Gamlingay Players is delighted to present our summer showcase, Three Funny Plays! As the title suggests, we will be performing three one-act plays with a farcical edge. Doubles by Michael Frayn Two couples check into adjacent hotel rooms and share a remarkably similar holiday experience… Funeral Plan by Jonathan Mountfort Funeral Plan is a black…

When the sleepy village of Dibley gets an unexpected new vicar, the quirky locals are shocked to find she’s a spirited, chocolate-loving woman with a razor-sharp wit. As Geraldine Granger navigates the oddball parish council and their hilarious antics, she brings a fresh, heartfelt perspective to village life in this warm and witty tale of…

Come and see this riotous British farce, which was a West End hit in the 70s. Frances and Peter are a young married couple who think they’re ordering some new glassware for their flat, but it turns out they’ve ordered pornography! Follow their adventures in trying to dispose of it. Written before the days of…

Synopsis RAMBLES ON RADIO By Robert Scott Christopher is delighted to be performing his play on the radio with his daughter in a starring role, but others are less content with the casting. Worse still, there’s more drama behind the microphone than is going out over the air. THE REAL INSPECTOR HOUND By Tom Stoppard…

Synopsis NHS Direct Misheard conversations behind the scenes of an NHS direct call centre. Toasters The problem of having to eat, drink and work standing up at a company function. Streuth The play is set in a country house in the 1920’s at 8.23pm. A detective must discover who the murderer is in this amateur…

Synopsis Ebenezer Scrooge, a miserly old man whose business partner has long since been dead, hates Christmas and all the joys and celebrations that go with it.  The ghost of his late business partner visits him on Christmas Eve, to warn him that if he does not change his ways then he will suffer an…

Synopsis Trevor and Susannah, whose marriage is on the rocks, inflict their miseries on their nearest and dearest: three couples whose own relationships are tenuous at best. Taking place sequentially in the three beleaguered couples’ bedrooms during one endless Saturday night of co-dependence and dysfunction, beds, tempers, and domestic order are ruffled, leading all the…

Synopsis The youngest daughters of curmudgeonly bootmaker Hobson are anxious to marry and have eligible suitors who must wait until eldest daughter, practical-minded Maggie is promised in marriage. Maggie, however has other plans. Cast Alice Hobson / Helen WrightMaggie Hobson / Bryony MountfortVickey Hobson / Hannah RobertsonAlbert Prosser / Jon MountfortHenry Horatio Hobson / Colin CarrollMrs…

Synopsis Many will remember Hi-de-Hi, a BBC TV sitcom shown in the 1980’s.  It was set at Maplins, a fictional holiday camp in the seaside town of Crimpton-on-Sea, Essex starting in 1959. Loosely based on Butlins, Maplins is part of a holiday camp group owned by Joe Maplin, with Yellowcoats replacing Redcoats.  Cambridge University Professor…