Tickets now on sale for our latest production Arsenic & Old Lace 26-29 April
The Duston Player's rich history of shows spans for over 70 years as outlined on our About Us page, below is a complete list of the 207 known shows that the group has performed since 1944! For any that we have materials for you can click on the production to see snippets of our past.
We are always looking to build up our archive and fill in blanks in our history so if you have any more details about any of our past productions, or any old programmes, posters, photographs, newspaper cuttings or anything you think might be of interest, please contact archives@dustonplayers.org.uk
1. "Give Me A Ring" by James Welch - 1944
2. "Burning Gold" by Falkland L Cary & A A Thomson - 14th - 16th June 1945
3. "Nothing But The Truth" by J Montgomery - 3rd - 5th October 1945
4. "The Good Young Man" by Kenneth Horne - 1946
5. "The Trial Of Mary Dugan" by Bayard Veiller - 30th November and 2nd December 1946
6. "Three In Duston (The Roll Of The Drums / Daughters Of Invention / Lights Out)" by Cyril Roberts/Nora Ratcliff/Walter Hudd - 17th January 1947
7. "The Artist's Murder" by Falkand L Cary - 22nd and 24th March 1947
8. "Man In Dark Glasses" by M Tyrell & P Loke - 1947
9. "They Walk Alone" by Max Catto - 7th February 1948
10. "Blithe Spirit" by Noel Coward - 1948
11. "The Dover Road" by A A Milne - 12th - 13th November 1948
12. "The Perfect Alibi" by A A Milne - 29th January 1949
13. "Happy Days" by Wilfred Massey - 1st - 2nd April 1949
14. "To Kill A Cat" by P Pertwee & H Dearden - 11th - 12th November 1949
15. "Such Things Happen" by Wilfred Massey - 27th - 28th January 1950
16. "See How They Run" by Philip King - 31st March - 1st April 1950
17. "I Have Been Here Before" by J B Priestley - 1950
18. "Fly Away Peter" by A P Dearsley - 1950
19. "Chiltern Hundreds" by William Douglas Home - 1951
20. "Tons Of Money" by Will Evans & Arthur Valentine - 1951
21. "The Wishing Well" by E Eynon Evans - 16th - 17th November 1951
22. "Bonaventure" by Charlotte Hastings - 1952
23. "For The Love Of A Man" by Unknown - 1952
24. "An Inspector Calls" by J B Priestley - 1952
25. "On Monday Next" by Philip King - 1953
26. "Love's A Luxury" by Guy Paxton & Edward V Hoile - 1953
27. "Black Coffee" by Agatha Christie - 27th - 28th November 1953
28. "Don't Listen Ladies" by Stephen Powys & Guy Bolton - 26th - 27th March 1954
29. "Three Half Crowns" by John J Melluish - 1954
30. "Morning Departure" by Kenneth Woollard - 1954
31. "The Happy Marriage" by John Clements - 1954
32. "Double Door" by Elizabeth McFadden - 1955
33. "Maiden Ladies" by Guy Paxton & Edward V Hoile - 1955
34. "Dangerous Corner" by J B Priestley - 1955
35. "The Devil's Own" by Tony Rowe - 1955
36. "Lucky Strike" by Michael Brett - 1956
37. "Moonshine" by James A Saunders - 1956
38. "Dr Morelle" by Ernest Dudley - 1957
39. "Night Was Our Friend" by Michael Pertwee - 1957
40. "Pearly Pearls" by John J Melluish - 1958
41. "Such Was A Woman" by Unknown - 1958
42. "Young Wives Tale" by Ronald Jeans - 1959
43. "Murder Out Of Tune" by Falkland L Cary - 1959
44. "George And Margaret" by Gerald Savoury - 1959
45. "The House By The Lake" by Hugh Mills - 29th - 30th January 1960
46. "The Secret Tent" by Elizabeth Addyman - 8th - 9th April 1960
47. "Such Things Happen" by Wilfred Massey - 1960
48. "Someone Waiting" by Emlyn Williams - 1960
49. "Honey Pot" by Helen & Edward V Hoile - 1961
50. "Murder Without Crime" by J Lee Thompson - 1961
51. "A Woman Of No Importance" by Oscar Wilde - 1961
