Stags and Hens was originally conceived as an in-houe television piece for Manchester Polytechnic's television and drama students in 1978 when Willy held the chair in Creative Writing.
The play focusses on a group of girls and local las who venture out for a night of pre-marriage stag and hen party celebrataions. The action takes place in the Gents and Ladies loos of a tacky Liverpool club, Bransky's, where Dave and Linda (bride- and groom-to-be) have decided, unbeknoenst to each other, to hold their stag and hen parties.
The play opened at the Everyman in October 1978 and was subsequently widely produced throughout the country and abroad, playing (as it still does today) to enthusiastic audiences and reviews (except for some adverse comments on the raunchy language and sexual inuendo in the play). In 1984 it was performed in London.
Our version was relocated to a pub in Ipswich and some of the language was updated, but otherwise it has changed very little and still stands the test of time despite being older than the cast and director.

Directed and produced by Steve Powter, produced by Barbara Tyler.

Cast
Linda	Wallis Gowers
Maureen	Becca Neal
Bernadette	Kara Gould
Carol	Ivy Smith
Frances	Amy Letcher
Dave	Michael Cooper
Robbie	Mark Gould
Billy	Mark Jones
Kav	Lewis Jones
Eddy	Luke Alan
Peter	Gary Wilson
Roadie	Ben Mason

Behind the scenes
prompt	Pam Lawrence
lighting	Alan Barney
sound	Simon Ruggles
set construction	Laurens Wilming
assistant to director	Emily Ryan
costumes	Hammond Hire