Stag and hen play hits Chester this month

WITH lots of beauties in the same ladies' toilet, what else could it be but a rehearsal for Stags and Hens by Willy Russell - the latest production to be staged by the Chester Theatre Club.

Creating the roles of the 'hens' in Chester are Sophie Lund, Valerie Maguire, Fiona Vickery, Louise Gornall and Helen Williams.

The play is sponsored by Chester solicitors, Walker Smith Way.

Director Anthony Wheatcroft said: 'It's set in the gents' and ladies' toilets of a tacky Liverpool night-club because, by a fluke, the bride and groom-to-be have both chosen the same venue for their respective stag and hen nights.

'The toilets are the only places where the girls can escape from the boys and vice versa.

'It's an extremely funny play, as you might expect from the author of Educating Rita and Shirley Valentine, but like those two plays, it also has its thoughtful moments.

'Linda, the bride, meets up with an old boyfriend and wonders whether marriage is the right thing or whether she'll end up trapped and disappointed, with nothing more to look forward to than buying a new vacuum cleaner.

'And when we consider that Dave, the groom, spends his entire stag night with his head down the toilet bowl as a result of too much curry and Guinness earlier, the same thought enters the audience's head.'

Location: The Little Theatre, Gloucester Street, Newtown, Chester

Dates: Monday, March 14-Saturday, March 19

Times: 7.30pm

Box office: 01244 322674