Past events
Friends of Theatre has arranged more than 200 events since the organisation started in 1995. Please explore the table below to find events that interest you.
| Date | Event | Author | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24/03/2012 | AGM and Lunch | Lunch event | Double Tree by Hilton |
| 07/01/2012 | Hamlet | William Shakespeare | Young Vic |
| 04/12/2011 | Christmas Tea | Al Senter | Double Tree by Hilton |
| 19/11/2011 | Jumpy | April De Angelis | Royal Court Theatre |
| 22/10/2011 | Travesties | Tom Stoppard | Birmingham Old Rep |
| 24/09/2011 | A Dish of Tea With Dr Johnson | Out of Joint | Arts Theatre |
| 03/09/2011 | Don Giovanni | Opera Up Close | Soho Theatre |
| 07/07/2011 | Vincent in Brixton | Nicholas Wright | LAMBDA |
| 25/06/2011 | Tour and Cream Tea | Tour | Musical Museum, Brentford |
| 14/05/2011 | Guys and Dolls | Salisbury Playhouse | |
| 30/04/2011 | Cowardy Custard | Alan Strachan | Greenwich Theatre |
| 02/04/2011 | Ecstacy | Mike Leigh | Hampstead Theatre |
| 20/03/2011 | AGM and Lunch | Lunch event | Double Tree by Hilton |
| 12/03/2011 | Theatre Walk | Valery Alliez | London |
| 05/02/2011 | Once Bitten | Alfred Hennaquin & Alfred Delacour | Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond |
| 29/01/2011 | The Painter | Rebecca Lenkiewicz | Arcola Theatre |
| 05/12/2010 | Afternoon tea and discussion | Al Senter | Park Inn |
| 10/11/2010 | Broken Glass | Arthur Miller | Tricycle Theatre |
| 02/10/2010 | The Big Fellah | Richard Bean | Lyric Hammersmith |
| 02/09/2010 | The Thunderbolt | Arthur Wing Pinero | Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond |
| 07/08/2010 | Tour of BBC | Tour | BBC Television Centre, W12 |
| 31/07/2010 | The Critic | Richard Brinsley Sheridan | Minerva Theatre, Chichester |
| 31/07/2010 | The Real Inspector Hound | Tom Stoppard | Minerva Theatre, Chichester |
| 26/06/2010 | Joe Turner’s Come and Gone | August Wilson | Young Vic |
| 22/05/2010 | Taking Steps | Alan Ayckbourn | Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond |
| 24/04/2010 | The Little Hut | Andre Roussin and Nancy Mitford | Greenwich Theatre |
| 20/04/2010 | The Glass Menagerie | Tennessee Williams | Salisbury Playhouse |
| 07/03/2010 | AGM and Lunch | Lunch event | Holborn Grange Hotel |
| 27/02/2010 | Dunsinane | David Greig | Hampstead Theatre |
| 16/01/2010 | Sweet Charity | Neil Simon | Menier Chocolate Factory |
| 19/12/2009 | Pinocchio | Carlo Collodi | Chickenshed Theatre, Southgate |
| 06/12/2009 | Afternoon tea and discussion | Al Senter | Park Inn |
| 21/11/2009 | Mixed Up North | Robin Soans | Wilton’s Music Hall |
| 29/10/2009 | Weekend away | Weekend | Coventry |
| 17/10/2009 | Alison’s House | Susan Glaspell | Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond |
| 10/09/2009 | Swan Song | Anton Chekhov | Rose Theatre, Kingston |
| 10/09/2009 | The Browning Version | Terrance Rattigan | Rose Theatre, Kingston |
| 01/08/2009 | Jerusalem | Jez Butterworth | Royal Court Theatre |
| 03/07/2009 | Damn Yankees | Alder and Ross | Guildhall School of Music and Drama |
| 13/06/2009 | Tour and talk | Tour | Normansfield Theatre |
