Tickets have gone on sale this week for Alan Bennett’s Green Forms which is being performed to raise funds for Maggie’s London for six performances in January at the Tabard Theatre, London.

The project was inspired by and will star Janet Ellis, actress, broadcaster and patron of Maggie’s London.

Starring alongside Janet will be Jan Ravens, probably best known for appearing in Dead Ringers.

She said: “There are three things I really love – the work that Maggie’s Centres do, being on stage and the plays of Alan Bennett. I’m so excited to be able to put them all together for a very special week to try and raise as much money as I can for a very special cause. “I’ve just remembered a fourth thing I’d really love : as many people as possible coming to see it!”

Maggie’s Centres provide free practical, emotional and psychological support for anyone affected by cancer as well as their family and friends. Maggie’s London is on the grounds of Charing Cross Hospital in Hammersmith.

Green Forms which is directed by Paul Clayton focuses on the lives of office workers Doris and Doreen. Every large organisation has its procedures and protocols but Doris and Doreen are determined that the paperwork will not mean more work for them. That is until a surfeit of PS104 forms threatens to shadow over their lives.

Paul said: “I may be biased, as a Yorkshireman, but I think Alan Bennett is our greatest living playwright. To have the chance to look at one of his earlier very funny plays is going to be great, no less relevant now than when it was written...and very, very funny. I can’t wait to get into rehearsal.”

The one act play is produced by Richard Howle. Richard, the International Sales director at aka, has worked in live entertainment ticketing for over 12 years and this production is his first producing venture.

Simon Reilly, general manager of the Tabard Theatre said: “It is an absolute thrill and pleasure to welcome local resident Janet Ellis to the Tabard Theatre to perform a much-loved Alan Bennett play and, best of all, to raise money for an excellent charity. We are in no doubt that it will be a triumphant success and look forward to its arrival in the New Year.”

Performance schedule:
Tuesday, January 24, 2012 8pm
Wednesday, January 25, 2012 8pm
Thursday, January 26, 2012 8pm
Friday, January 27, 2012 8pm
Saturday, January 28, 2012 4pm and 8pm
Tickets are a minimum donation of £15 with 100 per cent of the sales going to Maggie’s and can be booked via www.greenformsplay.co.uk or on 08444 999 955.

Contact Adam Hollier on 0207 386 3523 / 07584 682687 adam.hollier@maggiescentres.org

Notes to Editor:
• Maggie’s is celebrating its 15th birthday this year. Opening in Edinburgh in 1996 it now has 15 centres which are either established or in development. These are Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee, Highlands, Fife, London, Cheltenham, Nottingham, South West Wales, Glasgow Gartnavel, Oxford, Lanarkshire, Aberdeen, North East and Hong Kong.
• Maggie’s programme of support empowers people to live with, through and beyond cancer.
• Maggie’s Centres are free to visit, no appointment is necessary and are for anyone affected by any type of cancer as well as their family and friends.
• Some of the world’s leading architects have designed Maggie’s Centres, including Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid, Richard Rogers and Rem Koolhaas.
• In 2010 Maggie’s Centres across the UK were visited by 77,971 people affected by cancer.
• Maggie’s model of support has been so successful that it is being taken forward in Hong Kong, Barcelona and Scandinavia.
• Maggie’s president is HRH the Duchess of Cornwall.