52. "Roar Like A Dove" by Lesley Storm - 9th - 10th February 1962
53. "Dead On Nine" by Jack Popplewell - 13th - 14th April 1962
54. "Who Lies There?" by Philip Johnson - 1962
55. "Strike Happy" by Duncan Greenwood - 1962
56. "The Heiress" by Henry James (adapted by Augustus & Ruth Goetz) - 1963
57. "This House Is Dark" by S H Newsome & William Watt - 1963
58. "Something Attempted" by Joan Brampton - 1963
59. "Queen Elizabeth Slept Here" by Talbot Rothwell - Nov 1963
60. "The Long Echo" by Lesley Storm - Jan 1964
61. "Four In Hand" by Michael Brett - Mar 1964
62. "Something To Hide" by Leslie Sands - Nov 1964
63. "Your Obedient Servant" by Diana Morgan - 22nd - 23rd January 1965
64. "Cat Among The Pigeons" by Duncan Greenwood - 25th - 27th March 1965
65. "Gaslight" by Patrick Hamilton - Nov 1965
66. "Tall Story" by Timothy Holme - Jan 1966
67. "Basinful Of The Briny" by Leslie Sands - 24th - 26th March 1966
68. "Message For Margaret" by James Parish - May 1966
69. "Time To Speak" by Sylvia Rayman - Nov 1966
70. "Running Riot" by Derek Benfield - 1967
71. "Blithe Spirit" by Noel Coward - Nov 1967
72. "Simon And Laura" by Alan Melville - Mar 1968
73. "The Man In Grey" by Moie Charles - Nov 1968
74. "Busybody" by Jack Popplewell - Mar 1969
75. "The Reluctant Debutante" by William Douglas Home - 5th - 6th December 1969
76. "Sailor Beware" by Kenyon Nicholson & Charles Robinson - Mar 1970
77. "A Letter From The General" by Maurice McLoughlin - 5th - 6th June 1970
78. "The Rape Of The Belt" by Benn W Levy - 19th - 21st November 1970
79. "The Camel's Back" by Arnold Helsby - 18th - 20th March 1971
80. "Rock A Bye Sailor" by Philip King & Falkland L Cary - 16th - 18th December 1971
81. "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Bronte (adapted by Helen Jerome) - 2nd - 4th March 1972
82. "Hotel Paradiso" by Georges Feydeau & Maurice Desvallieres (adapted by Peter Glenville) - 16th - 18th November 1972
83. "The Hollow" by Agatha Christie - 15th - 17th March 1973
84. "On Monday Next" by Philip King - 15th - 17th November 1973
85. "Quality Street" by James Barrie - 17th - 19th January 1974
86. "The Secretary Bird" by William Douglas Home - 4th - 6th April 1974
86a. "Antigone" by Jean Anouilh - ??? 1974 - for a drama festival
87. "Hay Fever" by Noel Coward - 14th - 16th November 1974
88. "Big Bad Mouse" by Philip King & Falkland L Cary - 1st - 3rd May 1975
89. "Ladies In Retirement" by Edward Percy & Reginald Denham - 13th - 15th November 1975
90. "Murder On The Nile" by Agatha Christie - 26th - 28th February 1976
91. "Elementary, My Dear" by Philip King & John Boland - 13th - 15th May 1976
92. "Breath Of Spring" by Peter Coke - 11th - 13th November 1976
93. "The Monkey's Paw/Lunch Hour/At The End Of The Pier" by W W Jacobs/John Mortimer/Robert Morley - 17th - 19th February 1977
94. "Murder Mistaken" by Janet Green - 12th - 14th May 1977
95. "The Ghost Train" by Arnold Ridley - 10th - 12th November 1977
96. "Quiet Weekend" by Esther McCracken - 16th - 18th February 1978
97. "Wait Until Dark" by Frederick Knott - 18th - 20th May 1978
98. "The Servant" by Robin Maughan - 9th - 11th November 1978
99. "Murder Deferred" by Stuart Ready - 15th - 17th February 1979
100. "Absurd Person Singular" by Alan Ayckbourn - 10th - 12th May 1979
101. "Count Your Blessings" by Ronald Jeans - 15th - 17th November 1979
102. "The House On The Cliff" by George Batson - 21st - 23rd February 1980
103. "Spinoff" by Jack Sharkey - 15th - 17th May 1980
