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Key Pantomime production Animal Act Water Act Electrical/Technical Act Darlington Operatic Society Production Links to the Railway This document was classified as: OFFICIAL #

1960 Show Genre Acts/Cast Production Company Start Date End Date Programme Copy Leaflet Poster Photograph Other 1 Jack and the Beanstalk PANTO Meg Leeming/ Greta Sanderson/ Anne Henderson/ DOS 11/01/1960 Y Eileen Young/ Herbert Burgins

2 Freestyle wrestling Sport Freestyle wresting 04/03/1960 Y 3 Boxing Tournament Sport North East team and 15th/19th King's Royal Hussars Boxing Tournament 04/04/1960 Y

4 Musical DOS 02/05/1960 07/05/1960 Y Y 5 Halle Orchestra Concert George Weldon Halle Orchestra 10/09/1960 Y Y 6 Brigadoon Musical DOS 07/11/1960 12/11/1960 Y Y Y 7 All Star International Sport Lord Bertie Topham and his faithful valet vs Joe Keegan 25/11/1960 Y Wrestling Tournament This document was classified as: OFFICIAL#

1961 Show Genre Acts/Cast Production Company Start Date End Date Programme Copy Leaflet Poster Other 1 Aurora- The Story of Musical Eileen Young/ Kenneth Richardson/ Bernard DOS 09/01/1961 14/01/1961 Y Y Y Y Sleeping Beauty Sanderson/ Lily Henderson/ Anna Saunders/ Brian Thorpe/ Sam Herdman/ Glenis Beresford/ Vicky Tringham/ Ray Simmons/ Colin Musgrave/ Kenneth Bodden

2 Wrestling Tournament Sport Tony Gerard/ Karl Van Dyck/ Eris Cross/Don De Rouffignac Ltd and Van 20/01/1961 Y Boardman/ Joe Reid/ Jim Bevan./ Young Wurden Hackenschmidt vs The Farmer

3 Spotlight On The Gang Variety The Boy Scouts of Darlington The Boy Scouts of Darlington 13/03/1961 Y

4 South Pacific Musical DOS 01/05/1961 06/05/1961 Y Y This document was classified as: OFFICIAL #

1962 Show Genre Acts/Cast Production Company Start Date End Date Programme Copy Leaflet Poster Other 1 Darlington Orchestra Concert Raimund Herinex Darlington Orchestra 00/00/1962 Y 2 Northern Sinfonia Orchestra Concert Julian Bream Northern Sinfonia Orchestra 22/03/1962 Y 3 Musical DOS 30/04/1962 Y Y 4 The Belle of New York Musical DOS 29/10/1962 03/11/1962 Y Y Y Comedy 5 Jack and the Beanstalk PANTO Tom Bradley 26/12/1962 12/01/1963 Y Y This document was classified as: OFFICIAL #

1963 Show Genre Acts/Cast Production Company Start Date End Date Programme Copy Leaflet Poster Other 1 Spotlight on the gang Variety The Boy Scouts of Darlington The Boy Scouts of Darlington 11/03/1963 Y

2 Savoy DOS 25/03/1963 30/03/1963 Y Y Y 3 Pirates of Penzance DOS 25/03/1963 30/03/1963 Y Y Y 4 Darlington Orchestra Concert Ava June/ Malcolm Page Darlington Orchestra 03/04/1963 Y 5 The Maid of the Mountains DOS 28/10/1963 02/11/1963 Y Y 6 The Diplomats Bryan Coleman/Ruchard Waring/ Phyllis Konstam 09/12/1963 Y This document was classified as: OFFICIAL#

1964 Show Genre Acts/Cast Production Company Start Date End Date Programme Copy Leaflet Poster Other 1 The School for Wives Comedy Margate Stage Company 01/02/1964 Y

2 The Barber of Seville Opera Northern Sinfonia Orchestra/ Raymond Leppard- The Arts Council 21/03/1964 Y Phillip May/Bruse Lockie/ Marjorie Ward/ Paul Smith

