Derby Playhouse production history

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

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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

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1975

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1976

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1977

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1978

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1979

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1980s

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1980

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1981

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1982

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1983

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1984

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1985

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1986

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1987

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1988

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1989

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1990s

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1990

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1991

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1992

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1993

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1994

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1995

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1996

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1997

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1998

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1999

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2000s

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2000

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2001

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2002

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2003

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2004

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2005

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2006

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2007

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2008

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