104. "Murder Without Men" by T B Morris - 6th - 8th November 1980
105. "The Irregular Verb To Love" by Hugh & Margaret Williams - 19th - 21st February 1981
106. "The Aspern Papers" by Michael Redgrave - 14th - 16th May 1981
107. "Cinderella" by Norman Robbins - 12th - 16th January 1982
108. "Brush With A Body" by Maurice McLoughlin - 20th - 22nd May 1982
109. "Move Over Mrs Markham" by Ray Cooney & John Chapman - 21st - 23rd October 1982
110. "Edwardian Music Hall" by Various - 16th - 19th February 1983
111. "Last Of The Red Hot Lovers" by Neil Simon - 12th - 14th May 1983
112. "Aladdin" by John Morley - 17th - 21st January 1984
113. "The Edge Of Darkness" by Brian Clemens - 17th - 19th May 1984
114. "My Friend Miss Flint" by Donald Churchill & Peter Yeldham - 1st - 3rd November 1984
115. "Relatively Speaking" by Alan Ayckbourn - 31st January - 2nd February 1985
116. "No Time For Fig Leaves" by Duncan Greenwood & Robert King - 18th - 20th April 1985
117. "Billy Liar" by Keith Waterhouse & Willis Hall - 29th January - 1st February 1986
118. "Barefoot In The Park" by Neil Simon - 7th - 10th May 1986
119. "Tom The Piper's Son" by Norman Robbins - 1st - 6th December 1986
120. "Outside Edge" by Richard Harris - 4th - 7th March 1987
121. "Tom Jones" by Henry Fielding (adapted by Joan Macalpine) - 13th - 16th May 1987
122. "Season's Greetings" by Alan Ayckbourn - 18th - 21st November 1987
123. "Out Of Sight, Out Of Murder" by Fred Carmichael - 2nd - 5th March 1988
124. "Pygmalion" by George Bernard Shaw - 18th - 21st May 1988
125. "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens (adapted by Shaun Sutton) - 13th - 17th December 1988
126. "Absent Friends" by Alan Ayckbourn - 8th - 11th March 1989
127. "Educating Rita" by Willy Russell - 3rd - 6th May 1989
128. "Dick Whittington" by John Morley - 4th - 9th December 1989
129. "Outward Bound" by Sutton Vane - 28th February - 3rd March 1990
130. "On Golden Pond" by Ernest Thompson - 25th - 28th April 1990
131. "Lord Arthur Saville's Crime" by Oscar Wilde (adapted by Constance Cox) - 14th - 17th November 1990
132. "Teechers" by John Godber - 6th - 9th February 1991
133. "Stevie" by Hugh Whitemore - 3rd - 6th April 1991
134. "Little Jack Horner" by Paul Reakes - 2nd - 7th December 1991
135. "Something To Hide" by Leslie Sands - 4th - 7th March 1992
136. "Plaza Suite" by Neil Simon - 13th - 16th May 1992
137. "Doctor In The House" by Richard Gordon (adapted by Ted Willis) - 3rd - 6th November 1992
138. "Salad Days" by Julian Slade & Dorothy Reynolds - 3rd - 6th March 1993
139. "Murder In Company" by Philip King & John Boland - 19th - 22nd May 1993
140. "Little Miss Muffet" by Paul Reakes - 29th November - 4th December 1993
141. "Night Must Fall" by Emlyn Williams - 2nd - 5th March 1994
142. "Run For Your Wife" by Ray Cooney - 18th - 21st May 1994
143. "Alice And The Jabberwock" by Johnathan Freeth - 28th November to 3rd December 1994
144. "Rose" by Andrew Davies - 8th - 11th March 1995
145. "Chase Me Up Farndale Avenue, S'il Vous Plait" by David McGillivray & Walter Zerlin Jr - 17th - 20th May 1995
146. "The Noble Spaniard" by W Somerset Maugham - 15th - 18th November 1995
147. "House Guest" by Francis Durbridge - 21st - 24th February 1996
148. "Move Over Mrs Markham" by Ray Cooney & John Chapman - 8th - 11th May 1996
149. "Goldilocks" by Johnathan Freeth - 2nd - 8th December 1996
150. "Come Blow Your Horn" by Neil Simon - 5th - 8th March 1997
151. "Suddenly At Home" by Francis Durbridge - 14th - 17th May 1997
152. "Midsummer Madness" by Various - 20th June 1997
