The Archers, as performed by The Marx Brothers... hilariously barking mad.

25 – 28 March 2026 at The Nomad Theatre, East Horsley

Cold Comfort Farm directed by Ian Nichols

Set in the 1930s in the fictional village of Howling, Sussex, the story follows Flora Poste, a young, sensible, and "slender of ankle" socialite who is recently orphaned. Lacking an inheritance, she decides to visit her distant relatives, the eccentric and doom-laden Starkadders, at their decaying farm. Armed with "The Higher Common Sense," Flora finds the farm in a state of chaotic misery and determines to "tidy up" her relatives' lives by forcing them into the 20th century. 

They are a crazy bunch.....

Aunt Ada Doom: The terrifying matriarch who rules the family from her bedroom, manipulating everyone by claiming she "saw something nasty in the woodshed" as a child.

The beautiful Elfine: who roams the hills writing poetry.

Uncle Amos: A fire-and-brimstone preacher of the "Quivering Brethren" sect who believes there will be "no butter in hell".

Cousin Judith : Heaving with remorse for unspoken wickedness and engrossed in her son Seth, who is lustily obsessed with his own gorgeousness and dreams of Hollywood stardom.

Not to mention Seth's brother, despairing Reuben, and Adam Lambsbreath -  an elderly farmhand who cleans dishes with a "twig" and is devoted to his four cows: Graceless, Aimless, Feckless, and Pointless.

Witty, Wicked and Wild. 

Running time 2h 30m including interval.

NO TELEPHONE BOOKING. For pre-booking enquiries please email boxoffice@guildburys.com

This amateur production of Cold Comfort Farm is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd. on behalf of Samuel French Ltd

 Refunds will only be given if the event is cancelled.