Previous Productions

An evening of Music and Drama Following the success of LLU1 in 2005 we present to you a wide collection of theatrical fun and enterainment. Come and fly with us and avoid the strikes and volcanic ash!

A comedy who-dun-it by Simon Brett. The murder investigation of well known actor, Martin Powell, is undertaken in act one. By the interval we know who-dun-it, dr do we? Act two reconstructs the events leading up to the murder and the trwist. Will you be fooled?

This is the musical made internationally famous by Yul Brynner as the King of Siam with Deborah Kerr as Anna Leonowens - the governess to his many children by his many wives. Most people know the story of their fiery relationship and her attempts to civilise him and his efforts to do the best for his country and his family. This is the romance that gave birth to such classics as 'Getting to Know You', 'I Whistle a Happy Tune', 'Hello Young Lovers' and 'Shall We Dance?'.

Avast Behind! - or the true story of what happened at Treasure Island - has been written by Vicky Orman and Katy Biggs, with a little help from Mark O'Callaghan and is directed by Chris Britton. There are many, many pirates both male and female with a strong likelihood that the villain will also be female - Long Joan Silver - who will have to perform with an obligatory wooden leg, hook, and talking parrot! This will be the first panto with a 'flash back' to when the pirates were at pirate school and will involve the junior chorus in substantial dialogue. There will also be a very posh version of The Haka using local street names - and a man-eating shark that will eat the audience as well as the cast! The whole stage, including the apron, will be used and the band (also dressed as pirates) will play on stage. Anyone of any age, height or gender, or with a big bum will be welcomed.

Written by Emlyn Williams this is a Ghost Story in three acts set on the stage of the St. James'' Theatre, London between the hours of 8.15 and 11.15 on the night of Wednesday 26th November 1930 - Sir Charles Jasper''s birthday. There is a legend concerning a murder once committed at the St. James Theatre - that a dumb woman will appear on stage and reveal the murderer. Sir Charles Jasper, author and eccentric who delves into the mystical, holds a dinner party in the theatre. Tonight he will come into a vast fortune, but should he die before 11pm his nephew Maurice will inherit it. Maurice arrives and engineers his uncles' murder, and then the dumb woman of the legend appears. This unique thriller will have the audience gripping their seats.

WORLD PREMIER Good Gods! is a new musical. It is set in the present but the main characters are the Ancient Gods of Greece, Zeus, Apollo, Aphrodite, etc, and they have been called to Britain by Dionysus, the God of Wine, who lives here because of all the binge drinking. He has heard that there is a new God on the block and thought that everyone should know. It turns out there are two new Gods, one of Health & Safety and one of Beaurocracy & Red Tape - and they put a stop to the gods using their powers because of the dangers involved. The Gods are determined to get their powers back but cannot find a way and when Hermes starts asking to be made mortal, it seems as though things have gone from bad to worse.

WORLD PREMIER Good Gods! is a new musical. It is set in the present but the main characters are the Ancient Gods of Greece, Zeus, Apollo, Aphrodite, etc, and they have been called to Britain by Dionysus, the God of Wine, who lives here because of all the binge drinking. He has heard that there is a new God on the block and thought that everyone should know. It turns out there are two new Gods, one of Health & Safety and one of Beaurocracy & Red Tape - and they put a stop to the gods using their powers because of the dangers involved. The Gods are determined to get their powers back but cannot find a way and when Hermes starts asking to be made mortal, it seems as though things have gone from bad to worse.

A Little Theatre Youth Production. Follow Horton the Elephant as he searches for the Whos amongst the clover, while Cat in the Hat creates mischief for all in this fun packed show based on the stories of Dr Seuss! Join our talented and exuberant young cast as they perform their first show together as Wells Little Theatre Youth Company. Music and Lyrics by Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens, contributions by Eric Idle.

By Thomas Hardy. Adapted for the stage by Michael Fry. A <b>Bristol Old Vic Theatre School</b> touring production. Against the measured, idyllic background of the Dorset landscape, Hardy's most popular story unwinds with the inevitability of a Greek tragedy. Tess has the most enviable qualities of Woman- intelligence, sensitivity, independance of mind, integrity, compassion- but against a rigid class system and a ckoking social system which places respectability higher than morallity these these qualities are to little avail. The Bristol Old Vic Theatre School students bring to this production their usual virbant energy and sparkling young talent, cocooning Hardy's tale in a framework of song and music- the perfect enterainment for a summer's evening in the West Country.

The timeless story of a girl from the gutter who is given the chance to prove that she is naturally the fairest of them all. Witty dialogue, smart lyrics, magnificent score, dynamic dances (X Factor et al, eat your heart out). A BLOOMIN' MARVELLOUS MUSICAL! Music by Frederick Loewe Book and Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner Adpated from Pygmalion, by George Bernard Shaw

Hove, 1971 In the family home (and private practice) of Dr. Wickstead, the household members are dissatisfied and frustrated - with life, with each other and mostly with the sate of their own bodies. As the doctor's flat chested sister Connie orders a contraption to turn the men's heads, emotions run high, and long-hidden desires are exposed (as are a few other things). Meanwhile, the arrival of several visitors in town can only add to the confusion... As the family's haughty self-assurance gives way to absurd indignity, the only cool head is that of housekeeper Mrs. Swabb, hoovering the audience along through the dirty mayhem. Amidst all this, will anyone have time for the desperately forlorn Mr. Pudue? Well, he's only a National Health patient after all...

Hove, 1971 In the family home (and private practice) of Dr. Wickstead, the household members are dissatisfied and frustrated - with life, with each other and mostly with the sate of their own bodies. As the doctor's flat chested sister Connie orders a contraption to turn the men's heads, emotions run high, and long-hidden desires are exposed (as are a few other things). Meanwhile, the arrival of several visitors in town can only add to the confusion... As the family's haughty self-assurance gives way to absurd indignity, the only cool head is that of housekeeper Mrs. Swabb, hoovering the audience along through the dirty mayhem. Amidst all this, will anyone have time for the desperately forlorn Mr. Pudue? Well, he's only a National Health patient after all...