharmonic Orchestra with guest Eileen Joyce (piano forte) 1948 March 21st Message for Margaret Cecil Ramage 1948 March 29th Traveller's Joy Yvonne Arnaud Charles Victor 1948 March 30th Portsmouth Municipal Concerts Southern Philharmonic Orchestra with guest Maurice Cole 1948 April 5th Follow the girls Arthur Riscoe Peter Glaze 1948 April 12th The Gioconda Smile Brenda Bruce Clive Brook 1948 April 19th The Chiltern Hundreds 1948 April 26th Metropolian Ballet Sonia Arove Frank Staff 1948 April 13th Portsmouth Municipal Concerts Southern Philharmonic Orchestra guest Clifford Curzon (paino forte) 1948 May 3rd The Vigil Conrad Phillips Diana Churchill 1948 May 10th The Linden Tree 1948 May 31st The School for Scandal Peter Sallis Arthur Lowe Jack Howarth Joan Cooper 1948 June 6th Arthur Askey Eddie Gray 1948 June 14th Written for a Lady Barbara Hicks Barry Morse 1948 June 21st Tuppence Coloured Joyce Grenfell Elisabeth Welch Max Adrian 1948 June 28th Once upon a crime 1948 July 5th The Merry Widow Eve Lister Frank Leighton 1948 July 20th Perchance to Dream Ivor Novello Zena Dare 1948 August 9th Life with Father Barbara Leeming Phillip Hillman 1948 August 16th Song of Norway 1948 Agust 23rd White Horse Inn Gordon Little 1948 August 30 White Horse Inn Nita Croft Bert Brownbill 1948 September 6th The Dancing Years Barry Sinclair 1948 September 11th Carin for three Lupinio Lane 1948 October 4th Happiest Days of your life Dennis Ramsden by John Dighton 1948 October 11th One wild oat Roberston Hare Charles Groves June Sylvaine 1948 October 18th Charley's Aunt Gavin Gordon Mary Hignett 1948 October 25th Carl Rosa Opera --- Carmen Ivan Dixon Gwent Lewis 1948 November 1st Ignorance is Bliss Harold Berens 1948 November 8th The Desert Song June Whitfield Rhys Thomas 1948 November 15th House on the sand Kynaston Reeves Barry Morse Rosamund John 1948 November 21st The Quaker Girl Julia Bretton Roy Royston 1948 December 6th The Barretts of Wimpole Street Stanley Howlett Pamela Page 1948 Deember 13th The Farm of Three Echoes Irina Baronova Muriel P{avlow 1948 December 27th Panto Mother Goose with Kathleen West, Ella Drummond, Elizabeth Reid NB - 'Elizabeth Reid' is better known as Beryl Reid. Kings Theatre shows in 1949 1949 Feb 7th Sweethearts and Wives Brian Nissen, Jessie Matthews OBE, Jane Cotton, Jack Raine 1949 Feb 14th The Chocolate Soldier Operetta presented by Bernard Delfont &Ben Kanter 1949 Feb 21st Adventure Story Terence Rattigan CBE- Paul Scofield CH, CBE (also Stanley Baker) 1949 Feb 28th Love s a Funny Thing Mervyn Johns in a comedy based on Premier Bal (French) 1949 March 7th Off the Record Hugh Wakefield, Tom Gill 1949 Mar 14th Little Lambs Eat Ivy by Noel Langley with Lionel Murton, Margot Lister, Howard Lamb 1949 March 21st International Ballet Mona Inglesby Claudie Algeranova 1949 Mar 28th On Monday Next Leslie Phillips, Charles Lamb, Richard Goolden 1949 Apr 4th They Walk alone Envoy Productions &Arts Council, Joan Saunderson 1949 Apr 11th The Lilac Domino Operetta, Ian Carmichael, Herbert Hare (Hancocks Half Hour) 1949 Apr 18th Private Lives Margaret Lockwood Peter Graves 1949 Apr 25th Glamorous Night A Musical play by Ivor Novello, produced by Ralph Reader CBE 1949 May 9th The Browning version & A Harlequinade Terrence Ratigan s Playbill with Peter Scott 1949 May 16th Young Wives Tale Joan Greenwood, Joan Haythorne, Derek Farr (Dam Busters) 1949 May 23rd Her Excellency (Dame) Cicely Courtneige, Eleanor Summerfield 1949 May 30th Bobs your Uncle Leslie Henson, Vera Pearce, Musical farce ran for a year at Saville Theatre London 1949 June 6th Edward my Son, Ernest Clark, Nancy Poultney 1949 June 13th Careless Rapture Barry Sinclair, A Musical play by Ivor Novello, produced by Ralph Reader CBE 1949 June 27th The Return of Peter Grimm Harry Green, Muriel Pavlow 1949 July 4th Master of Arts farce - Roland Culver,David O brien,Margot Lister,Barbara Leake 1949 July 12th Perchae to Dream May Tomlin Ruthene Lsclerc Geoffrey Toone 1949 July 25th Waltzes from Vienna by Emile Littler, featured Johann Strauss music 1949 Aug 8th Lilac Time by Emile Littler, featured Franz Schubert music 1949 Aug 17th Show - Time Derek Roy, Rona Richards 1949 Aug 22nd Queen Elizabeth slept here Dulcie Gray & Michael Denison + Kenneth Connor (Carry On films) 1949 Aug 29th Bless the Bride Musical presented by Bernard Delfont OBE and Ben Kanter 1949 September 5th Bless the Bride 1949 Sep 12th Cabin for Three Craze cruise, cast included Peter Glaze (Crackerjack) 1949 Sep 19th White Horse Inn Erik Charells world famous Musical Play 1949 Oct 3rd Ice Revue Tom Arnolds production 1949 Oct 17th Gaslight Dennis Price, Rosamund John (various notes in red pen) 1949 Oct 2 4th La Boheme The Carl Rosa Opera, music by Giacomo Puccini 1949 Oct 26th Carmen The Carl Rosa Opera, music by George Bizet 1949 Oct 31st The Schoolmistress By Sir Arthur Pinero, Joan Lord, Richard Davies, * Fred Emney 1949 Nov 7th Stratton Music of Benjamin Britten , Betty Ann Davies 1949 Nov 14th Murder at the Vicarage Agatha Christy thriller 1949 Nov 21st Philadelphia Story Margaret Leighton, Wilfrid Hyde White (Steptoe) 1949 Dec 5th The Righteous Are Bold by Frank Carney. Marie O Neill, Robert Perceval, Paul Connell 1949 Dec 12th The Long Mirror by J.B. Priestley, Jean Forbes-Robertson 1949 December 19th Panto Goldilocks and the Three Bears with Fred Gwyn, Lisbeth Lennon Kings Theatre shows in 1950's 1950 Feb 7th Peter Pan Margaret Lockwood as Peter Pan 1950 Feb 13th The Day After To-morrow Satirical Comedy with Peter Arne, Marie Burke, Helen Haye 1950 Feb 20th The White Falcon Basil Radford, Hugh Griffith, Joan Haythorne 1950 Feb 27th Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, large cast 1950 Mar 20th Dangerous Legacy Gwen Lewis, Judith Gick, Beryl Baxter, Norman Williams 1950 Mar 27th Pommy Australians Bill Kerr&Colin Croft+Ronald Howard (Sherlock Holmes) 1950 Apr 3rd The Poison belt Lional Gadsden, Peter Madren, Dorothy Primrose 1950 Apr 17th The Ivory Tower Hugh McDermott and Allan McClelland 1950 Apr 24th The Cocktail Party Rex Harrison, Margaret Leighton, Ian Hunter 1950 May 8th September Tide by Dame Dapne du Maurier 1950 May 15th Seagulls over Sorrento William Hartnell (original Dr Who ), 1950 May 22nd Reluctant Heroes Brian Rix C.B.E., Larry Noble, Basil Radford 1950 May 29th Carissima (inc. single sheet prog) John Levant, Bettina Hayes, Hannah Watt, Peter Haddon 1950 June 5th Black Chiffon (Dame) Flora Robson in a play by Lesley Storm 1950 June 12th Larger than Life Arthur Lowe (Captain Mainwaring Dads Army) 1950 June 19th The Sacred Flame by W. Somerset Maugham, cast included Anthony Woodruff 1950 June 26th If this be an error Nicholas Parsons 1950 July 3rd Birdcage (single sheet prog only) Peter Coates & Joan Miller, also Peggy Ramsey 1950 July 17th A Lady Mislaid by Kenneth Horne ( Round the Horne, Much Binding in the Marsh) 1950 July 24th A Second Mrs. Tanqueray Tennent Productions&Arts Council-Michael Nightingale,Basil Dignam 1950 July 31st Annie get your gun Lionel Blair Anne Doonan 1950 Aug 14th Gala performance of Ballet Anton Dolin and Natalie Krassovska & full Corps de Ballet 1950 August 31st South Pacific Shirley Emery, Alan Saunders 1950 Sep 4th Harvey by Mary Chase with Joyce Barbour, Harry Brunning, Rosaline Haddon 1950 Sep 11th Dear Miss Phoebe Noel Dyson Peter Graves 1950 Sep 18th The D Oyle Carte Opera Company The Mikado Gilbert & Sullivan, 1950 September 19th The D Oyle Carte Opera Company Cox & Box and H.M.S.Pinafore, Martyn Green - Darrell Fancourt - Ella Halman and Muriel Harding. 1950 September 29th The D Oyle Carte Opera Company Ruddigore 1950 Oct 9th To Dorothy, a Son Richard Attenborough and Yolande Donlan 1950 Oct 16th The Heiress based on the novel Washington Square by Henry James 1950 Oct 23rd Party Manners(inc. single sheet prog) by Val Gielgud. Terence Alexander, Sir Michael Hordern 1950 Oct 30th Our Kids Comedy by Eddie Henderson 1950 Nov 6th Castle in the Air Comedy by Alan Melville- Mac Picton, Jessie Matthews, Barry Sinclair 1950 Nov 13th A Streetcar named Desire by Tennesee Williams. Betty Ann Davies, William Sylvester 1950 Nov 20th Mantrap Denis Ramsden, Maria Charles, Beryl Meanor,Terence de Marney 1950 Nov 27th The Chameleon Reginald Tate, Lana Morris, Irene Handle (over 100 British films) 1950 Dec 4th The Fol-de-Rols Jack Hylton & Greatrex Newman Song-and Laugh show 1950 Panto Jack and the Beanstalk Hugh Lloyd, End Lowe, Harold Berens 1951 February 2nd Home at Seven Nancy Poultney 1951 March 12th The Hollow Hubert Gregg 1951 March 19th Frou Frou Jean Kent Donald Sinden 1951 April 2nd Variety at it's best The Five Smith Brothers, Eddie Rwindeer 1951 April 9th Here we come gathering Derek Bond, Helen HAYE. Hugh LATIMER. John DEVERELL. John STRATTON. 1951 April 16th Torch of Nature Jill Fenson 1951 April 23rd Winter Sport Emrys Jones 1951 April 30th Women are Murder Rodney Lovick 1951 May 1st Women are murder Hartley Power Rosalinde Fuller 1951 May 14th Wagon load of monkeys Esme Cannon Kenneth Connor 1951 May 27th Gracie Fields , The Gosport Orchestra 1951 June 2nd 1951 What a man, Brian Reece, Roma Beaumont 1951 June 11th Collectors Item George Murcell 1951 July 9th The Belle of New York Jill Day, George Lacy 1951 August 6th Chu Chin Chow/Merry England/The Lilac Domino produced by Ralph Reader 1951 August 14th Oklahoma Jennie Gregson 1951 September 18th Kings Rhapsody Frank Thornton, Patricia Bint 1951 October 15th Coppelia Mona Inglesby 1951 October 22nd Heloise Mervyn Johns 1951 November 5th Pygmalion Margaret Lockwood Laurence Hardy 1951 November 12th The Moment of Truth Eric Portman 1951 December 3rd His Excellency. 