153. "Say Goodnight to Grandma" by Colin Welland - 19th - 22nd Nov 1997
154. "Christmas Cracker" by Various - 19th December 1997
155. "Time and Time Again" by Alan Ayckbourn - 18th - 21st February 1998
156. "Nightmare" by Norman Robbins - 6th - 9th May 1998
157. "Little Bo Peep" by Johnathan Freeth - 1st - 6th December 1998
158. "Selection Box (Long Division/Perfect Partners/Promises Promises/Albert)" by Ray Bradbury/Alan Richardson/Richard Harris - 3rd - 6th March 1999
159. "Ladies of Spirit" by Georgina Reid - 19th - 22nd May 1999
160. "Little Women" by Louisa M Alcott (adapted by Peter Clapham) - 17th - 20th November 1999
161. "Christmas Cracker 2" by Various - 17th December 1999
162. "The Cemetery Club" by Ivan Menchell - 3rd - 6th March 2000
163. "Don't Dress For Dinner" by Marc Camoletti (adapted by Robin Hawdon) - 17th - 20th May 2000
164. "Sing a Song of Sixpence" by Johnathan Freeth - 5th - 10th December 2000
165. "Baggy" by Paul Hedge - 7th - 10th March 2001
166. "Abigail's Party" by Mike Leigh - 16th - 19th May 2001
167. "Allo 'Allo" by Jeremy Lloyd and David Croft - 21st - 24th November 2001
168. "They Call it Murder" by Bettine Mantelow - 20th - 22nd March 2002
169. "Easy Stages' & 'Don't Blame it on the Boots'" by N J Warburton - 19th - 22nd June 2002
170. "Cinderella" by Johnathan Freeth - 3rd - 7th December 2002
171. "Bouncers" by John Godber - 19th - 22nd March 2003
172. "Talking Heads" by Alan Bennett - 14th - 17th May 2003
173. "Are You Being Served?" by Jeremy Lloyd & David Croft - 19th - 22nd November 2003
174. "Dead of Night" by Peter Whalley - 3rd - 6th March 2004
175. "Holiday Snap" by Michael Pertwee & John Chapman - 19th - 22nd May 2004
176. "Robin Hood" by Johnathan Freeth - 30th November - 5th December 2004
177. "The Price to Pay" by Ian Hornby - 6th - 9th April 2005
179. "The Wonderful Story of Mother Goose" by Norman Robbins - 6th - 10th Dec 2006
180. "Blood Money" by The Heather Brothers - 18th - 21st April 2007
181. "The Country Wife" by William Wycherley (adapted by John Myhill) - 21st - 24th November 2007
182. "Late of This Address" by Ian Hornby - 5th - 8th March 2008
184. "A Dish Served Cold" by Ian Hornby - 4th - 7th March 2009
186. "Father Christmas Up The Pole" by Johnathan Freeth - 9th - 13th December 2009
187. "What The Butler Saw" by Joe Orton - 20th - 22nd May 2010
189. "Blackbeard" by Johnathan Freeth - 7th - 11th December 2011
190. "Bazaar and Rummage" by Sue Townsend - 7th - 10th March 2012
191. "Up Pompeii" by Miles Tredinnick - 17th - 20th April 2013
192. "Aladdin" by Alan P Frayn - 6th-7th and 13th-14th December 2013
193. "Gaslight" by Patrick Hamilton - 7th - 10th May 2014
194. "Old King Cole" by Johnathan Freeth - 3rd - 6th December 2014
195. "Inspector Drake's Last Case" by David Tristram - 6th - 9th May 2015
196. "Sinbad The Sailor" by Johnathan Freeth - 2nd - 5th December 2015
197. "Murdered, Presumed Dead" by Ian Hornby - 18th - 21st May 2016
198. "Little Red Riding Hood" by Johnathan Freeth - 7th - 10th December 2016
201. "Inspector Drake and the Perfekt Crime" by David Tristram - 16th-19th May 2018
202. "Sleeping Beauty" by Johnathan Freeth - 28th Nov - 1st Dec 2018
203. "Dead Guilty" by Richard Harris - 12th - 15th June 2019
204. "Oliver Twist" by Charles Dickens, apapted by Jonathan Freeth - 27th - 30th November 2019
205. "A Christmas Carol - Magic Lantern Show" by Charles Dickens, adapted by Jonathan Freeth - 8th - 12th December 2021
206. "The Ladykillers" by Graham Linehan - 23rd - 26th March 2022