The Wellington Theatre Company has announced its next production to take place at the Arts Centre from Wednesday, April 8, to Saturday, April 11, 2020.

With shades of Noises off and The Play That Goes Wrong, Play On! by Rick Abbott concerns a plucky community theatre about to produce a show called Murder Most Foul, a new ‘murder mystery’ with the same title as an Agatha Christie novel but with no relation whatsoever.

The director/theatre manager, Gerry, thinks producing the play is a good idea since the inexperienced playwright has agreed to let the company perform it for no charge. Gerry, however, has no idea what disaster awaits her: the show is hilariously amateur, the murder mystery plot doesn’t really have a murder, and to top it off the playwright keeps changing the story and script only two days from its premiere!

It doesn’t help that the cast is disgruntled and the playwright accidentally deletes the entire sound-effects board. All of the disasters come to fruition in Act III when the company performs the actual show with hilarious mishaps at every turn.

There are parts for seven female actors and four male, and the theatre company is holding auditions at the Arts Centre, Eight Acre Lane, Wellington, on Friday (September 6) from 7pm and Sunday (September 8) 2-6pm. Everyone is welcome to go along and have fun auditioning for a part.

Rehearsals begin on January 28, 2020, every Tuesday and Friday evening.

For more information, contact theatre company chairman John Bailey on 07986 227801 or 01823 662732 or by email at [email protected]

The group looks forward to seeing you and promises that the script won’t change while you are performing – at least this time around!