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1990	September	The Serpent Club	Revue style fund raising evening. It was BYO food, drink and plate,bowl,glass and cutlery. A full evening's entertainment on a small stage provided by members individual "party pieces." The raffle raised a lot of money and got the society up and running.
	December	Red Riding Hood	Pantomime by Dennis Bryant
1991	August	End of the Pier Show	Another fund-raising revue evening
	December	Mother Goose	Pantomime by Trudy West

1992	May	Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat	Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber. A joint production with St. Nicholas Church, Eydon
	December	Sindyrella	Pantomime with a slightly different slant on the story of Cinderella, written by EP member Mick Hawes.
1993	May	Oliver!	Musical by Lionel Bart
	October	Come to the Cabaret	Fund-raising Revue
	December	Babes in the Wood, a Case for International Rescue	A topical version of the pantomime, featuring the Gerry Andersen characters. Written by EP member Alan Watson

1994	February	Love and Marriage	A celebration for St Valentine's Day. Compiled by Alan Watson.
	May	Breath of Spring	Comedy by Peter Coke
	June	Junior Revue	An entertainment by the junior members of the Eydon Players
	October	Thistle Whiskey's Big Night Out	Fund-raising evening.
	December	Jack and the Beanstalk	Pantomime by Mick Hawes

1995	May	The Importance of Being Earnest	Oscar Wilde Centenary production Top of page
	October	Before TV Show	Fund-raising evening in classic format, mostly featuring material from the heyday of revue, the 1930's.
	December	Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs	Pantomime by John Morley

1996	May	Jesus Christ Superstar	Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber
	October	Cabaret Night	Fund raising evening
	December	Dick Whittington	Pantomime by John Morley
1997	February	Victorian Music Hall	Traditional music hall evening
	May	We Found Love... and an exquisite set of porcelaine figurines Aboard the SS Farndale Avenue	A Farndale Avenue farce, by David McGillivray and Walter Zerlin jnr
	October	End of the Summer Show	Revue evening
	December	Aladdin	The Alan Watson version of the tale from the Arabian Nights.

1998	May	My Fair Lady	Musical play by Alan J Lerner and Frederick Loewe (based on G B Shaw's "Pygmalion")
	June	The Beasty Show	Entertainment written and produced by the Junior Players with a cast of around 70 children Top of page
	October	The Garden of Earthly Delights (or show us your best bits)	Revue evening of members "best bits"
	December	Once Upon a Tyme	A Dennis Bryant pantomime, traditional but with a difference.

1999	February	Music Hall Evening	Another Alan Watson production, by popular request
	May	Flying Feathers	A farce by Derek Benfield
	June	Joseph.....again	A St Nicholas Church/EP production of this perennial favourite, but this time with a cast of Junior Players and other children.
	December	Peter Pan	A play, with music, by Dennis Bryant, based on J M Barrie's famous story.

2000	March	Around the World with Class Six	By request of the Junior Players, their own "proper play." A short one act by Nick Warburton, with added music
	June	The Dresser	Play by Ronald Harwood
	September	Footlights Revue	Top of page
	December	Sleeping Beauty	Pantomime by John Morley

2001	May	The Shakespeare Revue	Compiled by Christopher Luscombe and Malcolm McGee
	September	Murder Mystery Evening	Since there had been a revue in the spring, a different sort of fund-raising evening was chosen for the autumn. Written by Alan Watson and Peter Unsworth
	December	Santa in Space	By Paul Reakes. A traditional pantomime, but a new story.
2002	May	Blithe Spirit	By Noel Coward
	June	Fifty Golden Years	Part of the Eydon celebration of the Golden Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. Compiled by members of the Players and performed by children of the village.
	September	Free and Easy	Revue and social evening
	December	Goldilocks and the Three Bears	Pantomime by John Morley

2003	May	Plaza Suite	By Neil Simon
	June	Over the Rainbow	Junior Players production
	September	Stars in Your Eyes	Revue and social evening
	December	Beauty and the Beast	Pantomime by Ron Hall Top of Page

2004	May	Midsummer Mink	Comedy by Peter Coke
	December	Cinderella	Pantomime by Martin Blinkhorn

2005	May	Fly in the Ointment	Farce by Derek Benfield
	September	Flight of the Eydon Pot Boiler Mark 1	Produced by Mike Jackson
	December	Puss in Boots	Pantomime by Kenneth Branchette

2006	May	The Beggar's Opera	by John Gay
	September	TOTP Remembered	Revue evening
	December	Mother Goose	Pantomime by Kenneth Branchette At the NODA East Midlands Area Awards, Eydon Players were nominated for the Pantomime Award for this production.

