GMS History

GMS PRODUCTIONS 1947 - 2010

 

DIR = Stage Director                      MD = Musical Director               CH = Choreographer

1947
 
Creation of
GOSFORD MUSICAL
and
DRAMATIC SOCIETY
 
1948
Pirates of Penzance
DIR-   John Chisholm
MD-    Alan Moore
 
Dorothy
DIR-   Helen Langdon
MD-   Alan Moore
1949
Hong Kong
DIR-   Helen Langdon
MD-    Alan Moore
  
 
1950
A Country Girl
DIR-   Helen Langdon
CH-    Betty MacDonald
 
Maritza
DIR-   Neil Johnson
MD-    Margaret Wells
CH-     Betty MacDonald
 
 
1951
Quiet Week-End
DIR-   Ethel Gabriel
  
Our 1951 Revue
DIR-   Betty MacDonald
MD-    Margaret Wells
 
Our Miss Gibbs
DIR-   Neil Johnson
MD-    Ted Instone
  
Mystery at Green Fingers
DIR-   Ethel Gabriel
  
1952
Variety Show
 
Baa Baa Blacksheep
DIR-   Ethel Gabriel
  
HMS Pinafore
DIR-   Helen Langdon
MD-    Ted Instone
 
See How They Run
DIR-   Frank Davies
 
Rio Rita
DIR-   Neil Johnson
MD-    Ted Instone
CH-     Betty MacDonald
1953
Sally
DIR-   Neil Johnson
MD-    Ted Instone
 
Spotlights of 1953
DIR-   Betty MacDonald
MD-    Margaret Wells
 
Tony Draws a Horse
DIR-   Peter Summerton
  
 
 
 
1954
Wildflower
DIR-   Neil Johnson
MD-    Ted Instone
CH-     Betty MacDonald
 
Maid of the Mountains
DIR-   Neil Johnson
MD-   Ted Instone
CH-    Betty MacDonald
 
The Little Foxes
DIR-   Leila Blake
 
One Wild Oat
DIR-   Don Crosby
1955
Little Lambs Eat Ivy
DIR-   Roberta Hunt
 
The Quaker Girl
DIR-   Neil Johnson
MD-   Ted Instone
CH-    Betty MacDonald
 
The New Moon
DIR-   Neil Johnson
MD-   Ted Instone
CH-    Betty MacDonald
1956
The Merry Widow
DIR-   Neil Johnson
MD-   Ted Instone
CH-     Fay Clark
            Wilma Eagle
 
This Happy Breed
DIR-   Leila Blake
 
Blithe Spirit
DIR-   Owen Weingott
 
Rose Marie
DIR-   Neil Johnson
MD-    Ted Instone
CH-    Betty MacDonald
          Lesley Maxwell
1957
The Paragon
DIR-   Nancy Warner-Hunt
  
Dial “M” For Murder
DIR-   Nancy Warner-Hunt
  
No Escape
DIR-   Nancy Warner-Hunt
  
 
1958
Simon and Laura
DIR-   Nancy Warner-Hunt
  
High Jinks
DIR-   Neil Johnson
MD-   Ted Instone
CH-    Betty MacDonald
 
Ring Round the Moon
DIR-   Phyl Bennett
  
 
1959
Me and My Girl
DIR-   Neil Johnson
MD-    Ted Instone
 
Mother Goose
DIR-   Betty MacDonald
 
Bonaventure
 DIR-   Phyl Bennett
  
Cure for Love
DIR - Keith Buckley
1960
Book of the Month
DIR-   Hugh Baird
 
Nude with Violin
DIR-   Hugh Baird
  
 
 
1961
Jack and the Beanstalk
1962
No Escape
DIR-   Nancy Warner-Hunt
 
“Pffffft!” The Revue of '62
DIR-   Bob Hope
1964
The Gondoliers
DIR-   Bill Lowry
MD-   Hugh Baird
  
 
1965
Rio Rita
DIR-   Betty MacDonald
MD-   Hugh Baird
1966
The Mikado
DIR-   Hugh Baird
MD-   Hugh Baird
CH-    Betty MacDonald
  
