A STAR of TV shows such as They Think It’s All Over and Room 101will be coming to Darlington Hippodrome later this year.

Nick Hancock will star in a brand new British farce, Octopus Soup, which will be performed at the revamped theatre from Tuesday, February 26 to Saturday, March 2.

Speaking about his role, Mr Hancock said: "It’s a bit of a departure for me to do theatre. I have done theatre before but when I read it it made me laugh, which is a good thing.

"It’s a new play. There’s something especially exciting about doing a new play because you really have no certainty about how it’s going to work and so it is very exciting. And when it works very, very well there’s something special about that.

"Playing Seymour is not something I’ve taken to naturally because he’s a lot more passive and a lot quieter and a lot nicer than I am. I quite like that. He also has a very good grasp of mathematics, which I certainly don’t."

For more information or to book tickets, call the box office on 01325 405405 or visit www.darlingtonhippodrome.co.uk