Past productions

2023 Season

Deals and Deceptions

Written and Directed by Mark Stratton

LINKS TO REVIEWS:

• Charles Hutch Press

• The Review Hub

• The Scarborough News

Production Information

Cast: Clara Darcy, Dominic Rye, Mark Stratton, Elizabeth Boag

Writer/Director - Mark Stratton

Producer - Sheila Carter

Production Manager/Lighting & Set Designer - Graham Kirk

Company Stage Manager - Sarah Rhodes Canning

Costume Designer - Christine Wall

Fight Director - Kenan Ali

Composer/Musician - David Neil Crabtree

Photography - Tony Bartholomew

2022 Season

All Lies

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Written & Directed by Alan Ayckbourn

LINKS TO REVIEWS

• The Scarborough News
• Charles Hutch Press

Production information

Cast: Luke Dayhill, Rhiannon Neads, Saskia Strallen

Esk Valley Theatre Production Team

Producer - Sheila Carter
Assistant Director - Mark Stratton
Production Manager / Lighting Designer - Graham Kirk
Company Stage Manager - Rachel Stevens
Costume Supervisor - Christine Wall

Original Production Team at the Old Laundry Theatre

Director - Alan Ayckbourn
Producer - Charlotte Scott
Set Designer - Roger Glossop
Lighting Designer - Jason Taylor
Costume Designer - Rebecca Cartwright
Photography - Steven Barber

2021 Season

Shirley Valentine

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By Willy Russell

LINKS TO REVIEWS

• The Reviews Hub
• Charles Hutch Press

Production information

Cast: Ashley Hope Allan
Director - Mark Stratton
Producer - Sheila Carter
Production Manager/ Set and Lighting Design - Graham Kirk
Costumes - Christine Wall
Company Stage Manager – Sue Volans

2018 Season

The Owl and the Pussycat

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By Bill Manhoff

LINKS TO REVIEWS

•  York Press
•  The Scarborough News / Whitby Gazette

Production information

Cast: Cornelius Geaney Jnr and Olivia Sloyan
Director - Mark Stratton
Set and Lighting Design - Graham Kirk
Producer - Sheila Carter
Costumes - Christine Wall

Private Lives

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By Noel Coward

LINKS TO REVIEWS

•  York Press
•  The Reviews Hub
•  Holderness Gazette

Production information

Cast: Laura McAlpine, Fiona Organ,
Rhiannon Sommers, Garry Summers and Nicholas Goode

Director - Mark Stratton
Set and Lighting Design - Graham Kirk
Producer - Sheila Carter
Costumes - Christine Wall

2017 Season

Larkin with Women

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By Ben Brown

LINKS TO REVIEWS

•  The Review Hub
•  The York Press

Production information

Cast: Jonathan Pembroke, Isla Carter,
Hayley Doherty and Georgina Sutton

Director - Mark Stratton
Set and Lighting Design - Graham Kirk
Producer - Sheila Carter
Costumes - Christine Wall

September in the Rain

all september in the rain poster

By John Godber

Production information

Cast: Mark Stratton and Una McNulty
Director: Sheila Carter
Set and Lighting Design: Graham Kirk

2016 Season

Educating Rita

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By Willy Russell

Production information

Cast: Ian Crowe and Amy Spencer
Director - Mark Stratton
Producer - Sheila Carter
Set and Lighting Design - Graham Kirk
Costumes - Christine Wall
Company Stage Manager - Sue Volons

2015 Season

All Things Considered

all things considered poster

By Ben Brown

Production information

Cast: Bill Champion, Alison Darling, David Chafer, Rachel Barry, Tom Bevan, Clara Perez
Director - Mark Stratton
Producer - Sheila Carter
Designer - Ruby Savage
Production Manager/Lighting Designer - Graham Kirk
Company Stage Manager - Sarah Follons

Bouncers

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By John Godber

Production information

Cast: Andrew Grose, Gabriel Paul, Mark Stratton, Lee Bainbridge
Directors - Mark Stratton & Sheila Carter

2014 Season

One for the Road

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By Willy Russell

Production information

Cast: Andy Cryer, David Smith, Joanne Haywood, Laura Bonnah
Director: Mark Stratton
Producer: Sheila Carter
Designer: Lucy Campbell-Skelling
Production Manager/Lighting Designer: Graham Kirk
Company Stage Manager:Sue Volans

2013 Season

Last of the Red Hot Lovers

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By Neil Simon

Production information

Cast: Joanne Heywood, Rodney Mathew
Director: Mark Stratton
Producer: Sheila Carter
Designer: Pip Leckenby
Production Manager/Lighting Designer: Graham Kirk
Company Stage Manager: Shona Wright

2012 Season

Same Time Next Year

same time next year

By Bernard Slade

Production information

Cast: Andrew Piper, Elizabeth Boag
Director: Mark Stratton
Producer: Sheila Carter
Designer: Pip Leckenby
Production Manager/Lighting Designer: Graham Kirk
Company Stage Manager: Sue Volans

2011 Season

Dangerous Obsession

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By N J Crisp

Production information

Cast: Amy Ewbank, Andrew Whitehead, James Hirst
Director: Mark Stratton
Designer: Pip Leckenby
Production Manager/Lighting Designer: Graham Kirk
Stage Manager on the Book:Paul Lorenz
Producer: Sheila Carter

2010 Season

Second From Last In The sack Race

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By Michael Birch

Production information

Cast: Dudley Rees, Nigel Lister, Catriona Martin, Gemma North, James Hirst
Director: Mark Stratton
Designer: Pip Leckenby
Production Manager/Lighting Designer: Graham Kirk
Stage Manager on the Book: David Poulter
Producer: Sheila Carter