A "twisted allegory" about fear, faith and morality is heading to Hitchin's Queen Mother Theatre later this month.

Brimstone and Treacle was a 1976 BBC television play by Dennis Potter, infamous for being banned and remaining off-air until 1987.

The play, set in the summer of 1977 as the nation prepares to celebrate the Queen's Silver Jubilee, offers a glimpse into suburban paranoia, xenophobia and ignorance, and the "incomprehensible randomness" of good and evil.

Brimstone and Treacle at Hitchin's Queen Mother TheatreBrimstone and Treacle at Hitchin's Queen Mother Theatre (Image: QMT) A middle-class, middle-aged couple struggles to come to terms with their daughter's incapacitation following a hit-and-run accident. Then an apparently respectable man arrives on their doorstep to change their lives forever...

The play was later made into a film version, starring Sting, in 1982.

The Bancroft Players will perform Brimstone and Treacle at the Richard Whitmore Studio in the Queen Mother Theatre from Tuesday, October 29 to Saturday, November 2.

Tickets are available from https://qmt.org.uk/production/brimstone-treacle/. Performances take place at 7.45pm.

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The play contains very adult themes and is recommended for ages 16 plus.

Brimstone and Treacle is directed by Emma Northcott and stars Max Campbell, Amy Walker, Graeme Bussey and Yvonne Patterson.

A licensed bar will be available at the theatre.