Dumbarton Theatre

HISTORY

Dumbarton People's Theatre was founded in 1945 as a successor to the Scottish People's Theatre. The original company had its own little theatre before World War II and D.P.T. grew literally from the ashes of the old theatre which was bombed during the Clydebank Blitz.

The new company had several homes, starting in the town's Burgh Hall. In 1960 the old Boy Scout's hall in Glasgow Road was acquired and converted into a theatre. The Denny Bequest, left by the firm of William Denny, the famous shipbuilders of the town, made funds available to provide a purpose built theatre to serve the community. In 1969 the Denny Civic Theatre opened and productions have been staged there ever since.

The premises in Glasgow Road were subsequently demolished and a new rehearsal studio, workshop and store built in its place. Rehearsals still take place there as well as club nights and social events.

PREVIOUS PLAYS/PRODUCTIONS

Since November 1945 with our production of "Mr Pim Passes By", DPT have entertained audiences with a large number of productions.

Season 1

1945 Nov. Mr Pim Passes By (BH) - Alec Silverleaf
1946 April Mary Rose - J.M.Barrie

Season 2

1946 Oct. Quiet Wedding
1946 Dec. They Came to a City
1947 Jan. 3 One-Act Plays: The Dear Departed/The Lovely Miracle/The Price of Coal (Comm. Centre)
1947 Feb. Night Must Fall (BH) - Alec Silverleaf
1947 Mar. Time and the Conways

Season 3

1947 Oct. Boyd’s Shop
1947 Nov. The Lady from Edinburgh (Rutherglen Rep.)
1947 Dec. Ladies in Retirement - George Drummond
1948 Jan. The Glen is Mine (The Barrhead Players)
1948 Feb. Merrie England - Alec Silverleaf
1948 Mar. Our Town

Season 4

1948 Oct. A Storm in a Teacup
1948 Dec. Rope - Edward Dridgman
1949 Feb. An Inspector Calls - David Petrie
1949 May Twelfth Night - Alec Silverleaf

Season 5

1949 Oct. Bunty Pulls the Strings
1949 Nov. A Bill of Divorcement - Leslie Freeman
1949 Alice in Wonderland - Levengrove - Alec Silverleaf
1950 Feb. Arms and the Man - David Petrie
1950 Mar. Pillars of Society (BH) - Alec Silverleaf
1950 May Two Gentlemen of Soho/Village Gossip

Season 6

1950 Oct. Professor Tim - David Petrie
1950 Dec. I Have Been Here Before - Leslie Freeman
1951 Jan. Lady Precious Stream - Alec Silverleaf
1951 Feb. Grand National Night - David Petrie
1951 Apr. She Stoops to Conquer - Alec Silverleaf
1951 May The Dover Road - Leslie Freeman

Season 7

1951 Oct. Spring Meeting - David Petrie
1951 Nov. The Paragon - James Currie
1951 Dec. The Happiest Days of Your Life - Leslie Freeman
1952 Jan. Gaslight - James Adams
1952 Mar. The Miser - Leslie Freeman

Season 8

1952 Oct. The Playboy of the Western World
1952 Nov. Home at Seven - Charles Porterfield
1953 Jan. Much Ado About Nothing - Leslie Freeman
1953 Mar. Laburnum Grove - David Petrie
1953 Apr. Captain Carvallo - Leslie Freeman

Season 9

1953 Oct. Candida - David Petrie
1953 Dec. Deacon Brodie - Leslie Freeman
1954 Jan. Harvey - Tom Gallacher
1954 Mar. If This Be Error - Leslie Freeman
1954 Apr. Let Wives Tak Tent

Season 10

1954 Oct. Treasure Hunt - David Petrie
1954 Nov. The Lady from the Sea - Leslie Freeman
1955 Jan. The Importance of Being Earnest
1955 Feb. The Glass Menagerie - Tom Gallacher
1955 Apr. King Lear - Leslie Freeman

