AS season six of Game of Thrones re-captures the attention of TV audiences, Durham Gala Theatre is playing host to the comedy side of the show with a visit by sold-out West End spoof Graeme Of Thrones on Monday, June 13.

In this critically-acclaimed theatrical journey through the Seven Kingdoms, which started life in Australia, avid Thrones fan Graeme (Ali Brice) just wants to recreate his favourite fantasy saga on stage, aided and abetted by his best friend Paul (Mark Davison) and the girl he used to fancy at school, Bryony (Libby Northedge).

He doesn’t quite have the same budget as the TV show, or as many cast members, or the performance skills required, but he’s sure George RR Martin would approve – and that’s what matters. But when news reaches them that an influential theatrical producer is in the building, Graeme decides that this could be his big break – as long as nothing goes wrong...

Created by a team of some of the UK’s top comedy writers, Graeme Of Thrones is an original and un-authorised parody of the international phenomenon that is Game Of Thrones. A treat for fans and an introduction for the unenlightened. See it before the inevitable lawsuit.

Ali Brice says: “Graeme Of Thrones is a unique take on Game of Thrones created by three idiots – I’m talking about the characters in the show, not the actors. It’s a loving homage to the HBO series, but also very silly and very funny. My character, Graeme, has his heart set on putting on the best Game of Thrones tribute show there is. The only problem is, he doesn’t have any talent. But what he lacks in talent he more than makes up for with blind optimism and ruthless hope.

“There are so many characters in Game of Thrones, and the range of them is so vast. From Tyrion to the Hound, Ser Jorah to Hodor there are so many to be fond of, so many you love to hate, even more you hate to love. They all have traits that make them instantly recognisable when we reverse them on stage, which makes for some hilarious caricatures. Basically, Game of Thrones is so well loved and the show comes from such a place of love that it makes Graeme of Thrones a brilliantly silly, funny and fun show.”

Ali Brice is a character comedian. Performing since 2009, he creates completely nonsensical, vividly-coloured worlds full of very silly, larger-than-life characters. Eric Meat is always at the heart of theses worlds. A retired teacher from Humberside,

Eric is a happy-go-lucky naïve dreamer of a man. Innocent and unaware, his world is small and he is obsessed with the mundane and always looking for love. In 2014 Brice took Eric Meat Wants to Go Shopping to the Edinburgh Fringe to critical acclaim, earning four stars from Chortle. He returned last year with Eric Meat Has No Proof, Only Memories of Pasta and performed

once again to sell-out crowds. Brice heroes include Vic and Bob, Harry Hill, Spike Milligan and The Mighty Boosh. He is a member of the London-based alternative comedy collective Weirdos.

Libby Northedge is an actor, improviser, writer and award-winning comedian. One half of comedy duo Twisted Loaf, she has honed a darkly comic and highly-physical style. Twisted Loaf won the prestigious Funny Women Award 2013 and have taken two hit shows to The Edinburgh Fringe Festival which have both transferred to Soho Theatre, London. She recently co-wrote and performing in a short film for Sky 1.

Mark Davison’s TV credits include Top Coppers (BBC3), Drifters (E4), Chewing Gum (E4), Drunk Histories (Comedy Central), Cuckoo (BBC3), Cradle To Grave (BBC2) and Toast of London (C4). He is one third of internet sketch trio The Exploding

Heads, who are behind the weekly ESPN football comedy show How Will They Line Up? (Mark plays Ian Fiveankles). As a stand up comedian he regularly performs as his character Mr Susie, a hopelessly confused alien.

* Monday, June 13, Durham Gala Theatre. 7.30pm. Box Office: 03000-266600 or galadurham.co.uk