Past Productions 1990-1999
1990
Boots for the Footless by Brian Behan
Joe Turner’s Come and Gone by August Wilson
Fashion by Doug Lucie (with Eaglehand)
Remembrance by Derek Walcott (Carib Theatre)
Curl Up and Dye by Susan Pam (Market Theatre, Johannesburg/Michael’s Company)
The Factory Girls by Frank McGuinness
Just So by George Stiles and Anthony Drewe (with Cameron Mackintosh)
1991
Just So
A Free Country by Jean-Claude Grumberg, translated by Tom Kempinski
Meetings by Mustapha Matura (Black Theatre Co-operative)
The Cure at Troy by Seamus Heaney, after Philoctetes by Sophocles (Field Day)
The Brother, adapted from the works of Myles na Gopaleen (and performed) by Eamon Morrissey (Dublin Comedy Theatre)
A Long Way from Home by Yemi Ajibade
Starbrites, created by Barney Simon, Fats Dibeco and Arthur Molepo, and Basil Jones and Adrian Kohler of Handspring Puppet Company (Market Theatre, Johannesburg/LIFT)
The Brother (remount)
Pecong by Steve Carter
In Broad Daylight by Lesley Bruce (with Nuffield Theatre, Southampton)
Watching for Dolphins by John McGrath (late night) (Freeway)
Once a Catholic by Mary O’Malley (with Bill Kenwright for Liverpool Playhouse)
1992
Once a Catholic
Viva Detroit by Derek Walcott (Black Theatre Co-operative)
Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina, adapted by Helen Edmundson (Shared Experience)
Just the One, written and performed by Eamon Morrissey (Dublin Comedy Theatre)
Oscar by James Clutton and Damian Landi (Centrestage/Andrew Bancroft Productions)
Love and a Bottle by George Farquhar, adapted by Declan Hughes (Rough Magic)
Una Pooka by Michael Harding
Gamblers by Nikolai Gogol, a new version by Chris Hannan (SQP Productions)
Trouble in Mind by Alice Childress
Pinchy Kobi and the Seven Duppies, devised and performed by the Posse, music by Felix Cross (The Posse)
1993
Pinchy Kobi and the Seven Duppies
The Ash Fire by Gavin Kostick (Pigsback)
Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina (remount)
A Love Song for Ulster (The Marriage, The Son, The Daughter) by Bill Morrison
Studs by Paul Mercier (Passion Machine)
Yerma – Scenes from an Indian Village Woman’s Life by Federico García Lorca, translated into Punjabi by Surjit Patar (The Company/LIFT)
At the Black Pig’s Dyke by Vincent Woods (Druid Theatre/LIFT)
Three Hotels by Jon Robin Baitz
The Piano Lesson by August Wilson
‘One Hell of a Do’, Jon Kenny and Pat Shortt (D’Unbelievables)
Playboy of the West Indies by Mustapha Matura (with Nuffield Theatre, Southampton)
1994
Playboy of the West Indies
The Government Inspector by Nikolai Gogol, adapted by Marie Jones (DubbelJoint)
‘One Hell of a Do’(remount)
Lady Windermere’s Fan by Oscar Wilde (Rough Magic)
Mill on the Floss, adapted by Helen Edmundson, from the novel by George Eliot (Shared Experience/Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich)
Half the Picture: The Scott “Arms to Iraq” Inquiry, adapted and redacted by Richard Norton-Taylor, with additional material by John McGrath
Shameless!, inspired by Brecht short stories, words and new music by Paul Sand, additional material by David Pearl; Kill Me I Love You!…Too, devised by the company (Opera Circus)
The Day the Bronx Died by Michael Henry Brown
Come Good Rain, written and performed by George Seremba (with BBC World Service/Canadian High Commission)
Matilda Liar! by Debbie Isitt (Snarling Beasties/Warwick Arts Centre)
Far Above Rubies by Robbie Gringras; Telling Tales devised by Robbie Gringras, Danny Scheinmann and Rebecca Wolman (Besht Tellers)
Ain’t Misbehavin’: The Fats Waller Musical Show, based on an idea by Murray Horwitz and Richard Maltby Jr
1995
A Night in November (An Afternoon in June) by Marie Jones (DubbelJoint)
Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov, in a version by Frank McGuinness (Field Day)
Victor and the Ladies by Jenny McLeod
