A CAERPHILLY group will be performing a 1930s style ‘screwball’ comedy inspired by the discovery of old show programmes.

Production programmes from the 1930s and 40s were found at Newbridge Memo, and inspired the acting group Break A Leg to put on their new comedy production.

Heaven Helps Harry is a comedy which aims to resurrect the 1930s and 40s comedy style, bringing it back to the stage.

The play follows a man called Harry who has died but is given a second chance on earth to redeem himself for all the bad things he has done.

Playing at Newbridge Memo on Friday, September 1 and Saturday, September 2 - the play features a whole range of eccentric characters.

The play was written by local woman June Watkins who is also one of the directors of the play alongside fellow Break A Leg member Paul Dudmore.

She said: “I write all the plays that we do. I was a lecturer at the University of Glamorgan and I did teach script writing.

“I was listening to Robert Alman - a Hollywood director - on the television saying what a shame screwball comedies aren’t done anymore.

“I just thought well why not, why not have a go?

“So we did a fast-paced screwball comedy and I decided to write it.

Tickets for the show are now on sale. All proceeds taken from ticket sales will go back into helping fund the Newbridge Memo., on High Street, Newbridge.

For more information or to purchase tickets for the show - which begins at 7.30pm on both dates it is being performed - visit newbridgememo.co.uk