1951 December 10th Navy at sea Michael Meacham 1951 December 26th Panto Babes in the Wood Al Lynd, Norman Griffin, Sonny Farrar 1952 February 6th Bless the Bride 1952 February 11th Treasure on Pelican Eileen Beldon 1952 February 17th Southern Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Herbert Menges Harriet Cohen Pianoforte 1952 February 19th The Moonraker Jean Kent Griffith Jones 1952 February 22nd Meet Mr Callaghan Lizbeth Kears, Terence De Marney 1952 Fabruary 29th Murder in Motley 1952 March 3rd Murder in Motley Frank Leighton 1952 March 10th The Enemy of Time Beatrix Thompson Hugh Latimer 1952 March 24th Intent to murder Kathleen Byron 1952 March 31st Ring round the moon Rachel Roberts Frederick Keen 1952 April 14th Rendezvoua Diana Dors Walter Chriham 1952 April 21st Adam s Apple Barbara Murray Derek Farr 1953 April 28th Radio Times Max Wall Beryl Reid 1952 May 5th Come back little Sheba Sheila Sim 1952 May 12th Peril at End House Gerald Blake 1952 May 19th Love's a nuisance Patrick Cargill George Gee 1952 June 30th No No Nanette Vivien Ellis, Cardew Robinson 1952 July 7th Albert RN Humphrey Lestocq 1952 July 14th The Four Poster Michael Denison Dulcie Gray 1952 July 21st London's Festival Ballet Anton Dolin, Nathalie Leslie 1952 September 15th Brigadoon 1952 September 29th Carousel Edmund Hockridge 1952 October 20th Smilin' Through Dermmot Walsh Hazel Court 1952 October 27th Floradora 1952 November 3rd Sweet Peril Michael Denison Dulcie Gray 1952 December 1st The Man Bernard Braden 1952 Panto Dick Whittington and his Cat Hugh Lloyd, Jack Edwardes, Patrick Colbert 1953 February 16th The Uninvited Guest Joan Greenwood John Mills Clive Morton 1953 February 22nd Portsmouth Municipal Concert Southern Philharmonic Orchestra 1953 February 23rd The Man Upstairs Dennis Price 1953 March 2nd Midnight Hour Joyce Blair Ursula Jeans 1953 March 9th Red Headed Blond Jerry Desmond Lionel Blair Naughton Wayne 1953 March 16th Over the moon Cicely Courtneige Thorley Walters 1953 March 22nd The Living Room Dorothy Tutin Eric Portman 1953 March 30th Murder Mistaken Hermione Baddeley 1953 April 6th Airs on a shoestring Denis Quilly 1953 April 14th The Long March Dermot Walsh 1953 April 27th As long as they're happy Richard MurdockDorothy Dickson 1953 May 4th The Bad Samaritan Michael Dennison Virginia McKenna 1953 May 18th Ladies in waiting Ruth Porcher 1953 May 22nd Airs on a shoestring Denis Quilley 1953 May 25th to 30th New Moon Portsmouthg Players 1953 June 8th Tell the Marines Christopher Banks 1953 June 11th Royal Ballet Le Lac de Cygnes 1953 June 18th Royal Ballet Venaziana 1953 July 27th Carousel Edmund Hockridge Jane Martin 1953 August 3rd Call me madam Noel Gordon, Frank Leighton, for three weeks 1953 August 17th Right Monkey Al Read 1953 August 24th The Quaker Girl 1953 October 19th A Chance of Happiness Jean Lang 1953 October 26th The Average Man, bruce Gordon, Roberta Huby, C. Denier Warren 1952 November 2nd The Distant Hill Frank Thornton Dulcie Gray Dermot Walsh 1953 November 9th The Desert Song John Hanson 1953 November 16th The Orchard Walls Gillian Lind Maureen Reilly 1953 November 30th Dial M for Murder Andrew Cruikshank 1953 December 3rd Sweet Sorrow Reginald Marsh 1953 December 14th Housemaster Jack Hulbert 1953 Panto Cinderella Sonny Farrar, Barbara Sumner, June Powell 1954 February 8th The Little Hut Peter Gray Diane Hart 1954 February 15th Liberty Bell Robinson Hare Frank Thornton 1954 February 22nd I capture the castle Virginia McKenna, Bill Travers Roger Moore, Andrew Ray, Richard Greene 1954 And so the bed Webster Booth Amne Ziegler, Vivian Ellis musical 1954 March 1st Walk into my parlour Hazel Douglas 1954 March 8th Where there s a will Eric Barker Dandy Nicholls, Bill Owen Edward Wooward Billie Whitelaw 1954 March 15th The Painted Devil Joan Newell Hugh Burden 1954 March 22nd And so to bed Anne Zeigler 1954 March 24th After the ball Peters Graves 1954 March 29th Here comes yesterday George Cameron Frank Tickle 1954 April 5th The dark is light enough Peter Bull, Hugh Griffiths, Peter Barkworth 1954 April 19th Oklahoma Jennie Gregson Robert Glynne 1954 April 26th Relations are best Henson Dermot Walsh 1954 May 5th Private Secretary Edgar K Bruce, Peter Elliott 1954 May 10th Pygmalion Phyllis Relph Clare BradleyRobert Beaumont 1954 May 17th Escapade, Barry Sinclair 1954 May 24th After the ball Tom Gill, Betty Felstead 1954 May 31st We must kill Toni Michael Dennison, Dulcie Gray 1954 June 7th Seagulls over Sorrento Wallas baton Ronald Radd 1954 June 21st The Love of Four Colonels by Peter Ustinov Graham Leaman 1954 June 24th The Soldier and the Lady Sheila Sym Peter Cushing 1954 June 28th Die Fledermaus Gwent Lewis Marion Studholme 1954 July 12th Lilac Time Mai Ramsay Iris Rhodes 1954 July 19th Reluctant Heroes John Arm Clive Brooks 1954 July 26th The Dep Blue Sea Diana Shaw Francis Lovering 1954 August 2nd Paint your wagon Dennis Driscoll Josephine Anne 1954 August 16th Love from Judy Jillian Comber 1954 August 31st South Pacific Sean Connery 1954 September 3rd The Wargers Commemoration 1954 September 11th-16th Byelorussian Ballet 4 shows 1954 September 13th The Folies Bergere Revue Paul Mattei, Claudine Cereda 1954 September 20th Affairs of State Austin Melford Peter Cozens 1954 September 26th Olde Time Music Hall Tony Vallance 1954 September 27th The Belle of New York Warwick Ashton Donald Carson 1954 October 4th The Jolly Fiddler Peter Rosser Joan Harrison 1954 October 18th The Bartered Bride Alan Bromley Helen Dyer 1954 October 19th Madam Butterfly Powell Lloyd Dennis Stephenson 1954 October 20th Suseanne's Secret Dennis Noble Gladys Lewis 1954 October 21st Suseanne's Secret Dennis Noble Gladys Lewis 1954 October 23rd Suseanne's Secret Dennis Noble Gladys Lewis 1954 October 22nd Madam Butterfly Powell Lloyd Dennis Stephenson 1954 October 25th The Hollow Joyce Marlow Grenville Eves 1954 November 1st Blythe Spirit Denis Price Irene Handl Kay Kendall 1954 November 8th The Remembered Margaret Rutherford Paul Scofield 1954 November 22nd Chandelier for Charlie Jack Watling Wallas Eaton Gerald HarperJune Thorburn 1954 November 29th The Desert Song John Hanson Arthur Lord 1954 December 13th The Love Machine Alexander Dore Griffiths Jone Harold Goodwin 1954 December 6th Spider s Web Mary Lockwood Felix Aylmer 1954 December 26th Aladdin Clive Dunn, Harry Arnold, Michael Darbyshire 1955 February 7th Peter Pan, Barbara Kelly 1955 March 28th Tropical Fever Derek Bond Kynaston Reeves 1955 April 4th Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet Danses Concertantes, The Rakes Progress, Pineapple Poll, 1955 April 11th The Jazz Train 1955 April 18th Joy of Living Cecily Courtneidge Jack Hulbert 1955 April 25th It s never too late Binnie Hale 1955 May 23rd The Isle of Umbrellas, Gladys Young 1955 June 25th Sadlers Wells Opera Co Seven operas 1955 June 27th Airs on a shoestring Max Adrian, Moyra Fraser, Rose Hill 1955 August 23rd Romance in Candlelight Sally Ann Howes Patricia Burke Jacques Pils 1955 August 29th The Buccaneer Brnard Clifton Kenneth Williams 1955 September 12th Florodora Valerie Lawson, Jeffery Choyce 1955 September 19th Book of the Month Rosemary Frankau 1955 October 3rd to 8th Showboat Portsmouth Players. 1955 October 8th Carl Rosa Opera different operas each night 1955 October 17th Thorn in the flesh Derek Bond Kynaston Reeves 1955 December 12th Charley's Aunt Gerald Harper Franki Howerd 1955 Panto Humpty Dumpty on Ice "Holiday on Ice GB Ltd 1956 February 10th The Chiltern Hundreds Freedland Barton Br5enda Cosgrave 1956 April 2nd Mr Kettle and Mrs Moon Clive Morton 1956 April 8th Royal Ballet 4 shows 1956 April 9th Sadlers Wells 3 operas 1956 April 15th Las Vegas after Dark 1956 April 16th El Baile Denis Price Hugh Latimer 1956 April 23rd Jubilee Girl Finella Fielding 1956 April 30th For Amesment Only Ron Moody Barry Took Hugh Paddick 1956 May 7th Daughter of desire 1965 May 14th Mrs Willie Hugh Manning Roger Maxwell Diana Beaumont 16th May 1955 The Gay Venetians musical 1956 June 11th Sight Unseen Barry Sinclair 1956 June 25th Sadlers Wells 7 operas 1956 July 2nd Lady be good Maureen Grant, Anton Rodgers 1956 July 23rd Vampites from Venus Alec Wallis, Davina Dundas 1956 July 30th The Tea House of the August Moon Bill Kerr, Michael Stainton 1956 August 20th The Water Gypsies Albert Grant, Margo Cunningha 1956 August 27th Can Can Freddie Sales George Gee 1956 September 10th The Arcadians Alwyn Fox, Angela Anderson 1956 November 12th The moment of truth Eric Portman Charles Goldner 1956 November 26th The Little hut Raymond Dyer Andree Evans 1956 December 3rd Bachelor Borne Cecily Courteidge Naughton Wayne Robertson Hare 1956 December 19th Seperate Tables Deirdre Benner 1956 December 26th Panto Sleeping Beauty on Ice "Holiday on Ice GB Ltd, Roy Rivers, Joan Rivers 1957 January 25th Rock'N'Roll TONY CROMBIE and his ROCKETS featuring Clyde Ray, Ron Scott, Don Fox 1957 Feb 4th Carl Rosa Opera Co 7 operas 1957 February 11th Spiders Web Trevor Bannister Ross Hutchinson 1957 March 4th My Wife's Uncle Hugh Lloyd Kay Woodman 1957 March 10th Southern Symphony Orchestra Moura Lympany piano 1957 March 