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BENTLEY STRANGETROUSERS and

THE HOLLY & The IVAN

20 December 2014

Bentley Strangetrousers is reluctantly undertaking his duties as MI6&7/8ths Special Secret Security Squad Service Santa when he has to hang up his stockings to do battle with Russian Super Villain, General Ivan Greenfinger: a rogue communist agent with a penchant for festively themed killer vegetation.   

Can Bentley survive the “The Death of a Thousand Pricks” at the merciless leaves of Greenfinger’s murderous paramour Miss Holly Unlikely? Will Sir Royce fall victim to the regiments of ambulatory Communist Christmas Trees which are scourging Merry England? And will Miss Pencilskirt finally get Bentley under the Mistletoe, (providing she can hold it still long enough)?

Find out in this Sprout-Tingling nightmare of Red and Green Horror!

Written by Darren Gooding

Performed by Damien Bell, Mary Bollan, Sara Jane Derrick, Darren Gooding, David Hughes, Gerry McKee, and Richard Potter. Audience Wrangler Dean Allen Jones, Foley by Matthew Orchard. Sound Recording by Darren Tansley.

Recorded Live at Colchester Arts Centre.

THE GREATERMASS EXPERIMENT - ACT 2

6 MAY 2014

In the second act of this first exciting adventure: will Marjorie Littlewoman track down the kitchen garden menace before all human life is wiped out? What hideous transformation is consuming Hubert Lessermass? Will Professor Greatermass save the day before the total annihilation of all animal life on the planet, or will he merely decide to cook Italian? Find out before its too late!

Written by Damien Bell and Darren Gooding.

Performed by Damien Bell, Mary Bollan, Sara Jane Derrick, Darren Gooding, David Hughes, Richard Potter and Sarah-Ellen Young. Audience Wrangler Dean Allen Jones, Foley by Matthew Orchard. Sound Recording by Darren Tansley.

Recorded live at Colchester Arts Centre

 

THE GREATERMASS EXPERIMENT - ACT 1

6 MAY 2014

Escaping from behind the shadow of Bentley Strangetrousers, this is the first in the adventures of Sir Professor Patrick Greatermass. In this bladder-decimating tale Greatermass - with long suffering assistants, Professors Lessermass and Littlewoman - are seconded from their work at M.I. 6 & 7/8ths to investigate a mysterious saucer-like vessel, unleashing a long dormant extra terrestrial vegetable horror.

Written by Damien Bell and Darren Gooding.

Performed by Damien Bell, Mary Bollan, Sara Jane Derrick, Darren Gooding, David Hughes, Richard Potter and Sarah-Ellen Young. Audience Wrangler Dean Allen Jones, Foley by Matthew Orchard. Sound Recording by Darren Tansley.

Recorded live at Colchester Arts Centre

BENTLEY STRANGETROUSERS AND A DING-DONG MERRILY ON DIE!

23 DEC 2013

The ace, top-secret agent of the Special Secret Security Squad Service, M.I. 6 & 7/8ths, Bentley Strangetrousers, is on his first mission of international espionage and is paired with a Russian counterpart, agent Lada Weirdoverallski. What evil plot lurks behind the mysterious bombings of ambassadors around the globe? Who lurks behind the evil plot lurking behind them? Why are there so many chairs in Sir Royce’s office and is anyone lurking behind them? What is the terrible truth about the North Atlantic Toy Organisation? The answer to all these questions is revealed in this festive feature of Christmas criminality!

Written by Damien Bell and Darren Gooding.

Performed by Damien Bell, Mary Bollan, Sara Jane Derrick, Darren Gooding, David Hughes, Gerry McKee, Richard Potter, Anthony Roberts and Sarah-Ellen Young. Audience Wrangler Dean Allen Jones, Foley by Matthew Orchard. Sound Recording by Darren Tansley.

Recorded live at Colchester Arts Centre

BENTLEY STRANGETROUSERS AND A QUANTUM OF SPORRAN EPISODE 4: ONE STONE TO SCONE THEM ALL

31 JUL 2013

And so the story comes to it’s inevitably pant-ruiningly exciting and impenetrably non-sensical conclusion. What is the weakness Strangetrousers’ colleagues have discovered in King Raul’s claim to the throne and how can they hope to set England back to rights? Will history ever be the same again? What’s that falling piano sound?

Written by Damien Bell

Performed by Damien Bell, Mary Bollan, Sara Jane Derrick, Darren Gooding, David Hughes, Gerry McKee, and Richard Potter. Audience Wrangler Dean Allen Jones, Foley by Matthew Orchard. Sound Recording by Darren Tansley.

Recorded live at Colchester Arts Centre

BENTLEY STRANGETROUSERS AND A QUANTUM OF SPORRAN EPISODE 3: A TYRANNY IN TARTAN

31 JUL 2013

In this third serving of porridge-reeking mayhem the reign of King Raol, Queen of the Scotch, has transformed the face of Britain. It is up to the servants of the now defunct M.I. Five-and-a-Quarter to try to keep the English way of life alive in a world where tea and cricket are prohibited and embarrassment has been made a crime against the state, but can they avoid Heliotrope’s fiendish highland traps and why exactly is Professor Greatermass stark naked?

Written by Darren Gooding

Performed by Damien Bell, Mary Bollan, Sara Jane Derrick, Darren Gooding, David Hughes, Gerry McKee, and Richard Potter. Audience Wrangler Dean Allen Jones, Foley by Matthew Orchard. Sound Recording by Darren Tansley.

