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They may have struggled to get MPs elected at the General Election but the hope is that Ukip will provide the laughs at one of the world’s most famous comedy events.

For Huddersfield writer Cath Day has penned a satire called Ukip! The Musical which will be premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival next month.

She emailed Ukip leader Nigel Farage inviting him to one of the preview shows in London. He was unable to attend but emailed her to say ‘break a leg.’

Cath, 43, who wrote the script and the music, said: “He might have meant that literally but we’ll take it anyway!”

She added: “I’ve always been involved with music since my time at Salendine Nook High School where I led the school band and Huddersfield New College where I played in various productions and recitals under the guidance of the wonderful head of music, Mr Roger Scaife.”

Cath used to live at Mount when she was growing up and the family moved to Almondbury where parents Hilary and Paul Day still live. She has two brothers, Chris and Alistair.

Cath, who now lives in Crystal Palace, wrote the piece while studying for a Masters degree with distinction at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London.

She said: “I’d already co-written a satirical sketch show about British playwrights which was performed at the Camden Fringe Festival in 2014.

“My dissertation was looking at satire on the British stage, particularly in musicals. Since Jerry Springer The Opera, we don’t seem to have had anything to rival American shows such as The Book Of Mormon.

“It got me wondering why and I then hit on the idea of Ukip! The Musical. Just the title seemed to make everyone laugh!

“Ukip is the UK’s third most popular party and arguably the most radical party of our times. It is not quite the joke party that perhaps it once was and Ukip’s support comes from many different socio-economic groups so there was plenty worth exploring.”

Cath studied music at Royal Holloway College and then taught music and drama for several years before doing a one year diploma in acting at Birmingham School of Speech and Drama.

Last year she left teaching to study for the full-time MA at RADA and Birkbeck.

She then formed Hell Bent Theatre Company with a fellow RADA graduate Jess Williams and Ukip! is their first professional production.

Their preview show at RADA sold out, as did the following preview which was staged in Crystal Palace.

Cath said: “It’s also been great for our young cast of graduate actors, several of whom have got agents on the back of their performance in Ukip! The Musical.”

Ukip! The Musical is described in its promotional material “as a rollicking satirical swipe at one of the most radical political parties of our time.

Witty and irreverent, this exuberant new musical features a host of original and appallingly catchy songs including Bongo Bongo Land and the UKIPers anthem, Let’s Pull Up The Drawbridge.

“Nigel Farage is a haunted man. Tormented by feelings of impotence and inadequacy, he just doesn’t know how to rescue Britain from Europe’s clutches. However, following a visitation from the Ghosts of Britain’s Past (Churchill) and Britain’s Quite Recent (Thatcher), he suddenly sees a way to win over the public – only to watch his plan to save Britannia backfire spectacularly. Will it be too late for our anti-hero to save the day, his country and his wife?”

Cath said: “Hell Bent was formed out of a shared desire to create meaningful, purposeful and exciting theatre. We want to create theatre that we would like to see and we aim to banish the three selfs in our productions: self-consciousness, self-indulgence and self-aggrandisement.”