BlackAdder II
Where practical, there is spacing between seats in the auditorium for the safety of our patrons. Masks must be carried.
Attendees must observe social distancing of 1.5m.
Show dates:
Saturday 17 April, 7.30pm - Opening Night - seating from 7.00pm
Sunday 18 April,  2.00pm - Matinee - seating from 1.30pm
Tuesday 20 April, 7.30pm - seating from 7.00pm
Thursday 22 April, 7.30pm - seating from 7.00pm
Saturday 24 April, 7.30pm - seating from 7.00pm
Sunday 25 April, 2.00pm - Matinee - seating from 1.30pm
Wednesday 28 April, 7.30pm - seating from 7.00pm
Friday 30 April, 7.30pm - seating from 7.00pm
​Saturday 1 May, 7.30pm - Final night - seating from 7.00pm

​Mansfield Performing Arts Centre, View St, Mansfield

COVID restrictions:
Seating: Note: Where practical, there is spacing between seats in the auditorium for the safety of our patrons. Masks must be carried.
Attendees must observe social distancing of 1.5m.
Arrive early for seating: Audience are advised to come earlier so that we can start seating from 7.00pm for night performances and 1.30pm for Matinees in management of social distancing protocols.
If you are unwell please stay at home. MMuDS will refund the cost of tickets for audience who cannot attend because they are unwell. Tickets will be refunded in the case of a lockdown.
This is a rapidly evolving public health situation and restrictions may change at any time.
​MMuDS appreciates your support in keeping this a COVID Safe event.

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Cast information:
Blackadder - Kieren Innes-Irons
Queenie - Megan Kavanagh
Lord Percy Percy - Ian Todd
Baldrick - Daryl Hunt
Nursie - Dallas Daniel
Archbishop Melchett - Paul Hanratty
Lord Flasheart, Sir Walter Raleigh, Sailor, Mad Begger - Leigh Johnstone
Captain Red Beard Rum, Kate/Bob, Messenger - Meredith Newman
Bishop of Bath & Wells, Kate's Father - Mike Fischer
Young Crone, Mollie, Mrs Pants - Shannen Andrews
Wise woman - Laurel Lawrie
Dr Leech, Mr Pants - Roger Nolan

Show Synopsis: 
The series is set during the Elizabethan era (1558–1603). The principal character, Edmund, Lord Blackadder, is the great-grandson of the original Black Adder, and is now a member of the London aristocracy. Unlike his forefather, he is both dashing and intelligent, although he is still scheming and cynical in his outlook. The show follows his attempts to win the favour of the childish Queen Elizabeth I. He is aided, and often hindered, by two less-than-intelligent sidekicks, his servant Baldrick and Lord Percy Percy, heir to the Duchy of Northumberland, with whom Blackadder has a grudging friendship.
 Throughout the show, Blackadder's chief rival is Lord Melchett, the Queen's pretentious and grovelling Lord Chamberlain. Melchett fears upsetting the Queen, and thus attempts to outdo Blackadder by supporting the Queen in whatever current fad she is interested in. Comic relief in the Court is provided by the Queen's demented former nanny, Nursie.
Bells: 
Blackadder gains a new young servant, Bob, and somehow falls for him. When he discovers that Bob is a girl named Kate, he wishes to marry her, much to Queenie's confusion. 
Potato:
Attempting to impress the Queen in the wake of Sir Walter Raleigh's return, Blackadder plans to go on a voyage to the Cape Of No Hope, from whence no man has ever returned, and he might marry the Queen if he returns. Blackadder hires the flamboyant Captain Redbeard Rum, who has lost his legs and thinks that every part of Blackadder's body is like a woman's, to accompany them.
Money:
Blackadder is threatened by the baby-eating Bishop of Bath and Wells. If Blackadder doesn't pay back the £1,000 he once borrowed from the Bank of the Black Monks, the Bishop will shove his heated poker up Blackadder's bottom (presumably killing him). With Blackadder having to pay the Queen each time he falls for her stupid tricks, things look bleak for him, until he comes up with a plan so cunning you could brush your teeth with it.