An award-winning Stourbridge College drama group is busy rehearsing for its latest production and could soon be entertaining crowds at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
Black Country comedian Tommy Mundon will also make a guest appearance in the show.
The Side by Side theatre group is in full swing for its production of We Are The Dreamers, loosely based on Shakespeare's A Midsummer Nights Dream.
However, the 16-stong group of students with learning difficulties need to raise £17,000 to take the production to the arts festival in August.
Artistic director Susan Wallin, who wrote the play, said: "This will be a unique show, with celebrity look-alikes and funky fairies. The group members are very committed and dedicated. They have all worked very hard and are very excited."
The group began rehearsing in September and will be performing at a Worcester Festival in March, the Dudley Festival, and at Stourbridge Town Hall in June.
Mrs Wallin said: "This is a very big production so it has taken a long time to put together. And it is the first time some of the actors have spoken, as in previous plays, they have just mimed."
(From The Express & Star)
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