 Theatrical presentations began in 1969 with performances, plays and readings by John Arden and Margaretta D'Arcy, Rosalinde Fuller, Ronald Hayman, Bernard Kops, David Pinner, Harold Pinter, Clive Swift, Anthony Thwaite, Miles Tredinnick, Michelene Wandor, Henry Woolf, regular weekly appearances by Keith Johnstone's "Theatre Machine" (the precursor of "TheatreSports") and productions including Richard Huggett's "The First Night of Pygmalion"; John Harding and John Burrows' "For Sylvia"; William Humble's "Do It Yourself"; "Black Notes", Jon Silkin's play on Ivor Gurney; and the British premieres of Tristan Tzara's "Handkerchief of Clouds", and Tennessee Williams' "Auto-Da-Fe".Transfers have included Royce Ryton's "The Other Side of the Swamp", which transferred to the King's Head and the Phoenix Theatre; Stewart Permutt's first professionally produced play, "When I Grow Too Old to Scream", which transferred to the New End Theatre and subsequently for two special performances at the Dominion Theatre; "The Sensualist", which transferred to the Arts Theatre; and the American play "70 Scenes of Halloween" to the BAC.In recent years, Pentameters theatre has become primarily known for its productions of classic revivals, many by the touring company Traffic of the Stage, including John Edmunds' sell-out new translation of Molière's "The Misanthrope" with Finty Williams, "One Person" with Michael Deacon, the award-winning production of Yeats' plays, and the award-winning new play "Steinberg's Day of Atonement".