PAST PRODUCTIONS

 

Year

Production

Directed by

2008

Macbeth
William Shakespeare

Peter Baldock

2007

Bard in the Yard
A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Florence McFarlane

Winner of outstanding achievement in Wellington District Theatre Federation Full Length Play competition 2007 for a unique interpretation and concept of a Shakespearean play: Florence McFarlane

 

Six Characters in Search of an Author
Luigi Pirandello
Translated & adapted by John Marwick

John Marwick

Winner in Wellington District Theatre Federation Full Length Play competition 2007 for:

Outstanding Performance in a Leading Role: Amber Baldock

Outstanding achievement for not only directing the play, but also translating it from the original Italian and adapting it for their production: John Marwick

 

20th Anniversary Celebration

Read account here

 

2006

Blood of the Lamb
Bruce Mason
Gryphon Theatre season

John Marwick

 

Bard in the Yard
The Merchant of Venice
William Shakespeare

John Marwick

 

Past - Passed Over
Two short plays

Peter Baldock &
Fran Baldock

 

Man of the Moment
Alan Ayckbourn

Barry Mawer

2005

Bard in the Yard
Two Gentlemen of Verona

William Shakespeare

Trevor Rose

 

An Unseasonable Fall of Snow
Gary Henderson

Florence McFarlane

Winner of Wellington District Theatre Federation Full Length Play competition 2005 for:
Best equal direction in drama (Florence McFarlane)
Outstanding male actor (Ben Cain)
Outstanding best young male actor (Tom Marwick)

 

Blood of the Lamb
Bruce Mason

John Marwick

Winner of Wellington District Theatre Federation Full Length Play competition 2005 for:
Best equal direction in drama
(John Marwick)
Outstanding female actor (Rowan Macrae)
Outstanding best young female actor (Elspeth Harris)

 

Habeas Corpus
Alan Bennett

Barry Mawer

2004

Bard in the Yard
All’s Well that Ends Well?
William Shakespeare

John Marwick

 

Out of Order
Ray Cooney

Read the Dominion Post Review

 

Florence McFarlane

2003

Bard in the Yard
Beauties, barmaids & battleaxes
William Shakespeare (women in the history plays)
(Photos)

John Marwick, Jerry Duckor, Florence McFarland, Peter Baldock, Laurie Atkinson

 

 

Uncle Vanya
Anton Chekhov

Peter Baldock

 

Threepenny Opera
Berthold Brecht with music by Kurt Weil

Barry Mawer

2002

Bard in the Yard
Much Ado About Nothing
William Shakespeare

John Marwick and Jerry Duckor
For the NZ Fringe – first full production without scripts of Bard in the Yard

 

 

An Inspector Calls
JB Priestly


 

Trevor Rose
Winner of Wellington District Theatre Federation Full Length Play competition 2002 for:
Best drama
Best design (Bruce Caddy, set; Julia Stuart, props)
Best supporting male actor (Dan Caddy)
Best male actor (John Marwick)

2001

Bard in the Yard
As You Like It
William Shakespeare

John Marwick and Jerry Duckor

 

A Planner In The Works
 
70’s NZ musical comedy by John Densem

Barry Mawer
Winner of Wellington District Theatre Federation Full Length Play competition Awards

 

A Tangled Web
based on “The Deceived” an Italian renaissance play written in 1543 by ‘the Intranati’

 

Florence McFarlane

2000

The Winter’s Tale
William Shakespeare

John Marwick Winner of Wellington District Theatre Federation Full Length Play competition Awards for Best Set, Best classical play and Best Overall Production

 

A voyage round John Mortimer
three John Mortimer plays

Laurie Atkinson, Peter Hector, John Marwick/Peter & Fran Baldock

1999

Bard in the Yard
scenes based on Shakespeare’s quotations that have become part of our language

John Marwick and Jerry Duckor

 

Jack & Jill and The Lost Temple
new NZ pantomime

Writer & Director, Denise O’Reilly

 

JC Retro
a Y2K Revue

Florence McFarlane

1998

Bard in the Yard
scenes from Twelfth Night, William Shakespeare

John Marwick and Jerry Duckor

 

The Lark
Jean Anouilh

Trevor Rose Winner of Wellington District Theatre Federation Full Length Play competition for Best Costumes

 

The Glass Menagerie
Tennessee Williams

Florence McFarlane and Perry Rush

1997

Bard in the Yard
excerpts from various Shakespeare plays based on women characters

John Marwick and Jerry Duckor

 

Deja RE Vue
a revue, BCTT’s 10th Anniversary

Florence McFarlane

 

The Good Doctor
a gentle satire by Neil Simon

Denise O’Reilly

1996

Hobson’s Choice
Harold Brighouse, 1914

John Marwick Winner of Wellington District Theatre Federation Full Length Play competition Awards for Best Decor, Best Costumes, Best Period Play & Best Female Actor

 

Important People
farce by F Wyndham Mallock, 1932

Denise O’Reilly

1995

The Poet And The Women
Aristophanes

Florence McFarlane

1994

Once in a Lifetime
a Hollywood satire by Moss Hart and George S Kaufmann (1930’s)

Paddy Stevens

1993

Murder At The Vicarage
a classic Agatha Christie murder mystery

John Marwick

1992

Ali Baba
a pantomime by David Swan

Florence McFarlane

 

Dry Rot
a British Comedy by John Chapman

Denise O’Reilly

1991

Friday Always Wanted To Be Tuesday
a NZ drama by Gary Langford

Amy Rountree

 

Pinocchio
a pantomine by David Swan

Denise O’Reilly &
Florence McFarlane

 

Girls on Top
a topical review

Mary Hall

1990

Boeing Boeing
a comedy farce by Marc Camoletti

John Marwick

 

Cupboard Love
three one act plays

Amy Rountree,
Florence McFarlane,
Fran Baldock

 

I Say, I Say, I Say
a musical variety show

Florence McFarlane

1989

Bonaventure
a mystery by Charlotte Hastings

Peter Baldock

 

Another Outbreak
four one-act plays

Gavin della Barca,
Janette Waisbrod,
Peter & Fran Baldock,
Florence Mcfarlane

 

Frankenstein
a pantomime by David Swan

Florence McFarlane &
Denise O’Reilly

1988

The Hollow
classic Agatha Christie murder mystery

John Marwick

 

Aladdin
a traditional pantomime

Denise O’Reilly

1987

A Revue and The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll
melodrama

Cooperative effort

 

The Tinder Box
a traditional pantomime by Florence McFarlane

Florence McFarlane,
John Marwick and
Peter Baldock

 

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