The play by Denise Deggan is an affectionate pastiche of all those girls’ boarding school stories which appeared in comics like School Friend and books by Angela Brazil and Enid Blyton.

Scholarship girl Daisy Meredith attempts to rise above her poor elementary school background to find acceptance in the snobby confines of Grangewood School for Young Ladies.

Our plucky heroine faces trials and tribulations, including possible expulsion, before saving the lives of sneaky Sybil and toady Monica, discovering the treasure of Grangewood, scoring the winning goal at hockey and finding her own happy ending.

The cast includes a number of ex-Sudbury Upper School pupils, from Clare Lawrance, who plays the intrepid Daisy, to Kerys Dowdall and Jessica Millar, playing nasty duo, Sybil and Monica.

The girls, all now in their twenties, recreate the kind of school days, complete with gymslips and a “jolly hockey sticks” attitude that they never experienced themselves.

Daisy Pulls It Off, runs from Tuesday, July 21, to Saturday, July 25.

Tickets cost £9, with a special first night price of £5, and are available now from The Quay Theatre Box Office on 01787 374745.