
RADS performs two plays every year and has performed a variety of genres, especially comedies and thrillers. RADS has also premiered new plays, which are marked with an asterisk below. Our past productions are as follows:
- A Bunch of Amateurs by Ian Hislop and Nick Newman (May 2025)
- The House by the Lake by Hugh Mills (November 2024)
- Stopped Interrupting by Nick Broadhead (June 2024)
- Wanted, One Body! by Charles Raymond Dyer (November 2023)
- Present Laughter by Noel Coward (May 2023)
- House Guest by Francis Durbridge (October 2022)
- Funny Money by Ray Cooney (November 2021)
- Subject to Contract* by Nick Broadhead (November 2019)
- It Runs in the Family by Ray Cooney (May 2019)
- Secondary Cause of Death by Peter Gordon (November 2018)
- What Price for Justice?* by Ruth Barnett (May 2018)
- Murdered to Death by Peter Gordon (November 2017)
- Murder on the Nile by Agatha Christie (May 2017)
- Beyond a Joke by Derek Benfield (November 2016)
- The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, adapted by Tim Kelly (May 2016)
- Prepare to Meet Thy Tomb by Norman Robbins (November 2015)
- Murder with Love by Francis Durbridge (May 2015)
- Out of Order by Ray Cooney (November 2014)
- And Evermore Shall Be So by Norman Robbins (May 2014)
- A Touch of Danger by Francis Durbridge (November 2013)
- Cash On Delivery by Michael Cooney (May 2013)
- A Murder is Announced by Agatha Christie (November 2012)
- At the Sign of the Crippled Harlequin by Norman Robbins (May 2012)
- Off the Hook by Derek Benfield (November 2011)
- Out of Sight … Out of Murder by Fred Carmichael (May 2011)
- Suddenly at Home by Francis Durbridge (November 2010)
- Those Crazy Ladies in the House on the Corner by Pat Cook (May 2010)
- Prescription for Murder by Norman Robbins (November 2009)
- Pools Paradise by Philip King (May 2009)
- Secondary Cause of Death by Peter Gordon (November 2008)
- Caught on the Hop by Derek Benfield (May 2008)
- Family Planning by Frank Vickery (November 2007)
- Find the Lady by Michael Pertwee (May 2007)
- Don’t Tell Mother by Monk Ferris (November 2006)
- Tiptoe Thru’ the Tombstones by Norman Robbins (May 2006)
- Wild Goose Chase by Derek Benfield (November 2005)
- Murder in Play by Simon Brett (May 2005)
- Pardon Me, Prime Minister by Edward Taylor and John Graham (November 2004)
- One O’Clock from the House by Frank Vickery (May 2004)
- Slaughterhouse by Norman Robbins (November 2003)
- See How They Run by Philip King (May 2003)
- White Sheep of the Family by L Du Garde Peach and Ian Levy (November 2002)
- Cat’s Cradle by Leslie Sands (April 2002)
- Curtain Up On Murder by Bettine Manktelow (November 2001)
- Local Affairs by Richard Harris (May 2001)
- My Friend Miss Flint by Donald Church and Peter Yorkham (November 2000)
- Wanted: One Body by Raymond Dyer (May 2000)
- Murder on Arrival by George Baston (November 1999)
- Play On by Rick Abbot (May 1999)
- Murdered to Death by Peter Gordon (November 1998)
- A Touch of Danger by Francis Durbridge (June 1998)
- Toe in the Water by Derek Benfield (January 1998)
- Blithe Spirit by Noel Coward (1997)
- Night Must Fall by Emlyn Williams (November 1996)
- Fool’s Paradise by Peter Coke (June 1996)
- A Murder is Announced by Agatha Christie (October 1995)
- Beyond a Joke by Derek Benfield (May 1995)
- Panic Stations by Derek Benfield (April 1994)
- Tomb with a View by Norman Robbins (November 1991)
- The Sound of Murder by William Fairchild (May 1991)
- Outside Edge by Richard Harris (1990)
- Lord Arthur Saville’s Crime by Oscar Wilde (1990)
- Love in a Mist by Kenneth Horne (February 1989)
- Cat Among the Pigeons by Georges Feydeau, translated by John Mortimer (April 1988)
- The Camel’s Back by Arnold Helsby (June 1987)
- The House by the Lake by Hugh Mills (November 1986)
- Sailor Beware by Philip King and Falkland Cary (June 1986)
- The Land of Kerfuffle by Bill Gavin (February 1986)
- An Inspector Calls by J. B. Priestley (November 1985)
- The Happiest Days of Your Life by John Dighton (June 1985)
- The Wizard of Oz by Alfred Bradley (January 1985)
- When We Are Married by J. B. Priestley (November 1984)
- Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie (June 1984)
- The Tinder Box by Nicholas Stuart Gray (February 1984)
- Aunt Edwina by William Douglas Home (November 1983)
- Sunday Costs Five Pesos by Josephina Niggli (July 1983)
- Paint by Catherine Prynne (July 1983)
- A Murder is Announced by Agatha Christie (May 1983)
- Cinderella Revisited by A. G. Newton and H. Colkett (January 1983)
- Dead on Nine by Jack Popplewell (May 1982)
- The Tasks of Ming Lo by Ivy and Jacquie Russell (January 1982)
- Bonaventure by Charlotte Hastings (November 1981)
- Look Out for the Catch by Jean McConnell (May 1981)
- Aladdin Revisited by Adela Newton (January 1981)
- The Holly and the Ivy by Wynyard Browne (1980)
- White Wedding by Terence Bowen (TBC)
- When the Whirlwind Blows by Essex Dane (TBC)
- Passion, Poison and Petrification by G. Bernard Shaw (1980)
- The Patient in 4B by A. Frederick Daniels (1979)
- Haul for the Shore by Jean McConnell (1979)
- Random Harvest by James Hilton, dramatised by Moie Charles and Barbara Toy (1978)
- The Heiress by R & A Goetz (1978)
- Blithe Spirit by Noel Coward (1977)
- Breath of Spring by Peter Coke (1977)
- Beginning of the Way by Henzie Raeburn (1976)