3 Northern Sinfonia Orchestra Concert Northern Sinfonia Orchestra 00/04/1964 Y 4 The Music Man Musical DOS 11/04/1964 09/05/1964 Y Y Y Y 5 The Royal Philharmonic Concert Ava June Royal Liverpool Philharmonic 20/04/1964 Y Orchestra Orchestra 7 Gilbert & Sullivan for All Concert Show D'Oyly Carte Opera stars / Newton Aycliffe Operatic Norman Meadmore 31/05/1964 Y and Dramatic Society

6 Twelfth Night Comedy Fredrick Bartman/ Michael Blackmore/ Elizabeth New Shakespeare Company 08/06/1964 Y Proud

8 The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Concert Charles Groves 21/09/1964 Y Orchestra

9 Shades Concert The Cleavelands/ Ellis Holiday/ Maureen Clark/ The 22/09/1964 Y Emanciption 9 / King Karat

10 Charley's Aunt Farce Margate Stage Company 28/09/1964 01/10/1964 Y 11 Russ Conway Concert Russ Conway 10/10/1964 Y 12 David Kosoff Performance David Kosoff 24/10/1964 Y

13 The Gypsy Baron Operetta DOS 26/10/1964 31/10/1964 Y Y Y 14 The Best of Everything Variety Ken Platt/ Al Horeh/ Old Mother Kelly/ Aubrey Philip Bernard 02/11/1964 Y Phillips/ Mike Arnold/ Du panot Dancers/ Donne Douglas/ Ossie Noble

15 Miss Tessa Robbins Concert Miss Tessa Robbins 12/12/1964 Y This document was classified as: OFFICIAL#

16 Operetta Alma Richardson/ Roland Wiginton/ Norman Gladwin/ Shildon and District Amatueur 30/11/1964 05/12/1964 Y Jean heardman/ Eric Pearson/ Wade Cogham/ Jeffrey Operatic Society Wragg/ Ken Robinson/ Neil Diran/ Audrey Dunn/ Barry Dargue/ Joe Morgan/ Eunice Cockburn/ Jenny Ferguson/ Joan Hunter/ Pam Johnson/ Joan Reynolds/ Sylvia Doran/ Marion Donaldson/ Barabara Longstaff

17 Dick Whittington PANTO Mary Quist/ John Parsons/ Danny Ross/ Susie York/ 26/12/1964 16/01/1965 Y Josie Smith Dancers This document was classified as: OFFICIAL #

1965 Show Genre Acts/Cast Production Company Start Date End Date Programme Copy Leaflet Poster Other 1 Western Theatre Ballet Dance Western Theatre Ballet -Peter Darrell 15/02/1965 Y 2 Spotlight on the Gang Variety The Boy Scouts of Darlington The Boy Scouts of Darlington 15/03/1965 20/03/1965 Y Y 3 La Belle Helene Opéra bouffe DOS 03/05/1965 08/05/1965 Y Y Y 4 An evening of British Rubbish Comedy 24/05/1965 Y

5 Person Unknown Thriller Maggie Lambert/ Margaret Guess/ David Garth/ Anna Taurus Presentations in association with James 24/05/1965 Y Y Neagle/ Terence Longdon/ John Owens/ Terence Whiteley Ltd. Brook/ Elisabeth Choice/ Christopher Raphael/ Richard Vanstone

6 Celebrity Concert Concert Raimund Herincx/ Astra Blair/ The Neville Male Voice 13/06/1965 Y Choir

7 Gilbert & Sullivan for All Concert Show / / / 12/09/1965 Y

8 Holiday Startime Variety Nat Jackley 13/09/1965 Y 9 Rattle of a simple man Comedy-Drama 20/09/1965 Y 10 Western Theatre Ballet Dance 27/09/1965 Y 11 The Northern Sinfonia Concert Northern Sinfonia Orchestra Northern Sinfonia Orchestra 01/10/1965 Y Orchestra 12 The New Moon Operetta Alam Richardson/ Len. Carr/ Barry Dargue/ Joe Shildon and District Amateur Operatic Society 04/10/1965 09/10/1965 Y Morgan/ Alan Richardson/ Rolan Wigington/ George Dixon/ Jack Robinson/ Bert Dunn/ Roger Lightfoot/ Clarriw Young/ Eunice Cockburn/ Norman Dowson/ Joan Hunter/ Craig Williams/ Audrey Dunn/ Jeffrey Wragg

