{"id":229,"date":"2024-01-03T18:14:56","date_gmt":"2024-01-03T18:14:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thds2.wpcomstaging.com\/?page_id=229"},"modified":"2024-02-26T14:56:03","modified_gmt":"2024-02-26T14:56:03","slug":"october-2011-dads-army","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hds-online.co.uk\/?page_id=229","title":{"rendered":"October 2011 &#8211; Dad&#8217;s Army"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dad&#039;s Army on stage - Harrogate\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-zDs4m_VEao?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Playwright &#8211; Jimmy Perry &amp; David Croft<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Venue &#8211; Harrogate Theatre Main Stage<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Director &#8211; Paul Dunstan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cast<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Capt. 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Or not, as the case may be\u2026..\u2026.the Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard platoon led by the intrepid patriot Captain Mainwaring, along with the \u201cstupid boy\u201d Pike, \u201cDon\u2019t panic!\u201d Jones, \u201cWe\u2019re all doomed\u201d Frazer, \u201cMay I be excused\u201dGodfrey and \u201cDo you think that\u2019s wise ?\u201d Sgt. Wilson. The memorable characters come to life again in this hilarious stage version of the classic television comedy. Taking charge of a captured German U-boat crew\u2026. doing their best to behave like soldiers when Capt. Mainwaring introduces women into the platoon\u2026.testing their Morris dancing skills for a Lady Godiva fund-raising event \u2026 and excelling themselves in a rousing Floral Dance finale. Unsurprisingly, under those stressful conditions, the boys sometimes get over-excited and lose the plot ! 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