Thesps

What happens when you bring a professional producer into your amateur theatre group?  What happens when that producer is a woman your leading actor has had an affair with?  And that woman has tendencies towards stalking...

When the new producer walks into their first rehearsal, Barney does his best to avoid her - but it's too late, she's seen him!  What can he do now?

In a story that involves Barney being murdered by his wife, a synthesiser with a mind of its own, and the group sabotaging the rehearsals for their own show, the Off-The-Wall Theatre Company eventually sort out their problem producer - and HMS Pinafore seems set to go ahead with the real cast - and a chorus of cardboard sailors.  But on opening night, who do they find sitting the front row? 

You guessed ... now what will they do?

Here's an extract from the script of Thesps -

At the last moment, Barney discovers that he can't go on to play Ralph Rackstraw in HMS Pinafore - at least, he can't allow himself to be seen.  So Robert has been press-ganged into doing the part with the script, while Barney hides behind a cardboard sailor to sing the songs.  Unfortunately, things don't go to plan, so the cardboard sailor has to take the lead role on his own - click here for an excerpt fom Act 2 of Thesps - (Word document - with apologies to W S Gilbert!). 

Thesps is due to be performed LIVE in Autumn 2008 at venues around South East Wales - if you're in the area, come and see what all the laughter is about!