THE COTSWOLD Playhouse hosts The Little Bit The Boys Admire - The Marie Lloyd Story on Saturday, at 7.30pm.
From production company Broad Horizons Theatre, their latest new play is all about the life of music hall star Marie Lloyd.
The play is set from 1922 where Marie Lloyd is being given a benefit concert.
Quite unexpectedly, she is joined by her greatest rival, cross-dressing male-impersonator, Vesta Tilley. They have never been friends.
As the play moves between Marie's dressing room and the music hall stage, the audience learn not just about Marie’s amazing, if chequered, life, but also about Vesta, the Music Hall Strike of 1907, Marconi and even Dr Crippen.
In this swift moving show, as well playing themselves, Vesta also becomes the men in Marie's life and Marie becomes the other women.
In true Music Hall fashion, Marie and Vesta will sing many of their most famous songs (such as Don't Dilly Dally, A Bit Of A Ruin That Cromwell Knocked About and Piccadilly Johnny) and joining in will be not only appreciated but expected.
Tickets £10 (Concessions £9)
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