The Luvvies

An aspiring West End director has decided to run an over fifty fives amateur dramatics group. A mishmash of wannabee actors answer her advert in the parish newsletter. Thus the scene is set for the journey of the four women and four men, from raw talent, or lack of talent, to their big opening night of a play penned by an unknown writer. Along the way some rather unpleasant truths emerge. The "play within a play", a hilarious yet poignant parody of The Merchant of Venice, can be performed as a stand-alone one act performance as well as part of the overall production. The play has topical relevance in the current climate of bigoted politics around the World today.