AS part of its first ever national tour, Torben Bett’s smash-hit class comedy, Invincible comes to Birmingham Repertory Theatre.

With the recession biting hard, Emily and Oliver have decided to downsize and shift their middle-class London lifestyle to a small town in the north of England.

One night, they open their doors to their next door neighbours, Dawn and Alan.

Over the course of a disastrous evening of olives, anchovies, Karl Marx and abstract art, class and culture collide, resulting in consequences that are both tragic and hilarious.

The full cast includes Alastair Whatley as Oliver, Emily Bowker as Emily, Graeme Brookes as Alan and Kerry Bennett as Dawn, and will be directed by associate director of The Original Theatre Company, Christopher Harper.

Christopher is also an actor, and recently finished playing Benedick on a world tour of Much Ado About Nothing for Shakespeare’s Globe, and starred as Victoria Wood’s son, Cliff Last, in the television film Housewife 49.

The show runs from May 17 to 21.

For more information, visit birmingham-rep.co.uk.