Bob Kingdom has won considerable acclaim for the one-man shows in which he has created vivid portraits of, amongst others, Truman Capote, Stan Laurel and The Duke of Windsor. However, in Dylan Thomas: Return Journey it quickly becomes clear that he was surely born to play the Swansea boy whose extraordinary capacities as a writer were matched by an equally formidable capacity for self-destruction.

“After their acclaimed Six Wives of Henry VIII Living Spit are back with another romp through Tudor history. . . There is throughout much rudery, buffoonery and outright absurdity. . . I expected to be amused by Elizabeth I – Virgin on the Ridiculous and I was not disappointed; what came as something of a surprise was how genuinely informative it is. . . . Elizabeth I – Virgin on the Ridiculous is a hoot – go see it.”