Season 11

1955 Nov. The Wind and the Rain (LG) - Tom Gallacher
1955 Dec. The Confidential Clerk - Leslie Freeman
1956 Feb. Misalliance
1956 Apr. A Question of Fact - Andrew Aitken
1956 May The Lass wi' the Muckle Mou’ - Leslie Freeman

Season 12

1956 Oct. Arsenic and Old Lace
1956 Nov. Hedda Gabler - James Adams
1957 Jan. Rookery Rook - Leslie Freeman
1957 Mar. The Brothers/The Browning Version - Cameron Dallas
1957 May Rob Roy - Leslie Freeman

Season 13

1957 Oct. A Scrape of the Pen (BH) - Leslie Freeman
1957 Dec. Rebecca - Cameron Dallas
1958 Feb. The Matchmaker - Leslie Freeman
1958 Apr. The Cocktail Party

Season 14

1958 Nov. Torwateltie - Pat Moir
1958 Dec. The River Line - Leslie Freeman
1959 Feb. The Other Dear Charmer
1959 Apr. You Can’t Take It With You

Season 15

1959 Oct. The Dumbarton Story (T.Gallacher) - Charles Baptiste
1959 Dec. Highland Gathering - Leslie Freeman
1960 Feb. Dial ‘M’ for Murder - Pat Moir
1960 Mar. The Rivals - Leslie Freeman

Season 16

No plays - Removal to East End Halls

Season 17

1961 Sep. Tony Draws a Horse DPT
1962 Feb. Love from a Stranger
1962 Mar. Penny Wedding - David Petrie
1962 May You Never Can Tell - Leslie Freeman

Season 18

1962 Oct. Roar Like a Dove
1962 Dec. Liza - Tom Gallacher
1963 Mar. The Crucible - Cameron Dallas
1963 May Hay Fever - Janette Conkie

Season 19

1963 Sep. One Wild Oat - Alan Perry
1963 Oct. The Tinder Box - Leslie Freeman
1964 Jan. Intent to Murder DPT Cameron Dallas
1964 Mar. Guy Mannering - Leslie Freeman

Season 20

1964 Nov. The Imaginery Invalid
1965 Jan. Something to Hide - Nina McGregor
1965 Mar. A Man for All Seasons - Tom Gallacher
1965 May Wanted, One Body - Derek Foulis

Season 21

1965 Sep. Charley’s Aunt - Leslie Freeman
1965 Nov. A Month in the Country - David Petrie
1966 Jan. The Taming of the Shrew - Leslie Freeman
1966 Apr. Juno and the Paycock - Cameron Dallas

Season 22

1966 Sep. When We Are Married - Leslie Freeman
1966 Nov. The Anatomist - Kitty Agnew
1967 Jan. Hobson’s Choice - Ronnie Armstrong
1967 Apr. I Am a Camera - Cameron Dallas

Season 23

1967 Sep. My Sister Eileen - Leslie Freeman
1967 Nov. Look Back In Anger - Cameron Dallas
1968 Jan. Green Cars Go East - Vera McIntyre
1968 Apr. The Doctor’s Dilemma - Ronnie Armstrong

Season 24

1968 Oct. Dear Brutus - Leslie Freeman
1968 Dec. The Hostage - Cameron Dallas
1969 Feb. The Caucasian Chalk Circle - Ronnie Armstrong
1969 Apr. My Three Angels - Vera McIntyre

Season 25

1969 Oct. Bell, Book and Candle DCT Tom Gallacher
1969 Dec. Point of Departure - Ronnie Armstrong
1970 Feb. The Caretaker - Leslie Freeman
1970 Apr. I Remember Mama - Vera McIntyre

Season 26

1970 Oct. The Rape of the Belt - Tom Judge
1970 Dec. The Entertainer - Cameron Dallas
1971 Feb. The Odd Couple - Leslie Freeman
1971 Apr. The Plough and the Stars - Vera McIntyre

Season 27

1971 Oct. The Lass wi’the Muckle Mou’ - Nina McGregor
1971 Dec. The Drunkard - Cameron Dallas
1972 Feb. The Elder Statesman - Leslie Freeman
1972 April The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie - Vera McIntyre