You ANC Nothing Yet, written and performed by Pieter-Dirk Uys
The Suit, adapted by Mothobi Mutloatse from Can Themba’s story (Market Theatre, Johannesburg/LIFT)
Red Roses and Petrol by Joseph O’Connor (Pigsback)
You ANC Nothing Yet (remount)
Bedfellows by Dave Anderson and David MacLennan (Wildcat)
Macbeth by William Shakespeare
Desire Under the Elms by Eugene O’Neill (Shared Experience/Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich)
Tales from Home, adapted by Robbie Gringras and Rebecca Wolmar (Besht Tellers)
1996
Two Trains Running by August Wilson
20-52 by Jeremy Weller (Grassmarket Project)
Byrne and The Brother, solo pieces by Eamon Morrissey
Nuremberg War Crimes Trial, edited by Richard Norton-Taylor, and one-act responses: Ex-Yu by Goran Stefanovski, Haiti by Keith Reddin, and Reel, Rwanda by Femi Osofisan
Truth Omissions, written and performed by Pieter-Dirk Uys
Roll with the Punches: The Songs of Randy Newman
3 Ms Behaving, devised by Gillian Gregory (Infamous Five)
Nuremberg (remount); Srebrenica, edited by Nicolas Kent, with Ex-Yu
The Gay Detective by Gerard Stembridge (Project Arts Centre)
Sympathy for the Devil by Roy Winston (Basic Theatre/Graeae Theatre)
Beef, No Chicken by Derek Walcott (Talawa Theatre)
1997
Kitchensink by Paul Mercier (Passion Machine)
‘I Doubt It’, says Pauline, Jon Kenny and Pat Shortt (D’Unbelievables) (Southern Comedy Theatre)
Kings by Christopher Logue, from Homer’s Iliad (PW Productions/David Rees)
The Mai by Marina Carr
Live from Boerassic Park, written and performed by Pieter-Dirk Uys
A Tainted Dawn: Images of Partition by Sudha Bhuchar and Kristine Landon-Smith (Tamasha Theatre/Birmingham Repertory Theatre)
David Kramer and Taliep Petersen’s Kat and the Kings (with Renaye Kramer)
Srebrenica (remount, prior to tour)
Angels and Demons by Rebecca Wolman (Besht Tellers)
Sive by John B. Keane (with Palace Theatre Watford)
1998
Iced by Ray Shell (Black Theatre Co-operative/Nottingham Playhouse)
Kat and the Kings (remount) + West End transfer
Dance of Death, Parts 1 and 2, a new Irish version by Carlo Gébler (an adaptation of August Strindberg’s play)
Sitting in Limbo by Dawn Penso and Judy Hepburn (Carib Theatre)
Europeans Only: An African Audition for Europe, written and performed by Pieter-Dirk Uys
The Basset Table by Susanna Centlivre (Wild Iris/Bristol Old Vic)
Starstruck by Roy Williams
Ugly Rumours by Tariq Ali and Howard Brenton
The Snow Palace by Pam Gems (Sphinx Theatre)
1999
The Colour of Justice: The Stephen Lawrence Inquiry, edited by Richard Norton-Taylor – Jan./Feb. + transfer to Theatre Royal Stratford East and Victoria Palace + autumn tour, including the National Theatre
And the Brother Too … devised and performed by Eamon Morrissey, based on the writings of Flann O’Brien
Paddy Irishman, Paddy Englishman, and Paddy…? by Declan Croghan (Birmingham Repertory Theatre)
Up Against the Wall by Felix Cross and Paulette Randall (Black Theatre Co-operative)
The Garden of Habustan by Rebecca Wolman (Besht Tellers/Library Theatre, Manchester)
Catalpa, written and performed by Donal O’Kelly (Red Kettle Theatre Company/Andrews Lane Theatre, Dublin)
Collateral Damage by Tariq Ali, Howard Brenton and Andy de la Tour
Ubu and the Truth Commission by Jane Taylor (William Kentridge and Handspring Puppet Company); The Story I’m About to Tell by Lesego Rampolokeng with cast (Mehlo Players/Khulumani Support Group); Phakama: Be Yourself (Project Phakama) (LIFT)
True Believers by Joseph O’Connor (Fishamble)
Dekaffirnated, or Calling a Spade a Spade, written and performed by Pieter-Dirk Uys
Stones in His Pockets by Marie Jones (Lyric Theatre, Belfast)
Emma, adapted by Martin Millar and Doon MacKichan, from the novel by Jane Austen
Four Nights in Knaresborough by Paul Corcoran (New Vic Workshop)
The Amen Corner by James Baldwin (with Nottingham Playhouse)