Thursday 16, Friday 17 & Saturday 18 November 2017:

South Brent Amateur Dramatic Society (SBADS) presents 'Teechers', an hilarious, fast-moving and highly entertaining comedy with an edge by John Godber, directed by Caron Parke.

'Teechers' evokes life at a modern school. Using the format of an end-of-term play, three high school leavers, Salty, Hobby and Gail, perform to the audience an account of their time at Whitewall School, specifically with 'Mr. Nixon' who makes a major difference to their lives.

Whitewall High School is in a 'high deprivation area', with its 'fair share of problems' and Jeff Nixon, the new drama teacher, is a socialist, determined to better the lot of average kids.

He ignites their passion for the stage with his idealism and belief that all children should be treated equally.

They portray his progress through two terms of recalcitrant classes, cynical colleagues and an obstructive caretaker and observe how the experiences change him and how he is tempted, by the 'academic' atmosphere at the local 'good' school.

The play outlines many of the problems that new teachers encounter when beginning in the profession, such as a lack of respect, obtrusive support workers and a loss of idealism.

Six members of SBADS share the 21 roles, staff and pupils, between them.

A light touch on the stage, rapid character shifts and an authentic and sometimes earthy dialogue combine to produce a thought provoking and entertaining play on modern education. [

NB. contains mature themes and occasional strong language.]

Tickets at £8.50 for adults/ £5.00 for under 16s on sale online now at seaty.co.uk/sbads-teechers or in the 'Mare and Foal' from 6 November at 10.00am-12.30pm Monday-Saturday.

See http://sbads.show/.