Weaving a simply mesmerising production of humour and lightness around liberation and the HIV/Aids crisis. Cruise tells the story of Michael Spencer as he continuously flirts with death after being diagnosed with HIV and told he has only four years to live.

A multitude of golden tickets have been dispatched, offering Palace Theatre audiences the chance to watch the live reincarnation of Roald Dahl’s 1964 children's classic.

Softy Caesar (Nigel Barrett) isn’t fit to rule as his bouts of man flu, love of superstition and swooning at compliments are cause for concern to even his closest allies. Despite his wartime bravery and popularity amongst the citizens, insiders plot to fight back his threat to democracy with a murderous revolution, and an intense cast of characters form the goal of killing the people’s favourite before their city descends into chaos.

Filling the crime and thriller void in theatre, Peter James’s sixth stage adaptation, Wish You Were Dead, offers audiences a haunting escape alongside the long-suffering detective, Superintendent Roy Grace.