An illustrated account of the story of Derby Playhouse from its origins as the Derby Little Theatre Club in 1948 to the point when the Playhouse company was formally dissolved in 2015 having previously sold the Theatre to the University of Derby. It charts the challenges the company had to face and some of its greatest triumphs. It also shows that when the company was controversially forced into administration in 2007 it had not only paid its bills and all its staff, but was poised to trade into a significant surplus after the impact of two years of disruption caused by the major road works and the building of a new shopping centre around the theatre. The explanation for these events and the subsequent extended struggle to save the theatre and hold those responsible for the unnecessary disaster to account, are here put on the record in defence of those whose reputations were unjustly traduced. It is unclear whether the other parties responsible have learned the lessons they should from these events.
Pages iv, 185; illustrations: 116 colour, 86 b/w
Published by Quandary Books March 2023
ISBN: 978-1-913253-24-0