Past Productions
Encore Theatre Company (ETC) began life as Featherstone and District Amateur Musical and Dramatics Society (FADAMADS) in 1944 and in its 80 year history has performed at many venues, some notable including Wakefield Theatre Royal and Bridlington Spa, and some quite wacky including Featherstone Baths and the canteen of a liquorice factory! before settling at their current home at the Phoenix Theatre, Castleford.
The company changed its name in the mid 1990’s to reflect the wider ranging origins of its membership, and to give a more professional image of the society to reflect the quality of its productions.
It has over the years produced many notable shows, having been the first amateur society to be granted a licence to perform “Jesus Christ Superstar” (but was the fourth to present it), a North East premiere, the Yorkshire amateur premiere of “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers” and the national premiere of “The King with Cold Feet”.
Most recently, the society presented a show that was possibly the first time a living person has had a show about them, produced in their home town, whilst they were still alive. The show being the award winning “Spend, Spend, Spend”, the story of the late Viv Nicholson. Another notable production recently was that of “Calendar Girls”, and the company were pleased to welcome two of the original “Girls” to one of the performances.
The company continues to present innovative productions with many of its pantomimes being written by its members, and its main shows featuring custom built scenery that challenges the imagination of its audiences and adds to the professionalism of the cast members to create performances to remember
Since the first production 80 years ago, our theatre company have performed a wide range of shows from traditional musicals such as Oklahoma to shows with local links such as Spend Spend Spend.
Read reviews of our past shows here
Here is a full list of our past productions:
Past Productions
| Year | Show(s) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Sleeping Beauty & Sister Act |
| 2024 | Robin Hood and The Babes in the Wood & Oliver! |
| 2023 | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs & The Addams Family |
| 2022 | Cinderella & Chess, The Musical |
| 2019 | Return to the Forbidden Planet, What's a Calorie Between Friends & Aladdin |
| 2018 | Made in Dagenham, The Musical & Peter Pan |
| 2017 | Jesus Christ Superstar & Rapunzel Untangled |
| 2016 | Bad Girls The Musical & Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs |
| 2015 | Annie & Sleeping Beauty |
| 2014 | Carousel & Cinderella |
| 2013 | Little Shop of Horrors, Calendar Girls & Aladdin |
| 2012 | Oliver & Drac and the Beanstalk |
| 2011 | Fiddler on the Roof & Once Upon a Panto |
| 2010 | The Wizard of Oz & Puss in Boots |
| 2009 | Spend Spend Spend & The Good the Bad and the Panto |
| 2008 | Oklahoma & Happily Ever After |
| 2007 | Oliver & A Long Time Ago |
| 2006 | Reflections & Once Upon A Time |
| 2005 | Guys and Dolls & Sleeping Beauty |
| 2004 | Musikaleidoscope & Cinderella |
| 2003 | Anything Goes & Aladdin |
| 2002 | Annie & Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs |
| 2001 | The Wizard of Oz |
| 2000 | The King With Cold Feet & Musical Memories |
| 1999 | Billy & Simply Music |
| 1998 | Midsummer Magic |
| 1997 | Half A Sixpence & Midsummer Magic & Christmas Cabaret |
| 1996 | Godspell & Christmas Cabaret |
| 1995 | A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum & Christmas Cabaret |
| 1993 | The Pirates of Penzance |
| 1992 | The Wizard of Oz |
| 1991 | Hello Dolly |
| 1990 | NODA Cabaret |
| 1989 | Seven Brides for Seven Brothers |
| 1988 | Godspell |
| 1987 | Sweet Charity |
| 1986 | Rock Nativity |
| 1985 | Seven Brides for Seven Brothers & Cinderella |
| 1984 | Jesus Christ Superstar & Goldilocks and the Three Bears |
| 1983 | Oliver |
| 1982 | Godspell & Mother Goose |
| 1981 | Viva Mexico & Rock Nativity |
| 1980 | Hello Dolly |
| 1979 | The Card & Joseph and his Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat |
| 1978 | My Fair Lady & Rock on Jesus |
| 1977 | Naughty Marietta & Joseph and his Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat |
| 1976 | Me and My Girl |
| 1975 | No! No! Nanette |
| 1974 | Oklahoma |
| 1973 | The Sound of Music |
| 1972 | The Merry Widow |
| 1971 | Carousel |
| 1970 | The King and I |
| 1969 | The Vagabond King & Babes in the Wood |
| 1968 | Rose Marie & Mother Goose |
| 1967 | Annie Get Your Gun & Jack and the Beanstalk |
| 1966 | South Pacific |
| 1965 | Calamity Jane |
| 1963 | A Country Girl |
| 1962 | White Horse Inn |
| 1961 | Showboat |
| 1960 | Oklahoma |
| 1959 | Carousel |
| 1958 | The Desert Song |
| 1957 | No! No! Nanette |
| 1956 | The Maid of the Mountains & Sinbad the Sailor |
| 1955 | The Quaker Girl |
| 1954 | Rio Rita & Dick Whittington |
| 1953 | A Country Girl & Goody Two Shoes |
| 1952 | Rose Marie & Cinderella |
| 1951 | Victoria and her Hussar & Red Riding Hood |
| 1950 | The Belle of New York |
| 1949 | Katinka |
| 1948 | Goodnight Vienna |
| 1947 | The New Moon |
| 1946 | The Desert Song |
| 1945 | The Gondoliers |
| 1944 | The Pirates of Penzance & The Mikado |
