“A fiendishly clever farce that gets madder and funnier as it goes along… Has pace, precision and wit.” – London Daily Mirror

John Chapman & Ray Cooney’s There Goes the Bride runs at the Pumphouse Theatre October 3rd – 11th, 2025

Show times: Wed – Sat @ 7:30pm; Matinees Sat/Sun @ 2:00pm.  See the ticketing website for full details

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There Goes the Bride

October 3 to 11, 2025
A farce by John Chapman & Ray Cooney

Directed by Wayne Hunter

When beleaguered advertising executive Timothy Westerby hits his head on the morning of his daughter’s society wedding, he awakes to find himself in the company of Polly Perkins, a 1920’s Flapper girl straight out of his current advertising campaign. It soon becomes all too clear that no-one else can see or hear her, and when another bump on the head transports Timothy back to 1926 and the Savoy hotel, the carefully planned wedding preparations disintegrate into chaos as friends and family attempt to lead Timothy back to reality and his daughter down the aisle before the newly arrived ‘In-Laws’ abandon the wedding.  From the duo that wrote Move Over, Mrs. Markham, and Ray Cooney’s Run For Your Wife, this farce is sure to delight.

Production Crew
ProducerColleen Bishop
DirectorWayne Hunter
Stage ManagerMichael Johnson
ChoreographerWendy Knight
Set DesignerSharon Umeh
Costume DesignerChristie Johnson
Properties & Set DécorMichael Johnson
Lighting DesignJames Ravenhill
Sound DesignerOpen to volunteers
Cast
Judy WesterbyMya Swedburg
Ursula WesterbyElizabeth Greenwood
Timothy WesterbyMike Johnson
Dr. Gerald DrimmondPeter Warne
Daphne DrimmondAlana Gowdy
Polly PerkinsDanielle Dulmadge
Bill ShorterBruce Fraser
Charles BabcockMason Jarvis