Stephen Joseph Theatre: Tours

This page contains details of productions which toured from the Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough, between 1996 and 2008. Unfortunately very few details are held in archive of touring from theatre in the round in Scarborough prior to 1996, as a result the early touring details may not be complete or need further clarification.

This period is notable for establishing a regular and extensive touring circuit for Alan Ayckbourn's world premieres and revivals as well as rural tour of the popular lunchtime shows at the theatre. Most notably, it also saw the beginning of the regular tours to the 59E59 Theatres, New York, as part of the Brits Off Broadway festival.

Stephen Joseph Theatre Tours (1996 - 2008)

1996

Play: It Could Be Any One Of Us
Venues: Old Laundry Theatre, Bowness-on-Windermere; Chichester Festival Theatre

1997

Play: Things We Do For Love
Venues: Warwick Arts Centre; Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels

1998

Play: Baby On Board
Venues: Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield; Harrogate Theatre; Plowright Theatre, Scunthorpe

1999

Play: Haunting Julia
Venues: Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham; Connaught Theatre, Worthing; Queen’s Theatre, Barnstaple; Warwick Arts Centre; Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield; Wyvern Theatre, Swindon; Theatre Royal And Opera House, Wakefield; Harrogate Theatre; Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds

Play: Body Language
Venues: Old Laundry Theatre, Bowness-on-Windermere; New Vic Theatre, Newcastle-under-Lyme; Octagon Theatre, Bolton

2000

Play: Virtual Reality
Venues: Oxford Playhouse; Warwick Arts Centre; Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield; Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham; Connaught Theatre, Worthing; Harrogate Theatre

2001

Play: Bedroom Farce
Venues: Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford; Oxford Playhouse; Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield; Connaught Theatre, Worthing; Queen’s Theatre, Barnstaple; Warwick Arts Centre; Norwich Playhouse; Gateway Theatre, Chester

Plays: Damsels In Distress (GamePlan; FlatSpin; RolePlay)
Venues: Old Laundry Theatre, Bowness-on-Windermere; New Vic Theatre, Newcastle-under-Lyme; Octagon Theatre, Bolton

2002

Plays: Damsels In Distress (GamePlan; FlatSpin; RolePlay)
Venues: Gala Theatre, Durham; Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford; Milton Keynes Theatre; Cambridge Arts Centre; Theatre Royal, Bath; Theatre Royal, Brighton; Malvern Festival Theatre; Georgian Theatre Royal, Richmond; Duchess Theatre, London

Plays: Snake In The Grass; Joking Apart
Venues: Old Laundry Theatre, Bowness-on-Windermere; New Vic Theatre, Newcastle-under-Lyme; Octagon Theatre, Bolton

Plays: The Kaiser And I; River’s Up
Venue: Evron Centre, Filey

2003

Play: Snake In The Grass
Venues: Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford; Oxford Playhouse; Connaught Theatre, Worthing; Warwick Arts Centre

Plays: Tissue Paper For The Soul; The Anniversary Waltz
Venues: Helmsley Arts Centre; Mallyan Spout, Goathland; Salmon Leap, Sleights; The Wheatsheaf, Egton; North York Moors Visitor Centre, Danby

Play: Sugar Daddies
Venues: Old Laundry Theatre, Bowness-on-Windemere; New Vic Theatre, Newcastle-under-Lyme; Octagon Theatre, Bolton

2004

Play: Sugar Daddies
Venues: Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford; Oxford Playhouse; Warwick Arts Centre; Connaught Theatre, Worthing; Malvern Festival Theatre

Play: Drowning On Dry Land
Venues: Old Laundry Theatre, Bowness-on-Windermere; New Vic Theatre, Newcastle-under-Lyme; Octagon Theatre, Bolton

Play: Season's Greetings
Venues: UK national tour in a co-production with the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford.

2005

Play: Drowning On Dry Land
Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford; Theatre Royal, Bath; Warwick Arts Centre; Oxford Playhouse; Malvern Festival Theatre; Connaught Theatre, Worthing

Plays: Private Fears In Public Places
Venues: Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond; 59E59 Theaters, New York

Play: For Starters; Her Slightest Touch
Venues: Evron Centre, Filey; Helmsley Arts Centre
Play: Moby Dick
Venues: Evron Centre, Filey; The Wheatsheaf, Egton; Friends Meeting House, Pickering; Georgian Theatre Royal, Richmond; The Band Room, Farndale; Whitby Coliseum

Play: Improbable Fiction
Venues: Old Laundry Theatre, Bowness-on-Windermere; New Vic Theatre, Newcastle-under-Lyme; Octagon Theatre, Bolton

2006

Play: Improbable Fiction
Venues: Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford; Theatre Royal, Bath; Cambridge Arts Theatre; Oxford Playhouse; Warwick Arts Centre; Connaught Theatre, Worthing

Plays: Purvis; Storm In A Tea Chest
Venues: Concert Hall, Filey; Whitby Coliseum; The Band Room, Farndale; Weaverthorpe Village Hall; The Wheatsheaf, Egton; The Old Meeting House, Pickering; Helmsley Arts Centre; Georgian Theatre Royal, Richmond

Play: Intimate Exchanges
Venues: Old Laundry Theatre, Bowness-on-Windermere; New Vic Theatre, Newcastle-under-Lyme

2007

Play: If I Were You
Venues: Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford; Connaught Theatre, Worthing; Oxford Playhouse; Malvern Theatres; Theatre Royal, Bath; Cambridge Arts Theatre

Play: Intimate Exchanges
Venue: 59E59 Theaters, New York

Plays: Pro-Active; White Lies
Venues: Concert Hall, Filey; Georgian Theatre Royal, Richmond

Play: Relatively Speaking
Venues: New Vic Theatre, Newcastle-under-Lyme; Old Laundry Theatre, Bowness-on-Windermere

2008

Play: A Trip To Scarborough
Venues: Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford; Oxford Playhouse; Connaught Theatre, Worthing; Devonshire Park Theatre, Eastbourne; Theatre Royal, Bath; Cambridge Arts Theatre

Plays: Cover Her Feet; Fly In The Ointment
Venues: Evron Centre, Filey; Wheatsheaf Inn, Egton; Georgian Theatre Royal, Richmond; Light’s On @ Sudd’s, Malton; Friends Meeting House, Malton

Plays: Haunting Julia; Snake In The Grass; Life & Beth
Venue: New Vic Theatre, Newcastle-under-Lyme
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