Having won Best Production at the Brighton & Hove Arts Council Awards in 2003 with John Godber's Bouncers, it is not surprising the Southwick Players should turn to another of his plays.

In Teechers he depicts life, to hilarious effect, within the walls of a "sink" school - a nightmare educational establishment where the bulk of the pupils are not only unteachable but also ungovernable.

The sort of place where nervous breakdowns ensure a constant turnover of staff.

Into this maelstrom a little ray of hope breaks through due to the drama teacher managing to capture the imagination of three of the disruptive pupils.

He encourages Lillian Hobson, Ian Salt and Gail Saunders to write a play about school life which they then proceed to enact.

As in most of Godber's plays it is expected that a handful of actors - in this case three - will create and perform all the characters in the fast-flowing action.

A galaxy of people emerge - all the teaching staff, from a headmistress with more than a passing nod to Joyce Grenfell, to an idealistic young teacher who quickly abandons his ideals and moves on to a "posher" school.

A rogue's gallery of pupils is also created along with a "jobsworth" caretaker with a penchant for looking up skirts.

In order for such a complex piece to work a cast of extraordinary talent is needed and this production is fortunate to have a trio who are superb.

They perform with the precision necessary to carry out lightning switches of character, sometimes with the aid of a hat, a pair of glasses or a false nose but in the main just through acting skill.

Often a change of posture or voice is sufficient.

At the end all three performers justly receive noisy acclaim from an appreciative audience.

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