Derby Playhouse production history explained

The following is a chronological list of productions staged at the Derby Playhouse from 1975 to 2008. The Derby Playhouse was a theatre production company and the former name of the theatre which it owned and operated from its opening in 1975 until 2008, when the company ceased operating after a period in administration. Situated in Derby, England, the theatre is now known as the Derby Theatre and has been owned and operated by the University of Derby since 2009.^{[1] [2]}

List of past productions 1975–2008

The list includes all Main House, in-house professional productions. It does not include many Studio, Theatre in Education (TIE), visiting professional or amateur performances, such as those of the Derby Gilbert & Sullivan Company, whose annual Gilbert and Sullivan shows played at the theatre from 1980 to 2003 and again after the theatre's reopening in 2009.^{[2] [3]}

1970s

1975

• My Fair Lady^[4]
• Hamlet
• Lloyd George Knew My Father
• Sleeping Beauty

1976

• Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
• A View from the Bridge
• Cowardy Custard
• An Ideal Husband
• The Seagull starring Alan Bates^[5]
• The Norman Conquests
• The Miser
• Enter Sherlock Holmes
• Jack and the Beanstalk

1977

• Sleuth
• Macbeth
• A Taste of Honey
• The Importance of Being Earnest
• A Man for All Seasons
• Absurd Person Singular
• Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
• Equus
• Mother Goose

1978

• Romeo and Juliet
• Private Lives
• Irma La Douce
• Hedda Gabler
• Witness for the Prosecution
• Mrs. Warren's Profession
• Godspell
• Journey's End
• Dick Whittington

1979

• What the Butler Saw
• Murderer
• Bedroom Farce
• Donkeys' Years
• In Praise of Love
• Otherwise Engaged
• Ten Times Table
• King Lear
• Privates on Parade
• Aladdin

1980s

1980

• An Inspector Calls
• Count Dracula
• Loot (play)
• Blithe Spirit
• The School for Scandal
• Whose Life Is It Anyway?
• Murder with Love
• Rookery Nook
• Pygmalion
• Clouds
• Relatively Speaking
• Cinderella

1981

• Funny Peculiar
• Night and Day
• Fallen Angels
• The Case of the Oily Levantine
• Habeas Corpus
• Sisterly Feelings
• All My Sons
• The Conspirator
• No More Sitting on the Old School Bench
• The Wizard of Oz
• The Adult Panto – Studio

1982

• Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
• Once a Catholic
• Piaf
• See How They Run
• When can I have a Banana Again – Studio
• Happy as a Sandbag
• The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy
• Operation Bad Apple
• Middle Age Spread
• The Gingerbread Man
• Dry Rot

1983

• Having a Ball!
• The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
• Play It Again, Sam
• The Elephant Man
• Present Laughter
• Having a Ball!
• Educating Rita
• Julius Caesar
• Taking Steps
• Pinocchio
• The Ghost Train

1984

• Dirty Linen and Newfoundland
• The Country Wife
• Stags and Hens
• Terra Nova
• French Without Tears
• Deathtrap
• Trafford Tanzi
• Love Bites
• Season's Greetings
• The Meg and Mog Show
• Charley's Aunt

1985

• Breezeblock Park
• The Caucasian Chalk Circle
• The Canterbury Tales
• Blood Relations
• You Never Can Tell
• Season's Greetings
• Blood Brothers
• Over the Bar
• Steaming
• The Snow Queen

1986

• The Anastasia File
• Sons of the Beach
• Tom Jones
• The Brewery Beano
• It's a Madhouse
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

1987

• Our Day Out
• A Midsummer Night's Dream
• Land of Hope and Gloria
• Waiting for Godot – Studio
• Cider with Rosie
• The Innocent Mistress
• The Children's Hour
• Gaslight
• The Scatterbrained Scarecrow of Oz

1988

• Masterpieces
• A Doll's House
• The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
• Sunday's Children
• Time and the Conways
• Private Lives
• Germinal
• The Queen of Spades
• Hansel and Gretel

