HI-DE-HI!
by Paul Carpenter & Ian Gower

Venue: The Forum Studio Theatre

A stage adaptation of the hugely popular British TV series, which revisits the 1950's and Maplins Holiday Camp with its host of colourful characters. It's the start of a new season and founder Joe Maplin announces that he is setting up a camp in the Bahamas and needs female yellowcoats (entertainers) to go and work there. The annual "Miss Yellowcoat" competition will decide who. Imagine the rivalry! Camp cleaner Peggy, meanwhile, is thrilled at the prospect of a vacancy for a new yellowcoat and convinces Entertainments Manager Jeffrey that she is the ideal candidate for the job. Ted is forced to employ numerous money-making schemes when his ex wife turns up at the camp with a bailiff in tow and Yvonne and Barry Stuart-Hargreaves send the rumour mill into its usual overdrive when Gladys is overheard escorting Jeffrey into his chalet late one evening. Hi-de-hi, campers!

Cast

Jeffery Fairbrother - David Wilson
Gladys Pugh - Jean Lawrence
Ted Bovis - Kevin Kegan
Spike Dixon - Andrew Heath
Yvonne Stuart-Hargreaves - Jane Dixon
Barry Stuart-Hargreaves - Roger Morris
Fred Quilly - Dave Perkins
Mr Partridge - Mike Heathcote
Peggy Ollerenshaw - Steph Phillips
Sylvia Garnsey - Kathryn Wilson
Tracy & Hilary - Anna Turner
Gary, Bailiff & Mr Pritchard - Francis Salvi
Betty - Vicki Daniels
Dawn - Kimberley Lasi

Production team

Director: Rob Stevens