AWARD-WINNING physical theatre is coming to a venue near you.

Once Upon a Time in a Western tells of the sleepy town of Kidneystone which is threatened by outlaw and all-round bad guy Loco Pedro, who is secretly in cahoots with the Mayor to rob the town’s train of all its gold. Integrating live music, physical comedy, audience participation, pistols at dawn and sugar glass bottles, it promises to be an interactive, fast-paced ride across the Wild West.

Once Upon a Time in a Western is being brought to Martinstown, Gillingham and Corfe Castle by theatre company Le Navet Bete and through Artsreach.

A south-west success story who originally met at Plymouth University, Le Navet Bete have gone on to tour all over the UK and internationally with both indoor and outdoor performances.

The production is directed by John Nicholson (Peepolykus) and has already toured extensively around the UK, including the Exeter Phoenix, Bristol's Circomedia and Jackson's Lane in London.

The company are now coming to the end of a national tour before a busy season of outdoor work begins, right across the country and in to Europe.

Matt Freeman, co-artistic director of the company, said: “It’s great to be performing in Dorset with Artsreach.

“We are really excited about bring this show to the county for the first time and are hoping to be performing to lots of new audiences.”

With three performances taking place across Dorset this autumn, expect chaos in the Wild West. The show is at Gillingham School on Thursday, October 9 at 7.30pm, call 01747 833844 for tickets. It is then at Corfe Castle Village Hall on Friday, October 10, call 01929 480483 for tickets.

It next goes to Martinstown Village Hall on Saturday, October 11. Call 01305 889963 for tickets.