A Bunch of Amateurs by Ian Hislop & Nick Newman
Synopsis - Bunch of Amateurs:
Keen to boost his flagging career, fading Hollywood action hero Jefferson Steele arrives in England to play King Lear in Stratford - only to find that this is not the birthplace of the Bard, but a sleepy Suffolk village. And instead of Kenneth Branagh and Dame Judi Dench, the cast are a bunch of amateurs trying to save their theatre from developers. Jefferson's monstrous ego, vanity and insecurity are tested to the limit by the enthusiastic am-dram thespians.
As acting worlds collide and Jefferson's career implodes, he discovers some truths about himself - along with his inner Lear!
"Terrific comedy packed with killer comic dialogue... plenty of twists and turns."
- WhatsOnStage
7AgesPerform - Text tba
Rehearsing
Still Life (aka Brief Encounters) Noel Coward
An Inspector Calls JB Priestly
Blithe Spirit Noel Coward
The Memory of Water Shelagh Stephenson
Under the Milk Wood Dylan Thomas
The Chalk Garden Enid Bagnold
Starting Spring 2026
A Bunch of Amateurs Ian Hislop, Nick Newman
The Importance of Being Earnest Oscar Wilde
The Cracked Pot Blake Morrison
Under consideration
Hecuba (or another Greek Play) Tba
The Dresser Ronald Harwood
The Picture of Dorian Gray Oscar Wilde adaptation
The Trial Franz Kafka
adapted by Ed Harris or Jason Klarwein
An Enemy of the People Henrik Ibsen
On the Razzle Tom Stoppard
Saturday, Sunday, Monday Eduardo de Filippo
7AgesPerform - Text tba
Rehearsing
Still Life (aka Brief Encounters) Noel Coward
An Inspector Calls JB Priestly
Blithe Spirit Noel Coward
The Memory of Water Shelagh Stephenson
Under the Milk Wood Dylan Thomas
The Chalk Garden Enid Bagnold
Starting Spring 2026
A Bunch of Amateurs Ian Hislop, Nick Newman
The Importance of Being Earnest Oscar Wilde
The Cracked Pot Blake Morrison
Under consideration
Hecuba (or another Greek Play) Tba
The Dresser Ronald Harwood
The Picture of Dorian Gray Oscar Wilde adaptation
The Trial Franz Kafka
adapted by Ed Harris or Jason Klarwein
An Enemy of the People Henrik Ibsen
On the Razzle Tom Stoppard
Saturday, Sunday, Monday Eduardo de Filippo
7AgesPerform tba
Rehearsing
Still Life (aka Brief Encounters) Noel Coward
An Inspector Calls JB Priestly
Blithe Spirit Noel Coward
The Memory of Water Shelagh Stephenson
Under the Milk Wood Dylan Thomas
The Chalk Garden Enid Bagnold
Starting Spring 2026
A Bunch of Amateurs Ian Hislop, Nick Newman
The Importance of Being Earnest Oscar Wilde
The Cracked Pot Blake Morrison
Under consideration
Hecuba (or another Greek Play) Tba
The Dresser Ronald Harwood
The Picture of Dorian Gray Oscar Wilde adaptation
The Trial Franz Kafka
adapted by Ed Harris or Jason Klarwein
An Enemy of the People Henrik Ibsen
On the Razzle Tom Stoppard
Saturday, Sunday, Monday Eduardo de Filippo