Tyldesley Little History 1921 - 2007 

This list has been compiled from the details held in the company's records, but is not complete or 100% accurate.  We would be pleased to hear from anyone with any information which may expand this history.  Also, if you have any old programmes or press cuttings which you no longer want our archivist will be only to pleased to add these to our records.  Please send details to: The Secretary, Tyldesley Little Theatre, Lemon Street, Tyldesley or complete the details on the contact us page
 
 

1921 - 1922 - 1st Year

Three One Act Plays

I'll Leave it to You

1922 - 1923 - 2nd Year

Come Out of the Kitchen

1923 -1924 - 3rd Year

Clothes and the Woman

1924 - 1925 - 4th Year

Brown Sugar

1925 -1926 - 5th Year

Are You a Mason?

The Cheerful Knave

1927 - 1928 - 6th Year

The Thirteenth Chair

1928 - 1929 - 7th Year

Summer Lightning

1929 - 1930 - 8th Year

Four One Act Plays

1930 - 1931 - 9th Year

Nothing But the Truth

The Best People

1931 - 1932 - 10th Year

9.45

A Mixed Grill

1932 - 1933 - 11th Year

Virginia's Husband

A Mixed Grill

1933 - 1934 - 12th Year

The Patsy

Hawk Island

1934 - 1935 - 13th Year

Four One Act Plays

A Mixed Grill

1935 -1936 - 14th Year

A Mixed Grill

The Late Christopher Bean

1936 - 1937 - 15th Year

The Rotters

1937 - 1938 - 16th Year

Black Knight

1938 - 1939 - 17th Year

For the Love of Mike

The Bat

1939 - 1940 - 18th Year

Marry at Leisure

Fresh Fields

A Warm Comer

1950 - 1951 - 30th Year

Quiet Wedding

Lady from Edinburgh

1951 - 1952 - 31st Year

Young Wives Tale

Three One Act Plays

Night Was Our Friend

With Vacant Possession

1952 - 1953 - 32nd Year

Mate in Three

Man About the House

See How They Run

1953 - 1954 - 33rd Year

Count Your Blessings

Three One Act Plays

Two Dozen Red Roses

1954 - 1955 - 34th Year

The Constant Wife and Ladies Bar

Charity Begins

1955 -1956 -35th Year

When we are Married

Jupiter Laughs

Signarelle

1956 - 1957 - 36th Year

It's Never to Late

The Recca and Murder Mistaken

1957 - 1958 - 37th Year

The Sky's the Limit

Sabrina Fair-50th Production

1958 - 1959 - 38th Year

This Happy Breed

Profile

Sailor Beware

1959 - 1960 - 39th Year

The Bride and the Bachelor

Wedding Morn

The Heartless Princess

Dr. Angelus

1960 - 1961 - 40th Year

Down Came a Blackbird

Bell, Book and Candle

A Breath of Spring

1961 -1962 - 41st Year

Mock Orange

Break Out

Watch it Sailor

1962 - 1963 - 42nd Year

Celebration

The Bride Comes Back

Pools Paradise

1963 - 1964 - 43rd Year

Roar Like a Dove

Something to Hide

The Days Mischief

1964 - 1965 - 44th Year

Hobsons Choice

A Letter from the General

Goodnight Mrs. Puffin

1965 - 1966 - 45th Year

A Gazelle in Park Lane

Shadow in the Sun

Waiting for Gillian

The Devil a Saint

1966 - 1967 - 46th Year

As Long as They're Happy

The Proof of the Poison

Busybody

Friends and Neighbours

1967 - 1968 - 47th Year

Random Harvest

Semi-Detached

Dear Charles

The Love Match

1968 - 1969 - 48th Year

Someone Waiting

My Three Angels

The More the Merrier

Running Riot

1969 - 1970 - 49th Year

Book of the Month

An Inspector Calls

Spring and Port Wine

I'll Get My Man

1970 -1971 - 50th Year

Blithe Spirit

The Winslow Boy

The Camels Back

The Secret Tent

1971 - 1972 - 51st Year

Murder in Motley

Rattle of a Simple Man

Birds on the Wing

1972 - 1973 - 52nd Year

Strike Happy

A Clean Kill

The Killing of Sister George

Hindle Wakes

1973 - 1974 - 53rd Year

Hobson's Choice - 100th Production

The Chalk Garden

Jobs for the Boys

Gaslight

1974 - 1975 - 54th Year

The Late Edwina Black

Mist Over the Mistletoe

Don't Utter a Note

See How They Run

1975 - 1976 - 55th Year

All Things Bright and Beautiful

Cat Among the Pigeons

Mystery at Greenfingers

Bad Seed

1976 - 1977 - 56th Year

Trial and Error

Trap for a Lonely Man

Cock a Doodle-Doo

How are you Johnnie?

