An all-star cast will be bringing Ray Cooney's Olivier Award winning comedy Out of Order to Hall For Cornwall in Truro early next month.

The production, which will be staged between May 2 and 6, is being directed by Cooney, who is celebrating 70 years in the industry.

Bringing his characters to life will be Arthur Bostrom, best known for his iconic role as Officer Crabtree in Allo Allo; EastEnders and Extras star, Shaun Williamson; Sue Holderness, of Only Fools and Horses and Green Green Grass fame; Andrew Hall, of Butterflies and Coronation Street; and Susie Amy, best known from Footballers’ Wives; James Holmes, from Miranda.

Completing the cast are Elizabeth Elvin, Jules Brown, David Warwick, Raphael Bar, Simon Murray and Kate Sawyer.

When Tory Junior Minister Richard Willey tries to spend the evening with Jane, one of the Opposition’s secretaries, in the Westminster Hotel, things don’t exactly go according to plan - starting with the discovery of a body trapped in the hotel’s only unreliable sash window. Enlisting the help of his hapless private secretary George Pigden, Willey’s sticky situation goes from bad to worse, and with the arrival of Jane’s distraught young husband and with the addition of an unscrupulous waiter, Mrs Willey and Nurse Foster things really come to a head.

Out of Order was first produced regionally in 1980, under the original title Whose Wife is it Anyway, with Cooney playing George Pigden. The show was subsequently produced in the West End in 1990 starring Donald Sinden, Sandra Dickinson and Michael Williams with Cooney directing.

Ray Cooney said: “Having directed my Olivier Award-Winning play in London and all over the world, and hearing all that wonderful raucous laughter from audiences, it has become one of my favourite plays. I've up-dated it to present day and, fortunately, the basic premise of a philandering MP is as likely today as it was when the play was originally written.”

The run in Truro will see performances at 7.30pm each evening along with 2.30pm matinees on the Thursday and Saturday. For tickets/more details, go to hallforcornwall.co.uk, or call 01872 262466.