Anything Goes

This award-winning company, based at the Cotswold Playhouse, Stroud, presents this delightful musical comedy, ensuring the season ends on a high note before the theatre closes for the summer.

The action takes place on board the cruise liner SS American as it takes its colourful assortment of passengers and crew singing, dancing and mischief-making from New York to London. The show contains many of Cole Porter's most memorable songs, including, You're The Top, It's De-lovely, Anything Goes, I Get A Kick Out Of You and Friendship.

Sarah Kilmister, who played Dorothy in the Players' production of the Wizard of Oz, takes the lead role of Reno Sweeney, sexy evangelist turned nightclub singer. She is joined by Richard Murray as Billy Crocker, a trainee investment broker who finds that his lifelong sweetheart is about to be engaged to someone else; and then gets mistaken for a notorious gangster who is believed to have stowed away on board. Musical director Robert Kempner will lead a professional orchestra, generously sponsored by the Netlam Bigg Trust.

This musical is fast paced, glitzy and glamorous and to commemorate the Players' 50th birthday at the Playhouse, the entire building will be turned into a 1930s cruise liner for the production. Audiences will be greeted by waiters and sailors selling programmes and showing them to their seats. There will also be a cocktail bar, serving authentic cocktails as well as pleasure cruise memorabilia. Hopefully there will be no need to use the life belts.

Performances take place from March 22 to March 24 and from March 27 to March 31, including matinee performances on both Saturdays.