11th The Kids Last Fight Macklenzie Robertson 1957 March 15th The Markova Dolin Ballet Markova and Anton Dolin 1957 March 18th Look back in anger English Stage Company Limited Alan Dobie 1957 March 20th Eddie Calvert, The Kordites 1957 March 24th Municipal Concert Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Muriel Smith mezzo soprano 1957 April 1st Holiday for Skiffle Michael Holiday 1957 April 15th Las Vegas after Dark Johnny Silver, Bobby Drage 1957 April 28th Popular Variety Max Wall Anne Hart 1957 May 6th Mrs Gibbons' boys Babbara Mullen, Reginald Marsh 1957 May 13th Six Months Grace Richard Caldicot 1957 May 27th Max Bygraves, Kaye Sisters 1957 June 3rd Subway in the sky Matgaret Lockwood, Zachary Scott 1957 June 10th Lonnie Donegan, Miki & Griff, Des O'Connor 1957 June 17th Doctor in the house Richard Aylen Stuart Wagstaff Kenneth Toye 1957 June 24th Sadler's Wells Opera Tosca 1957 July 1st The D'Oyle Carte Opera Company, Gilbert & Sullivan Operas, IOlanthe 1957 July 9th Light up the town David Whitfield, Harry Worth, Billy Dainty, King Brothers, Audrey Jeans 1957 August 27th Can Can Freddie Sales, George Gee Sally Rogers 1957 September 26th Royal Ballet Solitare/Giselle 1957 September 30th The Reluctant Debutane Jack Hulbert 1957 October 14th Aces in Variety Terry Dene 1957 November 11th The Winslow Boy Brian Tipping 1957 December 2nd Janua Roberta Huby Michael Harding 1957 Panto Puss in Boots Charlie Drake, Bruce Forsyth, Jack Edwardes 1 December 1975 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Charles Hawtrey appears as Muddles Bryan Johnson, Aubrey Phillips and Renee Bourne Webb. ??????????? 1958 January 27th to Feb 1st Relative Values Humphrey Lestocq Kim Peacock 1958 February 10th The Chiltern Hundreds Freeland Barton 1958 February 17th East Lynne Dudley Stevens Fiona Thomson 1958 February 24th Waltz of the Toreadors Anthony Cullen 1958 March 3rd Women of Twilight Christine Lander Shirlie Dane 1958 March 10th Rumanian National Dance and Music Company 1958 March 17th/18th/19th Ballet Rambert 3 shows including Coppelia 1958 March 24th "Hip Hip Zooray Circus" Robert Bros Circus Elephants, Lions 1958 March 26th The Desert Song John Hanson Clifford Mollison 1958 March 31st Nite Life New York Roy Marlow Paul Anton Joy Andree 1958 April 7th Grand Holiday Variaty Edna Savage, MARTY WILDE and His Wildcats, Little Johnny and the Teenagers, Roy Lance, Sonny Roy 1958 April 8th Fallen Angels Hector Ross Joan Scott 1958 April 14th Tales of Hoffmann Carl Rosa Opera 1958 May 19th Dry Rot Basil Lord Tony Hilton Raymond Dyre 1958 May 26th The Desert Song John Hanson Clifford Mollison 1958 June 2nd The Hamley of Stepney Green Joss Ackland Harod Lang 1958 June 9th No room at the Inn, Pearl Winkworth, John Herrington 1958 July 1st The Big Show Tommy Trinder, Anne Shelton 1958 September 1st Maid of the Mountains Margaret Burton, Sonny Jenks 1958 September 8th Love A La Carte Billy Milton 1958 Octopber 1st Hot and cold in all rooms Cardew Robinson 1958 October 5th Diana Dors Bill Pertwee - Troy Dante and the Infernos, Frankie Holmes 1958 October 6th Dear Delinquent Michael Howard 1958 October 13th The Dock Brief/What shall we tell Caroline? Frank Lawless John Wentworth 1958 October 20th Dragnet J Grant Anderson Margaret Bracken 1958 November 3rd A Touch of the Sun, 8895 Rosemarie Dunham, Lee Fox 1958 November 10th Love or Money Basil Lord Hugh Latimer 1958 November 17th Speaking of murder Rosemarie Dunham John Watson 1958 November 24th Variation on a theme Cicely Hullett, Ivor Dean 1958 Panto Babes in the Wood Mike & Bernie Winters, Morton Fraser's Harmonica Gang 1959 March 8th Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Ballet music programme 1959 March 22nd Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Irene Kohler 1959 April 4th Brighton Rock Claire Gordon, Hector Ross 1959 April 5th Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Abbey Simon 1959 May 18 to 23rd Saloon Bar Claire Gordon Hector Ross 1959 May 25th The French Mistres 1959 June 22nd Once upon a crime Patrick Duffy, Eleandor Darling 1959 June 29th Cox & Box Alan Styler ? 1959 June 29th Doyl'e Carte Opera Co The Yoeman of the guard Alan Styler, Leonard Osborn, Jean HIndmarsh, Joyce Wright, John Reed 1959 July 2nd Doyl'e Carte Opera Co The Gondoliers John Reed, Jean Hindmarsh, Alice Hynd, Kenneth Sandford. 1959 August 29th Bed Board and Romance Fiona Thoson, Joan Scott 1959 Panto Cinderella John Hanson, Terri Gardiner, George Bowler Kings Theatre shows in 1960's 1960 May 16th Will you walk a little faster Diana Chruchill JKane Asher 1960 May 30th The Belle of New York Bill Gidley Kay Clayton 1960 June 27th I seem to know your face Nora Swinburne Colin Gordon 1960 July 4th Sadler s Wells Merrie Engalnd 1960 July 11th Love locked out Bill Owen Dorothy Frere 1960 July 25th The Unexpected Guest Ann Gudrun Michael Beint 1960 October 3rd The Bride comes back Robertson Hare Cecily Courtiedge Jack Hulbert 1960 October 17th The Hostage Harry Webster Peggy Marshall 1960 December 5th The Old Vic Company Saint Joan Frank Middlemas Joss Ackland George Bake 1960 Panto Sleeping Beauty Cyril Fletcher, Jean Sanderson, Wally Patch 1961 June 19th You Prove it Ronald Shiner Thora Hird 1961 July 26th Ruddigore Doyle Carte Opera Co John Reed, Gillina KNight, Kenneth Sandford, Mary Sansom 1961 August 14th Simple Spymen Timothy West Joh Slater Andrew Sachs 1961 October 23rd Twinkle Carkson Rose Bobby Dennis 1961 December 11th Boeing Boeing David Tomlinson 1961 Panto Puss in Boots Frankie Howerd 1962 March 26th The Amorous Prawn Evelyn Laye, Hugh McDermot Barry Sinclair 1962 Panto Mother Goose Dickie Valentine, Ronald Gregory, Bob Konyot 1963 February 11th - 16th The King and I Portsmouth Players Feb. 11th to 16th 1963 director Harold Bennett 1963 April 15th Gentlemen prefer blondes Dora Bryan 1963 April 29th Champagne Follies on Ice Tony Fayne Joe York The Five Robertis 1963 June 3rd The Merry Widow Portsmouth Players June 3rd to 8th 1963 director Harold Bennett 1963 September 30th for two weeks D'oyle Carte Opera Co Gilbert & Sullivan operas 1963 Oct. 1 and Oct. 11. D'OYLY CARTE OPERA COMPANY. "Trial by Jury" and "H.M.S. Pinafore" 1963 October 21st Queen B Sybil Thorndyke Michael Bates Thomas Round - Gillian Humphries - Jeffrey Kitch and Richard Hazell. 1963 Panto Cinderella Hughie Green 1964 March 4th Sadler's Wells Opra Samson and Delilah 1964 April 13th Hot and cold in all rooms Charles Stanley Helen Bird 1964 April 27th Everything happens of Friday SPeter Barkworth Irene Handl 1964 May 18th Carousel Portsmouth Players May 18th to 23rd 1964 director Harold Bennett 1964 May Persons Unknown Anna Neagle, John Alderton Derek Bond 1964 July 6th The Maid of the Mountains John Hanson 1964 July 30th Policy for murder George Sewell Annette Andre 1964 December 26th Panto Aladdin Jimmy Edwards, Clinton Ford 1965 January 30th Aladdin Jimmy Edwartds 1965 February 26th Sadler's Wells Opera Co Madam Butterfly 1965 March 1st South Pacific Portsmouth Players March 1st to 6th 1965 director Harold Bennett 1965 March 15th The remarkable Mr. Pennypacker Cherry Freake Michael Branson 1965 March 22n Merrie England The Boys of St John's College 1965 July 26th to August 21st Billy Cotton and his Fampous Band, Peter Maxwell 1965 August 30th Variety Show Tony Hancock Dick Haymes Dallas Boys 1965 September 13th The Sound of Music Southern Television Productioons 1965 September 27th A Funny thing happened on the way to the Forum Dave King Charles Hawtrey Eddie Gray Charles Naughton 1965 Oct 25th New Moon Portsmouth Players Oct. 25th to 30th 1965 director Harold Bennett 1965 December 27th Dick Whittington Dick Emery Charles Hawtrey Danny O'dea January 27th to Februry 19th 1966 My Fair Lady Tony Britton, Wendy Bowman 1966 February 21st Whe you're Young John Hanson 1966 February 28th Lilac Time Thomas Round 1966 March 14th Gay s the Word Portsmouth Players March 14th to 19th 1966 1966 April 30th Sadler's Wells Opera Die Fledermaus 1966 June 28th D'OYLY CARTE OPERA COMPANY Iolanthe Valerie Masterson- John Reed - Donald Adams - Kennneth Saldford and Christine Palmer 1966 August 3rd to Sept 3rd Oliver Richard Easton, Marti Webb 1966 October 17th Brigadoon Portsmouth Players Oct. 17th to 22nd 1966 1966 Christmas, Cinderella Tommy Trinder Craig Douglas 1967 May 15th Show Boat Portsmouth Players May 15th to 20th 1967 1967 June 19th Canaries sometimes sing Desmond Carrington, Dermot Walsh 1967 June 24th Night must fall Sybil Thorndyke, Adam Faith 1967 July 5th Olde Tyme Music Hall Duggie Chapman 1967 July 24th A drop in the ocean Kenneth Connor Charles Hawtrey Jack Haig 1967 July 27 London Festival Ballet Swan Lake 1967 September 18th The Bed Sitting Room Spike Milligan Bill Kerr, Valentine Dyall 1967 September 25th Dear Miss Hope Irene Handl, Jeremy Hawk 1967 October 16th Kiss Me Kate Portsmouth Players Oct. 16th to 21st 1967 1967 October 23rd Present Laughter The Arts Theatre Portsmouth and Southsea 1967 Panto Babes in the Wood Charlie Chester, Susan Maughan 1968 February 26th Iolanthe Portsmouth Players Feb. 26th to 2nd Mar. 1968 1968 March 5th Sadler's Wells Opera Company, The Barber of Seville pluse 3 operas 1968 May 20th Flower Drum Song Portsmouth Players May 20th to 25th 1968 1968 June 3rd Vintage Music Hall Hetty King Cavan O'Connor, Eddie Reindeer 1968 July 23rd The Merry Widow for 2 weeks 1968 August 12th Hughie Green 1968 