There's No Place Like A Home is a comedy play by Paul Elliott which tells the story of the residents of Stollberg Hall Retirement Home for Theatrical Performers. When the home is threatened with closure, they do what any self-respecting bunch of former entertainers would do; they devise a cunning plan to save the home from closure, which is so theatrical and entertaining only they could pull it off.

These older retired residents decide to kidnap a celebrity and hold them to ransom, using the money from this to save the grand house (and its even grander residents) and they choose Jeffrey Archer as their victim. Sounds perfect - so what could possibly go wrong?

The play toured in autumn 2006 and autumn 2007, with Gordon Kaye, Ken Morley

Ken Morley

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, Don Maclean

Don Maclean

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, Christopher Beeny

Christopher Beeny

Born in London, Beeny began his career at the age of six when he danced for the ' Ballet Rambert. He spent several years at the ' Arts Educational School before later progressing to 'RADA.His first screen role was in the 1952 film The Long Memory...

, Peter Byrne

Peter Byrne (actor)

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, Brian Cant

Brian Cant

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, Sue Hodge

Sue Hodge

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, Jan Hunt

Jan Hunt

Jan Hunt is a British comedian, actress and Music Hall performer, who appeared on BBC television series Crackerjack with Michael Aspel, Ed Stewart, Peter Glaze and Don Maclean in the 1970s...

, Jody Crosier, Mike Edmonds

Mike Edmonds

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, Brian Godfrey, and Emily Trebicki.

Reviews appear to have been mostly unenthusiastic to lukewarm; but the Daily Telegraph was positive.