A HILARIOUS comedy about a home for the elderly like no other is part of an entertaining line-up of drama and dance coming to Portland's theatre.

Old Actors Never Die will be performed at the Royal Manor Theatre in Fortuneswell from Monday November 13 to Saturday November 18.

The play, by Lyn Brittney and directed by Becky Chance and Lis Green, is set in the Mount Home for Retired Actors. Three women who are ex-wives to the same womanising actor, Edmund Sullivan, reside here, and welcome the arrival of Walter Neville, a small part veteran of hundreds of films, and an old friend.

All is well until Edmund Sullivan arrives on the run from Russian gangsters.

The ladies decide that their ex-husband needs to be saved, which runs into a truly daft journey of farce and great comedy, brought to you by the team behind A Vicar of Dibley Christmas.

The JSLN Ballet returns for its superb Christmas show of Odile on December 16, which is a fresh look at Swan Lake and suitable for the whole family. The ballet event also features a back-stage experience, before the twilight show, enabling parents to bring their children to see the event without having to take them back home too late.

On December 14, the theatre is hosting Artsreach event Christmas TIME by the Near Ta Theatre Company. Charlie and Toby are feeling low, and why wouldn’t they? It’s Christmas Day and they’re serving time at Her Majesty’s pleasure. But why shouldn’t they be having a Merry Christmas in spite of their incarceration? What’s stopping them from creating Christmas around them? Absolutely nothing! And so they set off on their festival of carols, Claus, Christ and custody! Join them on a fantastical adventure through Dickens, pantomime, musical, Christmas dinner and Christmas film.

Visit the theatre's website for tickets and back-stage tour details.

Tickets are available at royalmanortheatre.co.uk, or by calling the box office. They are also available from Cards & Celebrations in Easton.

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