BLEAK EXPECTATIONS - THE ALLERTON PLAYERS

Popular local drama group, the Allerton Players, present Bleak Expectations by Mark Evans.

The story Charles Dickens might have written after drinking too much gin…

Based on the award-winning BBC Radio 4 series, Bleak Expectations is a hilarious Dickensian romp, featuring dastardly villains, preposterous names, pulse-quickening romances, heart-rending death scenes, and, of course, a happy ending.

Follow half-orphan Pip Bin’s remarkable adventures with sisters Pippa and Poppy and best friend Harry Biscuit, as they attempt to escape the scheming clutches of Mr Gently Benevolent and defeat the irrepressible Hardthrasher siblings.

“Dickens with a dash of Monty Python”

“A fast-paced comedy mashup…zings with intelligence, imagination and comic anarchy”