2007	May	Curtain Up on Murder	Thriller by Bettine Manktelow
	October	Seven Ages of Man	Revue evening, Devised and produced by Mike Jackson
	December	Snow White and the 7 Fairies	Pantomime Script courtesy of the Wednesday Players of Essex

2008	May	Theft	Comedy thriller by Eric Chappell
	December	Aladdin	Pantomime by Kenneth Branchette

2009	May	Where There's a Will...	Black comedy by Ian Hornby At the NODA East Midlands Area Awards on May 9th, 2010, Eydon Players were nominated for the Play Award for this production. The play was chosen as the winner of this section, so congratulations to all involved
	September	Murder Mystery	Revue evening
	December	Jack and the Beanstalk	Pantomime by Damian Trasler, Steve Lovesy and David Clark

2010	May	Sweeney Todd	A dark melodrama by C G Bond At the NODA East Midlands Area Awards May 2011, this production was nominated for the Play Award.
	December	Red Riding Hood	Pantomime by Tina and Robert Burbidge Top of Page

2011	May	The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen's Guild Dramatic Society Murder Mystery	by David McGillivray and Walter Zerlin Jnr
	September	Murder Mystery at Byfield	by Alan Watson
	October	Murder Mystery at Culworth	by Alan Watson
	December	Calamity Dame	by Tracy Canavan - Smith

2012	May	Portrait of a Queen	Edited by William Francis . Music by Charles Chilton
	July	Spiked	Written and directed by Mick Hawes Performed as part of the second South Northants Drama Festival at Lois Weedon Village Hall
	July	Variations	by Peter Appleton Directed by Mick Hawes Performed as part of the second South Northants Drama Festival at Lois Weedon Village Hall
	December	Sinbad the Sailor	Pantomime by Damian Trasler, Steve Lovesy and David Clark. Nominated for a NODA award 2013

2013	May	Play It Again, Sam	By Woody Allen
	September	Matron Don't Allow	One act play developed from improvisation sessions, performed at the third South Northants Drama Festival. Directed by Mick Hawes
	December	Figgy Pudding	Revue evening. Three part entertainment with two course supper by Tim Williams. Devised and directed by Mike Jackson Mini panto by the Junior Players , directed by Richard Oliver and Robin Brown

2014	June	Just Desserts?	The Terrorist by Graham Jones The Endowment by Sue Gordon Mum's the Word by Damian Woods Three one act plays on the theme of retribution. Directed by Matthew Tasker
	September	Fetch the Breadknife	One act play by Mick Hawes and Peter Keenan, performed at the third South Northants Drama Festival. Directed by Mick Hawes Top of Page
2015	February	Alice, The Wonderland Years	Written and directed by Mick Hawes
2016	February	The Silver Jubilee Revue	Compiled and written by Alan Watson, assisted by Mike Jackson and Matthew Tasker A review in Revue format of 25 years of Eydon Players, with excerpts from some of our most notable productions; just a taster from a total of over 70 shows.
2018	January 11-13	Cinderella	by Stuart Adern and Bob Heather Directed by Matthew Tasker A joint production between Eydon Players and Eydon Village Hall

2018	July 5-7	A Fete Worse than Death	By Richard James. Directed by Mike Jackson. A murder mystery comedy. Nefarious goings-on at the village fete. Marrow envy, infidelity and who is to solve the murder but a famous TV detective, an actor who thought he was only there to open the fete.
2019	June 27 - 29	Parlor City Noir	A Nick Holliday P.I. Mystery by David Schmidt. Directed by Matthew Tasker. Who killed Peter de Lucci? P.I. Nick Holliday and assistant Dora Chase find themselves falling foul of the local Numbers racketeers.
2020	January 23-25	Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves	Pantomime by Ben Crocker. Directed by David Eyes

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