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We are an independant theatre company based in St. Albans, producing and promoting shows and performances in and around Herts, London and South East England.

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Director/ Designer/costumes.- The Jubilee Mikado – Gilbert and Sullivan – Oxford. April/ May/June.

Director / Designer – Mikado – Gilbert and Sulliavn…dates through April/ May /June …churches, cow shed.. Complete with cows and the sunningwell festival for 500 on the pond… and rehearsed in 4 days .We’re delighted to announce the cast for our Mikado 2012/13 production, a superb mix of up and coming young professional singers and [...]

Been & Gone

Designer- Coriolanus – Shakespeare

Designer- Coriolanus – Shakespeare Production cancelled due to illness – pics of set to follow thou. scheduled perfs1 6th-17th, 22nd-24th, 29th-31st March 2012 Set in present day Italy, against the backdrop of continuing political corruption and scandal, Coriolanus portrays a despotic leader and the football Ultras who enforce his will among the people. Beautiful operatic [...]

The Comedy of Errors – By William Shakespeare. (…the audience laughed hard throughout…Shakespeare Review. Kings of Comedy – Herts Ad. 30Nov-3Dec.

Comedy of Errors-Shakespeare Directed and Designed by Paula Chitty.produced by Ovo theatre                                                                                   _____________________________________________________________________ Shakespeare [...]

Il Trittico – Royal Opera House. Sept 2011

Pual Chitty – Assistant director to Richard Jones – Puccini’s Il Trittico – Royal Opera House. London

Macbeth – 14th – 23rd July 2011

Directed by Imogen de la Bere, Adam Nichols and Janet Podd 14th – 23rd July 2011 OVO @ Pudding Lane, St Albans Directed by Imogen de la Bere, Adam Nichols and Janet Podd Paula Chitty – Designer (Pudding Lane) Macbeth stripped bare A pitiless examination of the evil that lurks inside us all. Set right [...]

The Dragon of Wantley – ‘The Dragon roars for chamber show – Herts Ad’ Semi staged performance. St. Saviour’s Church. 11th June 2011

The Dragon of Wantley – F Lampe – A comedy sensation of 1737! Directed by Paula Chitty Music director – Simon Haynes Gubbins – Peter Kestner Margery – Kathryn Jenkin Moore of Moore Hall – Phillip Brown Mauxalinda – Deborah Davison Dragon – Tom Handley and 13 jolly chorus members singing their hearts out and [...]