MEMBERS of the Kings Langley Players will be out on the razzle in Northern Ireland this weekend, where they will perform their version of one of playwright Tom Stoppard's acclaimed classics.

Former chairman Mr Michael Goane will lead 41 members of the amateur dramatic group back to his home town of Enniskillen, on Saturday, August 12, where they will perform Stoppard's 1981 hit, On the Razzle.

The play, originally produced by the National Theatre on the South Bank, follows the lives of two shop assistants who live it up while dodging their employer in the restaurants and night spots of 19th century Vienna.

The amateur dramatic group, which currently performs at the community centre in The Nap, Kings Langley and has recently celebrated its 75th birthday, will perform at the Ardhowen Theatre, managed by Mr Goane's oldest school friend, Mr Eamonn Bradley.

The two men, who went to school together in Ireland and shared a flat in London during the 1960's, were forced to sever ties when Mr Bradley returned to Enniskillen to marry his childhood sweetheart.

Unbeknown to each other, both friends went on to pursue interests in theatre production and now look foward to meeting up again in their home town.

The money raised as a result of the performance will be donated to the HertsAid Fund, a charity set up by Mr Bradley, which concentrates on rebuilding the lives of families and people affected by the Enniskillen bombing of 1987.

The bomb killed 11 people and destroyed the school Mr Bradley and Mr Goane attended as children.

Over the past ten years, HertsAid has enabled Catholic and Protestant students to further their talents in theatre production.

The visit to Ireland, the third of its kind for the Kings Langley Players, has taken two years to plan and has been the biggest show to date.

Mr Bradley, former chairman of the first amateur group to perform the play, said: 'The big cast and multiple sets are pretty daunting, but we have risen to the challenge.'

Publicity officer for the group Mrs Sally-Anne Rafferty, of Railway Terrace, Kings Langley, said the trip to Enniskillen will enable the group to perform in a professional theatre.

She said: 'As a community theatre company, this is something we do not often get the chance to do. We are all really looking foward to it.'

The Kings Langley Players are due to stage three performances in Northern Ireland, before returning home on Saturday, August 19.