Official Shows
Upstagers typically put on three main productions a year: Pantomime, running from January into February; the Spring Show in March/April, usually featuring a cast of 11-18 year olds; and Summer Show in July, usually featuring a cast of 18+ year olds. On occasion Upstagers have also put on a play in September/October. On top of this the group stage several other niche productions in the year, from workshop showcases to Festival Competitions. An incomplete list of shows performed are as follows:
- 2011: Billy Elliot (musical), A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (musical), Aladdin (pantomime)
- 2010: West Side Story (musical), Return to the Forbidden Planet (musical), Dick Whittington (pantomime)
- 2009: Oliver! (musical), Annie (musical), Mother Goose (pantomime)
- 2008: Upstagers' Christmas Spectacular (variety), The Full Monty (musical), Disney's High School Musical (musical), Sinbad (pantomime)
- 2007: An Upstagers Christmas! (variety), Biloxi Blues (play), The Wiz (musical), Les Misérables (musical), Beauty and the Beast (pantomime)
- 2006: Xmas Showcase! (variety), Stepping Out (play), Billy Liar (musical), The Witches of Eastwick (musical), Babes in the Wood (pantomime)
- 2005: Rock Nativity (musical), Summertime Special (variety), Guys and Dolls (musical), Fame (musical), Robinson Crusoe (pantomime)
- 2004: The Boyfriend (musical), The Wiz (musical), Red Riding Hood (pantomime)
- 2003: Barnum (musical), Godspell (musical), Sleeping Beauty (pantomime)
- 2002: 42nd Street (musical), The Demon Headmaster (musical), Jack and the Beanstalk (pantomime)
- 2001: Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (musical), Snow White (pantomime)
- 2000: Back and Forth (variety), Fame (musical), Mother Goose (pantomime)
- 1999: Grease (musical), Aladdin (pantomime)
- 1998: Guys and Dolls (musical), Dick Whittington and His Cat (pantomime)
- 1997: Oklahoma! (musical)
- 1996: A Slice of Saturday Night (musical)
- 1995: Anything Goes (musical)
- 1994: Sinbad the Sailor (pantomime)
- 1993: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (musical)
- 1992: Little Shop Of Horrors (musical)
- 1991: Grease (musical)
- 1990: Godspell (musical)
- 1989: The Wiz (musical)
- 1988: The Young Ones (musical)
- 1987: Tin Pan Ali (musical)
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