Murder at the Vicarage

1977 - 1978 - 57th Year

The Late Mrs. Early

A Shred of Evidence

Go Bang Your Tambourine

Wedding of the Year

1978 - 1979 - 58th Year

Friends and Neighbours

The Heartless Princess

They Call It Murder

A Lancashire Night

Count Your Blessings

1979 - 1980 - 59th Year

Move Over Mrs. Markham

A Lancashire Night

The Anniversary

The Enquiry

Not Now Darling

1980 - 1981 - 60th Year

Darling Mr. London

The Ghost Train

Table Manners

All in Good Time

A Bedful of Foreigners

1981 - 1982 - 61st Year

Come Blow Your Horn

Murder in Company

Wanted One Body

Abigail's Party

No Room for Love

1982 - 1983 - 62nd Year

Shut Your Eyes and Think of England

Love on the Dole

Dry Rot

Shop at Sly Corner

Who Goes Bare

1983 - 1984 - 63rd Year

Fur Coat and No Knickers

Madam Tic-Tac

Outside Edge

Cactus Flower

Saturday Night at the Crown - 150th Production

1984 - 1985 - 64th Year

Man Alive

The Dresser

Passing Out Parade

Honestly Now

The Cure for Love

1985 - 1986 - 65th Year

Habeus Corpus

Rebecca

Christmas Music Hall Revue

Comic Cuts

Sisterly Feelings

Breezeblock Park

Music Hall

1986 - 1987 - 66th Year

Billy Liar

No Time for Fig Leaves

Christmas Music Hall

Tomb With a View

Farndale Avenue - Murder Mystery

Taking Steps

1987 - 1988 - 67th Year

The Love Match

Farndale Avenue - Macbeth

TLT Christmas Show

When We Are Married

No More Sitting on the Old School Bench

Local Affairs

1988 - 1989 - 68th Year

See How They Run

A Night on the Tiles

Tom the Piper's Son - Panto

Arsenic and Old Lace

Hanky Park

Count Dracula

1989 - 1990 - 69th Year

All Things Bright and Beautiful

Seasons Greetings

Cinderella - Panto

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

One O'clock from the House

Not with a Bang

1990 - 1991 - 70th Year

How the Other Half Loves

Sleeping Beauty - Panto

Sherlock Holmes

Family Planning

Accrington Pals

1991 - 1992 - 71st Year

Lord Arthur Saville's Crimes

Clatter of Clogs

Humpty Dumpty - Panto

Bouncers

Trivial Pursuits

Stepping Out

Bouncers II

1992 - 1993 - 72nd Year

Salt of the Earth - 200th Production

Babes in the Wood - Panto

Shakers

Bedroom Farce

Save the Last Dance

Farndale Avenue-Murder Mystery*

1993 - 1994 - 73rd Year

Spring and Port Wine

Mother Goose - Panto

House by the Lake

And a Nightingale Sang

Stags and Hens

1994 - 1995 - 74th Year

Our Day Out*

Cat Among the Pigeons

Aladdin - Panto

Fringe Benefits

Outside Edge

Murdered to Death

1995 - 1996 - 75th Year

No Room For Love

Cinderella - Panto

I’ll Be Back Before Midnight

Party Piece

Out Of Focus

1996-1997 - 76th Season

Move Over Mrs. Markham

Dick Whittington - Panto

The Ghost Train

The Curious Savage

Off The Hook

1997-1998 - 77th Season

Musical Comedy Murders of 1940

Robinson Crusoe - Panto

An Inspector Calls

Home is Where Your Clothes Are

All in Good Time

1998-1999 - 78th Season

Second From Last in the Sack Race

Hickory, Dickory, Dock - Panto

One for the Road

Time and the Conways

The Odd Couple

Invisible Friend*

1999-2000 - 79th Season

Arsenic and Old Lace

Sing a Song of Sixpence-Panto

Fur Coat and No Knickers

The Love Match

Hobson’s Choice

2000-2001 - 80th Season

Tiptoe Through the Tombstones

Santa in Space - Panto

Underground

Loose Ends

Time of My Life

2001-2002 - 81st Season

Straight and Narrow

Beauty and the Beast - Panto

Bazaar and Rumage - 250th Production

Secondary Cause of Death

Celebration

2002-2003 - 82nd Season

The Garden Party

Jack and the Beanstalk - Panto

My Friend Miss Flint

Your Turn to Clean the Stair

Hindle Wakes

2003-2004 - 83rd Season

Comfort and Joy

Jack and Jill - Panto

Groping for Words

Biting the Bullet

The Late Mrs Early

The 2004 Mixed Grill

2004-2005 - 84th Season

A Day of Reckoning

Sinbad the Sailor

Silhouette

Don't Dress For Dinner

Washboard Blues

2005-2006 - 85th Season

Beside the Seaside

Puss in Boots

Wanted One Body

Sylvia's Wedding

House Guest

Educating Rita

2006-2007 - 86th Season

After September

Red Riding Hood

Dangerous Corner

Two of a Kind

The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole

 

* Junior Production

In addition to these 'Lemon Street' based productions, TLT have also had several 'away' productions. These are listed below:

Fur Coat and No Knickers - May 1987 (this was two days earlier than 'Taking Steps') Staged for the Marriage Guidance Council AGM at the Turnpike Centre, Leigh Library.

A Tomb With A View - April 1995 (staged two weeks after 'Outside Edge' A TLT/Golborne Operatic & Amateur Dramatic Society/Golborne House charity co-production staged at Golborne St. Thomas Primary School.

An Evening Of Words and Music - September 1995 (a month before the start of the new season) This was a co-operative effort by members of GMDF including TLT, Barton Theatre Co., Edgefold Players, Salford Amateur Operatic Society & SPADES. Presented at The Lancastrian Hall, Swinton.

Last Tango in Little Grimley - July 2004 This one act play, directed by Lisa Taylor, featured in the TLT 2004 Mixed Grill and was also performed at the Partington One Act Play Festivel in Glossop.