NOW is the time to pull those baggy trousers out from the bottom of the wardrobe in anticipation of celebrating the mad world and music of Madness.

Tim Firth, who was responsible for smash hits Calendar Girls and Kinky Boots, has now created the feel-good, Olivier Award-winning Madness musical, Our House, which will be on stage at Malvern’s Festival Theatre this week from Monday, September 11 through to Saturday, September 16.

Street dancing sensation George Sampson will play the role of local bad boy Reecey in this UK Tour having won the second season of Britain's Got Talent with his interpretation of Singing in the Rain.

Since them he has gone on to star in major films (Street Dance 2 and Street Dance 3D) and regular roles in Emmerdale (ITV), Waterloo Road (BBC), and Mount Pleasant (Sky).

Actress and singer Deena Payne, best known for her role as Viv Hope in ITV’s Emmerdale, will play the role of Kath Casey, alongside Jason Kajdi as Joe Casey and Sophie Matthews as Sarah.


On the night of his 16th birthday, Joe Casey takes the girl of his dreams, Sarah, out on their first date.

In an effort to impress her with bravado, Joe breaks into a building site overlooking his home on Casey Street. When the police turn up, a split-second decision forces him to choose between himself and his heart as the story splits in two: one which sees Joe stay to face the music, and the other which sees him flee and leave Sarah to run from the police.

As two very different paths unfold before him, the consequences of that choice will change his life forever So pull on those Baggy Trousers and join the House of Fun in this spectacular, hilarious and uplifting musical about love and family, which might get you singing It Must be Love all the way home!