August 13th Viennese Evening, Marion Studholme 1968 October 21st The Vagabond King Portsmouth Players Oct. 21st to 26th 1968 1968 November 11th for six days, The Big Show of 1968 Kenneth McKellar Roy Castle Artur Worsley Sheila Southern 1968 Panto Puss in Boots Bruce Trent, Sonny Farrar, Peter Vernon 1969 March 3rd King s Rhapsody Portsmouth Players March 3rd to 8th 1969 1969 March 30th Roland Kirk, Soft Machine 1969 April 14th Charley's Aunt Raymond Francis, George Lacy 1969 May 26th Merrie England Portsmouth Players May 26th to 31st 1969 1969 June 9th My Dear Gilbert Jon Pertwee 1969 Saturday 19th July FAMILY 1969 October 10th Oklahoma! Portsmouth Players Friday Oct. 10th to Sat. Oct. 18th 1969 1969 November 1st Chapman's Olde Tymne Music Hall 1969 November 16th Al Stewart, Ralph McTell, Michael Chapman, Wizz Jones 1969 Panto Aladdin Bert Weedon, Ralph Reader Kings Theatre shows in 1970's 1970 March 9th St Johns College Ruddigor 1970 April 13th Glynebourne Touring Opera 3 operas Don Giovanni, Cosi Fan Tutti, Werther 1970 May 18th Orpheus in the Underworld Portsmouth Players May 18th to 23rd May 1970 1970 June 1st The Michael Bentine Show 1970 August 24th She's done it again Brian Rix Leo Franklyn Valerie Leon 1970 October 19th The Pajama Game Portsmouth Players Oct. 19th to 24th 1970 1970 Panto Cinderella Sam Kydd, Richard Murdoch 1971 Februry 8th Spoiled Jeremy Kemp, Anna MasseyPeter Denyer 1971 February 15th Move over Mrs Markham Cicely Courtneidge, Moira Lister, Tony Britton, Lana Morris, Terence Alexander, Trevor Bannhister 1971 May 10th The Count of Luxembourge The Portsmouth Players May 10th to 15th 1971 1971 May 31st Aren't men beasts/What the doctor ordered Brian Rix Leo Franklyn 1971 June 7th Fiddlers Five Margaret Haydn Davies Barry Howard 1971 June 14th The Odd Couple Roy Castle John Junkin 1971 July 5th Holiday Showtime/Olde Tyme Music Hall Duggie Chapman 1971 September 20th Suddenly at home, Gerald Harper, Penelope Keith, Rula Lenska. 1971 October 11th White Horse Inn Portsmouth Players Oct. 11th to 16th 1971 1971 December 27th February 5th Mother Goose Cardew Robinson, Marty Wilde 1972 February 7th Go Back For Murder by Agatha Christie 1972 February 14th Camelot Portsmouth Players Feb. 14th to 19th 1972 1972 April 10th Perchance to dream Paul Greenhalgh Alexander Bridge Olive Gilbert 1972 May 15th A Chorus of Murder Irene Handl, Pat Kirkwood 1972 May 21st Sadlere's Wells Opera Orpheua in the Underworld, Marriage of Figaro, Count Ory, Coronation of Poppea 1972 June 5th The Gondoliers Portsmouth Players June 5th to 10th 1972 1972 June 12th The Master Builder Andrew Cruickshank Joyce hHeron 1972 June 20 - 24th Southsea Shakespeare Actors King Henry V 1972 June 27th to July 1st The King and I St John's College Operatic Society 1972 July 24th The Secretary Bird Hubert Gregg Delena Kidd 1972 July 31st Signpost to Murder June Lewis Simon Castle 1972 August 7th Love from a starnger June Lewis Simon Castle 1972 August 14th She was only the Admiral's daughter Leslie Crowther Dilys Watling 1972 September 18th There s a girl in my soup Gerald Flood Anne Aston 1972 September 25th That's no lady that's my husband Francis Matthews Prunella Scales Clive Morton 1972 October 6th My Fair Lady Portsmouth Players Oct. 6th to 14th 1972 1972 October 23rd Who s who? Eleanor Bron John Bird 1972 Panto Sleeping Beauty Ted Rogers 1973 February 24th Worthing Symphony Orchestra Howard Gottlieb violin 1973 March 27 - 31st Southsea Shakepeare Acvotors Much ado about nothing 1973 April 16th The Starving Rich Roy Kinear, Vanda Godsell 1973 May 14th Five stars for a good girl Hywel Bennett, Christopher Casenove 1973 May 21st Land of Smiles Portsmouth Players May 21st to 26th 1973 1973 June 11th George & Margaret Dora Bryan Richard Vernon 1973 June 18th Glass Anne Stallybrass Robert Powell 1973 June 25th Night without sleep James G Anderson 1973 July 9th The Hollow Jack Hulbert Cecily Courtneidge 1973 July 23rd Two and two make Sex Patrick Cargill, Richard Beckinsale 1973 July 30th Murder on the Nile Daphne Odin-Pearse, Brett Lane 1973 August 7th-18th The King and I Peter Wyngarde Sally Ann Howes 1973 Sepotember 17th Suddenly at home Simon Oates Anette Andre 1973 October 8th Fiddler on the Roof Portsmouth Players Oct.8th to 13th 1973 1973 October 29th Pyjama Tops Paul Raymond presents John Inman 1973 Panto Cinderella Clive Dunn, Mimi Law 1974 March 11th/td> Not now darling /td> George Baker Ian Lavender, Anna Karen Dylis Watling 1974 March 18th The Desert Song John Hanson 1974 March 26 to 30th Southsea Shakespear Actors Macbeth 1974 April 8-13 New London Ballet 1974 May Half a Sixpence South Downe Musical Society 1974 May 13 to 18th Welsh National Opera 4 operas inc the Pearl Fishers, La Boheme 1974 April 8-13th New London Ballet 1974 June 10th Robert and Elizabeth Portsmouth Players June 10th to 15th 1974 1974 June 17th Crown Matrimonial Phyllis Calvert 1974 July 8th An Inspector Calls Bill Fraser Carmel McSharry 1974 July 22nd The Monkey Walk Patrick Mower Virginia Stride 1974 June 25th Cosi Fan Tutti Kay Griffel Sandra Browne 1974 July 29th There goes the Bride Bernard Cribbins, Bill Pertwee, Terence Alaxander, Peggy Mount 1974 August 5th Rose Marie John Hanson, Margaret Williams Sept 1974 Yeoman of the Guard Waterlooville Musical Players 1974 October 14th Charlie Girl The Portsmouth Players Oct. 14th to 19th 1974< 1974 October 21st Hair 1974 November 12 - 16th Southsea Shakespeare Actors Measure for measure 1974 Panto Aladdin Bobbie Bennett, George Lacey 1975 February 24th Carousel Portsmouth Players Feb. 24th to March 1st 1975 1975 March 10th A bit between the teeth Brian Rix Jimmy Logan 1975 March 31st Joseph and his Amazing Technicolour Dream Coat , Peter Denyer Bryan Evans 1976 April 5th Dixie Minstrel Show John Boulter, 1975 May 12th Boeing Boeing Yootha Joyce, Richard O'Sullivan, Sally Tomsett 1975 May Annie Get Your Gun South Downe Musical Society 1975 June 9th Sound of Music Portsmouth Players w/c 9th June 1975 1975 June 30th A Merry Whiff of Windsor Barbara Winsor, Tudor Davies 1975 July 21st Frankie Howerd, Lyn Paul 1975 August 18th The Bachelors Show Tommy Reilly Brian Marshall 1975 September 8th Love Thy Neighbour Jack Smethurst, Rudolph Walker, Nina Baden-Semper, Kate Williams 1975 September 15th The Seven Year Itch Paul Daneman, Arienne Posta 1975 September 29th Godspell National Production 1975 September Iolanthe Waterlooville Musical Players 1975 October 13th Hello Dolly! Portsmouth Players w/c 13th Oct. 1975 1975 October 20th Travelling Playhouse Pride and Predjudice Norman Woodland, Madeleine Newbury 1975 October 20th Travelling Playhouse, Pride & Prejudice Norman Woodlamnd Madeiline Newbury 1975 November 3 to 8th Kent Opera 4 operas 1975 November 18-19th Kent Opera Company Don Giovanni 1975 November 21st Kent Opera The Coronation of Poppea 1975 November My Fair Lady South Downe Musical Society 1975 Panto Mother Goose Hylda Baker, Mimi Law, Des King 1976 February 23rd The Merry Widow The Portsmouth Players 1976 March 9th Kent Opera 5 operas 1976 March 15th Dead on nine Leo Maguire Maxine Audley 1976 March 22nd New London Ballet Galina Samsova 1976 March 30th Mid Summers Nights Dream Southsea Shakespear Actors 1976 April 5th Dixie Minstrel Show John Boulger 1976 April 12th All for Mary Jack Smethurst 1976 April 19th Fringe Benefits Brian Rix, Terence 1976 April 24th John Paul George Ringo and Bert musical 1976 May 3rd Summer Song South Downe Musical Society 1976 May 11th Welsh National Opera 5 operas 1976 May 31st Murder with Love Peter Byrne Dermot Walsh 1976 May Summer Song South Downe Musical Society 1976 June 14th Guys and Dolls The Portsmouth Players 1976 June 21st It Happened in Venice The Welsh Drama Company 1976 June 28th The First Mrs Fraser Anna Neagle Michael Dennison Angela Dougal 1976 August 1st Max Bygraves 1976 August 8th Morecambe and Wise 1976 August 14th Jimmy Tarbuck Kenny Lynch 1976 August 21st Frankie Vaughn Mrs Mills 1976 August 23rd Love thy Neighbour Jack Smethurst/ or 1976 August 23rd Leslie Crowther Audrey Jeans Sept 1976 Trial by Jury Waterlooville Musical Players 1976 October 1st The King and I Portsmouth PlayersGolden Jubilee performance Nine performances, commencing Fri. 1st Oct. 1976 1976 October 12-16th Loves labours Lost 1976 October 18th Whoops a daisy Brian Murphy, Brian Sewell 1976 November 9-13th Kent Opera HMS Pinafore 1976 November Oliver South Downe Musical Society 1976 December 9th An evening of Ballet Margot Fonteyn 1976 Panto Cinderella Ken Goodwin, Clodagh Rodgers 1977 February 15th to 19 th Welsh National Opera 3 shows 1977 March 7th Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead Young Vic 1977 March 22nd Othello Southsea Shakespear Actors 1977 March 28th The Monkey Walk Lionel Blair Diane Keene 1977 March 28th April 5th The Entertainer Ronald Lewes 1977 April 11th Ipi Tombi 1977 April 18th Dial M for Murder James Ellis Peter Fielding 1977 April 30 The Gondoliers Waterlooville Musical Players 1977 May 2 The Scottish Ballet 1977 May 3rd Scottish Ballet 3 shows 1977 May 8th Thirteen 1977 May 9th Brigadoon Portsmouth Players May 9th to 14th 1977 1977 May 16th Showboat South Downe Musical Society 1977 May 23rd Hedda Gabler Ian Bannen 1977 June 27th Ipi Tombi devised by Bertha Egnos 1977 July 11th National Gas Jack Smethurst John Junkin 1977 July 18th The Scared Flame Jean Anderson 1977 July 24th Larry Grayson, Joe 