13 The Royal Liverpool Concert Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra 22/10/1965 Y Philharmonic Orchestra 14 Friends and Neighbours Comedy Darlington Pilgrim Players 27/10/1965 Y 15 Harlequin Ballet Dance Darlington Civic Theatre 01/11/1965 Y 16 Harlequin Ballet Dance Darlington Civic Theatre 04/11/1965 17 King's Rhapsody Musical DOS 08/11/1965 13/11/1965 Y 18 Cilli Wang Performance 15/11/1965 Y 19 Professional Variety Show and Variety Philip Bernard 18/11/1965 Y Talent Contest

20 The Importance of Being Oscar Drama Michael MacLiammoir 21/11/1965 Y Y

21 The Northern Sinfonia Concert Rudolf Schwarz/ Oleg Krisa Northern Sinfonia Orchestra 23/11/1965 Y Orchestra

22 Townswoman's Guild Pageant Event 25/11/1965 Y This document was classified as: OFFICIAL #

23 Olde Tyme Music Hall Variety Philip Bernard/ Old Mother Kelly/ Margery Manners/ 29/11/1965 Y Kitty Gillow / George Raymonde

24 The Spinners Concert 18/12/1965 Y 25 Mother Goose PANTO Marie Joy/ Mike Berry/ Marie Farlane/ Frank Lynn/ Darlington Civic Theatre 27/12/1965 15/01/1966 Y Trevor Munro/ Ronald Alexander/ Alex Munro, Jnr./ Amanda Birkin/ The Jose Smith Toppers/ The Anderson Juveniles This document was classified as: OFFICIAL #

1966 Show Genre Acts/Cast Production Company Start Date End Date Programme Copy Leaflet Poster Other 1 Little Angel Marionettes Puppet 26/01/1966 Y 2 The Verdict Drama Margaret Lawson/ Anthony Shrivell/Michael Fablan/ 31/01/1966 05/02/1966 Y Gordon Pit 3 David Kosoff Performance David Kosoff 07/02/1966 09/02/1966 Y Y 4 The Northern Sinfonia Orchestra Concert Northern Sinfonia Orchestra 10/02/1966 Y 5 Macbeth Tragedy Charles Lewson/ Ian Taylor/ Roger Dwyer/ John The Century Theatre 21/02/1966 26/02/1966 Y Watts/ Michael Elwyn/ Roger Swaine/Rosslyn de Winter/ Patricia Maynard

6 See How They Run Comedy Emma Stuart/ Roslyn de Winter The Century Theatre 24/02/1966 Y 7 Ballet for all Dance 02/03/1966 03/03/1966 Y 8 Darlington Music Festival Music Festival 04/03/1966 09/03/1966 Y 9 Poetry and Jazz Performance 12/03/1966 Y 10 Gilbert & Sullivan for All Concert Show Thomas Round/ Donald Adams/ Valerie Masterson/ for all 13/03/1966 Y Y Jean Alliston

11 Major Barbara Drama Geoffrey Edwards/ Colette Dunne/Malcolm Young/ The Malvern Festival Theatre Compnay 14/03/1966 Y Y Cicely Bowman

12 Bournemoth Symphony Orchestra Concert Constantin Sylvester/ Gerald Jarvis 21/03/1966 Y 13 Folk Concert Concert 26/03/1966 Y 14 The Verdict Drama Barry Sinclair/ Jennifer Wood 28/03/1966 Y 15 Dear Liar Drama 09/04/1966 Y 16 The Northern Sinfonia Orchestra Concert Boris Brott/John Ogdon 14/04/1966 Y

17 Africa- Wild Life Film Y 18 Pride & Prejudice Romance Signpost Productions Ltd 18/04/1966 19 The Baccholian Singers Concert Friends of Darlington Civic Theatre 24/04/1966

