Gong donkeys

Dickens went to Doncaster in 1857, ostensibly to write about the St Leger; his real purpose was to visit the 18-year-old actress Ellen Ternan. That secret mission is the starting point for 'Gong Donkeys', which deals with thwarted love and compulsive storytelling in contemporary Doncaster. Premiered at the Bush Theatre in 2004, it makes a brilliant follow-up to Cameron's 'The Glee Club'.