ALTRINCHAM Garrick audiences are about to be invited to a wedding to remember - for all the wrong reasons.

Fur Coat And No Knickers comes from the pen of comedy great Mike Harding and he said the gloriously politically incorrect farce was inspired by a real life event.

He said: “My sister's wedding - it was nothing like as manic as the one in the play but id did inspire me and once I started looking at other weddings and other families as well as my own - things really began to fall into place.”

What makes a wedding such fertile comic territory?

He said: “Any key point in our lives is fertile ground for comedy. I once worked helping out my Uncle Harry who for a brief time ran a wedding catering business in Salford and I lost count of the number of times the police had to come to break up fights at the wedding receptions.”

The play, which is a firm favourite with Traford audiences revolves around the impending nuptuals of Deirdre and Mark, who spends his stag night in the company of an “adult” doll. Unfortunately for Mark, that isn’t the last he sees of his newly found friend.

Mike said he’s aware of the high standards consistently achieved at the Garrick and wished the society well with the production.

He said: “Break several legs but make sure you don't pop the blow up doll.”

* Altrincham Garrick presents Fur Coat And No Knickers by Mike Harding from September 23-28 at 7.30pm. Tickets are available from 0161 928 1677 or Altrincham Tourist Information Centre, Stamford New Road, Altrincham. A two ticket for the price of one policy operates on Monday night.