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In October 1934, RAODS was formed at The White Horse, Romsey. With grateful thanks to archivist Janet Courtice, the following table chronicles the shows performed by the Society from when it was founded through to the present day.

For recent shows, a selection of photographs from the production may be accessed via the respective link.

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Year	Prod'n No.	Title	Dates	Producer/Director	Venue Notes

1935	1	The Mikado	26 Feb - 1 March	A. Moray Williams	Town Hall
1935	2	The Fourth Wall	December
1936	3	The Pirates of Penzance	17-20 June	A. Moray Williams	Crosfield Hall
1936	4	The Middle Watch	November	T. P. Laconde
1937	5	Patience	April	L. Ashton-Sly
1937	6	His Excellency the Governor	November	Geoffrey Jenyns
1938	7	The Roundabout	18-19 February	Geoffrey Jenyns
1938	8	Cox & Box/HMS Pinafore	May	L. Ashton-Sly
1938	9	Tons of Money	November	Stanley Vane
1939	10	The Gondoliers	February	L. Ashton-Sly
1947	11	Quiet Weekend	January	Elizabeth Naylor
1947	12	The Pirates of Penzance	May	L. Ashton-Sly
1948	13	Dear Octopus	January	Elizabeth Naylor
1948	14	The Mikado	5-8 May	L. Ashton-Sly
1948	15	Grand National Night	November	Elizabeth Naylor
1949	16	Yeomen of the Guard	22-26 February	L. Ashton-Sly
1949	17	Blithe Spirit	5-7 May	Stanley Vane
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1950	18	Rookery Nook	1-4 February	Elizabeth Naylor
1950	19	lolanthe	18-22 April
1950	20	Summer in December	23-25 November	Elizabeth Naylor
1951	21	The Gondoliers	31 Jan-13 Feb	L. Ashton-Sly
1951	22	One Act Plays: 'Tonight at 8.30'	10-12 May	Stanley Vane
1951	22	Red Peppers
1951	22	Still Life
1951	22	Family Album
1952	23	Aladdin	8-12 January	L. Ashton-Sly
1952	24	See How They Run	1-3 May	Stanley Vane
1953	25	Cinderella	5-10 January	L. Ashton-Sly
1953	26	The Holly and the Ivy	15-18 April	Stanley Vane
1953	27	Little Lambs Eat Ivy	12-14 November	Joyce Hayward
1954	28	Jack & The Beanstalk	11-16 January	L. Ashton-Sly
1954	29	Ruddigore	28 April-1 May	L. Ashton-Sly
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1955	30	Poison Pen	10-12 March	Marjorie Glover
1955	31	Goodness How Sad	3-5 November	Marjorie Glover
1956	32	Dick Whittington	5-11 January	J. R. Fletcher
1956	33	Arms and the Man	15-17 November	Molly Thomas
1957	34	Mother Goose	4-12 January	Eileen King
1958	35	Babes in the Wood	2-11 January	Eileen King
1958	36	An Inspector Calls	20-22 March	Molly Thomas
1958	37	The Happiest Days of Your Life	16-18 October	Madge Glover
1959	38	Sinbad the Sailor	8-10 January	Eileen King
1959	39	The House by the Lake	9-11 April	Geoffrey Pack
1959	40	And No Birds Sing	5-7 November	Alan Croft
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1960	41	Cinderella	4-9 January	Vincent Richards
1960	42	Five and Twenty	25-28 May	Geoffrey Pack
1960	43	The Man Who Came to Dinner	10-12 November	Gordon Wiles
1961	44	Doctor in the House	18-21 January	Vincent Richards
1961	45	Waters of the Moon	19-22 April	Stanley Vane
1962	46	Will Any Gentleman?	17-20 January	Peter Hills
1962	47	Second Romsey Revue	21-24 March
1962	48	Black Chiffon	10-13 October	Gordon Wiles
1963	49	Dick Whittington	15-19 January	Maurice Calcutt
