Cardiff Players will be taking to the stage at the end of July with a comedy drama from the pens of Ian Hislop and Chris Newman, A Bunch of Amateurs.
A scene from Cardiff Players’ production of Ian Hislop and Chris Newman’s A Bunch of Amateurs playing The YMCA Theatre on July 28, 2018
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!
A scene from Cardiff Players’ production of Ian Hislop and Chris Newman’s A Bunch of Amateurs playing The YMCA Theatre on July 28, 2018
- The comedy, directed by Graham Perkins takes place at The YMCA Theatre on July 28 at 2.30pm and 7.30pm
- Book now via http://www.cardiffplayerstheatre.co.uk