A 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 Sir 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!

This amateur production of A Bunch of Amateurs, by The Idle and Thackley Theatre Group, is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd on behalf of Samuel French Ltd.

Tickets available via Ticketsource (www.ticketsource.co.uk/idle-thackley-theatre-group) or The Little Theatre (www.idlethackleylittletheatre.weebly.com)