Puss ‘n Boots
DIR- Betty McDonald
CH-   Vera Kinder
 
1967
Oklahoma
DIR-   John Clugston
MD-    Hugh Baird
CH-    Vera Kinder
 
The Boyfriend
DIR-   John Clugston
MD-    Marie Swan
CH-    Vera Kinder
1968
White Horse Inn
DIR-   John Clugston
MD-    Marie Swan
CH-    Kevin Hartas
 
Our Miss Gibbs
DIR-   John Clugston
MD-    Nancye Booth
CH-    Kevin Hartas
1969
South Pacific
DIR-   Harry Mannigan
MD-    Hugh Baird
CH-    Betty MacDonald
 
Calamity Jane
DIR-   Harry Mannigan
MD-    Hugh Baird
CH-    Betty MacDonald
1970
The Pajama Game
DIR-   Harry Mannigan
MD-    Hugh Baird
CH-    Betty MacDonald
 
Rose Marie
DIR-   Neil Johnson
MD-    Hugh Baird
CH-    Betty MacDonald
 
1971
The Desert Song
DIR-   Neil Johnson
MD-    Hugh Baird
CH –   Kay Spinks
          Betty MacDonald
 
Carousel
DIR-   Neil Johnson
MD-    Hugh Baird
CH-    Kay Spinks
1972
HMS Pinafore
DIR-   Neil Johnson
MD-    Hugh Baird
 
The New Moon
DIR-   Neil Johnson
MD-    Hugh Baird
CH-    Betty MacDonald
 
1973
Annie Get Your Gun
DIR-   Glen Barker
MD-    Hugh Baird
CH-     Dorothea Marler
 
 
Showboat
DIR-   Ted Williams
MD-    Derek Harling
CH-    Betty MacDonald
         Julie Jessop
1974
Anything Goes
DIR-   Glen Barker
MD-    Derek Harling
CH-    Julie Jessop
 
Brigadoon
DIR-   Bill Wallace
MD-    Suzanne Cattell-Wallace
CH-    Janelle Smith
1975
Oklahoma
DIR-   Ted Williams
MD-    Isobel Williams
CH-    Julie Jessop
         Janelle Smith
 
The Sound of Music
DIR-   Bill Wallace
MD-    Suzanne Cattell-Wallace
CH-    Julie Jessop
1976
Hello Dolly
DIR-   Bill Wallace
MD-   Suzanne Cattell-Wallace
CH-    Betty MacDonald
 
Li’l Abner
DIR-   Glen Barker
MD-    Sue Yule
CH-    Dorothea Marler
 
1977
The Merry Widow
DIR-   Edward Williams
MD-    Fran Godbold
 
My Fair Lady
DIR-   Glen Barker
MD-    Nancye Booth
CH-    Dianne Soward
 
1978
White Horse Inn
DIR-   Glen Barker
MD-    Nancye Booth
CH-    Vivienne Gilbert
 
How to Succeed in Business
DIR-   Gary Armstrong
MD-    Fran Godbold
CH-    Julie Jessop
 
 
1979
Pirates of Penzance
DIR-   Ted Williams
MD-    Nancye Booth
CH-    Julie Jessop
 
Forum
DIR-   Garry Armstrong
MD-    Fran Godbold
 
Mame
Dir –   Garry Armstrong
MD-    Nancye Booth
CH -   Julie Jessop
 
Dick Whittington
DIR-   Fran Godbold
MD-    Fran Godbold
CH-    Dorothea Marler
1980
Guys & Dolls
DIR-   Allan Kingsford Smith
MD-   Ray Buttsworth
CH-   Dorothea Marler
 
Follies
DIR-   Ian Hawkins
MD-    Flo Heap
CH-    Dorothea Marler
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1981
Mother Goose
DIR-   Fran Godbold
MD-    Fran Godbold
CH-    “The Cast
 
Sweet Charity
DIR-   Allan Cope
MD-    Fran Godbold
CH-    Louise Cavey
 
South Pacific
DIR-   Wilma Eagle
MD-  Nancye Booth
CH-   Julie Jessop
 
 Jack and the Beanstalk
DIR-   Fran Godbold
MD-    Fran Godbold
CH-    Louise Cavey
 