1989

• Entertaining Mr Sloane
• Love Games
• Touched
• Noises Off
• The Piggy Bank
• Wicked Old Nellie by Lucy Gannon^[6] (Studio and tour)
• Heartbreak House
• The Art of Success
• Arsenic and Old Lace
• Robin Hood

1990s

1990

• Glory!
• Selling the Sizzle
• Jane Eyre
• Self Portrait
• The School for Wives
• Tons of Money
• Rebecca
• Dick Whittington and His Cat

1991

• Teechers
• Double Double
• Hobson's Choice, winner of the 1991 TMA Award for Best Overall Production.^[7]
• Last of the Red Hot Lovers
• 84 Charing Cross Road
• She Stoops to Conquer
• Hard Times – Studio, Community Tour
• Driving Miss Daisy
• Mother Goose

1992

• And a Nightingale Sang
• My Sister Next Door – Studio
• On the Piste^[8]
• The Innocents
• Far from the Madding Crowd
• Blithe Spirit
• Grease
• Death of a Salesman
• Women in Love – Studio, Community Tour
• On the Piste^[8]
• Aladdin

1993

• Laurel and Hardy – Studio, Community Tour
• A Chorus of Disapproval
• Little Shop of Horrors
• Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune – Studio
• Children of a Lesser God
• Outside Edge
• A Slice of Saturday Night
• The Lucky Chance
• Two – Studio
• My Cousin Rachel
• Cinderella

1994

• April in Paris – Tour in Hull Truck
• Les Liaisons Dangereuses
• An Evening with Gary Lineker
• Someone Who'll Watch Over Me – Studio
• Blood Money
• Passion Killers – co-production with Hull Truck
• Cabaret
• The Importance of Being Earnest
• Ham – Studio
• Absurd Person Singular
• Jack and the Beanstalk

1995

• Richard III
• Our Boys – co-production with Incidental Theatre. Transferred to Donmar Warehouse
• Oleanna
• Happy Families
• Assassins
• Derby 100 – Derby Playhouse Community Theatre
• A Passionate Woman – co-production with David Pugh Ltd. National Tour
• The Woman in Black – co-production with P.W. Productions. National Tour
• Comic Cuts – co-production with Triptych/Salisbury Playhouse
• Richard III
• Dick Whittington and His Cat

1996

• Tess of the d'Urbervilles – co-production with Salisbury Playhouse
• Time of My Life
• My Mother Said I Never Should – Studio
• The Rise and Fall of Little Voice
• Extremities
• Buster's Last Stand – Derby Playhouse Community Theatre
• A Chorus Line
• Gym and Tonic – co-production with Thorndike Theatre
• Pow (play) – Studio, co-production with Paines Plough
• Blood Wedding – co-production with Northern Stage
• Aladdin

1997

• The Rivals
• Not a Game for Boys
• Eleanor Rigby – Derby Playhouse Youth Theatre
• Miss Julie – Studio
• Adam Bede
• Lips Together, Teeth Apart
• By the Baseball Ground – Derby Playhouse Community Theatre
• The Grapevine
• 'Tis Pity She's a Whore
• Mr Wonderful
• Three Viewings – Studio
• The Subtle Art of Boiling Lobsters – Studio
• Female, 29, GSOH – Studio
• Price of a Good Dinner – Studio
• Sleeping Beauty

1998

• Taking Steps
• The Oedipus Plays – Derby Playhouse Youth Theatre
• Mother Courage – co-production with Edinburgh Royal Lyceum Theatre
• Lucky Sods
• The Glass Menagerie
• Off Yer Trolley – Derby Playhouse Community Theatre
• Blues in the Night
• The Collector – co-production with Edinburgh Royal Lyceum Theatre
• Anna Karenina – co-production with Shared Experience
• Krapp's Last Tape – Studio, co-production with RSC
• The Black Dahlia – co-production with Method and Madness
• Babes in the Wood

