The Archives

MAD was founded in 1981 as the successor of an ad hoc group of Sunday School teachers and their spouses who – annually – put on a home-made pantomime. A few of the founding members are still active in the Group. Over 400 different people have been involved with MAD over the years (on and off-stage) and MAD is proud of the very wide age range it has attracted and the good social life it enjoys.

1981	Pink String And Sealing Wax
1982	Dick Whittington Fish Out Of Water A Christmas Carol
1983	Marylou And The Dragon Bonaventure An Italian Straw Hat
1984	Puss In Boots Parlour Games Charley’s Aunt
1985	Snow White AndThe Seven Dwarfs A Dog’s Life The Chalk Garden A Murder Has Been Arranged
1986	The Owl And The Pussycat Brush With A Body Spirit
1987	Aladdin And His Lamp Goodnight, Mrs Puffin Ernie’s Incredible Illucinations Lady Audley’s Secret
1988	Cinderella Tomb With A View Joseph And His Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat
1989	Peter Pan Pygmalion And His Galatea Friends And Neighbours
1990	Sleeping Beauty Midsummer Madness Murder In The Cathedral
1991	Pinocchio Out Of Sight, Out Of Murder An Inspector Calls
1992	Oliver! This Happy Breed
1993	Aladdin Barefoot In The Park Afternoon At The Seaside
1994	Wind In The Willows Victorian Evening
1995	Goldilocks And The Three Bears The Winslow Boy Sisterly Feelings
1996	Alice, the Musical The Great Coarse Acting Show The Real Inspector Hound After Magritte
1997	Humpty Dumpty Daisy Pulls It Off A Christmas Carol
1998	Eyes upon the Cross Here we come Gathering
1999	Worzel Gummidge The Farndale Avenue Estate's Townwomen's Guild Dramatic Society's Production of "Macbeth"
2000	Dick Whittington & Wondercat MAD’s Variety Evening When We Are Married
2001	2001 – A Space Oddity The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe
2002	No Name In The Street Fish Out Of Water
2003	Pinocchio This Desirable Cottage The Gift
2004	Robin Hood & Babes In The Wood Costa Del Packet Tiptoe Through The Tombstones
2005	Sing A Song Of Sixpence A Murder Is Announced A Taste Of Murder
2006	The Owl And The Pussycat Went To See Play On!
2007	Robinson Crusoe And The Pirates Day Of Reckoning Bugsy Malone
2008	Connections Wedding Of The Year Mum's The Word
2009 2010	Arabian Nights Relative Values "The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate TG Dramatic Society Murder Mystery entitled Murder at Checkmate Manor" The Wizard of Oz Out of Sight ... Out of Murder Just So (although it was postponed due to thick snow and actually took place in January 2011!)
2011 2012 back to top	The Way Things Are Sudden Death at Chelsfield Manor Wife After Death Voyage of the Dawn Treader Caramba's Revenge

FISHa

Fish out of Water
(1982)

Peter Willett
Mandy Ribbins
Carolyn Licence
Peter Hicks

Carol a

A Christmas Carol
(1982)

Paul Robins,
Keith Howkins,
Don Benskin,
Liz Weller,
Jo Payne,
Helen Payne

BRUSH a

Brush with a Body
(1986)

David Morecroft
June Morecroft
Don Benskin

BRUSH b

Brush with a Body
(1986)

Alan Walters
Rosemary Benskin
Viv Price
David Morecroft
June Morecroft
Ivy Sayers

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