Archive

The Barn Theatre, Southwick Community Centre

1948 – the present

The Wick Theatre Company Database

We have done our best to gather material relating to the Company’s productions, cast and crew involved, full-length and one-act festivals and miscellaneous activities.

If you any clippings, scrap-books, photographs that would enhance our collection then please please email.

Our Lineage

[1] 1950 as the “Unity Players” performing in the Red Triangle Club, in the Twitten, Southwick
[2] 1951 as the “The Young Wick Players” performing in The Barn Theatre, Southwick Community Centre
[3] 1962 as the “Wick Theatre Company” performing in The Barn Theatre, Southwick Community Centre

Seasons – A year long season starts following the AGM in late September early October but to facilitate order we have indexed our productions by year.

Productions – An ever expanding collection of Wick Theatre Company productions; those involved and any related ephemera and photographs. Each production having a unique ID built around an incremental 3 figure number + yy + mm its archive is: [1] Production page – [2] Archive page – [3] Gallery page where we have photographs by

Lucien Bouchy
Miles Davies
Ian Elliott
John Elliott
Isi Fink
Ray Hopper
George Laye
Ian Leavey
Phil Nair-Brown
Sam Taylor
Gary Walker

[ The photographer for a production’s foyer display or publicity, prior to the 2000’s was rarely given credit for their efforts – Ian Leavey, Ian and John Elliott come to mind. I have listed those I can recall and researching the archived programmes will determine who photographed which production. ]

For many years the local paper/s send a photographer to take publicity stills and these publications are acknowledged – Brighton Argus, Shoreham Herald aka Adur Herald aka Herald, Worthing Herald, Brighton and Hove Gazette, Brighton and Hove Herald, West Sussex Gazette.

Competitions – Full-length competitions and one-act festivals

[1] Full-Length Drama Competitions
[2]

Past Performances

Cast – Crew – Publicity – Reviews – Pictures

Cast & Crew

Cast and Crew – Archive page for each individual mentioned in a Production’s programme

Festivals

Southwick Community Centre One-Act Drama Festivals : 1954 – 1995

Full-Length Drama Competitions

Sussex Full-Length Drama Festival : inaugurated 1960 – partitioned 1966  [pages not yet built – 2021]

West Sussex Full-Length Drama Festival : inaugurated 1966  [pages not yet built – 2021]

Brighton & District Drama Association : Wick Theatre Company’s involvement : 1973 – 1977

Brighton & Hove Arts Council : 1984 – present

If you any clippings, scrap-books, photographs that would enhance our collection then please please email.

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