1963	50	Who Goes There!	3-6 April	Geoffrey Pack
1963	51	You Can't Take It With You	9-12 October	Gordon Wiles
1964	52	Robinson Crusoe	7-11 January	Maurice Calcutt
1964	53	One Act Plays: 'Playbill'	8-11 April	Maurice Calcutt
1964	53	Harlequinade
1964	53	The Browning Version
1964	54	The Chalk Garden	14-17 October	Stanley Vane
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1965	55	Aladdin	12-16 January	Maurice Calcutt
1965	56	Crosfield Theatre of Varieties	6-10 April
1965	57	Ten Little Niggers	20-23 October	Geoffrey Pack
1966	58	Jack and the Beanstalk	18-22 January	Maurice Calcutt
1966	59	The Aspern Papers	4-7 May	Stanley Vane
1966	60	Pools Paradise	19-22 October	Jaqueline Tanner
1967	61	Robin Hood	17-21 January	Maurice Calcutt
1967	62	Mr. Crummles Presents	12-15 April	Vincent Richards
1967	63	Crosfield Theatre of Varieties	26-27July
1967	64	Haul for the Shore	18-21October	Jaqueline Tanner
1968	65	Cinderella	16-20 January	Maurice Calcutt
1968	66	Murder When Necessary	3-6 April	Geoffrey Pack
1968	67	Also 'Appiering'	July 31/Aug 1	Anna Dunford/Bernard Harris
1968	68	Ring Round the Moon	23-26 October	Elizabeth Naylor
1969	69	Dick Whittington	14-18 January	Paul Danks/Brian Taylor
1969	70	Semi Detached	16-19 April	Stanley Vane
1969	71	Carnival Fare	30-31 July	Anna Dunford/Susan Melford
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1970	72	Robinson Crusoe	13-17 January	David Johnson
1970	73	Salad Days	15-18 April	Susan Melford
1970	74	Ladies in Retirement	21-24 October	Jaqueline Tanner
1971	75	Sleeping Beauty in the Wood	12-16 January	Roger Morton
1971	76	One Act Plays: 'Double Bill'	21-24 April	Stanley Vane
1971	76	Family Album
1971	76	Black Comedy
1971	77	The Reluctant Debutante	13-16 October	Christine Taylor
1972	78	Aladdin	January	Melville Jenkins/Geoff Pack
1972	79	The Boyfriend	19-22 April	June Palmer
1972	80	The Heiress	18-21 October	Beryl Jenkins
1973	81	Dick Whittington	16-20 January	Vincent Richards
1973	82	The Ghost Train	April	Christine Taylor
1973	83	One Act Plays: 'RAODS to Comedy'	17-20 October	Elizabeth Fanner/Kay Walker/Elizabeth Gay-Pickard
1973	83	The Laboratory
1973	83	"If You're Glad, I'll Be Frank"
1973	83	A Jubilee
1974	84	Jack and the Beanstalk	15-19 January	Melville Jenkins
1974	85	Not Now Darling	April	Elizabeth Gay-Pickard
1974	86	Murder at the Vicarage	23-26 October	Elizabeth Gay-Pickard
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1975	87	Cinderella	14-18 January	Melville Jenkins
1975	88	Suddenly at Home	23-26 April	David Hunter
1975	89	The Rape of the Belt	October	Robin Davies
1976	90	Mother Goose	January	June Palmer
1976	91	Lloyd George Knew My Father	1st May	Elizabeth Gay-Pickard
1976	92	Crosfield Theatre of Varieties	October	Vin Richards
1977	93	Puss in Boots	January	June Palmer
1977	94	Move Over Mrs. Markham	3-7 May	David Hunter
1977	95	Would Jubileve It	October	June Palmer
1978	96	Dick Whittington	January	Melville Jenkins
1978	97	Chase Me Comrade	May	Elizabeth Gay-Pickard
1979	98	Jack the Ripper	October	Vincent Richards
1979	99	The Wizard of Oz	11-10 January	Val Matcham
1979	100 A	Relatively Speaking	May	Beryl Jenkins
1979	100*B	Me and My Girl	16-20 October	June Palmer
*Billed as the 100th production.