| 16/05/2009 | Alphabetical Order | Michael Frayn | Hampstead Theatre |
| 04/04/2009 | A Chorus of Disapproval | Alan Ayckbourn | Watford Palace Theatre |
| 22/03/2009 | AGM and Lunch | Lunch event | Park Inn |
| 07/03/2009 | King Lear | William Shakespeare | Young Vic, London |
| 19/02/2009 | The Winslow Boy | Terrance Rattigan | Salisbury Playhouse |
| 17/01/2009 | A Little Night Music | Stephen Sondheim | Menier Chocolate Factory |
| 07/12/2008 | Christmas Lunch | Lunch event | Archduke |
| 25/10/2008 | Privates on Parade | Peter Nichols | Birmingham Rep |
| 24/10/2008 | Macbeth | William Shakespeare | Playhouse Theatre, Nottingham |
| 23/10/2008 | Tour of theatre | Tour | Belgrade Theatre, Coventry |
| 23/10/2008 | Weekend away | Weekend | Coventry |
| 22/11/2008 | In The Balance | Ray Kilby and John Steinberg | New End Theatre |
| 11/10/2008 | Leaving | Vaclav Havel | Orange Tree Theatre |
| 28/09/2008 | Writing for Contemporary Theatre | Al Senter | Park Inn |
| 30/08/2008 | Gigi | Lerner and Lowe | Open Air Theatre, Regent’s Park |
| 26/07/2008 | City of London Walk | Valery Alliez | London |
| 12/07/2008 | Six Characters in Search of an Author | Luigi Pirandello | Chichester Minerva Theatre |
| 14/06/2008 | …Sisters | Anton Chekov | Gate Theatre |
| 17/05/2008 | The Birthday Party | Harold Pinter | Lyric Hammersmith |
| 27/04/2008 | War and Peace, Parts 1 and 2 | Tolstoy | Hampstead Theatre |
| 26/03/2008 | Days of Significance | Roy Williams | Tricycle Theatre |
| 09/03/2008 | AGM and Lunch | Lunch event | Bonnington Hotel |
| 08/03/2008 | Company | Stephen Sondheim | Central School of Speech and Drama |
| 16/02/2008 | Visiting Mr Green | Jeff Green | Rose Theatre Kingston |
| 05/01/2008 | Cinderella | Brothers Grimm | Little Angel Theatre |
| 02/12/2007 | Christmas Lunch | Lunch event | Archduke |
| 24/11/2007 | The Arsonists | Alistair Beaton / Max Frisch | Royal Court |
| 25/10/2007 | Weekend away | Weekend | Edinburgh |
| 13/10/2007 | Rough Crossings | Caryl Phillips | Lyric Hammersmith |
| 06/10/2007 | Time of My Life | Alan Ayckbourn | Royal, Northampton |
| 15/09/2007 | The Member of the Wedding | Carson Mc Cullers | Young Vic |
| 01/09/2007 | Southwark walk | Valery Alliez | London |
| 04/08/2007 | Lady Be Good | George Gershwin | Open Air Theatre, Regent’s Park |
| 07/07/2007 | Southwark walk | Valery Alliez | London |
| 16/06/2007 | The Taming of the Shrew | William Shakespeare | Watermill, Newbury |
| 02/06/2007 | Loyal Women | Gary Mitchell | Central School of Speech and Drama |
| 19/05/2007 | Total Eclipse | Christopher Hampton | Menier Chocolate Factory |
| 28/04/2007 | Indian Ink | Tom Stoppard | Salisbury Playhouse |
| 31/03/2007 | Venus and Adonis | William Shakespeare | Little Angel Theatre |
| 03/03/2007 | Soldier’s Fortune | Thomas Otway | Young Vic |
| 11/02/2007 | AGM and Lunch | Lunch event | Bloomsbury Way Thistle Hotel |
| 13/01/2007 | Little Shop of Horrors | Ashman/Menken | Menier Chocolate Factory |
| 18/11/2006 | Dr Faustus | Christopher Marlowe | Hampstead Theatre |
| 04/11/2006 | Coffee morning and discussion | Joseph Millson | Theatre Royal, Newcastle |
