A HOSPITAL drama, yes, but Visiting Hour, the Colwall Players’ latest production, is not in the mould of Holby City or Casualty.

Six interlinked plays set in a National Health hospital are alternately funny and sad - with elements of tragedy and comedy in each.

Written by Richard Harris, author of Outside Edge and Stepping Out, the play charts the activities of the ward occupants during visiting hour.

New friendships are formed, relationships are explored and the chaos that well-meaning, and not so well-meaning, visitors bring with them at visiting time is somehow handled.

Helen visits her husband, hospitalised after a car accident. She is obviously concerned, but what was he doing in a remote country lane without his trousers?

Pauline talks to her mother about her illness, but all is not quite as it seems; Pauline is harbouring conflicting emotions and a strange compulsion.

Brenda’s visitors are supposed to be cheering her up, but are they really?

Hospitals may change, but the visitors are always the same.

Performances are on Thursday to Saturday, May 31 to June 3 at the village hall, Mill Lane. Tickets are available from John Goodwin’s Colwall office on 01684 540300.