1981

At SLT in 1981 ...

Productions

• Cinderella (January) (K O Samuel) (Bell Theatre)
• Ashes (January) (David Rudkin) (Bell Theatre)
• Red Peppers (January/February) (Noel Coward) (Bell Theatre)
• The Typists (January/February) (Murray Schisgall) (Bell Theatre)
• Hancock's Last Half Hour (February) (Heathcote Williams) (Bell Theatre)
• Zoo Story (February) (Edward Albee) (Bell Theatre)
• 27 Wagons Full of Cotton (February) (Tennessee Williams) (Bell Theatre)
• The Effect of Gamma Rays On Man-In-The-Moon Marigolds (February) (Paul Zindel) (Prompt Corner)
• The Knack (March) (Ann Jellicoe) (Bell Theatre)
• All's Well That Ends As Like It (March) (Michael Green) (Prompt Corner)
• The Bed Before Yesterday (April) (Ben Travers) (Bell Theatre)
• I Do! I Do! (May) (Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt) (Prompt Corner)
• A View From The Bridge (May) (Arthur Miller) (Bell Theatre)
• A Voyage Round My Father (June) (John Mortimer) (Bell Theatre)
• A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum (July) (Sondheim/Gelbart/Shevelove) (Bell Theatre)
• And A Little Love Besides (September) (Alan Plater) (Bell Theatre)
• Dusa, Fish, Stas & Vi (September) (Pam Gems) (Prompt Corner)
• The Playboy Of The Western World (October) (J M Synge) (Bell Theatre)
• The Offshore Island (November) (Marghanita Laski) (Bell Theatre)
• Tira (November) (Michael Weller) (Prompt Corner)
• Krapp's Last Tape (November) (Samuel Beckett) (Prompt Corner)
• The Children's Hour (November) (Lillian Hellman) (Prompt Corner)
• Spring And Port Wine (December) (Bill Naughton) (Bell Theatre)

Social Events

• "Valentine's Day Massacre" Party in the bar 14th February.
• Theatrical Quiz held by John Lyne in the bar on 21st February.
• A "Mad Hare Raising Party fo Mad Hatters" was held in the bar on 28th March.
• A chardes evening was held in the bar on 4th April.
• "Another of Those Almost Legendary Folk Nights" was in the bar on 25th April.
• "A May Day Party" was held in the bar on 2nd May.

News

• Fundraising held a Jumble Sale in Prompt Corner on 28th February, which raised £105.90p.
• A competition was announced to give a name to the Main Theatre, with a closing date of March 20th 1981.
• The SLTC fundraising team held a fundraising drive at the Easter Parade in Battersea Park on 19th & 20th April.
• The SLTC Ltd AGM was held on Thurs 21st May.
• The SLTC Members' Club AGM was held on Tues 26th May.
• A sponsored 48 hr Shakespeare Marathon Reading took place between 29th and 31st May.
• Fundraising held a Coffee Morning and Bargain Basement in the bar from 10.30 - 12.30 in the bar.
• The Theatre appeared in an article in "The News of the World" on 7th June, it was about Adam Gascoine (son of actress Jill Gascoine), who was appearing in our production of "A Voyage Round My Father" that week.
• The Little Theatre Guild of Great Britain held a conference on training at the theatre from 9th - 11th October, during "The Playboy of the Western World"