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1980	101	Babes in the Wood	11-19 January	Melville Jenkins
1980	102	One Act Plays: 'Three One Act Plays'	March	Mike Nelson/John McIlwain/Elizabeth Gay-Pickard	Romsey Hall Romsey
1980	102	The Bear
1980	102	Rattling The Railings
1980	102	The Playgoers
1980	103	Boeing Boeing	30 Apr-3 May	Peggy Parsons
1980	104	Day After the Fair	15-18 October	Ken Stott
1981	105	Aladdin	15-24 January	David Johnson
1981	106	One Act Plays	5 March & 7 March		Abbey Hall, Romsey
1981	106	"Us And Them" by David Campton		Peter Phillips
1981	106	"We Were Dancing" by Noel Coward		Liz Wagner
1981	106	"After Magritte" by Tom Stoppard		Bob Blake
1981	107	Murder in the Cathedral	24-26 September	John McIlwain	Romsey Abbey
1981	108	Who Killed Santa Claus?	2-5 December	Bob Blake
1982	109	Goldilocks & The Three Bears	14-23 January	Valerie Matcham
1982	110	One Act Plays: 'Three One Act Plays'	18-20 March	Frances Strange/Colin Masters/Melville Jenkins
1982	110	Heaven On Earth
1982	110	Knightsbridge
1982	110	Fumed Oak
1982	111	Shut Your Eyes and Think of England	26 Apr - 1 May	Elizabeth Gay-Pickard
" 10th June 1982: keys acquired to The Plaza Theatre, Winchester Road"
1982	112	Lark Rise to Candelford	21-24 July	Ken Stott	Outdoor
1982	113	Rebecca	13-16 October	Beryl Jenkins
1982	** 114	Plaza Theatre of Varieties	5-6 November	Vin Richards
1983	115	Robinson Crusoe	13-22 January	John McIlwain
1983	116	One Act Plays: 'Three One Act Plays'		Peggy Parsons/Frances Strange/Mike Wagner
1983	116	Branwell
1983	116	Real Inspector Hound
1983	116	Dark Lady of the Sonnets
1983	117	We Were All Heroes Then	8-11 June	Vincent Richards
1983	118	Pygmalion		Joan Jenkins
**This was the first show in the Plaza Theatre before restoration and official opening in 1984
1984	119	Jack & The Beanstalk		David Johnson
1984	120	One Act Plays:'Two One Act Plays'		John McIlwain/Geoffrey Lovick
1984	120	The Bald Prima Donna
1984	120	Sweetie Pie
1984	121	Wait Until Dark	21-24 March	Peggy Parsons
1984	122	Say Who You Are	16-19 May	Ken Stott
1984	123	Follow That Girl	19-28 July	June Palmer
1984	124	Time and Time Again	25-29 September	Elizabeth Wagner
1984	125	A Man For All Seasons	13-17 November	Angela Twigg
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1985	126	Sinbad the Sailor	11-16 January	Mike Ford
1985	127	One Act Plays: 'Triple Bill'		Jean Moody/Peggy Parsons/Pat Francis
1985	127	Ernie's Incredible Illucinations
1985	127	Dragons In The Cave
1985	127	This Desirable Cottage
1985	128	Outside Edge	16-20 April	John McIlwain
1985	129	The Lion in Winter	1-5 July	Phil Sands	Mottisfont/Minack
1985	130	Plaza Theatre of Varieties	24-28 September
1985	131	The Exorcism	12-16 November	Ken Stott
1986	132	Cinderella		Elizabeth Wagner
1986	133	One Act Plays: 'Three One Act Plays'	13-15 March	Pat Francis/Frances Strange/Clive Butcher
1986	133	Overruled
1986	133	Orange Blossom
1986	133	Oedipus Gunslinger
1986	134	Oliver	15-19 April	June Palmer
1986	135	Whose Life Is It Anyway?	1-5 July	Angela Twigg
1986	136	Godspell (Youth)	August	Ron Verburgt
1986	137	Plaza Theatre of Varieties	23-27 September
1986	138	Murder in Mind	11-15 November	Bob Blake
