By Jeeves arrives at Old Laundry Theatre in October

Andrew Lloyd Webber and Alan Ayckbourn's By Jeeves will be performed at the Bowness venue over four weeks, from Friday October 6 to Saturday November 4.

Long-term Ayckbourn collaborator actor Bill Champion will play the titular role of the faithful and long-suffering manservant, Jeeves, in this light-hearted and fun musical.

And currently starring as Raoul in Lloyd Webber‘s 30th Anniversary cast of The Phantom of The Opera at Her Majesty’s Theatre, Nadim Naaman will play lovable chump and bachelor Bertie Wooster.

The pair are joined by a cast of iconic Wodehouse characters in By Jeeves, including: Jamie Baughan as clergyman Stinker Pinker; Katie Birtill as the cute and spoiled Madelaine Bassett; Howard Chadwick as Madelaine’s controlling father Judge Watkyn Bassett; Joshua Manning as villain and jelly tycoon Cyrus Budge; Oliver Maudsley as reclusive scientist Gussie Fink-Nottle; Naomi Petersen as Bassett’s sweet ward Stiffy Bing; Nigel Richards as nerdy friend Bingo Little; and Melle Stewart as hedgehog lover Honoria Glossop.

By Jeeves will bring back together the original creative team from 1996, including Olivier and Tony Award-winning Alan Ayckbourn, who will direct, set designer Roger Glossop, and choreographer Sheila Carter. Joining the production team is musical director Steven Edis, costumes Caroline Hughes and lighting Jason Taylor.

Set in the 1920s and keeping the dottiness of the original PJ Wodehouse stories, By Jeeves brings to life a cast of colourful characters, who include Bertie Wooster with his unquenchable optimism and his wonderfully supercilious butler Jeeves, renowned for his deadpan digs. The colourful characters continually and hilariously swap identities as they battle to salvage love and cover up embarrassing errors, causing confusion and mayhem galore.

By Jeeves runs at The Old Laundry Theatre from Friday October 6 to Saturday November 4, and tickets are available from the venue's box office.