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The Lodge

30 min | 2020

A horror story, set in a crumbling old house, becomes a horror show as the play runs short and the actors end up falling off, out of, and through the rickety set.

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A horror story, set in a crumbling old house, becomes a horror show as the play runs short and the actors end up falling off, out of, and through the rickety set.

Season 1

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Episode 1

The Lodge

A horror story, set in a crumbling old house, becomes a horror show as the play runs short and the actors end up falling off, out of, and through the rickety set.

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Episode 2

The Pilot (not the Pilot)

Our amateur dramatists stage a WW2 drama, rarely performed because of its historical inaccuracy, that’s bedeviled by collapsing sets, a missing actor, and machines with minds of their own.

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Episode 3

A Trial to Watch

A legal drama is to be performed this week, but a set-design problem baffles the stage crew. Throw in a nervous first-time actor, and it’s a recipe for theatrical disaster.

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Episode 4

90 Degrees

A family saga of lust and betrayal set in the hot Deep South gets a trial by fire when it’s ruined by a set. To fix the problem, life and limb are put at risk and gravity is ignored.

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Episode 5

Harper's Locket

A period romance this week—hindered by a ceiling fan that threatens decapitation and a rain effect that might flood the entire set. There’s also a horse. And a cat.

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Episode 6

The Spirit of Christmas

Santa’s come to town to solve a little girl’s holiday woes, but there’s no Xmas cheer as he drinks too much sherry, an elf is trapped in the set, and a magical snowman is eaten alive.

Season 2

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Episode 1

The Nativity

The team return with their take on the nativity, where the angel Gabriel develops a firework obsession, a donkey-actor argument results in unnecessary nudity, and there is way too much fire.

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Episode 2

Summer Once Again

A coup in the ranks means that Robert is in charge of this week’s show, and he is not going to accept the usual shambolic standards as they present a Downton-esque family saga.

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Episode 3

The Most Lamentable...

Chris returns to the leadership of the Cornley Drama Society and puts on a production of a little-known play by Shakespeare. Colin Shakespeare, that is.

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Episode 4

There Is No Escape

An American prison break drama is this week’s offering from the Cornley Drama Society, full of intrigue, excitement and double cross.

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Episode 5

The Cornley Drama Festival Part 1

A different sort of show this week, as Chris asks each cast member to put on their own performance in order to head off a coup.

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Episode 6

The Cornley Drama Festival Part 2

Continuing last-week's Disaster Festival, The Cornley Drama Society put on four more performances.