A Bunch of Amateurs

<p>Keen to boost his flagging career fading Hollywood action hero Jefferson Steele arrives in England to play King Lear in Stratford - only to find that this is not the birthplace of the Bard but a sleepy Suffolk village. And instead of Kenneth Branagh and Dame Judi Dench the cast are a bunch of amateurs trying to save their theatre from developers. Jefferson's monstrous ego vanity and insecurity are tested to the limit by the enthusiastic am-dram thespians. As acting worlds collide and Jefferson's career implodes he discovers some truths about himself - along with his inner Lear!</p><p>terrific comedy packed with killer comic dialogue... plenty of twists and turns ***** Whatsonstage</p><p>Deliciously stuffed with Shakespeare...a laugh-a-minute **** Mail on Sunday</p>