20 Astound- Fogel 30/04/1966 Y 21 Annie Get Your Gun Musical DOS 02/05/1966 07/05/1966 Y Y 22 Watch It Sailor Comedy Darlington Pilgrim Players 11/05/1966 23 Love on ice Romance 21/05/1966 Y 24 The Northern Sinfonia Orchestra Concert Northern Sinfonia Orchestra 11/10/1966 Y 25 Prizegiving- St Mary's Boys School Event St Mary's Boys School 12/10/1966 Y 26 Cosi Fan Tutte Opera Opera For All 14/10/1966 Y 27 Madama Butterfly Opera Opera For All 15/10/1966 Y 28 Prizegiving- Immacualte Conception Event Immacualte Conception 21/10/2966 Y 29 Die Fledermaus Opera DOS 24/10/1966 29/10/1966 Y Y 30 The Hollow Crown History Basilica Productions 31/10/1966 Y 31 Indian Dancing Dance Asian Music Circle 08/11/1966 09/11/1966 Y 32 Mayor's Aberfan Fund Concert Concert 10/11/1966 Y 33 Tonight's The Night Musical Joan Colyer 21/11/1966 Y 34 Rose-Marie Operetta Shildon & District Amateur Operatic Society 28/11/1966 03/12/1966 Y This document was classified as: OFFICIAL #

35 The Tempest Drama Philip Blaine/ Adrian Hammond/ Antony Brown/ Peter The York Theatre Royal 06/12/1966 10/12/1966 Y Schofield/ Mark Hawkins/ John Ingram/ John Atterbury/ Frederick Arle/ Joseph Cook/ Frank Marlborough/ Patrick O'Connell/ Christopher Carbis/ Roger tallon/ Narissa Knights/ Ian Trigger/ Jackie Piper/ Sally Sanders/ Tamara Ustinov

36 A Christmas Carol Drama Michael Fabian Enterprises 12/12/1966 17/12/1966 Y 37 John Wright's Marionettes Puppet John Wright 26/12/1966 07/01/1967 Y 38 Dry Rot Farce Michael Fabian Enterprises 26/12/1966 31/12/1966 Y Y This document was classified as: OFFICIAL#

1967 Show Genre Acts/Cast Production Company Start Date End Date Programme Leaflet Poster Other 1 Flat Spin Comedy Michael Fabian Enterprises 02/01/1967 07/01/1967 Y 2 A Taste of Honey Drama Michael Fabian Enterprises 10/01/1967 14/01/1967 Y 3 The Miracle Worker Drama Michael Fabian Enterprises 17/01/1967 21/01/1967 Y 4 There was a man Drama Friends of Civic 22/01/1967 Y 5 Come Blow Your Horn Comedy Michael Fabian Enterprises 24/01/1967 28/01/1967 Y 6 Two For The Seesaw Drama Michael Fabian Enterprises 02/02/1967 11/02/1967 Y 7 Northern Sinfonia Orchestra Concert Northern Sinfonia Orchestra 15/02/1967 Y 8 Harlequin Ballet Dance Harlequin Ballet 17/02/1967 18/02/1967 Y 9 Othello Tragedy Sunderland Empire Theatre 20/02/1967 25/02/1967 Y 10 Darlington Music Festival Music Festival 02/03/1967 08/03/1967 Y 11 A Viennese Evening Concert Raymond Gubbay 05/03/1967 Y 12 Brush with a Body Comedy Pilgrim Players 15/03/1967 18/03/1967 Y 13 Lock Up Your Daughters Musical Sunderland Empre Theatre 02/04/1967 08/04/1967 Y 14 Humphrey Lyttleton Concert Friends of Civic 12/04/1967 Y 15 Anderson Dancing Display Dance Miss T Anderson 14/04/1967 Y 16 Salvation Army Band Concert 15/04/1967 Y 17 The Northern Sinfonia Orchestra Concert Northern Sinfonia Orchestra 26/04/1967 Y 18 Boylan Leeming Dancig Display Dance Boylan Leeming 29/04/1967 Y 19 Orpheus in the Underworld Opéra bouffon DOS 01/05/1967 06/05/1967 Y Y 20 Exiles Drama Zack Malton 08/05/1967 13/05/1967 Y 21 Cookery Demonstration Demonstration Pig Industries Limited 17/05/1967 Y 22 Miss Joy Beadell Dance Miss Joy Beadell 20/05/1967 Y 23 Two Dozen Red Roses Comedy Pomona Productions 22/05/1967 27/05/1967 Y 24 Centenary Carnival Show Variety 01/09/1967 Y 25 Boeing-Boeing Farce Simon Brent/ Rosemary Donnelly/ Barbara May/ Richard Graham/ Theatre 18/09/1967 23/09/1967 Y Y Anthony Kenyon/ Sally Faulkner/ Caron Gardner Presentations

