It has been announced today that Ian Kelsey and Nicola Sloane will star in Wiltshire Creative’s brand-new production of John Godber’s September in the Rain, running from 16 September-9 October.

Kelsey will play Jack, and Sloane returns to Wiltshire Creative to play Liz, after appearing in Two Cities.

1950. Blackpool. Newly-wed Yorkshire couple, Jack and Liz have crossed the Pennines for their first trip to the seaside mecca. Beneath an uncertain September sky, they holiday in a world of stripy deckchairs, sandy sandwiches and stroppy donkeys. As the Wurlitzer organ plays they sway together on the dance floor of the Tower Ballroom.

For thirty years, come rain or shine, they never miss their annual week-long holiday on the Blackpool sands. Three decades of boarding houses, talent contests and fish and chips on the prom.

Moving backwards and forward through time, a married life unfolds through squabbles, children, laughter and tears against the backdrop of the heyday of the British seaside. 

The piece is directed by Artistic Director Gareth Machin, with design by Toots Butcher, lighting by Johanna Town, and sound by Andrea J Cox.

For more information and to book tickets, please click here.