THE classic sitcom that made Martin Clunes a star comes to the stage of the Barn Theatre at Cirencester – Men Behaving Badly, by the show’s original creator Simon Nye, will be the adventurous little theatre’s first Built By Barn production of 2026, running from 30th January to 7th March

Men Behaving Badly, the play, opens on 31st December 1999 in London, where Gary (originally played by Clunes) is clinging to his youth, Dorothy (Caroline Quentin) has had enough, Deborah (Leslie Ash) has a play, and Tony (Neil Morrissey) is … still Tony.

As the world braces for Y2K, the foursome prepare for their own big day, when resolutions clash with revelations, the gang might just prove that the real millennium bug is them.
Directed By Joseph O’Malley

Men Behaving Badly was described by the Telegraph as “one of the most successful British comedies of all time” – the new play takes the audience back to where the TV series left off, with the two hopeless flatmates, pints, fireworks and a complete lack of adult supervision.

If you grew up with it, this is nostalgia with new bite. If you didn’t, it’s a crash course in why the show became a phenomenon. Expect pace, chaos and the warmest kind of mischief.