26 of the Royal Marines Concert The Band of the Royal Marines 24/09/1967 Y 27 Prizegiving- St Mary's School Event St Mary's School Boy's School 27/09/1967 Y 28 Prizegiving- Immacualte Conception Event Immacualte Conception 29/09/1967 Y 29 Widow's Paradise Comedy The York Theatre Royal Company 02/10/1967 09/10/1967 Y 30 Gilbert & Sullivan for All Concert Show Norman Meadmore/ Donald Admas/ Thomas Gilbert & Sullivan for All 08/10/1967 Y Round/Valerie Masterson/ William Cox-Ife/ Gillian Knight/ John Cartier/ Jean Hindmarsh/ Jean Allister/ Angela Jenkins 31 The Birthday Party Comedy/ Drama Peter Schofield/ Margery Withers/ Frank The York Theatre Royal Company 09/10/1967 11/10/1967 Y Marlborough/ Sally Sanders/ David Lander/ Louis Haslar 32 Gipsy Love Operetta DOS 23/10/1967 28/10/1967 Y Y Y 33 Opera Opera For All 01/11/1967 Y 34 Opera Opera For All 02/11/1967 Y 35 Opera Opera For All 03/11/1967 Y 36 Madama Butterfly Opera Opera For All 04/11/1967 Y 37 Folk Sound Of Britain Concert Y This document was classified as: OFFICIAL#

38 The Barber of Seville Opera Phoenix Opera 17/11/1967 18/11/1967 Y 39 Oklahoma! Musical Shildon & District Amateur Operatic 26/11/1967 Y Society 40 Chapman's Music Hall Variety 04/12/1967 09/12/1967 Y 41 The Northern Sinfonia Orchestra Concert Northern Sinfonia Orchestra 11/12/1967 Y 42 Fanny and Johnny Craddock Demonstration Northern Gas Board 13/12/1967 14/12/1967 Y 43 Puss In Boots PANTO Jan Smith/ Tom Allday/ Graeme Eton/ McDonald B.H.C. Productions Ltd 26/12/1967 13/01/1968 Y Hobley/ Ken Barnes/ Ernest Bale/ Carl Adams/ Ann Stillman/ Brenda Vickary/ Gina Manicom/ Graeme Eton/ Brenda Martyne/ The Corps de Ballet - Boylan- Leeming School of Dance This document was classified as: OFFICIAL#

1968 Show Genre Acts/Cast Production Company Start Date End Date Programme Leaflet Poster Other 1 Candida Comedy Kenneth Seeger/ Peg Sweeny/ Edward Roth/ William David Kirk 22/01/1968 29/01/1968 Y Kendrick/ Patricia Temple/Paul Michael

2 An Inspector Calls Thriller William Kendrick/ Edward Roth/ Peg Sweeny/ Patricia David Kirk 29/01/1968 03/02/1968 Y Temple/Virginia McCarthy/ Paul Michael/ Kenneth Seeger 3 The Northern Sinfonia Orchestra Concert Northern Sinfonia Orchestra 04/02/1968 Y 4 BusyBody Comedy 12/02/1968 17/02/1968 Y 5 Romeo and Juliet Tragedy Romance 13/02/1968 Y 6 Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Concert 18/02/1968 Y 7 Popular Operatic Concert Concert Raymond Gubbay 24/02/1968 Y 8 The Promise Drama Tamara Ustinov/ David Dundas/ Peter Van Dissell Derby Playhouse 28/02/1968 29/02/1968 Y