'Piano' Henderson or The Dick Emery Show Star studded Sunday concert 1977 July 27th Harry Secombe, Tommy Reilly 1977 July 31st Cilla Black 1977 August 5th Rod Hull & Emu 1977 August 8th The Dick Emery Show Star studded Sunday concert 1977 August 23-27th Dick Emery Show Susan Maughn, Mrs Mills 1977 August 28th Frankie Vaughan 1977 August 29th Faith Brown, Johnny ball, Glyn Hale Orchestra 1977 September 12th Romeo & Juliet Young Vic Company 1977 September 26th Further confessions of a window cleaner Robin Askwith 1977 October 10th The Great Waltz Portsmouth Players w/c 10th Oct. 1977 1977 October 25 to 29th Le Belle Helene Waterlooville Musical Players 1977 November 3 to 5th Gang Show Southsea Scout and Guide Districts 1977 November 7th Fiddler on the roof South Downe Musical Society 1977 November 15 to 19th Loves Labours Lost Southsea Shakespear Actors 1977 November 21st A Kiss for Cinderella June Gray Terence Denville 1977 November 29th to December 3rd Kent Opera Eugene Onegin 1977 Panto Babes in the Wood Mike and Bernie Winters, Sue Hodge 1978 February 20th The Boyfriend 1978 February 28th to March 4th Coppelia Northern Ballet Theatre 1978 March 20th Pardon Me Prime Minister Gerald Flood Heather Chasen 1978 March 27th Snow White Aubrey Phillips 1978 April 3rd Game of Kings Bernard Hepton 1978 April 18th Godspell 1978 April 25th/29th Princess Ida Waterlooville Musical Players 1978 May 2 to 6 English National Opera 2 operas 1978 May 8th Chu Chin Chow Portsmouth Players w/c May 8th 1978 1978 May 19th Hello Dolly South Downe Musical Society 1978 May 29th The Circle Googie Whiters Bill Fraser 1978 June 5th Lilac Time John Hanson 1978 June 12 Joseph 1978 June 19th Old Time Music Hall Barbara Windsor Bonnie Langford 1978 June 27th Merchant of Venice Southsea Shakespear Actors 1978 July 2nd Max Bygraves 1978 July 3rd Relatively Speaking Mollie Sugden 1978 July 10th Music Hall Clive Dunn, Anita Harris, Derek Toy 1978 July 17th The Unexpected Guest Peter Byrne 1978 July 24th Animal Kwackers 1978 July 24th Hair 1978 July 31st Caught Napping Arthur Lowe Bill Pertwee Joan Cooper 1978 August 7th Pans People 1978 August 13th Rosemary Squires Denis Lotis 1978 August 17 to 19th Frankie Vaughan 1978 August 21st Signpost to Murder George Sewell, Annette Andre 1978 August 28th Paddington Bear 1978 September 11th The Mating Game Trevor Bannister Anne Aston 1978 September 18th Ipi Tombi ) 1978 October 2nd Southsea Gang Show 1978 October5 9th The Music Man Portsmouth Players w/c Oct.9th 1978 1978 November 1st The Gang Show 1978 November 6th Carousel South Downe Musical Society 1978 November 21 to 25th Kent Opera Rigoletto 1978 December 11th A Christmas Carol Bryan Johnson Dec 1978 South Pacific Waterlooville Musical Players 1978 December 26th Dick Whittington Roger De Coursey and Nookie Bear, Danny O'Dea 1979 February 5th Perchance to Dream Portsmouth Players w/c Feb. 5th 1979 1979 March 5th Mzumba African musical 1979 15th March King Richard 3rd Southsea Shakespeare Actors 1979 March 19th Yes we have no pyjamas Fiona Richmond 1979 March 26th Play it again Sam Melvyn Hayes 1979 Mrch 28th Woody Allen's PLAY IT AGAIN SAM Melvyn Hayes 1979 April 2nd DIE FLEDERMAUS South Downe Musical Society. 1979 April 9th SUDDENLY AT HOME Douglas Fielding 1979 April 16th ODD MAN IN Colin Baker, Lionel Blair, Katie Manning. 1979 April 24th THERE'S A SMALL HOTEL Patrick Cargill, Sylvia Sims, Peter Byrne 1979 April 30th Henrik lbsen's THE WILD DUCK T. P. McKenna 1979 May 7th THE CANTERBURY TALES THE YOUNG VIC 1979 May 14th Alan Ayckbourne's Comedy TEN TIMES TABLE Irene Handl 1979 May 22nd THE NEW LONDON BALLET varios ballets 1979 May 28th Noel Coward's BLITHE SPIRIT Judy Carne. Avril Angers 1979 June 4th The Mikado Portsmouth Players w/c June 4th 1979 1979 June 11th OH WHAT A LOVELY WAR by Joan Littlewood. 1979 June 18th BLESS THE BRIDE Waterlooville Musical Society 1979 June 25th THE DUCHESS OF MALFI Janet Suszman 1979 JULY 2nd By popular demand, return of MZUMBA an African musical 1979 JULY 9th DEAD LINE Max Wall 1979 JULY 16th SHE WOULD IF SHE COULD Paul Eddington, Margaret Courtney 1979 July 18th SHE WOULD IF SHE COULD Paul Eddington 1979 July 23rd WHO KILLED AGATHA CHRISTIE 1979 July 30th FUNNY PECULIAR 1979 August 13th PAUL GOLDIN 1979 August 20th PAUL GOLDIN 1979 August 27th FINGS AIN'T WHAT THEY USED TO BE, musical 1979 SEPTEMBER 3rd WHO GOES BARE Robin Askwith and the girls 1979 September 10th THE IDEAL HUSBAND 1979 September 17th LADY WINDERMERE S FAN 1979 September 24th Kent Opera 3 WELL-KNOWN OPERAS 1979 November 3rd Gang Show Southsea Scout and Guide Districts 1979 November Oklahoma South Downe Musical Society 1979 October 1st The grass is greener Patrick MacKnee Jenifer Wilson 1979 October 8th Gigi Portsmouth Players w/c Oct. 8th 1979 1979 October 22nd D'oyle Carte Gilbert & Sullivan 1979 October 31st to November 3rd Gang Show 1979 1979 December 3rd What the Butler saw, The Paddok, Miss in her teens Prunella Scales, Isla Blair, Frank Windsor 1979 December 20th Panto Cinderella Harry Worth, Tony Blackburn, Ashley Keech Kings Theatre shows in 1980's 1980 February 11th Irene Portsmouth Players w/c Feb. 11th 1980 1980 February 25th A Murder is announced Margaret Ashcroft Dermot Walsh 1980 March 3rd to 8th Cinderella/Madam Butterfly Northern Ballet Theatre 1980 March 10th Move over Mrs Markham William Franklin 1980 April 14th Sink or Swim Windsor Davies Melvyn Hayes 1980 April 21st Waltes from Vienna South Downe Musical Society 1980 April 28th Come play with me Bob Grant Stephen Lewis 1980 May 26th Spring Thaw Johnny More 1980 June 2nd Maid of the Mountains Portsmouth Players w/c June 2nd 1980 1980 June 9th Snow White and the seven dwarfs Aubrey Phillips 1980 June 16th Close up to Murder Richard Easton 1980 June 28th Denny Laine Band 1980 July 26th Paul Goldin 1980 July 28th Ipi Tombi for two weeks 1980 July 30th Further confessions of a window cleaner Robin Askwith 1980 August 21st Abigail's Party Lynda Baron, Patricia Temple 1980 August 23rd Hello Paris The Bluebell Girls 1980 August 25th Abigail s Party Lynda Baron 1980 September 15th Black Chiffon Sylvia Sims, Ernest ClarkeJack Watling 1980 September 22 to 24th Ballet Rambert Cruel Garden 1980 October 6th Annie Get Your Gun Portsmouth Players w/c Oct. 6th 1980 1980 October 20th French Dressing Ian Lavender Jewan Anderson 1980 October 26th Peters & Lee Farewell Tour 1980 November 7th Oh Calcutter adults only 1980 November 24th Dirty Linen Derrin Nesbitt. 1980 November Fiunian's Rainbow South Downe Musical Society 1980 December 1st A Christmasd Carol Bryan Johnson 1980 December 19th Panto Emu in Pantoland Rod Hull and Emu, Roy Barraclough 1981 February 9th Glamorous Night Portsmouth Players w/c Feb. 9th 1981 1981 March 9th to 20th D Oyle Carte Gilbert & Sullivan operas 1981 April 2nd-4th Black & White Minstrels Dai Francis 1981 April 9th Betrayal Bryan Marshall 1981 April 13th Once a Catholic Terence Frisby 1981 April 20th House Guest Guest Susan hampshire Gerald Harper 1981 April 27th Middle age spread Trevor Bannister Frank Wilson 1981 May 6th Tommy Steele 1981 May 9th Iris Williams 1981 May 11th Guys and Dolls South Downe Musical Society 1981 May 20th Leo Sayer 1981 May 21st-23rd Hinge and Bracket 1981 June 1st The Boyfriend Portsmouth Players w/c June 1st 1981 1981 June 8th Make & Break Jack Douglas Jack Watling Diana Coupland 1981 June 22nd Melody on Ice Duncan Whaley 1981 June 29th Private Live s Joanna Lumley 1981 July 3rd Key for two Lorraine Chase, Michael Robbins, Lynda Baron 1981 July 6th Caught in the act Martin Jarvis Judy Geeson Peter Blythe 1981 August 11th to 15th Kiss me Kate Singer Company 1981 August 17th to 21st Barber of Seville 1981 August 19th to 22nd La Boheme 1981 September 14th Hello to Las Vegas Paul Harris 1981 September 24th The Kingfisher Michael Denison Dulcie Gray Robert Fleming 1981 September 28th Snow White Aubrey Philips 1981 October 3rd Who s life is it anyway Simon Ward Pamela Wilcox 1981 October 12th Orpheus in the Underworld Portsmouth Players w/c Oct. 12th 1981 1981 October 24th The Devil s Disciple 11981 October 26th to 29th The Cherry Orchard Googie Withers, John McCallum, Bernard Breslaw 1981 October 29th to 31st Dandy Dick Googie Withers 1981 November 2nd Murder in mind Nyree Dawn Porter Richard Todd 1981 November 23rd Fur Coat and No Knickers Joyce Blair Joan Savage 1981 November 30th A Christmas Carol Bryan Johnson 1981 December 6th Hot Gossip 1981 Dececember 17th to January 23rd 1982 Panto Aladdin and his Wonderful Lamp Lorraine Chase, Dora Bryan, Brian Cant 7 1982 Fenruary 11/12/13th Northern Ballet Nutcracker 1982 March 2nd Ruby Murray Cavan O'Connor Reg Dixon 1982 March 29th Half a Sixpence Portsmouth Players w/c Mar. 29th 1982 1982 April 5th for the week Bud & Ches Bernie Winters Leslie Crowther 1982 April 25th Hot Gosip dancers 1982 April 27th 100 Years of Music Hall Johnny Dallas Alan Martin 1982 May 17th Call me Madam South Downe Musical Society 1982 May 30th Hoyt Axton 1982 June 25th SUMMER SERANADE (Songs from the shows) Portsmouth Players Fri/Sat 25/26 June 1982 1982 July Quartermaine's Terms Michael Williams, Ronald Hines, Ernbest Clark, Polly James, Clive Francis 1982 July 12th House Guest Simon Ward Sylvia Syms 1982 August 2nd Space in my pyamas, Fiona Richmond 1982 October 18th Carribean Fiesta Steve Diaz Paula McKella 1982 November 8th The Merry Widow South Downe Musical Society 1982 December 22nd Panto Cinderella Leslie Crowther, Susan Hanson, Julie Rogers, Johnny Vyvyan 1983 February 14th South Pacific Portsmouth Players w/c Feb. 14th 1983 1983March 14th Cards on the table Garfield Morgan Margaret Ashcroft Gergina Moon 1983 March 21st Kent Opera Don Giovanni, Fidelio, The Beggars Opera 1983 March 29th The Tinder Box Hans Christain Andersen 1983 April 3rd Eartha Kitt plus suppport 1983 April 4th Joseph and his Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat 1983 April 10th Keith Harris with Orville and Cuddles 1983 April 12th Northern Ballet Theatre Nutcraker, Giselle 1983 April 18th Kismet South Musical Society 1983 May 30th Love from Judy The Portsmouth Players w/c May 30th 1983 1983 August 4th Joseph 1983 Sept 4th The second Boughton Memorial Concert The Gilbert & Sullivan Chior 'The Opera Comique' Directed by Kevin Sivyer. 