Northern Broadsides at 20 – in pictures

Rehearsals for Richard III, 1992; Brian Glover
'The first actor to say yes to my mad scheme back in 1991. He was the victim of a rare brain cancer just prior to beginning rehearsals to play Lear' Photograph: Nobby Clark

Rehearsals for Richard III, 1992; Barrie Rutter
'Another iconic shot that includes the ugly weapon – a bail grabber!' Photograph: Nobby Clark

Rehearsals at Salts Mill, Saltaire for The Merry Wives of Windsor, January 1993
'We are at halfway in the longest single purpose-built mill room in Europe. The two Merry Wives plotting revenge on Falstaff' Photograph: Nobby Clark

Rehearsal for The Cracked Pot by Blake Morrison, 1995; Barrie Rutter as Judge Adam
'Newly shaved head, bumps and bruises being added' Photograph: Nobby Clark

Dress rehearsal for Trackers of Oxyrhynchus by Tony Harrison, 1998
'A play by Tony Harrison from the remaining fragments of The Ichneutae by Sophocles. The experience was a crossroads in my life which led directly to the creation of Northern Broadsides' Photograph: Nobby Clark

Dress rehearsal for King Lear, 1999; Duggie Brown as The Fool, Barrie Rutter as King Lear
'Too young to play it really, but following the death of Brian Glover it was the only solution other than to cancel the tour' Photograph: Nobby Clark

Production of The School for Scandal, 2005
'Colourful group of grotesques ready to let rip at the gossip parties' Photograph: Nobby Clark

The Man with Two Gaffers by Blake Morrison (an adaptation of Goldoni's a Servant of Two Masters), 2006; Roy North as Reverend Lumb and Barrie Rutter as Arthur Dodge
'Two lads from Hull or 'Ull; two opinions as to who should bear the effort of transporting the trunk; two sets of mutton chops and Roy North winning the battle' Photograph: Nobby Clark

Northern Broadsides and the New Vic's production of The Tempest, 2007; Michael Hugo as Ariel
'Great leap for joy as Caliban finds new masters in the taste of his first alcohol' Photograph: Nobby Clark

Lisa's Sex Strike (a new version of Aristophanes Comedy Lysistrata) by Blake Morrison and directed by Conrad Nelso; Northern Broadsides and Octagan Theatre Bolton, September 2007
'The ladies band, dressed to inflict maximum frustration on their menfolk in Blake’s version of Lysistrata' Photograph: Nobby Clark

Mike Poulton's production of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, 2010
'Sublime ending in Canterbury as the pilgrims sing their praises' Photograph: Nobby Clark