9 Darlington Music Festival Music Festival 01/03/1968 06/03/1968 Y 10 The White Heather Club Revue 07/03/1968 09/03/1968 Y 11 Thriller of the Year Thriller Joy Andrews/ Mary Yeomans/ Nona Williams/ Terence Fitzgerald & Henry 18/03/1968 23/03/1968 Y Vivienne Burgess/ Elaine Montgomerie/ Michael McCarthy Carney/ Edward Fitch 12 The London Mozart Players Concert Harry Blech/ Nerine Barrett The London Mozart Players 27/03/1968 Y 13 The International Ballet Caravan Dance Richard Graham 04/04/1968 06/04/1968 Y 14 The Minstrel Show 13/04/1968 20/04/1968 Y 15 Four Degrees Over Musical Revue WSG Productions 22/04/1968 27/04/1968 Y 16 Bless the Bride Musical DOS 29/04/1968 04/05/1968 Y Y Y 17 The Northern Sinfonia Orchestra Concert Northern Sinfonia Orchestra 07/05/1968 Y 18 Pygmalion Romantic comedy 11/05/1968 Y 19 The Hostage Drama York Theatre Company 13/05/1968 19/05/1968 Y 20 Happy Family Comedy David Kirk 18/05/1968 21 Ladies In Retirement Drama Robin Alexander 20/05/1968 Y 22 Something to Hide Drama David Kirk 25/05/1968 23 The Odd Couple Comdey Birmingham Repertory Company 27/05/1968 01/06/1968 Y

24 The Murder Line Thriller Elaine Montgomerie/ Virginia McCarthy/ Dermot F&M Productions 10/06/1968 15/06/1969 Y Walsh/ April Walker/ Edward Fitzgerals/ Henry McCarthy/ Bernadette Hughson/ George Tarry

25 The Northern Sinfonia Orchestra Concert Northern Sinfonia Orchestra 18/06/1968 Y 26 Say Who You Are Drama Comedy Highlight Productions 11/09/1968 Y 27 Murder without crime Thriller Ben Richardson/ Peta Bernard Dennis Tynsley/ Bernad G High for Highlight 15/09/1968 05/10/1968 Y Margaret Haydn-Davies productions (Theatre) Ltd 28 Prizegiving- Immacualte Conception Event Immacualte Conception 27/09/1968 Y 29 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Drama Ben Richardson/ Peta Bernard Dennis Tynsley/ Bernad G High for Highlight 09/10/1968 19/10/1968 Y Margaret Haydn-Davies productions (Theatre) Ltd 30 Merlin's Children Theatre Childrens Merlin's Children Theatre 09/10/1968 10/10/1968 Y 31 A Song at Twilight Drama Ben Richardson/ Peta Bernard Dennis Tynsley/ Bernad G High for Highlight 22/10/1968 26/10/1968 Y Margaret Haydn-Davies productions (Theatre) Ltd This document was classified as: OFFICIAL#

32 Musical DOS 28/10/1968 02/11/1968 Y Y Y 33 An Evening of Song Concert Leigh / Robert Sutherland Darlington Civic Theatre 03/11/1968 Y 34 When We Are Married Comedy The Pilgrim Players 13/11/1968 Y 35 Jose de la Vega and his Spanish dance company Dance Isabel Blancafort/ Curra Alba/ Luis Medina/ Rafel Richard Graham 21/11/1968 23/11/1968 Y Rico/ Juan Torres 36 Brigadoon Musical Derek Kelsey/ Barry Dargue/ John Pearson/ Fallas Shildon & District Amateur 25/11/1968 30/11/1968 Y Mitchell/ Rance Richardson/ Barbara Tweddle/ John Operatic Society Chandler/ Robert Kirkpatrick/ Peter Henderson/ Joan Hunter/ Jack Robinson/ Alma Richardson/ Pat Taylor/ Chris Williams/ Joe Morgan/ John Pearson/ Margaret Chipchase/ Mr Harper/ Peter Henderson