1983 October 3rd The Real Inspector Hound/Seaside Postcard John Gordon Sinclair The Young Vic 1983 October 10th The Dancing Years Portsmouth Players w/c Oct. 10th 1983 1983 November 21st French without tears Jeremy Sinden Doborah Watling 1983 November 28th The Wind in the Willows 1983 Panto Babes in the Wood Lewis Collins, Gerald Flood, Suzanne Dando, Leslie Randall 1984 February 13th Oklahoma! Portsmouth Players w/c Feb. 13th 1984 1984 February 20th Murder without crime John Barron, Sanda Payne 1984 February 27th Time to kill, 1984 March 12th Verdict 1984 March 19th Childen of a lesser God Elizabeth Quinn, Ron Aldridghe 1984 March 27th Kent Opera 1984 April 2nd Sound of Murder 1984 April 9th Rose Marie South Downe Musical Society 1984 April 23rd The Winslow Boy 1984 May 7th Pajama Yops 1984 May 14th No, No Nanette! Portsmouth Players w/c May 14th 1984 1984 June 25th The Voices Peter Adamson Derren Nesbitt 1984 Auigust 27th Anything Goes Steve Barlow as BiIly 1984 Sept 4th-8th Kiss Me Kate Hayling Island Operatic Society 1984 October 1st Joseph and the amazing technicolour dreamcoat Lloyd Webber Rice 1984 October 8th Fiddler on the Roof Portsmouth Players w/c Oct. 8th 1984 1984 October 22nd The Chalk Garden Nyree Dawn Porter Eleanor Summerfield Ernest Clark 1984 November 19th Snow Queen Hans Christian Anderson Fairytale 1984 Panto Mother Goose Bill Maynard, Lyn Paul, Mike Berry, George Lacy 1985 February 11th Jesus Christ Superstar Portsmouth Players w/c Feb. 11th 1985 1985 February 18th A Bedfull of Foreigners Mandy Rice-Davies Don Maclean 1985 March 4th I have been here before Marius Goring 1985 April 8th The old woman who lived in a shoe Aubrey Phillips Bryan Johnson 1985 May 20th Oliver! Portsmouth Players w/c May 20th 1985 1985 June 1st The Keith Harris Show with Orville 1985 June 17th-22nd Swan Esther (Musical) Chris Ciorcoran Jackie Marks 1985 June 30th Arts Education Ballet Swan lake act3, Divertissements, Lady of the Camillas 1985 July 1st Pirates of Penzance Hayling Island Operatic Society 1985 July 15th Joseph and the amazing technicolour dreamcoat Lloyd Webber, Rice 1985 July 29th My Fat Friend Melvyn Hayes 1985 August 5th-10th Russ Conway, Don Maclean 1985 August 12th Anyone for Denis? Bob Grant, Macdoinald Hobley 1985 October 7th The Lisbon Story Portsmouth Players w/c Oct. 7th 1985 1985 November 25th When we are married Patrick Cargill, Avril Angers, Patsy Rowlands 1985 Panto The Wizard of Oz Harry Worth, Tessa Wyatt, Michael Knowles, David Yip, Trevor Bannister, Margaret Ashcroft 1986 January 18th Wizard of Oz Harry Worth, Tessa Wyatt 1986 February 10/11/12th The Merry Widow Regency Opera 1986 Hans Andersen Portsmouth Players w/c Feb. 17th 1986 1986 February 22nd Hans Andersen Portsmouth Players 1986 15th March for 2 weeks The Fifteen Streets Owen Teale Margo Stanley 1986 March 24th Cockatial Twins Mary Rose Theatre Co 1986 April 14th to 19th April The Boundary Glynn Edwards Reginald Marsh 1986 April Underneath the Arches South Downe Musical Society 1986 May 5-10 The Happiest days of you life Charlie Drake Richard Murdock 1986 May 19th Mame Portsmouth Players w/c May 19th 1986 1986 September 29th Wife begins at Forty Patrick Mower, Patricia Brake 1986 October 11th Cluedo Christopher Biggins Trevor Bannister Avril Angers 1986 October 13th White Horse Inn Portsmouth Players w/c Oct. 13th 1986 1986 Panto Annie Bill Maynard 1987 January 17th Annie 1987 January 22nd-24th Magic Flute Gordon Christie 1987 February 2nd The Tart and the Vicar s Wife Adults onlu 1987 February 9th Calamity Jane Portsmouth Players w/c Feb. 9th 1987 1987 March 2nd/7th Oliver 1987 March 9th-11th Not about Heroes Steven McGann Paul Shelley 1987 March 12th An evening of romance Irving Berlin songs 1987 March 13th-14th Adzido African dance 1987 March 19th Carman Kent Opera 1987 March 20th Pygmalion/Dido & Aeneas Kent Opera 1987 March 23rd/28th Jesus Christ Superstar 1987 March 30th/April 4th Joseph & The Amazing Technicolour Dreamcaot 1987 April 20th Up and Under (Comedy of the year) 1987 June 8th The Gondoliers Portsmouth Players w/c June 8th 1987 1987 August 3rd James and the Giaant Peach 1987 August 10th A Touch of Murder Darren Nesbitt Ray Lonnen 1987 August 10th A Touch of Murder Derren Nesbitt Ray Lonnen 1987 August 19th-20th The Wizards Wonder Box 1987 August 24th The Minstrel Star s Margery Savage 1987 September 1st Postman Pat s Adventure 1987 September 5th The Spinners 1987 September 6th Chris Barbers Jazz and Blues Band 1987 September 7th Educating Rita Andrew Sachs 1987 September 20th Charity Concert Stephanie Lawrence 1987 September 21st Funny Peculiar Linda Lusardi Peter Duncan 1987 September 29th Seven Brides for seven brothers Roni Page 1987 October 7th-9th Romeo and Juliet Young Vic 1987 October 12th Carousel Portsmouth Players w/c Oct. 12th 1987 1987 December 5th Clown Theatre Zippo 1987 October 19th-21st Kent Opera Magic Flute/A night at a Chinese Opera 1987 October 22nd Rosser and Davies 1987 October 23rd The Copycats 1987 October 27th Northen Ballet Swan Lake 1987 November 1st Lord Mayor s appeal Concert 1987 November 2nd-4th 40 Years On Alan Bennett play 1987 November 5th-7th The Joel Hall Dancers 1987 November 9th Die Fledermaus 1987 November 15th The Ivor Novello Story 1987 November 16th The Hobbit 1987 November 21st Wind in the Willows 1987 November 22nd Johnny Logan 1987 November 23rd A Christmas Carol 1987 November 29th Alan Price 1987 December 1st Zippo the Clown 1987 December 6th Lord Mayor s Concert 1987 December 16th The Supremes 1987 18th December to 23rd January 1988 Panto Aladdin and his Wonderful Lamp Jackie Pallo, Brian Cant, Amanda Barrie, Richard Cartridge 1988 February 6th John Briggs piano 1988 February 8th-13th My Fair Lady Portsmouth Players w/c Feb. 8th 1988 1988 February 15th-20th Stepping out (Comedy of the year) 1988 February 23rd-27th Madam Butterfly Regency Opera Co 1988 March 8th-12th Winnie the Pooh 1988 March 15th-26th The Fifteen streets Cathering Cookson play 1988 March 29th-April 2nd Alan Ayckbopurne's Absent Friends Ralph Bates, Peter Blake, Peter Denyer 1988 March 26th The Fifteen Streets by Catherine Cookson 1988 April 5th-9th Habeas Corpus Julian Glover Duncan Preston, Bill Pertwee 1988 April 11th-16th Married Love Susan Hampshire 1988 April 18th-23rd No Sex please we re British Andrew Sachs Heather Chasen Norman Vaughn 1988 April 25th-30th Hello Dolly South Downe Musical Society 1988 May 7th Page Three Girls 1988 May 10th An Inspector calls Reginald Marsh Michael Craig 1988 May 23rd-28th Brief Encounter Aberystwyth Arts Tour 1988 June 3rd Count Ory Kent Opera 1988 June 4th Don Giovanni Kent Opera 1988 June 6th-11th Mr Cinders Portsmouth Players w/c June 6th 1988 1988 June 13th-18th Intmate Strangers Jennifer Wilson David Roper 1988 June 20th-25th The Pajama Game Hayling Island Operatic Society 1988 July 3rd The Svinurai Musicians and Dance from Zimbabwe 1988 July 4th The Taming of the Shrew Kate O'Mara 1988 July 11th The Tart and the Vicar's Wife 1988 July 18th 22nd Funny Peculiar Nigel Pivaro 1988 July 23rd English Philharmoonic Orchestra in Rock Classics 1988 July 26th-30th Circus Senso Circus without animals 1988 August 2nd Evita Robert Stigwood production 1988 August 8th Who killed Agatha Christie? Roger Toilliday 1988 August 19th Super Sixties Show, Searchers Troggs Dave Berry 1988 August 20th Frankie Vaughn and the Sid Lawrence orchestra 1988 August 27th Craig Douglas Show 1988 September 8th The Marriage of Figaro The Travelling Opera 1988 September 19th One for the pot Mike Yarwood Barry Howard 1988 October 10th Kiss Me Kate Portsmouth Players w/c Oct. 10th 1988 1988 October 17th-22nd An Ideal Husband Jeremy Sinden Jack Watling 1988 October 24th Snow White and the seven dwarfs 1988 October 30th Rupert and the Magic Castle 1988 October 30th Joan Collins Fan Club 1988 November 2nd Little Shop of Horrors Lorraine Chase Mollie Sigden 1988 November 14th Song of Norway South Downe Musical Society 1988 November 21st Joseph and his Amazing Technicolour Dream Coat 1988 November 29th Panto The old woman who lived in a shoe Charles Hewtrey 1988 December 8th Cinderella Lionel Blair, Mollie Sugden Stephanie Lawrence, Roy North, Ross Davidson 1989 February 6th-10th Night must fall Pamela Salem 1989 February 13th Paint Your Wagon Portsmouth Players 1989 February 17th Paint Your Wagon 1989 February 19th Frankie Vaughn Syd Lawrence Orchestra 1989 February 27th -March 4th Glass Menagerie Young Vic 1989 March 6th-11th Of Mice and Men Eamon Boland 1989 March 13th-18th The Business