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VALHALLA writer Paul Rudnick can boast screen writing credits such as The Stepford Wives and Addams Family Values - which suggests there's a dark comedy mind at work. And it's working well.

The play is said to be 'As camp as Carry On, as outrageously funny as Cooking With Elvis, and as historically accurate as Blackadder,' and at the very least that description captures the interest.

But what's it about? Well, Ludwig has a bit of trouble with reality. Obsessed by a world of legendary heroes and magic swans, he's unfortunately also a Bavarian prince under pressure to find a bride, sharpish.

Meanwhile, in another reality, James is in love tiffany heart tag bracelet with beauty (and his best friend) and just wants to get out of small-town Texas. But in 1940s America that isn't so easy.

Yes, we have two boys, a century apart, who find that love and madness are sometimes the same thing.

And in pursuit of their own visions, they discover that anything is possible if you have faith, hope - and impeccable taste in home decor.

As you've probably guessed, this is fairly camp production, and is said to be based on discount tiffany silver jewelry the true events of the life of 'Mad' Ludwig, Prince of Bavaria.

It's also a romp through the 19th and 20th centuries which, it is claimed, sweeps its audience along on a stream of brilliant one- liners, waspish wit and Wagnerian music.

Don't know about Wagner being that wonderful (once described as music to invade Poland to) but the play does have its share of humpbacked princesses, Texan redneck preachers, operatic splendour, crystal swans and a shotgun wedding.

Which can't be a bad thing at all.

Valhalla stars River City's Joyce Falconer and panto legend Johnny McKnight.

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Valhalla, Tron Theatre, July 6-24.

STARRING Roxanne Pallett of Emmerdale and Dancing on Ice fame, Rock Around the Clock is just what you would expect; a time trip back to the Fifties, of Teddy boys, quiffs, Brylcreem, poodle skirts and blue suede shoes.

"Featuring a phenomenal cast of more than 20 singers, dancers and musicians, Rock Around the Clock is a non-stop hit parade of rock '*' roll classics that is guaranteed to leave you dancing into the night," says the King's.

This American jukebox sensation has already wowed audiences all over the world and includes music made famous by Buddy Holly, Bill Haley and the Comets, Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, Elvis Presley, The Platters and Jerry Lee Lewis.

Rock Around the Clock, King's Theatre, until Saturday.

Camp stage comedy is a Wagnerian wonder

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