Written by Alan Ayckbourn, this story follows a young widower, Guy Jones, as he joins an amateur operatic society that is putting on The Beggar’s Opera. He rapidly progresses through the ranks to become the male lead, while simultaneously conducting liaisons with several of the female cast. Many of the songs from The Beggar’s Opera are kept within the play, usually being sung with their own, new context.

The play follows the adventures of a hapless widower looking for solace as part of an AmDram group who are putting on “The Beggar’s Opera”, and how his rise to stardom leaves a trail of broken hearts and angry husbands.

The play ran for 3 sell out nights in West Haddon village hall