Mini-festival set for April

Classic British sitcoms are to be celebrated in a short season at The Watford Pump House this April.

On Wednesday 19, Caroline Burns Cooke is Yootha Joyce, in her play A Testament of Yootha, a bitter-sweet tribute to the star of hit 1970s sitcom Man About the House, and its spin-off George & Mildred, who hid her alcoholism from her adoring friends and fans.

On Thursday 20, Julian Dutton, pictured, performs Do You Think That’s Wise?: The Life and Times of John Le Mesurier, his  salute to the man behind the wry smile and urban repartee of Sergeant Wilson in Dad’s Army.

On  Friday 21 Hi-de-Hi! star Jeffrey Holland –presents his one-man show ...and this is My Friend Mr Laurel celebrating the relationship between, Stan Laurel and Olivier Hardy.

And on Saturday April 22, The Ultimate SitCom Day will include live on-stage interviews with stars including Brian Murphy from, George & Mildred, Robert Gillespie from Keep it in the Family and Louise Burton from Are You Being Served? and reunions of the casts of Mind Your Language, and Please Sir!

The Write On Comedy Carnival will coincide with an exhibition at the Watford Museum, launching on April 1, which celebrates local comedians including Carry On star Terry Scott; pioneering Goon Michael Bentine, Ealing comedies scriptwriter TEB Clarke, and Bradley Walsh.

Tickets for all events are available here.

Published: 29 Jan 2023