Axminster Musical Theatre are gearing up for their forthcoming musical Sister Act.

Taking place at Axminster Guildhall from Wednesday November 16 to November 19 at 7 30pm and with a matinee on the Saturday at 2 30pm. Silvey Webber plays Deloris Van Cartier, a club singer whose life takes a surprising turn when she witnesses her gangster boyfriend Curtis and his henchmen shoot a man they believe is a grass.

She goes to the police and under the witness protection programme she is sent to the last place they think Curtis will look for her - a convent called The Holy Order of the Little Sisters. The Mother Superior played by Sarah Jane Smith is suspicious of the newcomer but Deloris helps her fellow sisters find their singing voices and, unexpectedly, rediscover her own. But with Curtis and his gang on her trail, can Deloris survive?

Based on the well-loved film Sister Act, starring Whoopi Goldberg, the musical was a smash hit in the West End and on Broadway. It features music written by Tony and Oscar award-winning Alan Menken, who lists Disney’s Beauty and the Beast and Little Shop of Horrors amongst his credits.

Axminster Musical Theatre is delighted to be presenting this fun-packed musical at the newly re-furbished Axminster Guildhall with a 12-piece orchestra and professional sound and lighting and costumes hired from Spotlight Productions in Peterborough.

Tickets are available from seaty.co.uk/sisteractaxminster or by visiting Axminster Guildhall