SHERLOCK Holmes battles to solve the mystery which has cursed generations of the Baskerville family at Coventry's Belgrade Theatre this month.

Simon Williams's new adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic thriller The Hound of the Baskervilles is set to bring a great legend to life for a new audience.

The production promises stunning visual and sound effects, combines horror with humour and contains some genuine surprises.

It features Daniel Hill - Harvey in Waiting For God - as Dr Watson and Julian Forsyth as the great detective Sherlock Holmes.

The show open as on Tuesday, September 3 and runs until Saturday, September 21.

Performances are at 7.30pm, Monday to Friday, and 8pm Friday and Saturday, with matinees at 2.30pm on Wednesdays, September 11 and 18 and 4pm Saturdays.

Tickets cost £9-16, plus concessions, from the box office on 024 7655 3055.