BISHOPSTOKE Players’ next production is a madcap romp of mistaken identity, gender confusion and naughty intrigue.

Being staged at Bishopstoke Memorial Hall, Riverside for three days from Thursday, What The Butler Saw begins as any ordinary day at the private practice of Dr Prentice, psychiatrist.

But when he decides that the best way to interview prospective secretary Geraldine Barclay is to seduce her, the lies start piling up as soon as his wife interrupts him.

Mrs Prentice has just been seduced by hotel bellhop Nicholas Beckett, or is it the other way round?

The bellhop tries to blackmail his way into a secretarial job, but further complications arise with the arrival of government inspector Dr Rance and Sergeant Match. The lines between sanity and madness, doctor and patient, and male and female quickly start to blur as the bellhop tries to stay out of jail, the Sergeant attempts to solve the case, Dr Rance tries to cure everyone, Dr Prentice tries to hide Geraldine, and Geraldine tries to get her own clothes back!

Orton’s play is a wild melee of disappearances, disguises and discoveries.

■ Tickets priced at £6 are available from 023 8069 3032 or at the door, and all proceeds are donated to Action for Children.