MIDDLE GROUND THEATRE COMPANY LTD - CELEBRATING 21 YEARS OF QUALITY DRAMA

Middle Ground Theatre Company was founded back in October 1988. The name ‘Middle Ground’ was chosen due to geographical location more than anything else, and the company opened its first national tour (of museums and art galleries) in Scotland the following spring, with a new piece of writing about the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. Other early tours included a huge array of venues, from castles to hotel lounges, and the production of six plays for ten-week tours of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. The remote communities of Shetland, Orkney, Barra, Benbecula, Islay, Arran, Harris, Jura, Mull and Lewis have all played host to Middle Ground.

Following these productions the company progressed to bigger theatres and eventually to Number 1 tours. Today it is one of the UK’s most prolific and acclaimed production companies, having mounted over forty productions.

Columbo tops a list of both ‘classic’ and ‘alternative’ drama produced by Middle Ground over the past 20 years, including: Frankie & Johnny in the Clair de Lune, Billy Liar, Tunes of Glory, Dial M For Murder, Gaslight, Spring & Port Wine, Brief Encounter, Soe Well I Love Thee, The Holly & The Ivy, The Return of Sherlock Holmes, I Have Been Here Before, The Family Way, An Inspector Calls, The Christmas When Felix Fox Nearly Cooked His Goose, The Late Edwina Black, A Visit From Scrooge, Wood Dragon, Dangerous Corner, An Ideal Husband, The Importance of Being Earnest, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?, Present Laughter, Flare Path, The Railway Children, Meeting Joe Strummer and Far From The Madding Crowd. Click here for an in-depth look at our previous productions.

Middle Ground’s Artistic Director and Producer is founder member Michael Lunney.