Take a group of seasoned am-dram actors, add a newbie, a local high school student and a currently topical play script and you have a recipe for a great night out.
Directed by CHB local Sarah Rogers, The Old People are Revolting is the latest production from the team at Waipukurau's Little Theatre.
It's a comedy penned by New Zealand playwright Devon Williamson, set in the Community Room of the Sunshine Retirement Village.
When a local news reporter arrives with disturbing news about a planned rates increase for the villa owners, the residents vote to protest in what looks to be potentially very dangerous way.
This bunch of angry, rather eccentric seniors is a force to be reckoned with.