Amateur theatre players will bring devilish German folklore to Yeadon

A new musical comedy will bring Bavarian folklore to the Yeadon Town Hall Theatre stage next month.

- by Jennifer Cartwright

Devil May Care reimagines the devil as a hapless hero who just wants to help fairytale characters find their 'happy ever after'. He's stuck in the offices of the underworld, desperate to do right but always accidentally doing wrong.

"Hell is admin!" laughed Devil May Care co-writer Sarah Case.

She began creating the play alongside her longtime friend Matthew Oglesby back in 2018. They were inspired to write the story after Matthew discovered a book of old folklore that he believed could make a fantastic musical.

Sarah said: "I read the stories and I really liked them. Each of these tales had a devil figure who kept appearing and trying to tempt people by giving them terrible gifts that would bring about their downfall.

"But I thought that theoretically these gifts were good gifts, and that's where the story lies."