Whisky Galore, by Philip Goulding
Tue 10 Mar
|Players Theatre
It's 1955 and the all female Pallas Players are taking Compton Mackenzie's ever popular story to the stage. A comic retelling of the classic novel and film about whisky shortages in the Scottish Isles in WWII.
Time & Location
10 Mar 2026, 19:45 – 22:00
Players Theatre, Anfield Rd, Cheadle Hulme, Cheadle SK8 5EX, UK
About the event
Directed by Dave Ward & David Burns
By Compton Mackenzie - Adapted by Philip Goulding
It's 1955 and the Pallas Players, an all-female theatre company, are putting on a play: Whisky Galore.
They transport us back to 1943 on the Scottish islands of Great and Little Todday, where the whisky supply has dried up because of the war, leaving tensions running high. Relief seems to be at hand when a ship carrying 50,000 bottles of whisky is wrecked just offshore. Then it's every thirsty man for himself as the islanders try to rescue as many bottles as possible before stuffy Captain Waggett of the Home Guard can put a stop to their fun.
Philip Goulding's stage adaptation of Compton Mackenzie's comedy classic is a tribute to the feisty all-female touring theatre companies of the post-war years. The play combines rollicking physical theatre, panto and farce, with an array of hilarious…