Are You Being Served? by Jeremy Lloyd and David Croft

7 - 14 July

Perfect Pitch programme cover

Cast:

MR MASH , Rob Hodgkiss

MR RUMBOLD , Maurice Felton

MISS BRAHMS , Gemma Tansell

MR LUCAS , Richard Walter

MR GRAINGER , Tom Bird

CAPTAIN PEACOCK , Guy Radforth

MRS SLOCOMBE , Lisa Smith

MR HUMPHRIES , Andy Worley

LADY CUSTOMER , Stephanie Legge-Davies

GENTLEMAN CUSTOMER , Keith Leadbetter

NURSE , Helen Spragg

MR GRACE , Peter Turton

BERNADO , Wayne Colwell

CONCHITA , Helen Spragg

CEASAR , Aiden Colwell

TAERESA , Stephanie Legge-Daves

REVOLUTIONARY , Keith Leadbetter

An O.R.P. Production directed by Sheila Carradine.

Crew:

DESIGN COORDINATOR , Ray Lockey

LIGHTING DESIGN , Alan Wood

STAGE MANAGER , Diane Careless

SET CONSTRUCTION , Danny Hulse, Chris Ely, Peter Turton, Ray Lockey, Keith Leadbetter, Marguerite Ely, John Upton

SCENIC PAINTERS , Ross Ashley, John Taylor, Emma Blundell

PROPS , Jane Mills, Rachel Careless

WARDROBE , Carol Taylor, Mary Prestidge, Sylvia Pugh

COSTUME , Crescent, Triple C

SOUND DESIGN , Alan Wood

TECHNICAL OPERATORS , Alan Groucott, John Upton, Alan Wood, Dean Hiltman

Thanks to Haden House for their assitance in this production.
The play is set in Grace Brothers Store and a cheap Spanish hotel.

The Play:

Oldbury Reps grand finale to the 2006/07 Season is the stage version of the hit TV sitcom Are you being served?
To the delight of the fans everywhere thsi popular show is bought to the stage by its creators/writers Jeremy Lloyd and David Croft. The same team who was responsible for 'Allo 'Allo, another all time favourite and a sell out success when it was staged at the Oldbury Rep in 2005.
The Motley crew of Grace Brothers prepare for a sale of German goods with chaotic results and then depart for the staff holiday at a one star hotel in Spain where more chaos results as they get involved in a local revolution.

A not to be missed end of season romp leaving Mr Humphries free and Mrs Slocombe still searching for her pussy!

Press: Sitcom treat lives again

ARE you free? If so, a visit to see this stage version of the famous TV sitcom about the mixed-up staff of the Grace Brothers store wouldn't be a bad idea.
It was chosen as the finale to the company's current season, and they certainly do justice to te story by Jeremy Lloyd and David Croft.
The first act gives a taste of business in the store, with a dash of realism created by a cleverly-constructed lift from which the staff emerge at various times, while in the second half they take a dodgy holiday together in Spain
There are several hilarious scenes in the store, none better than when a set of clockwork false teeth, hidden on the Y-fronts of a tailor's dummy, begin to chatter!
Lisa Smith gives a delightful performance as the posing Mrs Slicombe. She is totally convincing, and so is Guy Radforth in the role of Captain Peacock, with Andy Worley an amusing Mr Humphries, the gay assitant.