It begins at the beginning and it goes right on through to, er, now!
1993 – A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare in the garden of Bruce Lacey
1994 – Macbeth by William Shakespeare at Norwich Castle
1994 –1549 – The Story of Kett’s Rebellion at various outdoor locations in and around Norwich
1994 – The Barney Mutton Story by Simon Floyd, Karl Minns and Dave Popkin
1994 – Yet Another Christmas Carol by Karl Minns
1995 – The Lion In Winter by James Goldman at St Gregory’s Centre for the Arts
1995 – Billy Bluelight at various outdoor locations in and around Norwich
1995 – On The Ball, Cinders by Karl Minns – Xmas pub panto
1996 – Tumland Tales at various outdoor locations in and around Norwich
1996 – The Crude Apache Event at Norwich Arts Centre
1996 – Iris
1996 – Godfather Xmas by Tim Lane & Russell J Turner – Xmas Pub Panto
1996 – Yule Tide Log: The Crude Apache Event at Norwich Arts Centre
1997 – Malcolm the Eighth by Karl Minns, with Platform One Theatre Company
1997 – A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare at various outdoor locations in and around Norwich
1997 – Messiah by Crude Apache – Xmas Pub Panto
1998 – The Crude Apache Event II at Norwich Arts Centre
1998 – Prince of Homburg by Heinrich von Kleist at various outdoor locations in and around Norwich. Dir. Jonathan V. Thorpe
1998 – Boudicca by Duncan Rowe at St Gregory’s Centre for the Arts
1998 – Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare at Norwich Puppet Theatre
1998 – Yule Tide Log by Crude Apache – Xmas Pub Panto
1999 – 1549 – The Story of Kett’s Rebellion reprise (in association with The Common Lot) at various outdoor locations in and around Norwich
1999 – Dwarf VII by “Charles Chaplin” at Norwich Arts Centre
1999 – The Crude Apache Millenium Party at Fat Pauly’s
2000 – All For One by Crude Apache at various outdoor locations in and around Norwich
2000 – filming for the mythical Eggs and Butter – a Jo Edye film (not completed yet)
2000 – No Sleep ’til Strumpshaw and ½ An Evening with the Glitter Sister double bill at Norwich Arts Centre
2001 – The Jury adapted by Crude Apache from “12 Angry Men” by Reginald Rose at City Hall (City Council Chambers)
2001 – Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare in various outdoor locations in and around Norwich
2001 – Cunobelin by Duncan Rowe at Dragon Hall
2002 – Light Shining in Buckinghamshire by Caryl Churchill at St Peter’s Church Hall
2002 – The Fall Guy by Tim Lane at Norwich Arts Centre
2002 – Henry V by William Shakespeare
2002 – The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chechov St Gregory’s Centre for the Arts
2003 – The Incredible Adventures of Professor Brainstawm adapted by Richard Brook in various outdoor locations in and around Norwich
2004 – A Night of Absurdist Suburbia double bill feat. A Resounding Tinkle by Norman Frederick Simpson and The Shitty Deal Puppet Theatre Co’s Complete History of Oppressed People Everywhere at St Peter’s Church, Park Lane, Norwich
2004 – The Street by Jo Edye in various locations in and around Norwich. Dir. Jo Edye.
2004 – Beowulf Slays Grendel adapted by Joanna Swan at Anglia Square (Norwich-Over-the-Water Month)
2005 – De Sade: The Descent of Man by Joanna Swan at Norwich Arts Centre
2005 – Billy Bluelight reprise at various outdoor locations in and around Norwich
2005 – Erosia by Phil Harris at The Garage, Chapel Field, Norwich Dir. Phil Harris
2006 – Singing The Postman by Jo Edye in various locations in and around Norwich
2006 – Something About Simone by Joanna Swan at Norwich Puppet Theatre
2006 – Doctor Faustus by Goethe adapted by Dani Doughty at The Garage, Chapel Field, Norwich
2007 – The Masked Man by Tom Butterworth at City College, Norwich
2007 – When Darkness Falls by Jo Edye at The Crows’ Nest, Nelson St, Norwich
2007 – Leaves on the Line by Russell Turner et al at The Crows’ Nest, Nelson Pub, Nelson St, Norwich
2008 – The Girl in the Birdcage by Abi Williams in The Crows’ Nest
2009 – The Chalk Hill Gang by Trevor Key et al – various outdoor locations in and around Norwich
2009 – For Adults Only by the Crude Apache Broadcasting Corporation (CABC) and Beverley Nichols in the Crows’ Nest. Dir. Joanna Swan
2010 – Gaiety: A double bill feat. For Adults Only: The Weimar Years by the CABC and Gay Play by Chantal Schaul at St Gregory’s Centre for the Arts. Dir. Joanna Swan
2010 – The Nerd Instinct by Stephen Rayner at The Sewell Barn, Constitution Hill, Norwich. Dir Stephen Rayner.