Season 28

1972 Oct. The Ghost Train - Pat Moir
1972 Dec. The Real Inspector Hound/The Shewing-up of Blaco Pesnet - Leslie Freeman
1973 Feb. Spring and Port Wine - Cameron Dallas
1973 Apr. Our Kindness to Five Persons - Vera McIntyre

Season 29

1973 Oct. Relatively Speaking - Leslie Freeman
1973 Dec. Noah - R.Armstrong/V.McIntyre
1974 Feb. Not Now, Darling - Ronnie Armstrong
1974 May A View from the Bridge - Vera McIntyre

Season 30

1974 Dec. Jock and the Beanstalk
1975 Feb. An Inspector Calls - Ronnie Armstrong
1975 Apr. The Secretary Bird - Leslie Freeman

Season 31

1975 Oct. The White Sheep of the Family - Werner Hehn
1975 Dec. Cinderella - Ronnie Armstrong
1976 Feb. The Cherry Orchard - Leslie Freeman
1976 Apr. Private Lives - Vera McIntyre

Season 32

1976 Oct. Say who You Are - Nina McGregor
1976 Dec. Babes in the Wood - Ronnie Armstrong
1977 Feb. Ladies in Retirement - Ann McCool
1977 Apr. Move Over, Mrs Markham - Vera McIntyre

Season 33

1977 Oct. A Spell for Green Corn - Leslie Freeman
1977 Dec. Aladdin - Leslie Freeman
1978 Feb. The Diary of Anne Frank - Burns Shearer
1978 Apr. Blithe Spirit (Noel Coward) - Ann McCool

Season 34

1978 Oct. The Honours of Drumlie (J.Scotland) - Ronnie Armstrong
1978 Dec. Robinson Crusoe - Burns Shearer & Janette Barnes
1979 Feb. Our Town (Thornton Wilder) - Vera McIntyre
1979 Apr. The Evidence of Tiny Tim (Tom Gallacher) - Cameron Dallas

Season 35

1979 Oct. The Mollusc - Leslie Freeman
1979 Dec. Clishmaclaver - Ronnie Armstrong
1980 Feb. Play It Again, Sam (Woody Allen) - Vera McIntyre
1980 Apr. The Same Sky (Yvonne Mitchell) - Cameron Dallas

Season 36

1980 Oct. Absent Friends (Alan Ayckbourn) - Burns Shearer
1980 Dec. Cinderella - Ronnie Armstrong & Jessie Brazier
1981 Feb. Philadelphia Here I Come (B.Friel) - Vera McIntyre
1981 Apr. Shadow in the Sun (Maurice McLoughlin) - Leslie Freeman

Season 37

1981 Oct. I Am A Camera (John van Druten) - Ronnie Armstrong
1981 Dec. Juno and the Paycock (Sean O’Casey) - Cameron Dallas
1982 Feb. The Gazebo - Vera McIntyre
1982 Apr. Sailor Beware - Anne McCool
1982 Jun. The Road to Malaga - Ronnie Armstrong

Season 38

1982 Oct. See How They Run - Norrie Copeland
1982 Dec. Jock and the Beanstalk - Janette Barnes/Ronnie Armstrong
1983 Feb. Don’t Drink the Water (Woody Allen) - Vera McIntyre
1983 Apr. The Crucible (Arthur Miller) - Anne McCool – prog missing
1983 Jun. Revue ‘Anything Goes’ - Ronnie Armstrong, etc

Season 39

1983 Oct. Arsenic and Old Lace - Norrie Copeland – prog missing
1983 Dec. Sleeping Beauty - Ronnie Armstrong
1984 Feb. The Miracle Worker - Vera McIntyre – prog missing
1984 Apr. Oh! What a Lovely War! - Cameron Dallas
1984 Jun. Revue

