Look Sharp, Ginger!

Written by Lucy Flannery

Thursday 13th to Saturday 22nd November 2025

Directed by Roger Niven, Lucy Flanney & Laura Sheppard

AuthorLucy Flannery

Lucy Flannery is an award-winning writer with credits in theatre, radio, film, TV, fiction and non-fiction. She leads playwriting courses at Chichester Festival Theatre and is a member of the Writers' Guild of Great Britain Audio Committee. Lucy lives in central Havant, very close to The Spring and so is always last to arrive at rehearsals. She is a member of a Bench-heavy Playwrights Group which meets regularly to try out new work, provide constructive feedback and complain about getting caught at the level crossing.

Although the Bench Theatre has performed many of Lucy's one act plays, including two in the previous Supernova9 production, this is the first full length play of Lucy's the Bench has performed.

PlayLook Sharp, Ginger!

Ace girl reporter Pearl and faithful photographer sidekick Ginger chase scoops across wartime England, catching a jewel thief and unmasking a German spy, all by exploiting the age-old virtues of aristocratic superiority, schoolgirl honour and the sacred rules of cricket! A treat for fans of Ripping Yarns and Daisy Pulls It Off, this sparkling comedy is presented by Bench Theatre as a vintage radio production.

The Bench Production

Look Sharp, Ginger!

This play was staged at The Spring Arts and Heritage Centre (formerly Havant Arts Centre), East Street Havant - Bench Theatre's home since 1977.

Cast

Pearl Kate Burrows
Jerry Bernie Lomas
Ginger Jeff Bone
Mabel Tasmin Halford
Lady Osborne Laura Sheppard
Miss Strang Roger Niven
Second Judge, First School Mistress, Third Society Lady Emma Parkin
Miss Annersley, First Society Lady Sally Hartley
Hilda, Second Society Lady, Second School Mistress, Mrs Miniver Elly Willats
Bert, Parker, Winston Churchill, School Girl, Old Lag Alan Welton
Mr Ballard, First Judge, Paper Seller, School Girl, Old Lag, Guard, Home Guard, Captain Pete Woodward
Mellors, Old Lag, Homeguard, Reverend Peabody Jaspar Utley
John, Homeguard, School GirlGilbert Downs

Production Team

Directors Roger Niven, Lucy Flanney & Laura Sheppard
Producer Jeff Bone
Lighting Design Thomas Hall
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Programme Editor Derek Callam
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