2010 – Mince Pie Murder by Chantal Schaul at St Gregory’s Ctr for the Arts
2011 – Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas at Dragon Hall, Norwich. Dir. Jo Edye
2011 – 12 – Cabaret Vault-Air I, II, and III by the Company at Jurnet’s Bar, Norwich. Hosted by Kat Floyd
2012 – Roots by Arnold Wesker at Dragon Hall, Norwich. Dir. Jo Edye
2013 – The Transports by Peter Bellamy at Dragon Hall, Norwich. Musical Dir. Tim Lane, Theatrical Dirs. Jo Edye and Panda
2014 – Gammer Gurton’s Needle by anon. at various outdoor locations around Norwich. Dir. Joanna Swan
2014 – Shakespeare’s Macbeth at Dragon Hall, Norwich. Dir Jo Edye
2015 – Singing The Postman by Jo Edye , Norfolk Tour. Dir. Tim Lane
2016 – Zastrozzi – The Master of Discipline by George F Walker at Dragon Hall, Norwich. Dir. Jo Edye
2016 – Shakespeare’s Richard III at The Shoe Factory Social Club, St. Mary’s Works, Norwich, Dir. Tim Lane
2017 – Magnificence by Howard Brenton at The Shoe Factory Social Club, St Mary’s Works, Norwich. Dir. Tom Francis
2017 – The Transports by Peter Bellamy at various outdoor locations around Norwich. Musical Dir. Tim Lane, Theatrical Dir. Panda
2018 – At the Turning of the Tide by Jo Edye and Panda at various outdoor locations around Norwich and Wymondham. Musical Dir. Tim Lane, Dir. Panda
2019 – The Good Old End of Days 25th Anniversary Special Immersive Cabaret at The Shoe Factory Social Club, St Mary’s Works
2020 – At the Turning of the Tide (extended) by Jo Edye and Panda at The Maddermarket. Musical Dir. Tim Lane, Dir. Jo Edye
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Jo
I’ve sent you an email with a bunch of detailed additions and corrections.
Some other corrections:
The Pub Panto in ’96 was called ‘Godfather Xmas’ – I don’t know what this ‘Crude Christmas Nativity’ thang is.
The Pub Panto in ’97 or ‘8 was ‘Messiah!’.
‘The Jury’ was March 2000.
‘The Cherry Orchard’ was early 2001.
Cheers
Russell
Thanks, Russell
The responses emailed to my hotmail address have been overwhelming, so it will take some time to tease it all out. Keep coming back to see!
Nailed the Pub Pantos for 96 -8:
96 – Godfather Xmas
97 – Messiah!
98 – Yule Tide Story
Will pass on printed matter on Monday
:o]
Many thanks. Changes made.
Here are some I still can’t date:
Iris by Ian Brownlie at The Walter Roy Theatre, Hewett School.
The Barney Mutton Story and Yet Another Christmas Carol, double bill – Xmas Pub Panto
The Tempest by William Shakespeare at St Peters Church Hall
On The Ball, Cinders
Malcolm the Eighth
In 2001, Shrew and Cunobellin are the wrong way round (Shrew in summer, Woad in winter; that’s how I remember it anyway. All looking cool though 🙂
Thanks Steve I’ve seen to this, and now I have the CD-ROM with the content from the old website, I should be able to finish the job!
happy to fill in details on my own contributions.
Barney Mutton/Yet Another Xmas Carol-was Dec 1994. My first contributions to C.A.
On the Ball, Cinders was the Xmas Pub Panto in 1995.
Malcolm the Eighth was put on twice. The first was as part of the Crude Apache Event in 1996. the second incarnation was in 1997, but with Platform One Theatre Company. The Yule Tide Log wasn’t a pub panto, but another C.A. event style smorgasbord, only at Christmas. Obviously. As far as memory serves, Iris was late ’96.
Minns
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I’ll fix those shortly Karl, many thanks 🙂
A small but vital correction. the Barney Mutton Story was written by Simon Floyd, myself, and Dave Popkin, I believe.
Minns
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It shall be done Karl, thanks.
mince pie murder was the highlight of our christmas entertainment last year and had been hoping there might be another local production in norwich around this christmas season but i cannot locate anything – is it all quiet?
Tom Carver says that the 1993 one-off production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream in Bruce Lacey’s garden was performed not by Crude Apache but its forerunner, The Willy Shakers.
Crude Apache, a corruption of Shakespeare’s “A crew of patches, rude mechanicals” (Bottom and his mates) was born from the desire of some of those involved to create more theatre.
I played Theseus, as it happens.