Season 40

1984 Oct. Come Blow Your Horn - Anne McCool
1984 Dec. Dick Whittington - Ronnie Armstrong & Janette Barnes
1985 Feb. Mary Rose (J.M.Barrie) - Vera McIntyre – prog missing
1985 Apr. Men Should Weep (E.L.Stewart) - Marie O’Neill

Season 41

1985 Oct. How the Other Half Loves (Alan Ayckbourn) - Ronnie Armstrong
1985 Dec. Stagedoor Canteen - Cameron Dallas – prog missing
1986 Feb. The Corn is Green - Vera McIntyre – prog missing
1986 Apr. The Communication Cord (B.Friel) - Ronnie Armstrong

Season 42

1986 Oct. Summer of Seventeenth Doll (Ray Lawler) - Pauline McIntyre
1986 Dec. Ali Baba - Ronnie Armstrong
1987 Feb. Outward Bound - Vera McIntyre – prog missing
1987 Apr. Wild Goose Chase - Anne Armstrong – prog missing

Season 43

1987 Oct. All My Sons (Arthur Miller) - Anne McCool
1987 Dec. Roon’ the Back - Ronnie, Sean & Janette
1988 Feb. The House of Bernarda Alba (Lorca) - Cameron Dallas
1988 Apr. Morning’s at Seven (Paul Osborn) - Vera McIntyre
1988 Jun. Importance of Being Earnest (Act1) (CH) - Helen Watt
1988 The Strawberry Mark CH Linda Walker

Season 44

1988 Oct. Ring Round the Moon (Jean Anouilh) - Cameron Dallas
1988 Dec. Cinderella - Andy Allan
1989 Feb. Rebecca (Dauphne du Maurier) - Helen Watt
1989 Apr. The Forrigan Reel(James Bridie) - Ronnie Armstrong & Vera McIntyre
1989 Jun. Waiting for the Polar Bear (CH) - David Watson
1989 George (CH) - Linda Walker
1989 Sep. Dark Brown (CH) - Patricia Connolley

Season 45

1989 Oct. Halloween (Tom Gallacher) - Tom Gallacher
1989 Dec. Aladdin - Cameron Dallas
1990 Mar. Importance of Being Earnest - Helen Watt
1990 May Prisoner of Second Avenue (N.Simon) - Vera McIntyre

Season 46

1990 Oct. Jenny (Tom Gallacher) - Ron Black
1990 Dec. The Middle Kingdom (Sean Brady) - Cameron Dallas
1991 Feb. The Admirable Crichton (J.M.Barrie) - Dave Watson
1991 May I Remember Mama (John van Druten) - Vera McIntyre & Ron Black
1991 Readings CH
1991 Jul. Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Excerpts) (CH) - Jane Skinner

Season 47

1991 Oct. Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck) - Helen Watt
1991 Dec. Rory and the Magic Chanter - Ron Black
1992 Feb. Deathtrap (Ira Levin) - Dave Watson
1992 The Old Lady Shows Her Medals (CH) - Anna Brady
1992 May Farndale Ave Macbeth - Vera McIntyre

Season 48

1992 Oct. Da - Cameron Dallas
1992 Dec. Tinder Box - Helen Watt & Anne Kerr
1993 Feb. Pack of Lies (Hugh Whitemore) - Ron Black
1993 May Barefoot in the Park (Neil Simon) - Anna Brady

Season 49

1993 Oct. Hay Fever (Noel Coward) - Vera McIntyre
1993 Dec. Mother Goose - Patricia Connelly & John Clark
1994 Feb. Sweeney Todd (Brian Burton) - Cameron Dallas
1994 May The Anastasia File (Royce Ryton) - Ron Black

Season 50

1994 Oct. Time and the Conways (J.B.Priestley) - Dave Watson
1994 Dec. Peter Pan (J.M.Barrie) - Helen Watt
1995 Feb. My Three Angels (S&B Spewack) - Anna Brady
1995 Apr. Dancing at Lughnasa (Brian Friel) - Cameron Dallas
1995 Jun. 50th Revue

