November 2004

Haywire

a comedy by Eric Chappell

Directed by Beryl Gadd

Alec Firth is having an affair with his assistant Liz and has organised his domestic life so that they can go to Spain without making his wife Maggie suspicious. What could go wrong? Plenty as the rest of the family arrive on the doorstep in rapid succession; Phoebe, Alec's mother, who has discharged herself from the old people's home; Alec's son Jamie who has a broken ankle, and finally his daughter Mandy who is heavily pregnant and refuses to marry the father.

Cast

Alec Firth, a bookseller	Paul Bidston
Liz, his assistant	Alison Warburton
Maggie Firth, his wife	Michelle Gwillam
Phoebe Firth, his mother	Barbara Goffin
Jamie Firth, his son	Phil Brogdale
Mandy Firth, his daughter	Natalie Horne