1999

• Bouncers
• Twelfth Night – co-production with Northern Broadsides
• Coming of Age – Derby Playhouse Youth Theatre
• Things Fall Apart – co-production with The Performance Studio Workshop of Nigeria
• Boyband
• The Ride Down Mt. Morgan
• Und – Studio, co-production with The Wrestling School
• Bouncers
• The Passion Play – Derby Playhouse Community Play
• Soul Train
• Watching the Sand from the Sea
• Masquerade – co-production with The State Small Theatre of Vilnius
• Mother Goose

2000s

2000

• A Clockwork Orange – co-production with Northern Stage
• Animal Farm – co-production with Northern Stage
• Perfect Days
• Shylock – Studio, co-production with Guy Masterson Productions
• Pericles – Derby Playhouse Youth Theatre
• Speaking in Tongues
• Perfect Pitch
• No Fishing! – Derby Playhouse Community Theatre
• God and Stephen Hawking
• Leader of the Pack co-production with Churchill Theatre Bromley
• Sparkleshark – co-production with the National Theatre
• Passing Places
• Cinderella

2001

• Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill – Studio
• The Contractor – co-production with Oxford Stage Company
• The Blue Room
• Tales of Hans Anderson – Derby Playhouse Youth Theatre
• Nineteen Eighty-Four – co-production with Northern Stage
• Danny Bouncing
• Ain't Misbehavin'
• Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill – Studio
• The School for Scandal
• On the Piste
• Jack and the Beanstalk
• A Life in the Theatre

2002

• Great Expectations
• Misconceptions
• Class of '77 – Derby Playhouse Youth Theatre
• Up 'n' Under
• The Browning Version
• Way Upstream
• Life of Galileo – Derby Playhouse Community Theatre
• Dick Whittington

2003

• Educating Rita (1February1March 2003)
• My Dad's Corner Shop (22March12April 2003) by Ray Grewal (The play won Grewal the Meyer-Whitworth Award in 2001. This was its first main-stage production)^[9]
• Viking Tales (1619April 2003) – Derby Playhouse Youth Theatre
• The Entertainer (26April24May 2003)
• Oh, What a Lovely War! (31May28June 2003) – Pro & Derby Playhouse Community Theatre
• Blithe Spirit (6September4October 2003)
• Dracula (11October1November 2003)
• Loot (829November 2003)
• A Christmas Carol (6December 200324January 2004) ^[10]

2004

• Shirley Valentine (31January5February 2004) ^{[11] [12] [13]}
• Private Lives (6March3April 2004) ^{[14] [15]}
• Josefina – Derby Playhouse Youth Theatre
• Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (24April2May 2004) ^{[16] [17] [18]}
• A Midsummer Night's Dream (29May3July 2004) ^{[19] [20] [21] [22] [23]}
• Silver Ghosts & Spitfires (710July 2004) – Derby Playhouse Community Theatre ^[24]
• Amadeus (28August25September 2004) ^{[25] [26] [27] [28] [29]}
• Frankenstein (230October 2004) ^{[30] [31] [32]}
• Kafka's Dick (627November 2004) ^{[33] [34]}
• Merlin & The Winter King (4December 200422January 2005) ^{[35] [36] [37]}

2005

• Can't Pay? Won't Pay! (29January26February 2005) ^{[38] [39]}
• Mary Stuart (526March 2005) - with Big Picture Company ^{[40] [41] [42]}
• Hooray for Hollywood (30March2April 2005) – Derby Playhouse Youth Theatre ^{[43] [44]}
• Company (16April21May 2005) ^{[45] [46] [47] [48] [49]}
• Romeo and Juliet (28May2July 2005) ^{[50] [51] [52]}
• Bold Nelson's Praise (69July 2005) – Derby Playhouse Community Theatre ^[53]
• Arsenic and Old Lace (20August17September 2005) ^{[54] [55] [56] [57]}
• Macbeth (24September22October 2005) ^{[58] [59] [60] [61]}
• Serial Killers (29October26November 2005) ^{[62] [63] [64]}
• Arabian Nights (3December 200528January 2006) ^{[65] [66] [67]}

