THREE short plays exploring love, sex, innocence and death are being staged by new theatre company Mouthpiece this week.

Directors of the Inkberrow-based company, Keith Potts and Karin Heslop, hope Mothers and Mistresses, which starts tonight, will be as successful as Mouthpiece's first production, Strictly Missionary.

Mothers and Mistresses is made up of Kept Woman, Pru and Blackberries written by Helen Kelly and is directed by Clare Smout.

It runs at The Bulls Head Inn, High Street, Inkberrow, until Saturday.

Performances start at 8pm and tickets cost £7 from the box office on 01386 792233.