Sheila's Island

by Tim Firth

Directed by Margaret Bennett

Liz Stafford Auditorium

Bonfire night, 2019: Sheila, Denise, Julie, and Fay are Team C in the Pennine Mineral Water Limited's Annual Outward-Bound Team-Building Weekend. Somehow team leader Sheila has managed to strand her team on an island in the Lake District!

Realising they are not going to make it to the cosy hotel finish line, the team have to challenge themselves to find ways to build an adequate night shelter with a prom dress and a sleeveless jumper, and create a rescue flag from a toasting fork and a plastic plate.

Questions are asked; truths are told; dirty washing is aired, - chiefly, why are they on this bloody team building exercise when they could be relaxing at a spa?

The Yvonne Arnaud Theatre Guildford asked Tim Firth to adapt his award-winning play Neville’s Island for women. Sheila’s Island had its professional premier in February 2022. Other Tim Firth plays are the award-winning Calendar Girls, Safari Party and The Flint Street Nativity. Tim, our President, has kindly allowed CLT to be the first amateur group to present Sheila’s Island, which Margaret saw on tour and loved!

Tickets will be on general sale from 14th January 2023.

PLEASE NOTE - The play begins promptly at 7:30pm. Please arrive before this time. There will be NO ADMISSION AFTER CURTAIN-UP. If you arrive after 7:30pm you will not be able to take your seat until the interval.