2006

• Henceforward... (4February4March 2006) ^{[68] [69] [70]}
• Master Class (11March8April 2006) ^{[71] [72]}
• Into the Woods (22April20May 2006) ^{[73] [74] [75]}
• Animal Farm (27May23June 2006) – Pro & Derby Playhouse Community Theatre ^{[76] [77] [78]}
• A Christmas Carol (2December 200620January 2007) ^{[79] [80] [81]}

2007

• The Importance of Being Earnest (27January24February 2007) ^[82]
• Johnno (331March 2007) co-production with La Boite Theatre.^{[83] [84]}
• Merrily We Roll Along (14April19May 2007) ^[85]
• As You Like It (26May23June 2007) ^[86]
• The Tempest – Derby Playhouse Youth Theatre
• Moon Landing (6September6October 2007) starring Glenn Carter (world premiere)^{[87] [88]}
• Stepping Out (13October17November 2007) ^[89]
• Treasure Island (24November 20072February 2008) adapted by Karen Louise Hebden from the novel by Robert Louis Stevenson^{[90] [91]}

2008

• The Killing of Sister George (13September11October 2008) - starring Jenny Eclair and directed by Cal McCrystal.^{[92] [93]}

External links

• Derby Playhouse official website (no longer updated)
• Past versions of the official website dating back to 2001 archived on the Wayback Machine.

