Not satisfied with the daily dramas of the law, members of Blackpool firm Blackhursts Budd have for the past 10 years supported their local amateur dramatic company, Poulton Drama. The group has three solicitors, a district judge and two former solicitors among its members. Blackhursts Budd (formed recently by the merger of three Blackpool practices) is sponsoring the group’s latest production – Playhouse Creatures – a juicy historical drama set in the reign of Charles II. Warren Spencer, the firm’s managing partner, co-wrote last year’s theatrical offering, Invitation Only. Partner Daren Guite (pictured, right) has been involved in several productions, most recently of Larry Shue’s comedy The Nerd. It’s all about an architect called Willum Cubbert who is stuck in a rut and has lost his passion for life, until the Nerd arrives and puts him back on track. Guite says: ‘We all have times like that – especially, I think, lawyers.’