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Here is the male ensemble with ‘Those Canaan Days’ from Joseph – staged in the Forum Waterford in 1997 by Premier Productions.

In 2004 Bowler Hat produced 2 one act plays by two Dalys. Red Back – by the late Jim Daly and GTI by Pat Daly. Click below to see the show programme from that production. 2004 – Red Back / GTI – Show Programme

From the 1997 Premier Productions award winning production of ‘Joseph’ here is ‘Song Of The King’ performed by Michael Power as Pharaoh.

Here is the final chorus from Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat produced by Premier Productions in 1997 in the Forum Waterford. Featuring Jamie Beamish and Greta Rochford.

Here is ‘Goodbye 12, Goodbye 13, Hello Love’ from the Montage section of ‘A Chorus Line’ by Premier Productions, 1998 in ‘The Forum’. The dialogue has been edited out and the song ‘Nothing’ will feature in a separate update.

Here is the beautiful ballad ‘What I Did For Love’ from A Chorus Line by Premier Productions. This is one of the few shows staged upstairs in the Forum Theatre during it’s short lifespan. Led by the brilliant Ursula Hauck.

Here is the show programme from Gary Power’s 2009 production of ‘Bugsy Malone’ which was one of the last shows staged in ‘The Forum’ Waterford. 2009 – Bugsy Malone – Show Programme

This from Premier Productions 1998 production of ‘Joseph’ – it’s Benjamins Calypso with an absolute ton of familiar faces in there.

The opening to Premier Productions ‘A Chorusline’, produced in the Forum Waterford in 1998.

Way way back many centuries ago… well not exactly – way way back 21 years ago Premier Production produced ‘Joseph’ in the Forum – becoming the first local society to produce a musical in the Theatre. Here is the opening sequence from that show with many many familiar young faces.

Well – it was big news at the time! One of the first groups to be allowed to perform the updated new version of ‘Joseph’ back in 1997 was Premier Productions – and this is the press release that was used at the time. Pretty amateurish to be fair by today’s standards – but still… a piece of our history. …

A visit to Panto today and back to 2008 when Waterford Panto Society produced the only one of it’s 33 productions outside of the Theatre Royal – in ‘The Forum’. The Theatre was being renovated at the time. Here is the show programme for a look – Cinderella – the most produced of all Panto’s in Waterford. 2008 – Cinderella …

In 2003 All Of A Sudden Theatre Company produced ‘One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest’ in the Forum Theatre Waterford. It was the debut production of ‘All Of A Sudden’. Here is the show programme for a look. Added to the A O A S archive here. 2003 – One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest – Show Programme

In 2005 Natalie Van De Braam presented the hit kids musical “Bugsy Malone” in the Forum. Here is the show progamme. 2005 – Bugsy Malone – Show Programme  

In 1998 Premier Productions presented ‘A Chorus Line’ in the upstairs of the Forum Theatre – at the time the only venue big enough to allow 18 people to stand side by side!  At the time it was a brave move, some would call it fool hardy – and it subsequently lost a fortune and put paid to Premier Productions …

Back to 2000 today and Red Kettle presented ‘All in The Head’ in the Forum theatre – written by Liam Meagher and directed by Ben Hennessy. I wonder did it have similar themes to Disney’s ‘Inside Out’ 15 years before the animated movie hit the big screen? 2000 – Red Kettle – All In The Head

Video day, and it’s a departure from the normal Tops videos (plenty of those to come in the future!). 20 years ago this week Premier Productions had ‘Joseph’ on stage – to this day still the only full scale musical production by a local group in the Forum theatre. It was a tremendous success, nominated for Best Overall Show in …

Back in 2008 in The Forum John Grubb and Hound Productions gave us the multi-media spectacular that was ‘Hound’ using music, sound and imagery to deliver an (at the time) spectacular show to the Waterford Public. Here is the show programme for a look. 2008 – Hound – Show Programme