Why are we called

"The Company of Four"?

In 1972, four youth club members, Harry Reeve, John Morris, Michael Warden and Don Spall met in the tea room of the Woodbridge cinema and took the decision to break away from the 'Woodbridge Youth Club' (a company that had been staging shows in the area since the 1950's) and form a new company. Since there were four of them in the room at the time, they decided on the name COMPANY OF FOUR.

At the time it seemed like the right choice but there have been many times when they rued the decision since the membership of the company has, on occasion, reached 300 and the size of the cast is rarely less than 60 (In 1991's "Oliver" there were 89 people simultaneously onstage during 'Consider Yourself'!

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