Pictured: Charlie Cook who plays Roger, Lara Whitehurst who plays Helga and Ian Fensome who plays Gilbert.
Preview - Anyone for Breakfast, The Club Theatre
The Club Theatre's final production of the season is Anyone For Breakfast, a comedy from the pen of Derek Benfield.
The story, which unravels at a farcical pace, revolves mainly Shirley's husband, Gilbert. For it is with Gilbert away that Shirley lends the house to her best friend, Jane.
She lends her the house so she can have a fling with a guy called Mark, but Gilbert's flight is delayed by fog, and he returns home with air hostess Helga in tow. Confusion and mayhem ensues.
Director Mike Russell told Community News:
"I have a good cast, all working hard to make this work. The story may start slowly but then the pace picks up as different people arrive at the house. As the play progresses so, hopefully, does the fun. It does not seem all that long ago since I was last at the Club Theatre but anyone who comes here is always warmly welcomed and well looked after. Directors are spoilt here and I'm not complaining about that. My intention is, as always, to give the audience a good night's entertainment."
Bradford born Benfield is now in his early 80s and, apart from his writing, he's appeared in numerous and hugely popular TV programmes. He's perhaps best known for playing Patricia Routledge's screen husband Robert Wainthropp in the BBC's gentle crime drama Hetty Wainthropp Investigates, but he's also appeared in episodes of Casualty, Coronation Street and Peak Practice.
* The Club Theatre presents Anyone For Breakfast by Derek Benfield from May 18-24 at 7.40pm. Tickets are available from 0161 928 1113.
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