MEMBERS of the Garrick sought some expert tips to help them prepare for their next production, Daisy Pulls It Off.

The comedy is set in a girls’ boarding school in the 1920s and is full of jolly japes, rivalry, secrets and night-time adventures.

“There is also a tense, inter-school hockey match in the play.” said director Eleanor Jolley. “Although it is stylised, I want the cast to look as though they’ve grown up with a hockey stick in their hands. So I contacted Sarah Towers at Pendle Forest Hockey Club and she invited us to a training session.”

“I was delighted to help,” said Sarah, who is a coach at the club which trains at Marsden Heights Community College, “especially as I am a season ticket holder at the Garrick and recognised both cast and director from seeing them on stage. It was great fun working with them and in fact I think we have found some natural players. I’d be happy to invite them back when the play is over.”

Daisy Pulls It Off marks Eleanor’s directorial debut with the Garrick, although she has overseen productions at Colne Little Theatre.

Daisy will be played by Rachel Bailey, last seen in the society’s production of A View From the Bridge. The comedy also marks a return for Anne Chadwick who played Daisy in the 1995 production and now comes back to the story as form mistress, Miss Granville.

Daisy Pulls It Off, Ace Centre, Nelson, Wednesday, November 28 to Saturday, December 1. Details from 01282 661234