FOLLOWING a hugely successful season at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2014, the Reduced Shakespeare Company will be coming to Number 8 Pershore.

From the high-brow to the low, the new show The Complete History of Comedy (abridged) covers comedy through the ages, from Aristophanes and Shakespeare to Vaudeville and Charlie Chaplin.

From cavemen telling “Rock Rock” jokes to Chris Rock and everything in-between, the company leave no joke untold as they deconstruct the entire history of comedy in 90 rollicking minutes.

The Reduced Shakespeare Company is a three-man comedy troupe that takes long, serious subjects and reduces them to short, sharp comedies.

Since 1981, "The Bad Boys of Abridgement" have created nine stage shows, two television specials, several failed television pilots and numerous radio pieces.

The company’s first three shows, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged), The Complete History of America (abridged) and The Bible: The Complete Word of God (abridged) enjoyed a nine-year run at the Criterion Theatre in Piccadilly Circus.

Not only were they London’s longest-running comedies, but at one point the Reduced Shakespeare Company had more shows running in the West End than Andrew Lloyd Webber.

They will be coming to Pershore on Saturday, May 16 at 7.30pm with tickets, costing £16, available by calling 01386 555488.