SALTY humour and growing horror abound as one man's dream of building a modern society of equals is blown dramatically off course.

Pitcairn, the latest play from award winning writer Richard Bean, will be appearing at Malvern Theatres from Tuesday, November 18 until Saturday, November 22.

A gripping island story, it is set immediately after the mutiny on The Bounty and opens in 1789, when revolution is in the air.

In France, a monarchy falls and in the South Pacific, Fletcher Christian overthrows his captain in the famous mutiny on The Bounty.

With his fellow mutineers, and their Tahitian lovers and followers, Christian drops anchor at the fertile and remote island of Pitcairn.

But his dreams of a new Eden are destroyed by the greed and suspicions of his fellow sailors, and by the Tahitians’ rigid adherence to their hierarchy and traditions.

Richard Bean is best known for the West End and Broadway hit One Man Two Guvnors and renews his collaboration with acclaimed director Max Stafford-Clark for Pitcairn.

He has forged a reputation as one of Britain’s leading playwrights whose work is characterised by robust humour.

Pitcairn is the second of three world premieres written by him to open during 2014.

Evening shows are at 7.30pm and a 2.30pm matinee will be held on Wednesday and Saturday matinees.

Tickets are available by calling 01685 892277 and online at malvern-theatres.co.uk.