1987	139	Dick Whittington	9-14 January	David Johnson
1987	140	Triple Bill	5-7 March	Tony Trowsdale/Peggy Parsons/Simon Pike
1987	141	Hello Dolly	29 May-6 June	Vincent Richards
1987	142	Dark of The Moon	14-18 July	Ken Stott	Linden House
1987	143	The Good Woman of Setzuan (Youth)	30-31 July	Will Hargreaves
1987	144	Dracula	22-26 September	Pat Francis
1987	145	Educating Rita	17-21 November	Janet Courtice
1988	146	Snow White	8-23 January	Phil Sands
1988	147	One Act Plays: 'An Evening of Comedy'	10-12 March	Mark Prowse/Jean Moody/Kevin Cornmell
1988	147	Fluff
1988	147	A Day In The life of Titch Oldfield
1988	147	All's Well That Ends As You Like It
1988	148	Nicholas Nickleby Part I	20 Jun-2 July	Bob Blake/David Johnson/Colin Masters/Clive Butcher
1988	149	Grease (Youth)	3-6 August	Geoff Moody
1988	150	Nicholas Nickleby Part II	11-24 September	Bob Blake/David Johnson/Colin Masters/Clive Butcher
1988	151	Gaslight	15-19 November	Elizabeth Wagner
1989	152	Aladdin	12-28 January	Joan Jenkins/Peggy Parsons
1989	153	Confusions	11-15 April	Marion Hemmings/Tony Bisson/Frances Strange/Peggy Parsons
1989	154	Cider with Rosie	13-17 June	Ken Stott	plus Minack Cornwall
1989	155	Bugsy Malone (Youth)	1-5 August	David Francis
1989	156	Pardon Me Prime Minister	12-16 September	Janet Courtice
1989	157	The King and I	9-18 November	June Palmer
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1990	158	Mother Goose	12-27 January	Jean Moody
1990	159	The Killing of Sister George	3-7 April	Phil Sands
1990	160	Habeas Corpus	22-26 May	Angela Twigg
1990	161	Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (Youth)	1-4 August	David Johnson
1990	162	Plaza Suite	11-15 September	Janet Courtice/Janet Feat/Liz Nelson
1990	163	Twelfth Night	1-10 November	Clive Butcher/Colin Masters
1991	164	Robinson Crusoe	11-16 January	David Johnson
1991	165	One Act Plays: 'Mystery, Murder & Suspense'	15-16 March	Janet Feat/Pat Sawyer/Janet Courtice
1991	165	Shadows
1991	165	Members Of The Jury
1991	165	Sequence Of Events
1991	166	Stepping Out	9-13 April	Val Matcham/Peggy Parsons
1991	167	Night Must Fall	4-8 June	Steve Bernstein
1991	168	Lock Up Your Daughters	30 July-3 August	Bob Blake/Clive Butcher	plus Minack 19-23 August
1991	169	Happy Families (World Premiere)	12-19 October	Janet Courtice
1991	170	Our Day Out (Youth)	10-14 December	Pat & Dave Francis
1992	171	Humpty Dumpty	9-25 January	Ken Stott
1992	172	One Act Plays: 'Kaleidoscope'	17-19 March	Simon Pike/Bob Heather/Jean Moody
1992	172	Red Peppers
1992	172	A Cut In The Rates
1992	172	Chinamen
1992	173	When We Are Married	7-11 April	Phil Sands
1992	174	The End of the Pier Show	1-11 July	Janet Courtice
1992	175	Plaza Theatre of Varieties	22-26 September	Wendy Chesters
1992	176	Daisy Pulls It Off	10-14 November	Janet Feat
1993	177	Babes in the Wood	8-23 January	Kevin Cornmell
1993	178	Charley's Aunt	23-27 March	Angela Twigg
1993	179	Plaza on Broadway	15-18 September	Malcolm Clarke
1993	180	Shakespeare Country (World Prem. )	16-23 October	Janet Courtice
1993	181	Macbeth	30 Nov-4 December	Clive Butcher/Colin Masters
1994	182	Dick Whittington	14-29 January	June Palmer
1994	183	Having a Ball	8-12 March	Edward Howson
