The Vicar of Dibley

The Christmas Lunch Incident and Winter

by Richard Curtis and Paul Mayhew-Archer

When and where

29th November – 2nd December and 6th – 9th December 2023 at The Old Court Theatre.

About

No, no, no, no, no…yes! The Vicar of Dibley comes to Chelmsford Theatre Workshop!

Staying as true as possible to the beloved BBC sitcom staring Dawn French, the long suffering and beloved Vicar of the small fictional village of Dibley.

We are staging two classic festive episodes. The first is The Christmas Lunch Incident in which Geraldine agrees to a few too many Christmas dinners to keep her hapless parishioners happy. Our second episode is Winter which attempts to retell the birth of Jesus with a rather realistic conclusion.

This production is being co directed by Kat Tokley and Rob Whitfield. Kat had this to say about taking on the Christmas production:

“The Vicar of Dibley is a part of my childhood memories, particularly around Christmas. Mum would ‘book’ the TV with my dad (he doesn’t watch much TV made after 1975) and it was one of those ‘sshhhh, not now, it’s on’ programmes we would pile onto the sofa together to watch with anticipation. The familiarity and reliability of the characters, the quaint touches of village life, the hilarity of the simplest of comedic lines delivered with impeccable timing; it’s like an old pair of slippers you sink into and pad around the house in. I want to recreate this feeling for the audience. In the time before mobile phones and tablets, pings and notifications, when someone came to your door for a chat rather than reading Facebook updates. Today it’s working in our favour with advertising this opportunity for a nostalgic night at our little local theatre, where we hope to bring to you the feeling of the good old days of television gold.”

CAST & CREW

Directors – Kat Tokley and Rob Whitfield

Geraldine: Julia Stallard

Alice: Charlotte Grant

Hugo: Maxwell Rose-Rogers

David: Alan Edwards

Frank: Richard Pennicard

Owen: Andrew Raymond

Jim: Mark Preston

Aoife: Sarah Rumble

Tristan: Ben Maytham

Mary: Abigail Hunt

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Standard Tickets are £13, Concessions* £11.00 (except Friday and Saturday) available online via our Ticketsource page or by calling Ticketsource on 0333 666 3366.

Please note that a fee of £2.00 is applied by Ticketsource to all telephone bookings. There is a small fee (approx. 95p per ticket standard ticket and 79p for concessions) for booking online.

Tickets are also available on the door at the Old Court Theatre from 45 minutes prior to the performance (cash and card payments accepted.)

*Concessions apply to under 18s and over 65s, unemployed and students with a valid student ID.

For queries regarding your booking, or to make make exchanges, please email our Booking Manager on: bookingenquiriesctw@gmail.com