WYTHALL Theatre Company presents the hilarious Silly Cow at Redditch's Palace Theatre this week.

Written by Ben Elton especially for Dawn French, the play concerns Doris, a tabloid journalist with no scruples who will do anything for stardom and press.

She has ruined many a career and is cruel to everyone.

Sycophants - a downtrodden PA, a stoned toy boy, a seedy editor and her accountant surround her.

She has to go to court, sued by an actress who she vilified in the press because of both her acting and the size of her thighs, but things do not pan out for Doris as she had planned.

Sue Lister takes on the part of Doris.

As she is not the 'larger than life' size of Dawn French, many ways have been tried to give her as much cleavage as possible and the final success came from the Palace Theatre's pantomime dame bra cupboard.

Anne Cherry plays the role of downtrodden PA Peggy but the company had a problem casting toy boy Eduardo.

Silly Cow contains saucy humour and is not suitable for young children or people offended by Carry On-style double entendres.

It runs until Saturday, with performances at 7.30pm, and tickets cost £6.50, £5.50 (concessions) and £4.50 (with Reddicard) on 65203.