1994	184	The Pirates of Penzance	19-23 April	Clive Butcher/David Johnson
1994	185	Rattle of A Simple Man	14-18 June	Terry Collins
1994	186	Shirley Valentine	13-18 September	Janet Courtice
1994	187	How the Other Half Loves	3-8 October	Ken Stott
1994	188	Spellbound (Premiere)	29 Nov-3 December	Janet Feat/Ric Bailey
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1995	189	Aladdin	13-28 January	Bob Heather
1995	190	Run for Your Wife	21-25 March	Angela Twigg
1995	191	Blitz	8-13 May	Vin Richards
1995	192	Round & Round The Garden	4-8 July (Hilliers)	Janet Courtice	11-15 Sept (Minack)
1995	193	A Handful of Songs	18-19 August	Malcolm Clarke/Clive Butcher
1995	194	Nasty Neighbours (Premiere)	21-28 October	Phil Sands
1995	195	Beyond Reasonable Doubt	21-25 November	Janet Feat
1996	196	Cinderella	9-20 January	Malcolm Clarke
1996	197	Far From the Madding Crowd	19-23 March	Edward Howson
1996	198	Oklahoma	7-15 June	June Palmer
1996	199	Relatively Speaking	9-13 July (Hilliers)	Janet Courtice
1996	199B	Quest (Junior Premiere)	23-24 August	Lyn Butcher
1996	200	The Dresser	1-5 October	Ken Stott
1996	201	Lend Me a Tenor	12-16 November	Angela Twigg
1997	202	Worzel Gummidge	7-18 January	Jean Moody
1997	203	The Mikado	12-22 March	David Johnson
1997	204	Lettice & Lovage	13-17 May	Janet Feat
1997	205	The Happy Prince (Youth Prod'n.)	27-30 August	Clive & Lyn Butcher
1997	206	Shakers	16-20 September	Bob Blake/Phil Sands
1997	207	Journey's End	11-15 November	Colin Masters
1997	208	Follow the Star (Youth Prod'n.)	3-6 December	Pat & Dave Francis
1998	209	Red Riding Hood	9-24 January	Ken Stott
1998	210	Richard III	12-21 March	Edward Howson
1998	211	Moll Flanders	14-16/19-23 May	Jill Elson
1998	212	Steel Magnolias	30 June-4 July	Juli Richards
1998	213	Old Time Music Hall	22-26 September	Jean Moody
1998	214	Revenge	20-24 October	Janet Courtice
1998	215	"Saturday, Sunday, Monday"	1-5 December	Angela Twigg
1999	216	The Sleeping Beauty	8-23 January	Elizabeth Wagner
1999	217	HMS Pinafore with Trial by Jury	18-20/22-27 March	David Johnson/Clive Butcher/Nick Vaughan
1999	218	Hobson's Choice	11-15 May	Pat & Dave Francis
1999	219	Silly Cow	22-24 & 27-28 July	Janet Courtice
1999	220	What the Dickens (Junior)	26-28 August	Juli Richards
1999	221	Cabaret (100th Prod'n at Plaza)	1-2/4-9 October	Janet Feat
1999	222	The Crucible	23-27 November	Helen Newton & Bob Blake
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2000	223	Jack & The Beanstalk	12-18 January	Frances Strange/David Johnson
2000	224	Billy Liar	21-25 March	Janet Courtice
2000	225	Fiddler on the Roof	11-20 May	Edward Howson
2000	226	Good Fun & Talent	11-15 July	Juli Richards
2000	227	Timeslip (Junior Workshop)	24-26 August	Juli Richards
2000	228	Great Expectations (Musical)	3-7 October	Malcolm Clarke
2000	229	Rumours	21-25 November	Angela Twigg
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2001	230	Dick Whittington	10-20 January	Ross Cogswell & Michelle McGrath
2001	231	My Mother Said I Never Should	20-24 March	Janet Feat
2001	232	Iolanthe	14-19 May	Neil Thorpe
2001	233	The Clandestine Marriage	10-14 July	Janet Courtice
2001	234	In The Making or Much Ado (Junior Workshop)	22-25 August	Helen Ford
