‘ALLO ‘ALLO 2
“THE CAMEMBERT CAPER”
By Milton Keynes Theatre of Comedy
March 2025
Directed By Colin Aldous
Based on the hugely popular TV comedy series, this sequel to the popular stage production of ’Allo ’Allo continues the adventures of reluctant resistance hero and harassed café owner, René Artois, in German-occupied wartime France. It features many of your favourite characters from the TV series and original stage play.
Still trying to repatriate a pair of British airmen, René, his wife Edith and their café waitresses, Mimi and Yvette, are embroiled in yet another complicated and life-threatening scheme. General Von Klinkerhoffen demands a fortune in francs in recompense for the loss of the infamous painting of ‘The Fallen Madonna With The Big Boobies’, and René is expected to come up with the cash.
But nothing is ever easy. The local undertaker, Monsieur Alphonse, is making advances on Edith. René’s mother-in-law, Fanny, objects to the radio used to communicate with London being hidden under her bed. No one can understand what Officer Crabtree (the British agent disguised as a Policeman) is saying. Michelle of the Resistance has a series of increasingly hare-brained proposals. Herr Flick of the Gestapo, Colonel Von Strohm and Captain Geering all have their own plans to get hold of the money, and Lieutenant Gruber still wants to take René away for a ride in his little tank… The cash, a set of forged notes and a bomb all end up hidden in identical camembert cheeses. What could possibly go wrong?
'Allo 'Allo 2 is based on the original BBC TV series written by Jeremy Lloyd and David Croft and has been adapted by David Pibworth, David Lovesy and Steve Clark (2013) by kind permission of David Croft.
'Allo 'Allo 2 — Cast List
THE FRENCH
RENÉ ARTOIS – Male, our hero. A café owner in war-torn France : Russell Bennett
EDITH ARTOIS – Female, René’s wife : Caroline Page
MONSIEUR ALPHONSE – Male, an elderly but wealthy funeral director : Phillip Ring
MADAM FANNY LA FAN – Female, the bed-ridden, elderly mother of Edith : Jan Delamore
YVETTE CARTE-BLANCHE – Female, a waitress : Sarah Smerald
MIMI LABONQ – Female, another (shorter) waitress : Jan Murray
MICHELLE DUBOIS – Female, an agent for the French Resistance : Lorna Daggett
MONSIEUR LECLERC – Male, the Resistance’s forger and master of disguise : Colin Delamore
THE GERMANS
GENERAL VON KLINKERHOFFEN – Male, the ruthless commander of the district : Tony White
COLONEL VON STROHM – Male, Commandant of the town of Nouvien : Paul Daggett
CAPTAIN GEERING – Male, aide to the Colonel : Mark Loughran
LIEUTENANT GRUBER – Male, a (camp) German tank officer : Todd Kramer
HERR FLICK – Male, head of the local Gestapo : Stephen Burgess
PRIVATE HELGA – Female, secretary to the Colonel and lover of Herr Flick : Laura Loughran
THE BRITISH
OFFICER CRABTREE – Male, a British agent (disguised as a Policeman) : Mark Croft
FLIGHT LIEUTENANT FAIRFAX – Male, a British airman requiring repatriation : Karl Rachwal
FLIGHT LIEUTENANT CARSTAIRS – Male, a second British airman : Callum Adams
RADIO VOICE – Male/Female, the voice of SOE in London : Sophie Dean
RADIO VOICE #2 – Male/Female, a second radio voice. Johnson’s tailors in Wimbledon
Rehearsals Monday, Wednesday, Thursday starting 27th January
Production Dates 27th - 29th March 2025
Note: this production has an eight week rehearsal period only.