Meet the two members of the Phoenix Players bringing the comedy to the Great British Bake-Off Musical at Harrogate Theatre

Throughout the show, they engage in fun skits, serving as breaks in the TV show.

With playful banter, silly antics and quick-fire humour they ease the tension in the Bake-Off tent, guiding the contestants through the challenges and entertaining the bakers and the audience alike.

This is Sam’s seventh production with the Phoenix Players. He has played diverse roles including Eddie O’Grady in Made in Dagenham, the geeky Lucas Beineke, The Addams Family, and Saint Aphrodisius, The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

Multi-talented Sam is also a professional photographer and has a strong following for his music on Spotify.

Laura, who has a wealth of experience in the theatre, first appeared with the Phoenix Players four years ago s a ghostly ancestor in The Addams Family.

She says her job as a solicitor helped her prepare for the suited, booted and rather stern Mayor Matilda Hyde in All Shook Up.

Sam and Laura have never shared a scene on stage before the Great British Bake-Off Musical but are more than making it up for it now.

Laura describes the duo as “the comedy cherries on top of a show full of stories of love, loss and hope”.

When they are not trying to keep control over the cohort of amateur bakers, they are making each other and the on-stage production team laugh.

Jim and Kim have a relationship that defies definition but they clearly love working together as do Sam and Laura both onstage and off as part of the Phoenix Players management team.

So step aside Noel Fielding and Alison Hammond and make way for Jim and Kim.

The Great British Bake-Off Musical is on at the Harrogate Theatre from Wednesday March 18 until Saturday March 21, daily from 7.30pm plus a Saturday matinee at 2.30pm.

Tickets are available on 01423 502116 and online at:

The Harrogate Phoenix Players are delighted to be sponsored by Mama Doreen’s Emporium and are proud to support Martin House Hospice.