MERE Amateur Dramatic Society will be taking audiences out of the seasonal baking and present-packing frenzy to the far-from-festive setting of Occupied France for the winter production – ‘Allo ‘Allo 2, “The Camembert Caper” at the Lecture Hall from 19th to 22nd November.

Based on the hit TV 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.

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. 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 case, a set of forged notes and a bomb all end up hidden in identical camembert cheeses. What could possibly go wrong?