Haywire by Eric Chappell – 19-21 June 2025

A warm, funny and entertaining comedy from the writer of the classic sitcom Rising Damp.

Alec Firth is having an affair with his assistant, Liz, and has planned a romantic holiday for them in Spain without making his wife Maggie remotely suspicious, he thinks.   His mother is in a home, the children are grown up and have left home, the coast is clear.  Of course the dog was a bit unexpected.  What could possibly go wrong? Plenty!

Cast     

Alec – David Smith
Liz – Abigail Sage
Maggie – Val Barber
Phoebe – Alison Hudson
Jamie – Hamish Robb
Mandy – Grae Kelly

Crew

Director : Pat Baskerville
Assistant : James Barnard
Prompt and Director’s Assistant : Beth Moore
Stage Manager and Properties : Tracy Rudeforth
ASM : Jess Landy
Lighting : Sadie Sadt
Sound : Phil Ross
Costume : Pat Baskerville
Set Design : John Baskerville (2001)
Set Construction : Stephen Charles, Ivor Davies, Robert Evans, Graham Frost, Kevin Hudson, Phil Ross