​Ferguson’s Gang…

1927…Britain's heritage is vanishing. Beautiful landscapes are being bulldozed. Historic buildings are being blown up. Stonehenge is collapsing.  ​Enter Ferguson's Gang, a mysterious and eccentric group of young women who helped the National Trust to fight back.

A National Treasure of a Musical

​The retelling of a true story, we assume, must be complex, balancing the sensibilities of the descendants of the real characters with the need to entertain, but Martin Coslett’s AshGate Productions did just that. ​The five wonderful actresses who starred in ‘Ferguson’s Gang’ at the Yvonne Arnaud’s Mill Theatre in Guildford this week, switched roles, costumes, accents and storylines in the blink of an eye, without ever missing a beat.

​Very moving, powerful and very well presented. - Heather and Mike Brayshaw

​I really enjoyed the combo of music and serious subject,  I was drawn into the Penn story by the acting, from the very start!  Nothing dragged, nothing seemed not quite as it should be.  And the music was fun yet interesting and harmonically developed. So bravo to all of you. - Margie

Everyone I spoke to after the performance thoroughly enjoyed it.  how effective it was to have the cast sit in with the audience and to make such dramatic use of the centre aisle. 
- Ann Vernau

​PS.  I have one complaint: this morning I can't get 'Spice of my Life' out of my head!!