| 03/11/2006 | Pirates of Penzance | Gilbert and Sullivan | Theatre Royal, Newcastle |
| 02/11/2006 | Much Ado About Nothing | William Shakespeare | The Northern Stage |
| 02/11/2006 | Weekend away | Weekend | Newcastle |
| 17/09/2006 | The Role of the Critic in Modern Theatre | Al Senter | Theatre Museum, Covent Garden |
| 12/08/2006 | Coriolanus | William Shakespeare | Shakespeare’s Globe |
| 15/07/2006 | Rock ‘n’ Roll | Tom Stoppard | Royal Court |
| 01/07/2006 | The Taming of the Shrew | William Shakespeare | Open Air Theatre, Regent’s Park |
| 08/06/2006 | Tour of facility | Tour | Angels |
| 03/06/2006 | Clever Dick | Crispin Whitell | Hampstead Theatre |
| 20/05/2006 | The Mushroom Pickers | Jacqueline McCarrick | Southwark Playhouse |
| 29/04/2006 | Paradise Lost | John Milton | Watford Palace Theatre |
| 25/03/2006 | Timon of Athens | William Shakespeare | RADA |
| 11/02/2006 | Gem of the Ocean | August Wilson | Tricycle Theatre |
| 05/02/2006 | AGM and Lunch | Lunch event | Bloomsbury Way Thistle Hotel |
| 31/01/2006 | Blacking Iago | LSW Prison Project | St Saviour’s Church, Knightsbridge |
| 07/01/2006 | Murder Mysteries | Woody Allen / Janey Clarke | Warehouse Theatre, Croydon |
| 03/12/2005 | Workshop | Workshop | Shakespeare’s Globe |
| 19/11/2005 | Playing for Time | Arthur Miller | Salisbury Playhouse |
| 01/11/2005 | Tour | Tour | Albert Hall |
| 08/10/2005 | A Man for All Seasons | Robert Bolt | Theatre Royal, Windsor |
| 11/09/2005 | Theatre Festival | Weekend | Stratford, Ontario |
| 03/09/2005 | Waiting for Godot | Samuel Beckett | Theatre Royal, Bath |
| 27/08/2005 | Twelfth Night | William Shakespeare | Open Air Theatre, Regent’s Park |
| 30/07/2005 | Talking to Terrorists | Robin Soans | Royal Court |
| 16/07/2005 | The Tempest | William Shakespeare | Shakespeare’s Globe |
| 26/06/2005 | Day event | Workshop | Theatre Museum, Covent Garden |
| 26/05/2005 | Globaleyes | Chickenshed Theatre, Southgate | |
| 30/04/2005 | Pyrenees (Paines Plough) | David Greig | Watford Palace Theatre |
| 24/04/2005 | 10th Anniversary Tour and Lunch | Lunch event | Theatre Royal, Drury Lane |
| 09/04/2005 | Easter | August Strindberg | Riverside Studios, Hammersmith |
| 12/03/2005 | Pericles, Prince of Tyre | William Shakespeare | Tobacco Factory, Bristol |
| 26/02/2005 | Tomfoolery | Tom Lehrer | Greenwich Theatre |
| 20/02/2005 | AGM and Lunch | Lunch event | Berners Hotel |
| 30/01/2005 | Tomfoolery | Tom Lehrer | Jermyn Street Theatre |
| 08/01/2005 | Out of Joint’s Macbeth | William Shakespeare | Wilton’s Music Hall |
| 11/12/2004 | As You Like It | William Shakespeare | Rose Theatre Kingston |
| 20/11/2004 | William Shakespeare and Islam | Patrick Spottiswoode | Shakespeare’s Globe |
| 04/11/2004 | Weekend away | Weekend | Liverpool |
| 09/10/2004 | To Kill a Mockingbird | Christopher Sergel | Mercury Theatre, Colchester |
| 26/09/2004 | Tea with the President | Des Barrit | Berners Hotel |
| 23/09/2004 | Tour of facility | Tour | Angels |
| 04/09/2004 | Camelot | Lerner and Lowe | Open Air Theatre, Regent’s Park |
| 06/08/2004 | Measure for Measure | William Shakespeare | Globe |
