A Tauranga theatre company is seeking to reproduce Britain's most popular television shows – and have the television script to do it with.

The Detour Theatre has acquired television scripts for three episodes of the original series of Fawlty Towers and is putting on a theatre production of the TV show from May 25 until June 11.

See video below of the Fawlty Towers cast at Detour Theatre offering a taste of what to expect at the show running from May 25.

Director Devon Williamson says he had been keen to produce the show for sometime and jumped at the chance when it became available.

'The script that the English agents made available for us is the very same script as the television series, not an adaptation for the stage,” says Devon.

'This makes for a lot of fun on stage with actors rushing in and out of scenes that would normally be achieved with the television camera cutting to a new scene.”

Devon says this is one of the 'most energetic performances I have seen on the stage” due to the nature of the slapstick comedy.

This is the first time a theatre production of Fawlty Towers has been performed in Tauranga.

The three episodes Detour is performing in one show are ‘A Touch of Class', ‘The Builders' and ‘The Hotel Inspectors'.

The cast features Stuart Gunn playing Basil Fawlty. Devon says Stuart played the role professionally in Auckland for many years and brings a phenomenal understanding and depth of experience to the role of Basil.

His wife, Sybil, is played by Lisa Thorne – an actress Devon says Detour has been trying 'to get on our stage for a while”.

'We have a first class local cast and I couldn't be happier with the actors we have.

'Their performances are already hilarious and we've plenty of rehearsal time up our sleeves.

'It is going to be a real stand out show.

'There is a lot of buzz about the show and audience interest is already huge.”

Tickets are available from Baycourt Theatre and Ticketdirect. The play opens at 7.30pm on May 25 at Detour Theatre in the Historic Village on 17th Avenue.