Jill Payne - full credits

Four women are doing community punishment orders working on a allotment growing vegetables for soup kitchens. On the allotment they feel they can choose how they want to be.. They can choose who t... over 19 years ago

almost 26 years ago

Like many Irish plays, The Cripple of Inishmaan combines humour, poignancy and a warm life-enhancing quality in the strong story-telling tradition. Although the play is set on the remote island o... over 18 years ago

Originally Written as a radio play, this stage version was first performaned at the Lyric Hammersmith on 31st May 2000. It won the 1996 Writers' Guild award for Best original Radio Play and the 199... over 22 years ago

Brian Walters, who died in December 2006, was a valued and active member of RDG for over 35 years. His many talents and skills meant he contributed to the life of the group in many ways - on stage ... over 17 years ago

183rd Production. First performed at the National Theatre in October 2012, this touching and funny play had a star-studded cast headed by Frances de la Tour, Nicholas le Prevost, Peter Egan and Lin... over 6 years ago

This is the first of Priestley’s published one-act plays and originated as a specially written television play for the BBC. It was transmitted from Alexandra Palace first on 27 August, 1946; Priest... over 16 years ago

A wild, surreal and scathing anti-war play whose characters embody the conflict and violent contradictions of America today. In States of Shock Shepard puts America on stage not just as a geograph... over 19 years ago

This is the musical production we have chosen for our November 2011 slot at the Rhoda McGaw Theatre, Woking. “42nd Street” is a well-known, good old-fashioned musical with some very familiar tunes... almost 13 years ago

All that JazZ (an A to Z of Musicals) The musical romp through the alphabet is fast approaching and so I set out below the programme for you all to digest. This is what we hope will be the final ... over 14 years ago

Written when Arthur Miller was 78 years old, “Broken Glass” has all the in-depth truth we expect of his plays. It was first presented in England at the National Theatre by Richard Eyre in 1994 with... over 15 years ago

167th Production This adaptation of the well-loved Stella Gibbons’ classic rural novel, set in the 1930s, is written with its tongue firmly in its cheek, giving wonderful opportunities for hilario... over 12 years ago

Like many Irish plays, The Cripple of Inishmaan combines humour, poignancy and a warm life-enhancing quality in the strong story-telling tradition. Although the play is set on the remote island o... over 18 years ago

The Salem Witches Early in 1692, in the small Massachusetts village of Salem, a number of girls fall ill, victims of hallucinations and seizures. In extremely religious Puritan New England, such f... almost 15 years ago

181st Production. Written in1933 this play paints a bleak picture of post war disillusionment as symbolised by the family of a country solicitor, living in a small village in Kent. This is a power... over 7 years ago

This original play, written by a member of RDG, is set in a cheap American Motel in the 1990’s. A tautly written two hander it explores the fascinating theme of the relationship between an abducto... over 11 years ago

This is the most popular anti-war play to appear after World War I. It was first produced professionally by Maurice Browne and starred a young Lawrence Olivier as Captain Stanhope. It still works w... almost 17 years ago

This play was premiered at the Almeida Theatre, London in 2006. The play has just been released for amateurs so RDG may be the first to perform it. Charlotte Jones is the author of "Humble Boy" whi... over 16 years ago

Something wicked this way comes! This production will be a modern retelling of the classic Shakespearean tragedy. Reduced to one act, our story is set on the grimy streets of modern day England. Af... over 9 years ago

The story of a devil-may-care rogue who has been transferred from prison because of difficult behaviour into an American state mental institution. McMurphy transforms the cold, lifeless, loveless ... almost 19 years ago

Peter Nicols\' clever, ingenious play is a dissection of adultery. The title contains a deliberate pun for this is a play about sexual love and suffering and the fragile line which divides them. Bo... over 21 years ago

178th Production. Quartermaine’s Terms, first staged in 1981, is perhaps Simon Gray’s finest work; an English drama that stands comparison with Chekhov in its ability to combine comedy with a power... over 8 years ago

This play takes us into familiar Ayckbourn territory - one liners - tense silences - and the desperate efforts to end them; all fuelled by strongly drawn characters and escalating tension. The pl... over 15 years ago

Bob Fosse's story was based on the Academy Award winning film, Le Notti Di Cabiria, by Italian genius Federico Fellini. After seeing the film in 1957, Fosse immediately saw the potential for a Broa... almost 22 years ago

162nd Production. First presented by RDG in 1973. Based on the classic novel by Henry Fielding, this stage version of “Tom Jones” has been described as ‘a rich, ripe and bawdy romp’, but for all ... almost 14 years ago

This is a powerful one act play which boldly tackles the subjects of homelessness, rape and disability with humour, honesty and warmth. Dorcas looks after her middle-aged brother Vincent who has l... over 20 years ago

This play is to be RDG's entry in the Woking and Spelthorne & Runnymede Drama Festival 2009. James Saunders was one of Britain’s main exponents of the Theatre of the Absurd in the 1960s and la... over 14 years ago