CURTAIN RAISERS - PAST PRODUCTIONS

The Curtain Raisers have been performing a varied programme of musicals, plays, pantomimes and reviews for almost 40 years. In 2002 we first entered the Guildford Drama Festival. We continue to perform at both Onslow Village Hall and The Electric Theatre in Guildford.

Musicals

1974  Sound of Music
1976  It's a Small War
1983  The Geisha
1984  Me and My Girl
1986  Mr. Cinders
1987  The Boyfriend
1988  Oklahoma
1989  Kiss Me Kate
1990  Salad Days
1992  Half a Sixpence
1993  Calamity Jane
1995  Lady be Good
1997  My Fair Lady
1998  Godspell
1999  The End of the Pier Show
2001  Little Shop of Horrors
2003  Copacabana - Première
2004  Silver's Ghost -Première
2005  Personals

Reviews

1972  Music Hall
1976  French Evening
1977  London Evening
1978  Western Evening
1979  Nautical Evening
1980  Old Time Christmas Evening
1981  Dock Brief/Quake
1982  Broadway Evening
1982  Maritime Evening
1985  Orient Express Evening
1986  Comet Capers
1988  Gala Old Tyme Music Hall
1991  Transatlantic Cabaret
1994  We'll Meet Again(1939-1945)Commemoration Concert
2003  Show Stoppers
2008  Show Time

Plays

1968  Head over Heels
1969  Pinch of Salt
1971  A Dead Secret
1973  Hands across the Sea. The Telephone never rings
1974  The Blue Goose
1975  And a Little Love Besides.
          All the Tea in China.
          School and Crossbones
1976  Night was our Friend
1977  Brush with a Body
1979  Confusions
1980  Darling I'm Home
1981  The Happiest Days of your Life
1982  Little Women
          The Late Mrs Early
1984  There Goes the Bride
1985  Busybody
1986  The White Sheep of the Family
1987  The Noble Spaniard
1988  Hay Fever
1989  Shut your Eyes and Think of England
1990  Outside Edge
1991  Tons of Money
1992  Hobson's Choice
1993  Too Soon for Daisies
1994  The Farndale Ave. Townswomen's Guild Murder Mystery
1995  Stepping Out
1996  The Farndale Ave..Haunted through Lounge & Recessed
          Dining Nook at Farndale Castle
1997  Murdered to Death
1998  Abigail's Party
2000  Come Back to the Five and Dime.
          Jimmy Dean,Jimmy Dean
2002  Shakers Re-stirred
2003  Love me Slender
2004  The Farndale Ave.. Christmas Carol
2009  An Inspector calls

Pantomimes

1970  Peter Pan
1977  Cinderella
1978  Aladdin
1978  Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs
1980  Dick Whittington
1981  Robinson Crusoe
1983  Cinderella
1985  Sleeping Beauty
1987  Aladdin
1989  Hans Anderson
1991  Dick Whittington
1994  Goldilocks and the Three Bears
1996  Ali Baba& The Forty Thieves
1998  Jack and The Beanstalk
2000  Babes in the Wood
2002  Arabian Knights
2005  Panto at the OK Corral
2006  Sinbad The sailor
2008  Hansel and Gretel
2010  Treasure Island

Guildford Drama Festival

2002  Shakers Re-stirred (excerpt)
2003  Spoonface Steinberg (Award for Best Actress)
2005  Two