THEATRE lovers in Shaftesbury are set to be transported back to the 1930s with Daisy Pulls It Off, a witty spoof based on the popular school story books of the era.

Daisy Meredith is a scholarship girl destined to attend the prestigious Grangewood School for Girls.

But when she arrives, she is met with snobbish, moneyed schoolmates disdainful of her obvious talents.

Through the eyes of her friend Trixie Martin and head girl Clare, a story of friendship, loyalty and forgiveness is told.

However, the snobbish Sybil Burlington and her crony Monica Smithers make Daisy’s life difficult through mean and underhand ways.

The play’s spiffingly old-fashioned vocabulary will transport audiences back to a time when schoolgirls wore heavy gym slips and were obsessed with winning a hockey tournament.

And the headmistress is suitably horrified at the way some of the girls speak to boys from a neighbouring school without chaperones.

The show, from the Music and Drama Group at Shaftesbury Arts Centre, runs from Wednesday, April 19, to Saturday, April 22.

Tuck box teas are available every evening from 6.15pm priced £10 and a captioned performance for the deaf and hard of hearing is on offer on Thursday, April 20.

Tickets priced £10 are available from www.shaftesburyartscentre.org.uk or the box office on 01747 854321.

Free tickets can be won by spotting the captions in nine local shops in Shaftesbury’s High Street.