| 10/07/2004 | Blues for Mr Charlie | James Baldwin | Tricycle Theatre |
| 12/06/2004 | Venetian Twins | Carlo Goldoni | Watermill, Newbury |
| 16/05/2004 | The Trumpet Major | Thomas Hardy | Bridewell Theatre |
| 17/04/2004 | Dona Rosita, the Spinster | Frederico Garcia Lorca | Orange Tree Theatre |
| 28/03/2004 | Alice Virginia | DMW Greer | New End Theatre |
| 14/03/2004 | AGM and Lunch | Lunch event | Berners Hotel |
| 07/02/2004 | Paradise Lost | John Milton | Northampton |
| 24/01/2004 | Pugilist Specialist | Adriano Shaplin | Soho Theatre |
| 14/12/2003 | Christmas Tea | Lunch event | Berners Hotel |
| 06/12/2003 | Over My Shoulder | Richard Stirling | Theatre Royal, Windsor |
| 22/11/2003 | Madame Bovary | Fay Weldon | Lyric Hammersmith |
| 30/10/2003 | Weekend away | Weekend | Birmingham |
| 13/09/2003 | I.D. | Antony Sher | Almeida Theatre |
| 09/08/2003 | High Society | Cole Porter | Open Air Theatre, Regent’s Park |
| 02/08/2003 | Theatre Walk | Valery Alliez | London |
| 14/06/2003 | The Merchant of Venice | William Shakespeare | Chichester Festival Theatre |
| 31/05/2003 | Richard II | William Shakespeare | Shakespeare’s Globe |
| 10/05/2003 | The Daughter-in-Law | D H Lawrence | Haymarket Theatre Basingstoke |
| 19/04/2003 | A Dangerous Woman | Paul Webb | Jermyn Street Theatre |
| 22/03/2003 | She Stoops to Conquer | Oliver Goldsmith | National (Lyttelton) Theatre |
| 15/03/2003 | The Safari Party | Tim Firth | Hampstead Theatre |
| 09/03/2003 | AGM and Lunch | Lunch event | Berners Hotel |
| 26/01/2003 | Anyone Can Whistle | Stephen Sondheim | Bridewell Theatre |
| 01/12/2002 | Christmas Lunch | Lunch event | Berners Hotel |
| 17/11/2002 | The works of Tom Stoppard | Tom Stoppard | Theatre Museum, Covent Garden |
| 31/10/2002 | Weekend away | Weekend | Cardiff |
| 12/10/2002 | Workshop | Workshop | Shakespeare’s Globe |
| 21/09/2002 | Silent Engine | Julian Garner | Arcola Theatre |
| 17/08/2002 | Summer outing | Finchcocks Goudhurst Kent | |
| 27/07/2002 | Oh What A Lovely War | Joan Littlewood | Open Air Theatre, Regent’s Park |
| 22/06/2002 | The Seagull | Anton Chekov | Central School of Speech and Drama |
| 21/06/2002 | Homebody / Kabul | Tony Kushner | Young Vic |
| 18/05/2002 | The Clearing | Helen Edmundson | Tricycle Theatre |
| 13/04/2002 | Dr Faustus | Christopher Marlowe | Young Vic |
| 16/03/2002 | Three Sisters | Anton Chekov | Orange Tree Theatre |
| 28/02/2002 | Six Pack | Bridewell Theatre | |
| 05/02/2002 | Meet the Magic Circle | Magic Circle | |
| 27/01/2002 | AGM and Lunch | Lunch event | Soho Theatre |
| 12/01/2002 | Mother Goose | Norwich | |
| 10/11/2001 | Performing Shakespeare | Workshop | Shakespeare’s Globe |
| 01/11/2001 | Weekend away | Weekend | Winchester |
| 24/10/2001 | Andorra | Young Vic | |
| 07/10/2001 | Tour | Tour | Theatre Royal, Drury Lane |
| 09/09/2001 | Songs for a New World | Jason Robert Brown | Bridewell Theatre |
| 18/08/2001 | Love’s Labour’s Lost | William Shakespeare | Open Air Theatre, Regent’s Park |
| 05/08/2001 | All day event | Workshop | Theatre Museum, Covent Garden |
| 23/06/2001 | On the Razzle | Tom Stoppard | Chichester Festival Theatre |