Recorded at Colchester Arts Centre

BENTLEY STRANGETROUSERS AND A QUANTUM OF SPORRAN EPISODE 2: THE RETUNE OF THE KING

24 JUL 2013

In the second, claymore tingling episode, Raul stakes his claim to the throne of England and a top, mud-splattered, archaeologist is brought in to refute it. Can the audience survive another coronation?

Written by Darren Gooding

Performed by Damien Bell, Mary Bollan, Sara Jane Derrick, Darren Gooding, David Hughes, Gerry McKee, and Richard Potter. Audience Wrangler Dean Allen Jones, Foley by Matthew Orchard. Sound Recording by Darren Tansley.

Recorded at Colchester Arts Centre

BENTLEY STRANGETROUSERS AND A QUANTUM OF SPORRAN EPISODE 1: SOMETHING HELIOTROPE THIS WAY COMES

24 JUL 2013

In the first instalment of his most porridge drenched adventure yet, secret agent Bentley Strangetrousers is faced with a terrible foreboding that his arch-nemesis, Raul Heliotrope, is plotting to wreak havoc at the coronation of Queen Elizabeth. But what is Raul’s terrible tartan secret?

Written by Damien Bell

Performed by Damien Bell, Mary Bollan, Sara Jane Derrick, Darren Gooding, David Hughes, Gerry McKee, and Richard Potter. Audience Wrangler Dean Allen Jones, Foley by Matthew Orchard. Sound Recording by Darren Tansley.

Recorded at Colchester Arts Centre

BENTLEY STRANGETROUSERS AND THE TWELVE PLAGUES OF CHRISTMAS

22 DEC 2012

Bentley Strangetrousers, ace Super Secret Special Security Service Agent is recalled as he heads home for a well deserved festive break. Mysterious goings on in the capital need his attention: a dozen inexplicably airborne members of the House of Lords, followed by the toe-tapping combustion of a Lady Knees and ten of her guests... where would it lead, what might happen next and who could possibly know? Anyone, that’s who! But not Strangetrousers, Professor Greatermass or any of the great minds and daring agents of M.I.5 & 7/8ths for whom the Twelve Plagues of Christmas are only just beginning...

Written by Damien Bell and Darren Gooding

Performed by Damien Bell, Mary Bollan, Darren Gooding, and Gerry McKee, with Special Guests Jeanette Lynes, Martin Newell and Anthony Roberts. Audience Wrangler David Frewen, Foley by Becki Moss and Matthew Orchard. Sound Recording by Darren Tansley with assistance from Richard Potter.

Recorded at Colchester Arts Centre

BENTLEY STRANGETROUSERS AND THE DANCE OF DOOM: EPISODE 4: A VILLAGE FETE WORSE THAN DEATH

13 MAY 2012

In the final thrilling instalment, Agent Strangetrousers discovers the truth behind the mysterious ruralisations of our nation’s urbanites and acquires a new nemesis. Can he save the British class system and foil the dastardly plot aimed at H.R.H. King George V Part II, or will he be battered to death by bladder wielding morris dancers?

Written by Darren Gooding

Story by Darren Gooding and Damien Bell

Performed by Damien Bell, Mary Bollan, Darren Gooding, and Gerry McKee, with Audience Wrangler Dean Allen Jones, Foley by Becki Moss, and Matthew Orchard.

Recorded at Slack Space Colchester

BENTLEY STRANGETROUSERS AND THE DANCE OF DOOM: EPISODE 3: THE YELLOW PERIL

6 MAY 2012

What further horrors await the intrepid Bentley Strangetrousers in the sleepy Norfolk village of Tropping Sholleys? What terrifying truths will be revealed? What total disregard for narrative structure will be unleashed? Listen (not too) carefully to find out!

Written by Damien Bell

Story by Damien Bell and Darren Gooding

Performed by Damien Bell, Mary Bollan, Darren Gooding, and Gerry McKee, with Audience Wrangler Dean Allen Jones, Foley by Becki Moss, and Matthew Orchard.

Recorded at Slack Space Colchester

BENTLEY STRANGETROUSERS AND THE DANCE OF DOOM: EPISODE 2: THE HEART OF DARKNESS

29 APR 2012

In a desperate bid to get the narrative moving, Bentley Strangetrousers finally gets around to actually doing something that seems like starting the case. Travelling into the heart of darkest East Anglia our hero doggedly pursues the origin of the terrifying scheme or plot which is reducing the populace of England to yokels. But is he prepared for the horrors he must face? Unsurprisingly, no!

Written by Darren Gooding with Damien Bell

Performed by Damien Bell, Mary Bollan, Darren Gooding, and Gerry McKee, with Audience Wrangler Dean Allen Jones, Foley by Becki Moss, and Matthew Orchard.

Recorded at Slack Space Colchester

BENTLEY STRANGETROUSERS AND THE DANCE OF DOOM: EPISODE 1: RICH MAN, POOR MAN, YOKEL, LOON

22 APR 2012

Top Secret Special Security Service Secret Agent Bentley Strangetrousers is faced with a terrifying new case: one which sees the good citizens of England turning into raving yokels! What is the cause of this terrible affliction and who is behind this dastardly and inexplicable plot or scheme?

Written by Damien Bell with Darren Gooding

Performed by Damien Bell, Mary Bollan, Darren Gooding, and Gerry McKee, with Audience Wrangler Dean Allen Jones, Foley by Becki Moss, and Matthew Orchard.

Recorded at Slack Space Colchester