Notes and References

1. Orme, Steve (30 November 2008). "Derby Playhouse: Future Settled in Two Weeks?" . British Theatre Guide. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
2. Derby Telegraph (8 October 2009). "Theatre stages a remarkable comeback". Retrieved 10 January 2013.
3. Derby Gilbert & Sullivan Company "About Us" . Retrieved 10 January 2013.
4. Picturethepast.org.uk and Derby Telegraph. "Derby Playhouse entrance" . Retrieved 14 January 2013.
5. [BBC News]
6. Giannachi, Gabriella and Luckhurst, Mary (1999). On Directing: Interviews with Directors, p. 7. Palgrave Macmillan.
7. Theatrical Management Association. Previous Awards . Retrieved 11 January 2013.
8. Derby Telegraph (27 January 2010). "Our favourite playwright returns to the city stage". Retrieved 13 January 2013.
9. Orme, Steve (April 2003). "Review: My Dad's Corner Shop, Ray Grewal, Derby Playhouse" . British Theatre Guide.
10. Orme, Steve (2004). "Karen Hebden – Rescuing Derby" . British Theatre Guide. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
11. Web site: Shirley Valentine, Derby Playhouse till 28th Feb . ReviewsGate . 16 January 2021 . 22 January 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210122040703/https://reviewsgate.com/shirley-valentine-derby-playhouse-till-28th-feb/ . live .
12. Web site: Orme . Steve . Theatre review: Shirley Valentine at Derby Playhouse . British Theatre Guide . 16 January 2021 . 22 January 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210122041943/https://www.britishtheatreguide.info/reviews/shirleyvalentine-rev.htm . live .
13. Web site: Web . UK Theatre . Archive for Shirley Valentine at Derby Theatre, Derby. 2004. [PLAY] ]. UK Theatre Web . 16 January 2021 . en . 22 January 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210122003439/https://www.uktw.co.uk/archive/play/shirley-valentine/L02070388708/ . live .
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16. Web site: Orme . Steve . Theatre review: Sweeney Todd at Derby Playhouse . British Theatre Guide . 16 January 2021 . 22 January 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210122011436/https://www.britishtheatreguide.info/reviews/sweeneytodd-rev.htm . live .
17. [Lyn Gardner|Gardner, Lyn]
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19. Web site: Hickling . Alfred . A Midsummer Night's Dream, Playhouse, Derby . The Guardian . 16 January 2021 . en . 8 June 2004 . 27 May 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240527071553/https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2004/jun/08/theatre1 . live .
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22. Web site: A Midsummer Night's Dream (2004): Derby Playhouse, Derby (now Derby Theatre) BBA Shakespeare . bbashakespeare.warwick.ac.uk . University of Warwick . 16 January 2021 . 22 January 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210122171400/https://bbashakespeare.warwick.ac.uk/productions/midsummer-nights-dream-2004-derby-playhouse-derby-now-derby-theatre . live .
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27. Web site: Orme . Steve . Theatre review: Amadeus at Derby Playhouse . British Theatre Guide . 15 January 2021 . 21 January 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210121201350/https://www.britishtheatreguide.info/reviews/amadeus-rev . live .
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36. Web site: Orme . Steve . Theatre review: Merlin and the Winter King at Derby Playhouse . British Theatre Guide . 15 January 2021 . 21 May 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220521132533/https://www.britishtheatreguide.info/reviews/merlinwinterking-rev . live .
37. Web site: Web . UK Theatre . Archive for Merlin and The Winter King at Derby Theatre, Derby. 2004-2005. [PLAY] ]. UK Theatre Web . 15 January 2021 . en . 27 May 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240527071556/https://www.uktw.co.uk/archive/play/merlin-and-the-winter-king/L0826768060/ . live .
38. Web site: Hickling . Alfred . Can't Pay? Won't Pay!, Playhouse, Derby . The Guardian . 14 January 2021 . en . 5 February 2005 . 27 May 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240527072057/https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2005/feb/05/theatre4 . live .
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44. Web site: Web . UK Theatre . Archive for Hooray for Hollywood at Derby Theatre, Derby. 2005. [MUSICAL] ]. UK Theatre Web . 14 January 2021 . en . 27 May 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240527072104/https://www.uktw.co.uk/archive/musical/hooray-for-hollywood/L1219647992/ . live .
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51. Web site: Orme . Steve . Theatre Review: Romeo and Juliet at Derby Playhouse . British Theatre Guide . 14 January 2021 . 16 January 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210116073542/https://www.britishtheatreguide.info/reviews/RandJderby-rev.htm . live .
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53. Web site: UK Theatre Web . Archive for Bold Nelson's Praise at Derby Theatre, Derby. 2005. [PLAY] ]. UK Theatre Web . 14 January 2021 . en . 16 January 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210116085634/https://www.uktw.co.uk/archive/play/bold-nelsons-praise/L047654524/ . live .