of Murder Richard Todd 1989 March 19th Keith and Orville s Show 1989 March 20th Adventures of Pinocchio 1989 March 27th April 1st One Careful Owner Joe Brown Lynda Baron 1989 April 3rd D Oyle Court Pirates of Penzance/The Mikado 1989 April 10th Half a sixpence South Downe Musical Society 1989 April 17th-29th West Side Story 1989 April 30th Legends of the 60 s Jet Harris Cliff Bennett Mike Berry 1989 May 1st Oklahoma 1989 May 15th-20th Bedside Manners John Inman 1989 May 21st5 Festival of Spanish Dance 1989 May 29th Super Ted s Magic Show 1989 May 30th-June 3rd Bonkers Jess Conrad 1989 June 5th-10th Cavalcade Portsmouth Players w/c June 5th 1989 1989 July 8th There's a girls in my soup, Lionel Blair, Michael Medwin 1989 July 17th-22nd Up in the gallery Adrienne Posta John Altman 1989 July 24th -29th Joseph and his Amazing Technicolour Dream Coat 1989 July 31st for one week Dr Who Colin Baker 1989 August 10th Who killed Agatha Christtie? Roger Tolliday 1989 September 1st-2nd Dracular and Frankenstein New Vic 1989 September 3rd The War Years songs 1989 September 4th The Pros and Cons 1989 September 11th-16th Byelorussian Ballet various performance 1989 September 18th Underneath the Arches Bernie Winters 1989 September 23rd Move over Mrs Markham Peggy Mount William Gaunt 1989 September 24th Billy Eckstine Freda Payne 1989 September 27th Joel Hall Dancers 1989 October 2nd-7th Rainbow Geoffrey Hayes 1989 October 9th-14th Gigi Portsmouth Players w/c Oct. 9th 1989 1989 October 15th Sounds of Beach Boys Four Seasons 1989 October 17th The Railway Children Birmingham Rep 1989 October 21st Railway Children Birmingham Rep 1989 October 23rd Dangerous Obsession Simon Ward Susan Penhaligon 1989 October 30th-November 4th Beyond reasonable doubt 1989 November 13th-18th Annie get your gun South Downe Musical Society 1989 November 21st-25th The Lion Witch and the Wardrobe/The Magician s nephew 1989 November 27th-December 2nd Prisoner of Cell Block H Patsy King 1989 December 7th Panto Dick Whittington and his Cat Lorraine Chase, Michael Elphick, Fern Britton, Ivor Danvers, Barry Howard Kings Theatre shows in 1990's 1990 February 12th The Merry Widow Portsmouth Players w/c Feb. 12th 1990 1990 February 20th-24th On the Town 1990 March 25th Eartha Kitt 1990 April 23rd Camelot South Downe Musical Society 1990 May 12th The Last Gamble Reginald Marsh David Griffin 1990 May 14th for the week Joseph and his Amazing Technicolour Dream Coat 1990 June 1st Let s do it Elaine Delmar 1990 June 4th Funny Girl Portsmouth Players w/c June 4th 1990 1990 June 18th to 23 Ladies in Retirement Anna Wing Chili Boucher Jennifer Wilson 1990 June 24th A Private Diary Victor Spinetti 1990 June 26th Daisy pulls if off Sophie Aldred 1990 July 30th Spiders Web Brian Murphy Barbara Murray John Barron 1990 August 10th - Sept 1st Wayne Dobson Special Guests 1990 September 13th Petula Clark 1990 October 6th The Twenties Show Karen Clegg 1990 October 8th Phil the Fluter Portsmouth Players w/c Oct. 8th 1990 1990 Octber 30th to Novemeber 10th, Evita Jacqui Scott, Christopher Corcoran 1990 November 12th Fiddler on the roof South Downe Musical Society 1990 November 19th Irene Southern Musical Society 1990 November 27th Opera 80 Merrie Widow Lucia di Lammermoor 1990 Panto Aladdin and his Wonderful Lamp Bill Maynard, Kim Hartman, Bill Buckley, Ross Davidson 1991 February 11th Bless the Bride Portsmouth Players w/c Feb. 11th 1991 1991 April 13th Grease 1991 April 22nd Kismet South Downe Musical Society 1991 May 11th Risky Kisses Gabriella Drake Ian Lavender 1991 May 20th Phantom of the Opera 1991 May 25th Phantom of the opera Reginald Marsh Dilys Layee 1991 June 3rd Sweet Charity The Portsmouth Players w/c June 3rd 1991 1991 June 17th-22nd Privates on Parade Colin Baker 1991 July 17th-20th Alice in Wonderland Cavalcade Theatre Company 1991 September 21st Kit and the Widow 1991 October 14th Brigadoon The Portsmouth Players w/c Oct. 14th 1991 1991 October 14th Showboat Portsmouth Players 1991 November 3rd Glenn Miller Orchestra 1991 November 9th Russ Abbots Madhouse Belle Emberg 1991 Panto Cinderella Ashley Paske, Freddie and the Dreamers, Tony Monopoly 1992 February 8th The Rocky Horror Show Peter Blake Barry Howard 1992 February 10th Cabaret Portsmouth Players w/c Feb. 10th 1992 1992 March 17th Sleeping Beauty The Lewis London Ballet 1992 April 7th The Fancy Man Brian Murphy Teracy Brabin 1992 April 15th The Jelly Babie in Jelly Land 1992 April 16th Adzido Pan African Dance Ensemble 1992 April 18th Turned out noice again The George Frmby Story 1992 April 22nd The Barber of Seville Opera East 1992 April 24th Huckleberry Hound & the Magic Wood 1992 April 27th Anything Goes South Downe Musical Society 1992 May 3rd Taras Cossacks 1992 May 5th Murder by Misadventure Gerald Harper, William nGaunt 1992 May 10th Trev & Simon, Paul Morocco 1992 May 163th Aida Opera East 1992 May 16th The Little Mermaid Ballet Creation of London 1982 June 2nd-6th Strepping out 1992 June 8th Sound of Music Portsmouth Players w/c June 8th 1992 1992 June 14th The Telstar Story Tornados Cliff Bennett 1992 June 18th-20th Cinderella the opera 1992 June 21st Bucks Fizz 1992 June 23rd-27th Stageland Trevor Bannister 1992 June 28th Strauss Spectacular 1992 July 3rd Cantabile 1992 July 4th Glamorous Nights at Drury Lane Evelyn Laye 1992 July 13th Seven Brides for Seven Brothers South Downe Musical Society 1992 August 9th Elvis and the Rock n Roll years 1992 September 21st-26th West Side Story 1992 September 27th The Wonderful West End 1992 October 4th Peter Skellern 1992 October 12th Girl Crazy The Portsmouth Players w/c Oct. 12th 1992 1992 October 27th/31st The Nineteenth Hole Eric Sykes 1992 November 1st Bootleg Beatles 1992 November 22nd Hooray for Hollywood Paul Jones 1992 Panto Jack and the Beanstalk Bernie Nolan, Bill Buckley 1993 February 15th The Pirates of Penzance The Portsmouth Players w/c 15.2.93 1993 February 27th The Real Thing Liza Goddard Christopher Timothy 1993 February 28th Variety Show, Roy Castle, Julie Rogers, Craig Douslas, Jack Hawkins Orchestra and singers. 1993 March 18th to 20th The Mikado 1993 March 22nd-27th Guys and Dolls South Downe Musical Society 1993 June 7th Gentlemen prefer blonds The Portsmouth Players w/c 7.6.93 1993 June 13th Iris Barnes School of Dancing 1993 June 22nd to July 3rd The Sound of Music Christopher Cazenove, Liz Robertson, Robin Nedwell, Jan Waters 1993 July 10th Beauty and the Beast Cwmni Ballet Gwent 1993 July 12th Underneath the Arches South Downe Musical Society 1993 July 20th Lipstick Dreams Emily Symons Fiona Spence 1993 September 3rd Chris Barber and his Jazz & Blues Band 1993 October 11th Sweeney Todd Portsmouth Players w/c 11.10.93 (also opened on a Monday.) 1993 October 23rd am Mr Men in Nurseryland 1993 October 23rd pm The Bootleg Beatles 1993 October 25th Orhpeus In The Underworld/Pirates of Penzance D'Oyle Carte Opera Company 1993 October 31st The 19th Hole, Eric SykesBruce Montague 1993 November 24th Jethro 1993 December 10th - January 15th 19994 Panto Dick Whittington Andrew Sachs, Arthur Bostrum, Ross Davidson 1994 February 1st-5th Peter Pan Toyah Wilcox, Brian Blerssed. 1994 February 7th Hello Dolly Portsmouth Players w/c Feb. 7th 1994 1994 April 11th-16th Alfie Adam Faith 1994 June 11th The Music Man Portsmouth Players w/c June 13th 1994 1994 October 3rd 42nd Street Portsmouth Players w/c 3rd Oct. 1994 1994 October 29th Joe Brown, Marty Wilde, Eden Kane 1994 Panto Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Linda Barron, Aiden J Harvey 1995 February 6th The King and I Portsmouth Players Feb. 6th 1995 1995 April 24th /29th Dead Guilty Jenny Seagrove Hayley Mills 1995 June 12th Irene Portsmouth Players w/c 12th June 1995 1995 October 9th Charlie Girl Portsmouth Players w/c 9th Oct. 1995 1995 Panto Cinderella Aiden J Harvey, Hilary Minster 1996 February 12th Chess Portsmouth Players w/c 12th Feb. 1996 1996 March 26th-30th Phanton of the Opera The Russian Ice Stars 1996 April 27th Evita Marti Webb, Christopher Corcoran, Duncan Smith 1996 May 7th-11th The Canterbury Tales Colin Baker Anne Charleston Richard Digence 1996 June 10th La Cage Aux Folles Portsmouth Players w/c 10th June 1996 1996 July 23rd Stars of the Russian Opera on Ice 1996 October 4th Carmen 1996 October 7th -12th Anything Goes Portsmouth Players w/c 7th Oct. 1996 1996 Nove,mber 4th to 9th My Fair Lady South Downe Musical ociety 1996 Panto Aladdin Aiden J Harvey, George Sewell 1997 January 30th Thirteen 1997 February 10th Follies Portsmouth Players w/c 10th Feb. 1997 1997 April 24th Thirteen 1997 May 4th A midsummer night's dream Alexander Roy London Ballet Theatre <7/td> 1997 May 28th Thirteen 1997 June 9th Me and My Girl Portsmouth Players w/c 9th June 1997 1997 October 6th Fiddler on the Roof Portsmouth Players w/c 6th Oct. 1997 (The King s Theatre s future was in doubt at this time) 1997 Octber 31st Wizard of Oz 1997 November 3rd-8th Merry Widow 1997 November 22nd George Hamilton IV 1997 Panto Mother Goose South Downe Musical Society - Alan Jenkins, Jane Pegler amateur production 1998 March 20th Madam Butterfly 1998 March 23rd-28th Brigadoon South Downe Musical Society 1998 June 5th Musical Magic 1998 June 8th-13th Guys and Dolls Portsmouth Players 1998 July 3rd Bay City Rollers, Racy 1998 July 13th-18th Dracular Musical The Bite 1998 September 11th The Drifters 1998 September 21st-26th Joseph and his Amazing Technicolour