Blithe antics in tale of two wives

Anna Carter-Brown plays the medium Madam Arcarti in The Little Theatre’s latest production, Blithe Spirit.

Madam Arcarti is invited into the home of author Charles Condomine (Matthew Flitton) and his charming wife Ruth (Kate Redding) to perform a séance as research for the novelist’s next book.

The couple expect the psychic to be a humorous fraud, but her ability to contact the dead turns out to be genuine and what ensues is all sorts of comic madness.

Madame Arcati inadvertently summons the ghost of Charles’ first wife Elvira, played by new Dunstable Rep member Jenny Monaghan.

No one can see the haunting ex-wife apart from Charles, but eventually Charles’ current wife Ruth is drawn into a strange other-worldly battle with her ghostly love rival as they fight for ‘possession’ of their husband.

Based on the Noel Coward classic, Blithe Spirit was originally a 1945 movie directed by David Lean. Play-of-the-year director Joe Butcher takes the reins in this production, with Alistair Brown and Sue Young also playing key roles.

Performances at the Little Theatre, High Street South, Dunstable, from 7.45pm on Friday, March 16 to Saturday, March 24 (excluding Sunday).

Tickets: £8 for members, £12 for others, call box office: 07940 105864.