| 09/06/2001 | All day event | Theatre School | RADA |
| 19/05/2001 | Dorian Gray | Trevor Baxter | Theatre Royal, Windsor |
| 21/04/2001 | Lulu | Frank Wedekind | Almeida Theatre |
| 17/03/2001 | The Daughter-in-Law | D H Lawrence | Orange Tree Theatre |
| 04/03/2001 | AGM and Lunch | Lunch event | Soho Theatre |
| 13/01/2001 | A State Affair | Robin Soans | Soho Theatre |
| 13/01/2001 | Rita, Sue and Bob Too | Andrea Dunbar | Soho Theatre |
| 16/12/2000 | Peter Pan | James Barrie | Chickenshed Theatre, Southgate |
| 09/12/2000 | Ancient Lights | Shelagh Stephenson | Hampstead Theatre |
| 05/12/2000 | Tour | Tour | Garrick Club |
| 18/11/2000 | Tour | Tour | Royal Opera House |
| 26/10/2000 | Weekend away | Weekend | Leeds |
| 07/10/2000 | Conversations after a Burial | Yasmina Reza | Almeida Theatre |
| 03/09/2000 | The Tempest | William Shakespeare | Shakespeare’s Globe |
| 19/08/2000 | Pirates of Penzance | Gilbert and Sullivan | Open Air Theatre, Regent’s Park |
| 30/07/2000 | The Three Musketeers | Sulgrave Manor, Northamptonshire | |
| 27/06/2000 | Afternoon Tea | Stephen Twigg | House of Commons |
| 24/06/2000 | Dick Barton, Special Agent | Phil Wilmott | Greenwich Theatre |
| 29/05/2000 | Tea | Lunch event | Montague Hotel |
| 26/05/2000 | The Clink | Stephen Jeffreys | Guildhall School of Music and Drama |
| 08/04/2000 | The Free State | Janet Suzman | Richmond Theatre |
| 26/03/2000 | AGM and Lunch | Lunch event | Central School of Speech and Drama |
| 04/03/2000 | As You Like It | William Shakespeare | Lyric Hammersmith |
| 26/02/2000 | Dublin Carol | Conor McPherson | Royal Court |
| 23/02/2000 | A Musical and Historical Presentation | St Paul’s Cathedral | |
| 04/02/2000 | Lunch | Des Barrit and Sandra Voe | Fleming’s Hotel |
| 15/01/2000 | Dublin Carol | Conor McPherson | Royal Court |
| 10/12/1999 | Battle Royal | National (Lyttelton) Theatre | |
| 13/11/1999 | Cherry Orchard – workshop | Janet Suzman | Theatre Museum, Covent Garden |
| 28/10/1999 | Weekend away | Weekend | Manchester |
| 16/10/1999 | Some Explicit Polaroids | Mark Ravenhill | New Ambassadors |
| 25/09/1999 | Tour and workshop | Shakespeare’s Globe | |
| 21/08/1999 | Twelfth Night | William Shakespeare | Open Air Theatre, Regent’s Park |
| 17/07/1999 | Woman in Mind | Alan Ayckbourn | Watermill, Newbury |
| 26/06/1999 | The Seagull | Anton Chekov | Academy of Live and Recorded Arts |
| 05/06/1999 | The Wiz | Kenneth Moore Theatre | |
| 15/05/1999 | Hay Fever | Noel Coward | Richmond Theatre |
| 24/04/1999 | The Garden of Habustan | Besht Tellers | Tricycle Theatre |
| 20/03/1999 | Blue Heart | Caryl Churchill | Pleasance Theatre |
| 07/03/1999 | AGM and Lunch | Lunch event | Theatre Museum, Covent Garden |
| 07/02/1999 | Charles Laughton event | Theatre School | Central School of Speech and Drama |
| 24/01/1999 | New Year lunch | Lunch event | Bonnington Hotel |
| 12/12/1998 | Cinderella in Boots | Chickenshed Theatre, Southgate | |
| 08/11/1998 | Saving Charlotte | Judi Herman | Bridewell Theatre |
| 29/10/1998 | Weekend away | Weekend | Bath |
| 01/10/1998 | Theatre Walk | Edward Petherbridge | London |
