By Ian Hislop and Nick Newman
From an original story by Jonathan Gershfield and John Ross
The Bonn Players
In englischer Sprache
06. – 09. Mai
19.30 Uhr
10. Mai 2025
19.00 Uhr
Theater / Premiere
Theatersaal
20,-, 15,- (erm.)
A Bunch of Amateurs is a feel good comedy, written by Ian Hislop and Nick Newman of Private Eye, and Spitting Image fame.
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!