Amateur stage production of sci-fi classic flopped initially but ended up a
comedy hit
When they came up with the idea of adapting the classic sci-fi horror film Alien for the stage, a troupe of amateur actors from deepest Dorset intended it to be faithful to the terrifying original.
It did not quite work out as as planned. The sets were shaky, the monsters not very scary and the acting not up to
Hollywood standards – only one of the cast went with an
American accent, the rest stuck with English west country. Nobody was frightened.