Coalville Drama Group will be presenting a production of Abigail's Party at The Adult School Hall in Bridge Road this week.

The first night is on Wednesday, March 18 and it runs until March 21.

It starts at 7.30pm and tickets, priced £8 for adults and £6 concessions, are available from Coalville Drama Group or from Hermitage FM coffee lounge or Ashby Tourist Office.

The Mike Leigh play is being directed by June Brechin.

Abigail's Party is a suburban situation comedy of manners, and a satire on the aspirations and tastes of the new middle class that emerged in Britain in the 1970s.

The play developed in lengthy improvisations during which Mike Leigh explored the characters with the actors, but did not always reveal the incidents that would occur during the play.

The production opened in April 1977 at the Hampstead Theatre, and returned after its initial run in the summer of 1977, for 104 performances in all. A recording was arranged at the BBC as a Play for Today, produced by Margaret Matheson for BBC Scotland and transmitted in November 1977.