RED Shift Theatre Company won rave reviews for their last production, a film noir-style adaptation of The Third Man and now they are giving the same treatment to another iconic movie.

Get Carter, made in 1971, helped to establish a new breed of gritty thriller with anti-heroes rather than heroes, and Michael Caine confirmed his place as Britain's most celebrated hard man.

Set in 1971 in a Northern steel town, London gangster Jack Carter returns to his northern home town to investigate his brother's death.

He cuts a swathe through the local low life and soon exposes a network of corruption stretching from back-room porn films to the upper tiers of local government. Hell-bent on revenge, will Jack find his man before his number's up?

Get Carter is a provocative, shocking, perfectly structured tale of 20th century sin, revenge and redemption. This hard-boiled, quintessentially British thriller offers an enthralling and compulsive take on a spiteful post-deferential, post-summer-of-love Britain.

Red Shift presents Ted Lewis's brutal 70s story with a soundtrack featuring classic hits from The Rolling Stones, The Kinks and more.

Jonathan Holloway's adaptation will be the first stage version of the book.

Time Out said of The Third Man: "Red Shift's cinematic style is thrilling...refreshingly vigorous, inventive and up-to-the-minute."

The production contains scenes of an adult nature and language which some may find offensive and parental discretion is advised for children under 16.

Get Carter is at the Swan Theatre, Worcester from Thursday, February 9 to Saturday, February 11 at 7.30pm. Tickets £13.50 (concessions £12.50) over 16's only, from Huntingdon Arts box office on 01905 611427.

The play can also be seen at The Roses in Tewkesbury on Tuesday, March 21.