ACCLAIMED comedy theatre duo Spitz & Co are heading back to Dorset for a short tour with Artsreach.

Their award-winning comedy Gloriator reveals just what happens when a glamorous French actress and her hapless assistant stage their version of Hollywood blockbuster Gladiator.

Gloria Delaneuf is well-versed in mime, mask, and the mysteries of stagecraft. Her UK tour manager Josephine Cunningham is not. Together they have created Gloriator - an awe-inspiring production of bravery, honour, and costumes made out of cardboard. Russell Crowe may not be available, but they are determined it will be a show you’ll never forget.

Spitz and Co bring Gloriator to rural Dorset following a sell out tour of Glorilla last spring.

They are an award-winning, internationally touring female comedy duo based in South Gloucestershire. Susie Donkin was part of the writing/performing team behind CBBC’s hugely popular Horrible Histories. Pauline Morel is actually French, and lives in Bristol.

Wonderfully inventive, physical, and very silly, Gloriator won the Critics’ Choice Award at Exeter Ignite in 2014.

*Catch Spitz & Co as they bring this riotous production to Drimpton (01308 867442) on Thursday March 22, Powerstock (01308 485730) on Friday March 23, Tarrant Gunville (01258 830361) on Saturday March 24 and West Stafford (07968 633834) on Sunday March 25. Further information and tickets are also available from artsreach.co.uk