The Club
 DIR-   Ted Williams
 
1982
Spotlight Parade
DIR-   Ian Hawkins
MD-    Flo Heap
CH-    Dorothea Marler
 
The Gondoliers
DIR-   Del de Glorion
MD-    Patrick Donnellan
CH-    Del de Glorion
 
Little Mary Sunshine
DIR-   Ian Hawkins
MD-    Ray Buttsworth
CH-    Fran Godbold
 
 
Can Can
DIR-   Ted Williams
MD-    Nanette Drielsma
CH-    Keryl Smith
 
Aladdin and his Lamp
DIR-   Rae Schofield
MD-    Flo Heap
CH-    Fran Godbold
1983
Fiddler on the Roof
DIR-   Laura Stanley
MD-    Nancye Booth
CH-    Julie Jessop
          Dorothea Marler
 
Oliver!
DIR-   Fran Godbold
MD-    Vicki McMahon
CH-    Kim Foster
 
 
1984
Do I Hear a Waltz?
DIR-   Margaret McGowan
MD-    Flo Heap
CH-    Keryl Smith
 
Pippin
DIR-   Arthur Dicks
MD-    Ray Buttsworth
CH-    Barbara Proudman
 
 
The Fantasticks
 DIR-   Laura Stanley
MD-    Bob Keating
CH-    Barbara Proudman
 
No, No, Nanette
DIR-   Wilma Eagle
MD-    Flo Heap
CH-    Julie Jessop
1985
Godspell
DIR-   Fran Godbold
MD-    Fran Godbold
CH-    Tania Hunter
 
Little Me
DIR-   Allan Kingsford-Smith
MD-    Ray Buttsworth
CH-    Tania Hunter
 
‘Fings ain't wot they used t'be
DIR-   Tom Knight
MD-    Bruce Yip
CH-    Barbara Proudman
 
Annie
DIR-   Fran Godbold
MD-    Ian Sell
CH-     Tania Hunter
1986
Cinderella
DIR-   Rae Schofield
MD-    Marie Swan
CH-    Vivienne Gilbert
 
The Mikado
DIR-   Ted Williams
MD-    Nancye Booth
CH-    Julie Jessop
 
They’re Playing Our Song
DIR-   Fran Godbold
MD-    Andrew Swan
CH-    Tania Hunter
 
Cabaret
DIR-   Leigh Collins
          Laura Stanley
MD-    Robert Bedwell
CH-    Emma Gilbert
1987
Tarantara, Tarantara
DIR-   Fran Godbold
MD-    Fran Godbold
CH-    Fran Godbold
         John Herrick
 
Mack and Mabel
DIR-   Fran Godbold
MD-   Geoff Preece
CH-    Ruth Dunn
 
Make Mine Mink
DIR-   Ian Hawkins
MD-    Ian Sell
CH-    Julie Jessop
          Ruth Dunn
 
Half a Six Pence
DIR-   Jenny Blake
MD-    Roslyn English
CH-    Carolyn McNamara
          Julie Stockdale
 
1988
Joseph
DIR-   John Herrick
MD-    Ian Sell
CH-    Emma Gilbert
 
Gypsy
DIR-   Fran Godbold
MD-    Ian Sell
CH-    Carolyn McNamara
 
Let’s Celebrate
DIR-   Fran Godbold
MD-    Andrew Swan
CH-     Emma Gilbert
          Julie Jessop
          Tania Hunter
          Carolyn McNamara
 
 
1989
Pirates of Penzance
DIR-   Ken Boucher
MD-    Geoff Preece
CH-    Emma Gilbert
 
Macbeth: the Comedy
DIR-   Phil Grieve
 
My Fair Lady
DIR-   Jess Stuart
MD-    Nancye Booth
CH-    Patti Gleeson
 
Forum
DIR-   Fran Godbold
MD-    Nick Byrne
CH-    Carolyn McNamara
 
Paint Your Wagon
DIR-   Frank Wilson
MD-    Diane Gardiner
CH-    Emma Gilbert
         Carolyn McNamara