Season 51

1995 Nov. A Streetcar Named Desire (T.Williams) - Vera McIntyre
1995 Dec. Sleeping Beauty - Ronnie Armstrong
1996 Feb. Bold Girls (Rona Munro) - Ron Black
1996 May Out of Order (Ray Cooney) - Helen Watt

Season 52

1996 Oct. Steel Magnolias (Robert Harling) - Patricia Gulbransen
1996 Dec. Babes in the Wood - Ronnie Armstrong & Anna Brady
1997 Feb. Mrs Warren’s Profession (G.B.Shaw) - Jane Skinner
1997 May Play It Again, Sam (Woody Allen) - Vera McIntyre

Season 53

1997 Oct. Bazaar & Rummage - (Sue Townsend) - Ron Black
1997 Dec. Aladdin - Ronnie Armstrong
1998 Apr. Sunset Song (Alistair Cording) - Ginnie Barlow

Season 54

1998 Oct. Our Town (Thornton Wilder) - Pauline McIntyre
1998 Dec. Cinderella - Ronnie Armstrong
1999 Feb. Death of a Salesman (Arthur Miller) - Patricia Gulbransen
1999 Apr. Noises Off - Cameron Dallas

Season 55

1999 Oct. Conflict and the Macraes (Harry Glass) - Gregor Porterfield
1999 Dec. Jock and the Beanstalk - Ronnnie Armstrong & P.Connolly
2000 Feb. A Life (Hugh Leonard) - Ron Black
2000 Apr. Lost In Yonkers (Neil Simon) - Vera McIntyre

Season 56

2000 Oct. The Odd Couple (Neil Simon) - Ron Black
2000 Dec. Snow White - Ronnie Armstrong
2001 Feb. A Murder Announced (Agatha Christie) - Tony Quinn
2001 Apr. Everybody Loves Opal (John Patrick) - Anne Armstrong

Season 57

2001 Oct. Gasping (Ben Elton) - Helen Watt
2001 Dec. Ali Baba - Ronnie Armstrong
2002 Feb. Night Must Fall (Emlyn Williams) - Ginni Barlow
2002 Apr. Brighton Beach Memoirs (Neil Simon)- Vera McIntyre
2002 Aug. Hunting Shadows – Tom Gallacher tribute - Ronnie Armstrong

Season 58

2002 Oct. 84 Charing Cross Road (Helen Hanff) - Burns Shearar
2002 Dec. The Snow Queen - Ronnie Armstrong
2003 Feb. Stage Door Canteen (Tom Gallacher) - Cameron Dallas
2003 Apr. Bus Stop (William Inge) - Anne Armstrong

Season 59

2003 Oct. Jane Eyre (Fay Weldon) - Helen Watt
2003 Dec. Cinderella - Ronnie Armstrong
2004 Feb. Anatomy of a Murder (Elihu Winer) - Chris McMillan
2004 Apr. The Steamie (Tony Roper)

Season 60

2004 Oct. Ghosts (Ibsen) - Chris McMillan
2004 Dec. Aladdin - Ronnie Armstrong
2005 Feb. One for the Road (Willy Russell) - Patricia Connelly, Brian Garratt, Chris McMillan, Helen Watt
2005 Apr. Once a Catholic (Mary O'Malley) - Vera McIntyre
2005 Jun. 60th Anniversary Revue

Season 61

2005 Oct. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Jay Presson Allen) - Pauline McIntyre
2005 Dec. Once Upon a Rhyme - Ronnie Armstrong
2006 Feb. The Diary of Anne Frank (dramatised by Frances Goodrich & Albert Hackett) - Anne Kerr
2006 Apr. The Cemetery Club (Ivan Menchell) - Patricia Nicoll

Season 62

2006 Oct. Stepping Out (Richard Harris) - Patricia Nicoll
2006 Dec. Chick Whittington - Ronnie Armstrong
2007 Feb. Oh What a Lovely War (Theatre Workshop, London) - Cameron Dallas
2007 Apr. I Have Been Here Before (J.B. Priestly) - Anne Kerr

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