A COMEDY thriller about the theft of a priceless 'invisible artwork' comes to Exeter Northcott, courtesy of the ever-surreal Forkbeard Fantasy.

The Colour Of Nonsense features a mixture of visual trickery, film and outlandish story- lines, March 22-27.

For music lovers, English Touring Opera promise happy endings when they bring A Season Of Comedy to Exeter, from Tuesday March 16 for a week.

Box office: 01392 493493.

Torquay's Princess Theatre, meanwhile, plays host to Roald Dahl's George's Marvellous Medicine, which tells the tale of a young boy who concocts a medicine to cure his grandmother of her terrifying temper.

This brand new adaptation, by the Birmingham Stage Company, runs from March 23- 26, with eight family-friendly performance times.

Box office: 0844 847 2315.