April 2010

The Ex Factor

A Farce by Ian Hornby

Imagine it - you and your wife-to-be are struggling to open your bed and breakfast. The inspector is due any moment. So it is for Phil and Jane. Except the imminent inspector is Phil’s ex-wife Felicity, and there never was any love lost between the two women. And there’s a rumour that Felicity’s latest beau used to be a Chippendale - not good when your first guest - two matronly women - are also due to arrive. And the place is almost - but not quite - finished, the rising wind threatening to blow the roof off the barn. The stage is set for misunderstandings, jealousy, women at war and even a burglary. That all-pervading scent of the farmyard doesn’t help either.

Cast

Phil	Paul Bidston
Jane, his wife	Anita Rushman
Ron, a farm hand	Andy Rushman
Anne, a guest	June Brogdale
Margaret, Anne's friend	Ann Crawford
Felicity, Phil's ex-wife	Alison Hornby
Lawrence, Felicity's partner	Andrew Cooke
Directed by	Ian Hornby