2001	235	A Little Night Music	1-6 October	Malcolm Clarke
2001	236	Spring And Port Wine	20-24 November	Pat & Dave Francis
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2002	237	Aladdin	8-19 January	Lyn Butcher & Roger Lamb
2002	238	Shadowlands	19-23 March	Bob Blake
2002	239	Out Of Order	14-18 May	Ken Stott
2002	240	The Importance Of Being Earnest	9-13 July	David Johnson
2002	241	Hearts and Fire	21-24 August	Clive & Lyn Butcher
2002	242	Anything Goes	10-19 October	Chris Brooke
2002	243	Kindertransport	18-23 November	Ed Howson
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2003	244	Robin Hood And The Babes In The Wood	7-18 January	Roger Keevil
2003	245	Present Laughter	18-22 March	Janet Courtice
2003	246	The Yeomen Of The Guard	12-17 May	Liam Meggison
2003	247	Arsenic And Old Lace	8-12 July	Tony Bull
2003	248	Shake, Ripple & Roll	21-23 August	Liam Meggison
2003	249	Comic Potential	7 - 11 October	Emma Golby-Kirk
2003	250	A Midsummer Night's Dream	10-15 November	Lyn Butcher
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2004	251	Cinderella	13-20 January	Frances Strange
2004	252	Theft	9-13 March	Ken Stott
2004	253	Something's Afoot	19-24 April	Chris Brooke
2004	254	The Diary Of Anne Frank	8-12 June	Bob Blake
2004	255	Crown Matrimonial	13-17 July	Roger Keevil
2004	256	Thursday's Child	18-21 August	Pat & Dave Francis
2004	257	Bedroom Farce	5-9 October	Ken Spencer
2004	258	Oh What A Lovely War	8-13 November	Neil Thorpe
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2005	259	Christmas Cat & The Pudding Pirates	13-22 January	Lyn Butcher
2005	260	Ira Levin's Deathtrap	1-5 March	Tony Bull
2005	261	The Gondoliers	18-23 April	David Johnson
2005	262	Don't Dress For Dinner	7-11 June	Heather Whitham
2005	263	The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie	11-16 July	Janet Courtice
2005	264	Whale	18-20 August	Lyn Butcher
2005	265	Quartet	Sep 26 - 1 Oct	Emma Golby-Kirk
2005	266	Terra Nova	7-12 November	Rob Gower
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2006	267	Mother Goose	12-21 January	Ken Stott
2006	268	Les Liaisons Dangereuses	7-11 March	Ed Howson
2006	269	Nunsense	8-13 May	Val Matcham
2006	270	The Winslow Boy	4-8 July	Pat & Dave Francis
2006	271	Guys & Dolls	23-26 August	David Tatnall
2006	272	Snake In The Grass	3-7 October	Neil Gwynne
2006	273	Under Milk Wood	20-25 November	Clive Butcher & Janet Feat
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2007	274	Honk!	10-20 January	Kim Yew Wong
2007	275	A Day In The Death Of Joe Egg	20-24 February	Bob Blake
2007	276	Relative Values	26-31 March	Liam Meggison
2007	277	The Pirates Of Penzance	14-19 May	Liam Meggison
2007	278	Dancing At Lughnasa	25-30 June	Neil Gwynne
2007	279	Canterbury Tales	1-4 August	Lyn Butcher	Romsey Abbey
2007	280	Singin' in the Rain	21-25 August	David Tatnall
2007	281	Gigi	1-6 October	Malcolm Clarke
2007	282	The Tempest	13-17 November	Ann Shaw & Clive Butcher
2007	283	Talking Heads	29 November - 1 December	Neil Gwynne
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2008	284	Dick Whittington	10-26 January	Frances Strange
2008	285	The Opposite Sex	25 February - 1st March	Liam Meggison
2008	286	Sweet Charity	21-26 April	Malcolm Clarke