37 The African Dance Company of Ghana Dance 07/12/1968 Y 38 The Band of the Durham Light Infantry Concert The Band of the Durham Light Infantry 08/12/1968 Y 39 Music Around The World Musical DOS 15/12/1968 Y 40 Dance Display Dance Miss Iveson 21/12/1968 Y 41 Aladdin and his magic lamp PANTO Norman Peters/ Ted Gatty/ Barras and West/ Renee B.B.W Productions 23/12/1968 11/01/1969 Y Barr/ Angela Barclay/ Clare Dee/ Dermot Kelly/ Chris Kildare/ The Kamara/ Ann Campbell/ Val Cutler/ Clare Dee/ Angela Prime/ Veronica Purnell/ Sylvia Rickaby/ Julie Ross/ Vivien Ward/ Clare Dee 1969 Show Genre Acts/Cast Production Company Start Date End Date Programme Leaflet Poster Other 1 The Northern Sinfonia Orchestra Concert Rudolph Schwarz/ Joseph Segal 05/01/1969 Y

2 Rattle of a Simple Man Comedy-Drama Geoffrey Reed/ Patricia Leach/ James Gordon Pomona Productions 13/01/1969 18/01/1969 Y

3 Arms and the man Satire 22/01/1969 01/02/1969 Y 4 The Locusts Drama 31/01/1969 Y 5 A Viennese Evening Concert Bruce Lochtie/ Robert Bateman/ Marion Studholme/ DCT 02/02/1969 Y John Parry

6 The Two Widows Opera Corena Roberts/ Jeffrey Talbot/ Wendy Eathorne/ Opera For All/ 08/02/1969 Y Elaine Hewitt/ Kenneth Francis/ Terence Walters

7 The Northern Sinfonia Orchestra Concert Margaret Price 12/02/1969 Y

8 Darlington School of Music and Performance 15/02/1969 Y Ballet 9 The Case of The Frightened Lady Thriller Ken Wade/ Allan Lee/ Leon Cotrtez/ Valentine Dyall/ Terrence Fitzgerald/ The Royal Court Theatre 24/02/1969 01/03/1969 Y Fred Bryant/ Simon Williams/ Keith Bowles/ Henry (London) Ltd McCarthy/ Ronald O'Neill/ Mara Tavanan/ Juliet Harmer

10 Darlington Competitive Music Music Festival 07/03/1969 12/03/1969 Y Festival 11 Operatic Night Out Musical 15/03/1969 Y 12 Night Must Fall Thriller Megan Latimer/ Anna Barry/ David Forbes/ Jill Candida Plays Ltd 17/03/1969 22/03/1969 Y McGregor/ Anthea Holloway/ Trisha Mortimer/ Michael Cotterill/ Jess Conrad

13 The New Cantata Orchestra of Concert The New Cantata Orchestra of London 23/03/1969 Y London 14 The Importance of Being Earnest Comedy Norman Cockin/ Michael Charlesworth/ Guy King- Solihull Theatre Group 31/03/1969 05/04/1969 Y Reynolds/ Thelma Jonsson/ Valerie testa/ Brenda Beasley/ Joan Mills/ Tim Atkins 15 Doctor Angelus Drama 21/04/1969 26/04/1969 Y 16 The White Heather Club Revue Jim Johnstone and his band/ The White Heather John Martin 01/05/1969 03/05/1969 Y Dancers/ Brian Seivwright/ Ted Darling/ Jean Ramsay/ Robin Hall/ Jimmie MacGregor/ Jock Morgan/ Don Maclean

17 La Vie Parisienne Operetta DOS 05/05/1969 10/05/1969 Y Y Y 18 The Killing of Sister George Dark Comedy David Kirk 19/05/1969 24/05/1969 Y 19 Blithe Spirit Comedy The Darlington Pilgrim Players 28/05/1969 31/05/1969 Y 20 Gigi Musical Petra Markham/ Viola Keats/ Jane Hilary/ Michael Candida Plays Ltd. 16/09/1969 20/09/1969 Y Ferrand/ Tom Georgeson/ Elizabeth Tyrell/ Isobel Hammond

21 The Northern Sinfonia Orchestra Concert Christoper Hirons /David Haslam/ Carol Andrew/John Northern Sinfonia Orchestra 25/09/1969 Y Rooke

22 Prizegiving- Immacualte Event Immacualte Conception 26/09/1969 Y Conception 23 The Thirteenth Chair Thriller Dennis Thorne/ Brian McNeil/ John Burnsall/ Peter F & M Productions 29/09/1969 04/10/1969 Y Tobin/ Byron O'Leary/ Joseph Wise/ Raymond Childe/ Marion Reid/ Elaine Montgomery/ Virginia McCarthy/ Suzanne Harris/ Mara Tavanan

