Lock up your wives! October seems to by Henry VIII month here in Halton.

There will two actors, too many characters and one big ego at the Brindley Theatre, Runcorn on Thursday 26 October when Living Spit Theatre Company present their hilarious version of the Six Wives of Henry VIII.

It comes a couple of weeks after The UK’s leading constitutional historian David Starkey returns to the Brindley Theatre, Runcorn on Monday 9 October following the sell out of his previous lecture The King Is Dead., with a talk abut ‘original Brexit-eer’ King Henry.

Howard Coggins looks like Henry VIII. There’s no escaping that. Stu McLoughlin doesn’t really look like any of the wives, but he’s going to give it a go.

After their previous self-funded two-man historical drama is savaged in the press, Howard (Bristol Old Vic) and Stu (Kneehigh) are at their wits end. Then they hit upon an idea for a show that could change everything…

But can two of the South West’s favourite theatrical sons put aside their differences and make it through to the end without killing each other?

The Six Wives of Henry VIII was an undisputed hit at the Bristol Old Vic, and with live original music, embroidery, barbie dolls, silly songs and historical hysteria, this promises to be an ill-researched lesson in cross-dressing Tudor history that you’ll never forget.

The Bristol Evening Post said of the show “Cleverly written, beautifully acted, and, dare I say it, educational. Howard and Stu are a double act to keep a beady eye on…both actors perform with bounds of enthusiasm, wit and technical skill; their versatility and range is outstanding.”

Tickets are £15, £13 from www.thebrindley.org.uk and the Brindley box office on 0151 907 8360.

The show comes hot on the heels of David Starkey’s talk on Henry VIII – also at the venue in October.