A Word from Our Sponsor is a 1995 musical by Alan Ayckbourn and John Pattison.

[1] It was the final Ayckbourn play to be premièred at the Stephen Joseph Theatre's old Westwood site.

It is about a vicar, who is tempted by the devil (Valda/Valder) offering a sponsorship deal for dubious return favours.

Just before the play was transferred to Minerva Theatre, Chichester, the production was interrupted by the death of a member of the cast, Sophie Winter (Gussie), who collapsed the afternoon before the final Scarborough performance and died shortly after.

[2][3] A memorial was made to her in the theatre, and a trust in her name was set up to sponsor new plays.