24 Private Wives Comedy Leonard Woodrow/ Rosita Mee/ Barbara Deniis/ Mary Terrence Fitzgerald & Hubert Woodward 06/10/1969 11/10/1969 Y mitchell/ Charmian Innes/ John McCombe/ Maria Lynch 25 The Ulster Orchestra Concert Janos Furst/ Ianoa Brown DCT 12/10/1969 Y 26 The House on the Cliff Thriller Mirana Marshall/ Roy Patrick/ Tania Robinson/ Jessie F & M Productions 13/10/1969 18/10/1969 Y Ball/ Nancy Gabrielle/ Stephen Marsh

27 The Maz Jaffa Trio and Dorita y Concert The Maz Jaffa Trio/ Dorita y pepe 20/10/1969 Y pepe 28 Home to Roost Comedy Bert Brownbill/ Ann Harriman/ John Payne Jane Cain/ Hubert Woodward and F & M Productions 21/10/1969 25/10/1969 Y Sonny Farrar/ Derek Clarkson/ Peter McCredie/ Miranda Hampton

29 Camelot Musical DOS 27/10/1969 01/11/1969 Y Y 30 Simon and Laura Comedy Colin Bone/ Margo Newall/ Ian Leadley/ Betty The Darlington Kay Players 05/11/1969 08/11/1969 Y Fletcher/ Elsie Leadley/ Bob Asher/ Mollie Rice/ Peter Metcalfe/ Mike Bishop/ Eileen Ryder/ Christine Davidson/ Geoff Heeley/ Kevin Nelson/ Christine Harrison

31 Lights Up Education/ The Mermaid Theatre 10/11/1969 Y Childrens 32 Jazz tete a tete Concert Salena Jones/ Mark Murphy/ Mayndar Ferguson Big 15/11/1969 Y Band

33 Billy Liar Comedy Kathleen Worth/ Patrick Durkin/ Louida Vaughn/ The Forum Theatre Billingham 17/11/1969 22/11/1969 Y Michael Percival/ Graham Hamilton/ Paula Smith/ Adrienne Frank/ Anna Brett 34 Finnian's Rainbow Musical John Chandler/ Harry Brown/ Len German/ Eric Shildon & District Amateur Operatic Society 24/11/1969 29/11/1969 Y Pearson/ Elaine Hall/ Kathleen Hunt/ Alan Coates/ Jack Robinson/ Alma Richardson/ Robert Sowerby/ Barry Dargue/ Fallas Mitchell/ Robert Bacon/ Kathleen Squince/ Chris Williams/ Jenny Ferguson/ Joe Morgan/ John PErason/ Fred Clapham/ Sylvia Doran/ Gloria German/ Karen Turner

35 The Snow Queen / Kids of 1969 Dance The Beadell School of Dancing The Beadell School of Dancing 06/12/1969 Y

36 Evening of Dance Dance Boylan Leeming School The Darlington Lions 12/12/1969 Y 37 Rigoletto Opera Neville Wyn Williams/ Anthony Roden/ Anna Sims/ Opera For All /The London Opera Centre 13/12/1969 Y Anthony Baldwin/ Edward Sadler/ Philip Mayer/ George Gordon/ Ann Hood/ Doreen Cryer/ Laureen Livingstone/ Terrance Fillis

38 Gilbert and Sullivan Evening Concert Show Raymond Gubbay 17/12/1969 Y

39 - Handel Concert Gillian Humphreys/Paul Taylor/Norma Northern Sinfonia Orchestra 19/12/1969 Y Procter/Michael Rippon/ The Abbey Singers

40 Cinderella PANTO Vivien Ward/ Brian West/ Renee Barr/ Alivs and B.B.W Productions 22/12/1969 20/01/1970 Y O'Dell/ Bobby Barras/ Dennis Venton/ Johnny Dene/ David Macbeth/ Ann Campbell/ Elizabeth Robinson/ Veronica Barbieri/ Libby Roberts/ Julia Hilton/ Christine Saul/ Helen Hafecost/ Christine Shanley