54. Potter, Andy (August 2005). "Review: Arsenic and Old Lace" . BBC Derby. Retrieved 14 January 2013.
55. Web site: Orme . Steve . Theatre review: Arsenic and Old Lace at Derby Playhouse . British Theatre Guide . 14 January 2021 . 14 September 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210914182217/https://www.britishtheatreguide.info/reviews/arsenicderby-rev.htm . live .
56. Web site: Hickling . Alfred . Arsenic and Old Lace, Playhouse, Derby . The Guardian . 14 January 2021 . en . 1 September 2005 . 27 May 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240527072606/https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2005/sep/02/theatre . live .
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58. Web site: Hickling . Alfred . Macbeth, Playhouse, Derby . The Guardian . 14 January 2021 . en . 18 October 2005 . 27 May 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240527072608/https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2005/oct/18/theatre1 . live .
59. Web site: Potter . Andy . BBC - Derby - Entertainment - Macbeth . www.bbc.co.uk . BBC . 14 January 2021 . 27 May 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240527072605/http://www.bbc.co.uk/derby/content/articles/2005/09/30/theatre_macbeth_review_2005_feature.shtml . live .
60. Web site: Orme . Steve . Theatre review: Macbeth at Derby Playhouse . British Theatre Guide . 14 January 2021 . 17 November 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111117223635/http://britishtheatreguide.info/reviews/macbethderby-rev.htm . live .
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62. Web site: Potter . Andy . BBC - Derby - Entertainment - Serial Killers . www.bbc.co.uk . BBC . 14 January 2021 . 22 January 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150122090310/http://www.bbc.co.uk/derby/content/articles/2005/11/07/theatre_review_serial_killers_feature.shtml . live .
63. Web site: Orme . Steve . Theatre review: Serial Killers at Derby Playhouse . British Theatre Guide . 14 January 2021 . 28 May 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220528194352/https://www.britishtheatreguide.info/reviews/serialkillers-rev . live .
64. Web site: UK Theatre Web . Archive for Serial Killers at Derby Theatre, Derby. 2005. [PLAY] ]. UK Theatre Web . 12 January 2021 . en . 27 May 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240527073112/https://www.uktw.co.uk/archive/play/serial-killers/L486060211/ . live .
65. Web site: Walker . Lynne . Arabian Nights, Derby Playhouse, Derby . The Independent . 14 January 2021 . en . 2 April 2009 . 7 July 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220707020551/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/reviews/arabian-nights-derby-playhouse-derby-520885.html . live .
66. Web site: Hickling . Alfred . Arabian Nights, Playhouse, Derby . The Guardian . 14 January 2021 . en . 20 December 2005 . 27 May 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240527073128/https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2005/dec/20/theatre . live .
67. Web site: UK Theatre Web . Archive for Arabian Nights at Derby Theatre, Derby. 2005-2006. [KIDS SHOW] ]. UK Theatre Web . 12 January 2021 . en . 27 May 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240527073111/https://www.uktw.co.uk/archive/kids-show/arabian-nights/L0988565806/ . live .
68. Web site: Ashworth . Pat . Henceforward review, Playhouse, Derby, 2006 . The Stage . 13 January 2021 . En . 16 January 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210116144558/https://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/henceforward-review-at-playhouse-derby . live .
69. Web site: Orme . Steve . Theatre review: Henceforward at Derby Playhouse . British Theatre Guide . 13 January 2021 . 16 January 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210116144556/https://www.britishtheatreguide.info/reviews/henceforward-rev.htm . live .
70. Web site: UK Theatre Web . Archive for Henceforward at Derby Theatre, Derby. 2006. [PLAY] ]. UK Theatre Web . 12 January 2021 . en . 27 May 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240527073124/https://www.uktw.co.uk/archive/play/henceforward/L0456485831/ . live .
71. Web site: Potter . Andy . BBC - Derby - Entertainment - Master Class . www.bbc.co.uk . 13 January 2021 . 15 January 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210115072743/http://www.bbc.co.uk/derby/content/articles/2006/03/17/theatre_master_class_derby_playhouse_feature.shtml . live .
72. Web site: UK Theatre Web . Archive for Master Class at Derby Theatre, Derby. 2006. [PLAY] ]. UK Theatre Web . 12 January 2021 . en . 27 May 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240527073126/https://www.uktw.co.uk/archive/play/master-class/L0773381724/ . live .
73. Web site: Gardner . Lyn . Into the Woods, Derby Playhouse . The Guardian . 13 January 2021 . en . 2 May 2006 . 27 May 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240527073113/https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2006/may/02/theatre . live .
