The Darling Buds of May

by H.E. Bates

26th,27th & 28th April

at the Bouverie Hall, Pewsey

7.30pm

directed by Nettie Powell and Emma Preuss 

Starring:-

David Bromilow as Pop Larkin

Avril Allsop as Ma Larkin

Cherilyn Mawby as Marriette

Hallam Britten as Mr Charlton

Dom Tandy as Montgomery

Hannah Jeffries as Primrose

Milla Callis Nicholls as Victoria

Lucy Montefiore and Scarlett Martin as the 'twins' Petunia and Zinnia

Andy Vowles as The Brigadier

Diane Roberts as Edith Pilchester

Paul Hughes as the Tax Inspector

Molly Wisbey as Pauline Jackson

Nikki Montefiore as Angela Snow

Rob Bottoms as Sir George Bluff-Gore          

Alexandra Cuff as Lady Bluff- Gore 

Stage Manager: Ben Bateman

ASM: Dan Eyles

Prompt: Becky Kinghorn

Lighting: James Keepence and Ryan Hughes

Sound: Steve Clements and members of PVADS Youth theatre       

Take a journey back to a nostalgic past, when the darling buds of May were blooming in an idyllic country paradise and all was right with the world - at least in the Larkin family!

The stage play of Darling Buds of May takes us back to the 1950's. Britain is still recovering from the effects of the war and everyone is having to make economies.

The lovable irrepressible Larkin family made their debut in the novel 'Darling Buds of May' in 1957 and went on to beguile audiences both on stage and screen.

Pop, who makes a fortune from a variety of deals, but has never paid income tax lives in rural idyllic bliss with generous hearted Ma and their six children. When earnest young tax official, Mr Charlton, turns up one hot May afternoon to investigate, he is bewitched immediately by eldest daughter Mariette and it isn't long before he succumbs to the boisterous Larkin family charm and largesse!