Dream Coat 1998 October 19th-24th Crazy for you South Downe Musical Society 1998 November 7th Billy Jo Spears 1998 November 10th Regimental Band of HM Coldstream Guards 1998 December 5th Viennese Strauss Gala 1998 December 10th Chtris Barber's Jazz Band plus Lonnie Donegan 1998 Panto Cinderella South Downhe Musical Society 1999 February 4th Real Abba Gold 1999 February 5th Paperback Beatles 1999 February 10th Compagnia D'Opera 1999 February 19th/20th Snow White 1999 February 22nd/27th Kiss Me Kate Portsmouth Players w/c 22nd Feb. 1999 1999 March 5th Tina Turner Tribute 1999 March 22nd/27th Girls Night Out 1999 May 7th Forever In Blue Jeans 1999 May 8th Chuckle Brothers 1999 May 14th The Real Monty 1999 May 15th he Real Monty 1999 May 19th Simply The Best (Suzette Dorseys Tina Turner tribute) 1999 May 27th The Illegal Eagles 1999 June 14th Some Like It Hot Portsmouth Players w/c 14th June 1999 1999 October 11th A Funny thing happened on the way to the Forum Portsmouth Players w/c 11th Oct. 1999 1999 Panto Jack and the Beanstalk semi-professional production 1999 November 17th Phil Jupitus, Richard Morton 1999 November 26th The Billy Fury Experience 1999 November 27th Boyz Only, Step by Step (Tributes) Kings Theatre shows in 21st Century 2000 February 14th The Will Rogers Follies Portsmouth Players w/c 14th Feb. 2000 2000 July 17th Hot Mikado Kings Theatre w/c 12th June 2000 2000 July 17 Seven brides for seven brother South Downe Musical Society 2000 October 9th Mack & Mabel Portsmouth Players w/c 9th Oct. 2000 2000 November 6th Anything goes South Downe Musical Society 2000 Panto Aladdin Christopher Marlowe, Roy Alvis, Alan Jenkins 2001 Oliver! Portsmouth Players w/c 12th Feb. 2001 2001 March 19th Me and my gal South Downe Musical Society 2001 June 12th Hot Mikado w/c 12th June 2000 2001 October 1st My Fair Lady Portsmouth Players w/c 1st Oct. 2001 2001 Cinderella Christopher Marlowe, Bruce Green, Alan Jenkins 2002 February 11th 42nd Street Portsmouth Players w/c 11th Feb. 2002 2002 March 18th Hello Dolly South Downhe Musical Society 2002 April 20th The Lavender Hill Mob Clive Francis, Victor SpinettiJack Wild 2002 June 4th to 6th Iolanthe Carl Rosa Opera 2002 7th to 8th Yeoman of the Guard Carl Rosa Opera 2002 June 10th West Side Story Portsmouth Players w/c 10th June 2002 2002 October 21st Evita Portsmouth Players w/c 21st Oct. 2002 2002 Panto Dick Whittington Aiden J Harvey, Tony Adams, Christopher Marlowe, Alan Jenkins 2003 Panto Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Maddy Stevens, Alan Jenkins 2003 Underneath The Arches Portsmouth Players w/c 10th Feb. 2003 2003 June 9th Into The Woods Portsmouth Players w/c 9th June 2003 2003 October 20th Gigi Portsmouth Players w/c 20th Oct. 2003 2003 Panto Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Maddy Stevens, Alan Jenkins 2004 Jesus Christ Superstar Portsmouth Players w/c 23rd Feb. 2004 2004 June 14th Sweet Charity Portsmouth Players w/c 14th June 2004 2004 October 11th Mame Portsmouth Players w/c 11th Oct. 2004 2004 Panto Aladdin Dean Gaffney, Syd Little, Alan Jenkins 2005 Annie Get Your Gun Portsmouth Players w/c 21st Feb. 2005 2005 June 13th Half A Sixpence Portsmouth Players w/c 13th June 2005 2005 October 10th Pirates of Penzance Portsmouth Players w/c 10th Oct. 2005 2005 December 14th-January 8th Panto Cinderella Kevin Kennedy, Alan Jenkins 2006 Me and My Girl Portsmouth Players w/c 24th April 2006 2006 October 16th Titanic, The Musical Portsmouth Players w/c 16th Oct. 2006 2006 December 13th January 7th Panto Jack and the Beanstalk Lisa Riley, Tony Adams, Alan Jenkins 2007 February 24th Jimmy Carr 2007 April 30 to May 7, Blood Brothers, Kings Theatre Southsea 2007 May 15th The King and I Portsmouth Players w/c 12th Feb. 2007 2007 May 15th kiss me Kate South Downe Musical Society 2007 June 1st Ken Dodd 2007 June 12th Thoroughly Modern Millie Portsmouth Players w/c Tues. 12th June 2007 2007 October 16th HMS Pinafore Portsmouth Players w/c 16th Oct. 2007 2007 November 6th Oklahoma South Downe Musical Society 2007 December 12th January 6th Panto Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Lorraine Chase, Aiden J Harvey, Phil Randall 2008 Carousel Portsmouth Players w/c 12th Feb. 2008 April 2008 Darling Buds of May Groundlings Theatre Co Paul Roberts, Tanya Vasey 2008 Hello Dolly Portsmouth Players w/c 10th June 2008 2008 Crazy For You Portsmouth Players w/c 14th Oct. 2008 2008 December 143th January 8th Panto Cinderella Charlene Tilton, Syd Little 2009 The Full Monty Portsmouth Players w/c 10th Feb. 2009 The Producers Portsmouth Players w/c 9th June 2009 2009 October 20th Anything Goes Portsmouth Players w/c 20th Oct. 2009 2009 Panto Aladdin Lisa Riley, Michael Starke, Phil Randall 2010 February 9th Oliver! Portsmouth Players w/c 9th Feb. 2010 2010 March 5th Seth Lakeman 2010 March 17th The Hoillies The Hot Mikado Portsmouth Players w/c 12th Oct. 2010 2010 Panto Jack and the Beanstalk Britt Ekland, Steven Arnold, Aiden J Harvey, Nick Girdler, Richard Stride 2011 February 19th Steve Harley 2011 March 15th The Music Man Portsmouth Players w/c 15th March 2011 2011 June 15th Nunsense Portsmouth Players The Barn Milton Park 15th to 18th June 2011 2011 October 10th The Sound of Music Portsmouth Players w/c Monday 10th Oct. 2011, This show had an additional performance, on the Monday 2011 Panto Cinderella Tracy Shaw, Marcus Patrick, Tom Owen, Richard Stride 2012 February 14th Annie Portsmouth Players w/c 14th Feb. 2012 2012 May 24th Forever Broadway Portsmouth Players A concert at The Barn 24th to 26th May 2012 2012 June 10th Jubilation Celebration Portsmouth Players A concert at The Barn 10th June 2012 2012 October 30th Beauty and the Beast Portsmouth Players w/c 30th Oct. 2012 2012 Panto Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Lisa Riley, Jen Pringle, Aiden J Harvey, Rob McVeigh, Marcus Patrick 2013 February 12th Copacabana Portsmouth Players w/c 12th Feb. 2013 2013 October 8th Sweet Charity Portsmouth Players w/c 8th Oct. 2013 2013 October 18/19th Swan Lake English Youth Ballet 2013 Panto Sleeping Beauty Daniella Westbrook, Tony Adams, Lyn McGrainger 2014 February 11th Grease Portsmouth Players w/c 11th Feb. 2014 2014 April 26th BORSTAL BOYS PUNK ROCK OPERA THE ASYLUM SEEKERS BASED ON DAVID CLARKE S BOOK CONVERTED ON LSD 2014 October 14th Sister Act Portsmouth Players w/c 14th Oct. 2014 2015 January 26th News Guide Awards. 2015 February 24th Hairspray Portsmouth Players w/c 24th Feb. 2015 2015 July 8th The Simon and Garfunkel Story 2015 October 13th Sunset Boulevard Portsmouth Players w/c 13th Oct. 2015 2016 February 9th Spamalot Portsmouth Players w/c 9th Feb. 2016 2016 November 1st Oliver Portsmouth Players w/c 1st Nov. 2016 2017 May 5th The Furys 2017 May 11th One night of Queen 2017 May 19th Unbelievable magic and illusion 2017 May 25th Totally Tina 2017 May 26th That's Life Frank Sinata Story 2017 May 28th Eddie the Eagle Edwards 2017 12 Jul The Lost Plays of WW1 2017 13 Jul Explore: the Cowplain School 2017 15 Jul Shine Timestep Academy of Dance 2017 21 Jul/22 Jul KYT Through The Looking Glass 2017 27 Jul Joe Pasquale The Devil in Disguise 2017 28 Jul Arthur Smith Sings Leonard Cohen The Final Tribute 2017 30 Jul Bill Bailey Larks in transit 2017 31 Jul Summer Stage Experience 2017 31 Jul What A Knight Technical Summer School 2017 04 Aug What A Knight Technical Summer School Performance 2017 06 Aug Summer Open Day 2017 07 Aug Summer Stage Experience 2017 07 Aug to 12 Aug Fame The Musical JR. Performance 2017 19 Aug That'll Be The Day 2017 02 Sep Joe Black's House of Burlesque 2017 08 Sep The Counterfeit Stones 2017 09 Sep THANK ABBA FOR THE MUSIC 2017 14 Sep Madama Butterfly 2017 16 Sep Mister Maker and the Shapes Live! 2017 21 Sep The Real Thing & Odyssey 2017 23 Sep Stewart Lee Content Provider 2017 26 Sep to 30 Sep The Wedding Singer 2017 02 Oct Lee Nelson Serious Joker 2017 04 Oct Ocean Film Festival World Tour 2017 06 Oct Dreamboys 2017 07 Oct Theatre Tours 10 Oct to 14 Oct Wizard of Oz Portsmouth Players 2017 17 Oct to Oct 18 Oct Jon Richardson The Old Man 2017 20 Oct/21 Oct Coppelia English Youth Ballet 2017 29 Oct Girl Power The Spice Girls Experience 2017 30 Oct to 04 Nov Our House 2017 12 Nov Miller Plays the Musicals 2017 Dec 05 Dec to 31 Snow White 2018 17 Jan to Jan 18 Jan Peppa Pigs Adventure 2018 19 Jan One Night of Elvis Lee Memphis King 2018 20 Jan Some Guys Have All The Luck 2018 17 Feb Bowie Experience 2018 24 Mar Chicago Blues Brothers 2018 28 Mar Seven Drunken Nights 2018 11 Apr You Win Again 2018 13 Apr Illegal Eagles 2018 14 Apr Bootleg Beatles 2018 14 May to 19 May Flashdance The Musical 2018 12 Sep to 16 Sep Awful Auntie 2018 September 24-29th The play that goes wrong WED 18 DEC 2019 7:30pm That ll Be The Day Christmas Show SAT 25 JAN 2020 7:30pm That ll Be The Day | January SAT 01 FEB 2020 7:30pm The Ultimate Classic Rock Show FRI 28 FEB 2020 8:00pm Abba Forever TUE 31 MAR 2020 7:30pm Chris Dean & Syd Lawrence Orchestra | Live and Swinging FRI03 APR 2020 7:30pm You Can t Hurry Love WED 22 APR 2020 7:30pm Seven Drunken Nights FRI 01 MAY 2020 7:30pm Jimi | The Legend Lives On MON 11 MAY 2020 7:30pm Walk Right Back FRI 05 JUN 2020 7:30pm Genesis Connected SUN 19 JUL 2020 7:30pm The Wall of Floyd FRI 02 OCT 2020 7:30pm Bowie Experience Friday 20th October 2023 Level 42 Kings Theatre Portsmouth

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