| 01/09/1998 | Cider with Rosie | Laurie Lee | Royal, Northampton |
| 01/08/1998 | Troilus and Cressida | William Shakespeare | Open Air Theatre, Regent’s Park |
| 11/07/1998 | After Darwin | Timberlake Wertenbaker | Hampstead Theatre |
| 01/07/1998 | Curtain Up + lunch | Lunch event | Rubens Hotel |
| 20/06/1998 | The Real Inspector Hound | Tom Stoppard | Comedy Theatre |
| 20/06/1998 | Black Comedy | Peter Shaffer | Comedy Theatre |
| 30/05/1998 | The Rink | Kander and Ebb | Orange Tree Theatre |
| 14/05/1998 | Graduate showcase | Theatre School | Central School of Speech and Drama |
| 10/05/1998 | Theatre Walk | Edward Petherbridge | London |
| 01/04/1998 | Our Lady of Sligo | Sebastian Barry | National (Cottesloe) Theatre |
| 15/03/1998 | AGM and Lunch | Lunch event | |
| 01/02/1998 | Sunday Lunch | Lunch event | |
| 01/02/1998 | Present Laughter | Noel Coward | Central School of Speech and Drama |
| 24/01/1998 | Babes in the Wood | Norwich | |
| 14/12/1997 | One Horse workshop | Workshop | Theatre Museum, Covent Garden |
| 14/12/1997 | One Horse | Sister Juana | Battersea Arts Centre |
| 06/12/1997 | Hansel and Gretel | Patrick Prior | Theatre Royal, Stratford |
| 15/11/1997 | Electra | Sophocles | Donmar Warehouse |
| 30/10/1997 | Weekend away | Weekend | Dublin |
| 04/10/1997 | Cyrano de Bergerac | Edmond Rostand | Cambridge Arts Theatre |
| 30/08/1997 | Kiss Me Kate | Cole Porter | Open Air Theatre, Regent’s Park |
| 01/07/1997 | Table Manners | Alan Ayckbourn | Watermill, Newbury |
| 01/07/1997 | All day event | Theatre School | LAMDA |
| 01/06/1997 | Shakespeare’s Comedies | Des Barrit | Theatre Museum, Covent Garden |
| 01/05/1997 | Out Cry | Tennessee Williams | Cheek by Jowl’ |
| 01/04/1997 | RSAMD Showcase 97 | Theatre School | Fortune Theatre |
| 01/04/1997 | Antony and Cleopatra | William Shakespeare | Bridewell Theatre |
| 16/03/1997 | AGM and Lunch | Lunch event | The Cricketers’ Club |
| 15/02/1997 | Ivanov | Anton Chekov | Almeida Theatre |
| 01/01/1997 | The Cripple of Inishmaan | Martin McDonagh | National (Cottesloe) Theatre |
| 15/12/1996 | Pantomime | Players Theatre | |
| 23/11/1996 | Pastimes | Brian Jeffries | The Mill at Sonning |
| 01/11/1996 | Weekend away | Weekend | Glasgow |
| 26/10/1996 | What the Heart Feels | Stephen Bill | Orange Tree Theatre |
| 28/09/1996 | The Flight into Egypt | Julian Garner | Hampstead Theatre |
| 17/08/1996 | Paint Your Wagon | Lerner and Lowe | Open Air Theatre, Regent’s Park |
| 27/07/1996 | Confusions | Alan Ayckbourn | Churchill Theatre, Bromley |
| 14/07/1996 | Workshop and lunch | Lunch event | Theatre Museum, Covent Garden |
| 08/06/1996 | Travesties | Tom Stoppard | RADA |
| 04/05/1996 | Three Sisters | Anton Chekov | Lyric Hammersmith |
| 06/04/1996 | Sugar Dollies and After the Rain | Sergi Belbel | The Gate |
| 16/03/1996 | Theatrical Letters | SOFRA Restaurant | |
| 15/02/1996 | Stanley | Pam Gems | National (Cottesloe) Theatre |
| 21/01/1996 | Marie | Steve Trafford | Fortune Theatre |
| 07/01/1996 | Lunch | Lunch event | Hamilton’s Brasserie |
| 02/12/1995 | Break of Day | Timberlake Wertenbaker | Royal Court |