74. Web site: Potter . Andy . BBC - Derby - Entertainment - Into the Woods . www.bbc.co.uk . 13 January 2021 . 15 January 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210115034856/http://www.bbc.co.uk/derby/content/articles/2006/04/28/theatre_into_the_woods_derby_playhouse_feature.shtml . live .
75. Web site: UK Theatre Web . Archive for Into the Woods at Derby Theatre, Derby. 2006. [MUSICAL] ]. UK Theatre Web . 12 January 2021 . en . 27 May 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240527073136/https://www.uktw.co.uk/archive/musical/into-the-woods/L0326446096/ . live .
76. Web site: Potter . Andy . BBC - Derby - Entertainment - Animal Farm . www.bbc.co.uk . 13 January 2021 . 14 January 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210114121106/http://www.bbc.co.uk/derby/content/articles/2006/06/13/theatre_animal_farm_playhouse_review_feature.shtml . live .
77. Web site: Hickling . Alfred . Animal Farm, Playhouse, Derby . The Guardian . 13 January 2021 . 2 June 2006 . 27 May 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240527073624/https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2006/jun/03/theatre . live .
78. Web site: UK Theatre Web . Archive for Animal Farm at Derby Theatre, Derby. 2006. [PLAY] ]. UK Theatre Web . 12 January 2021 . en . 14 January 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210114150006/https://www.uktw.co.uk/archive/play/animal-farm/L406867655/ . live .
79. Web site: Edwards . Stephen . Christmas Carol . Derby Playhouse . 13 January 2021 . 18 October 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181018003334/http://www.derbyplayhouse.org/Derby%20Playhouse/Christmas%20Carol.html . live .
80. Web site: Potter . Andy . A Christmas Carol . www.bbc.co.uk . BBC . 13 January 2021 . en-gb . 14 January 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210114123122/http://www.bbc.co.uk/derby/content/articles/2006/12/09/christmas_carol_playhouse_2006_event_feature.shtml . live .
81. Web site: UK Theatre Web . Archive for A Christmas Carol at Derby Theatre, Derby. 2006-2007. [PLAY] ]. UK Theatre Web . 12 January 2021 . en . 14 January 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210114203455/https://www.uktw.co.uk/archive/play/a-christmas-carol/L01638348048/ . live .
82. Web site: UK Theatre Web . Archive for The Importance of Being Earnest at Derby Theatre, Derby. 2007. [PLAY] ]. UK Theatre Web . 12 January 2021 . en . 14 January 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210114050310/https://www.uktw.co.uk/archive/play/the-importance-of-being-earnest/L0860429698/ . live .
83. Web site: UK Theatre Web . Archive for Johnno at Derby Theatre, Derby. 2007. [PLAY] ]. UK Theatre Web . 12 January 2021 . en . 27 May 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240527073617/https://www.uktw.co.uk/archive/play/johnno/L01686486355/ . live .
84. Web site: Orme . Steve . Theatre review: Johnno at Derby Playhouse . British Theatre Guide . 12 January 2021 . 21 May 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220521195905/https://www.britishtheatreguide.info/reviews/johnno-rev . live .
85. Web site: UK Theatre Web . Archive for Merrily We Roll Along at Derby Theatre, Derby. 2007. [MUSICAL] ]. UK Theatre Web . 12 January 2021 . en . 27 May 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240527073641/https://www.uktw.co.uk/archive/musical/merrily-we-roll-along/L1780572041/ . live .
86. Web site: UK Theatre Web . Archive for As You Like It at Derby Theatre, Derby. 2007. [PLAY] ]. UK Theatre Web . 12 January 2021 . en . 14 January 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210114060353/https://www.uktw.co.uk/archive/play/as-you-like-it/L1306412340/ . live .
87. Hickling, Alfred (10 September 2007). "Review Moon Landing" . The Guardian. Retrieved 14 January 2013.
88. Web site: UK Theatre Web . Archive for Moon Landing at Derby Theatre, Derby. 2007. [MUSICAL] ]. UK Theatre Web . 12 January 2021 . en . 27 May 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240527073624/https://www.uktw.co.uk/archive/musical/moon-landing/L1245774305/ . live .
89. Web site: UK Theatre Web . Archive for Stepping Out at Derby Theatre, Derby. 2007. [MUSICAL] ]. UK Theatre Web . 12 January 2021 . en . 14 January 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210114054256/https://www.uktw.co.uk/archive/musical/stepping-out/L0329757771/ . live .
90. Orme, Steve (December 2007). "Review: Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson, adapted by Karen Louise Hebden, Derby Playhouse . British Theatre Guide. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
91. Web site: UK Theatre Web . Archive for Treasure Island at Derby Theatre, Derby. 2007-2008. [PLAY] ]. UK Theatre Web . 12 January 2021 . en . 27 May 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240527073625/https://www.uktw.co.uk/archive/play/treasure-island/L0700760916/ . live .
92. Orme, Steve (September 2008). "Review: The Killing of Sister George, Frank Marcus, Derby Playhouse" . Retrieved 14 January 2013.
93. Web site: UK Theatre Web . Archive for The Killing of Sister George at Derby Theatre, Derby. 2008. [PLAY] ]. UK Theatre Web . 12 January 2021 . en . 27 May 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240527073625/https://www.uktw.co.uk/archive/play/the-killing-of-sister-george/L01851761350/ . live .