Pirates, fairies, a bearded panto dame, James Bond and enough wince-inducing puns and one-liners that you could shake a wooden leg at made up a pretty unconventional re-telling of Treasure Island, by the Marown Youth and Community Players.

Held over half term, the actors from Marown gave their all in a daft, farcical play that was full of slapstick comedy routines, well-rehearsed set piece song-and-dance spectaculars and all the usual bawdry, risque jokes you would expect from a pantomime.

The lead roles were played by Ben Crookall as the young Jim Hawkins, who was desperate for adventure, and Felicity Trelawney, played by Kate Willson. They were helped out by Squire Trelawney, played by Dave Butler and a particularly well-dressed dame, Ma Hawkins, played with gusto by Graham Crowe.

They fell foul of the scheming crew of nasty, cut-throat pirates, led by Long John Silver, played by Lloyd Jones, who gave a sneering, aaargh-filled performance, backed up by the priceless comedy duo of Andrew Lodge and Andrew Willoughby as the hapless pirates Brass and Knuckles.

They were helped out by a cast of dancing shipmates, Captain Corker’un, with Carolyn Elliott sporting one of many unconvincing fake beards on the night, a colourful and sarcastic parrot, played by Lynn Kermode and a surprise appearance by Robinson Crusoe and his many island companions.

It was obvious a great deal of work and effort had been put in by the small crew of volunteers into producing Treasure Island, and they clearly had an awful lot of fun on stage, which was shared by the packed audience.