Amateur production of Ken Ludwig's celebrated farce 'Lend Me A Tenor', directed by Phil Tomlinson and performed by Preston Drama Club.
Preston Drama Club are bringing Lend Me A Tenor to the Preston Playhouse from 24 to 27 February 2027. It's Ken Ludwig's farce, directed by Phil Tomlinson, and it runs over four nights, with each performance starting at 19:30 and wrapping up around 22:00.
The play is set in 1930s Cleveland and centres on the arrival of Tito Merelli, a world-famous opera star. His highly anticipated performance threatens to collapse in spectacular fashion, and from there it spirals into a whirlwind of mistaken identities, romantic entanglements, slamming doors and non-stop laughter. It's a classic farce in the truest sense: a small mistake that snowballs into a chaotic mess, with characters popping in and out of rooms and everything going wrong in the most comedic way possible.
Ludwig's play has a fair bit of history behind it. It premiered in the West End in 1986 and moved to Broadway in 1989, where it earned multiple Tony Award nominations. Since then it's become a staple for professional and amateur companies alike, translated and performed all over the world. The New York Times once called it 'one of the two great farces by a living writer', so it's a well-travelled piece of theatre that holds up well.
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This particular staging is an amateur production by Preston Drama Club, put on by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd on behalf of Samuel French Ltd. Tickets start from £12, and you can find them through the Playhouse. The venue is on Market Street West, PR1 2HB, with the show running from 24 to 27 February, 19:30 to 22:00.
