LOCAL Pembrokeshire playwright, Derek Webb, has followed up his hugely successful comedy about Roy Brown, the man who sets up a campaign to have the Stonehenge Bluestones returned to Pembrokeshire, with a new play about the character.

Simply called 'Roy Brown: Untitled', the eponymous hero embarks on his latest venture: modern art. In Webb's latest comedy, Roy Brown's interest is sparked by a trip by to see a performance art show with his friend Jane - coupled with the lure of an art competition he reads about which offers a very generous prize. Seeing how much money there is to be made, and seeing how easy it looks to him, Roy reckons turning out a few pieces himself will be rather a doddle. He sees himself as outrageously taking the art world by storm. But, needless to say, encouraged by his friend Jane (and ably hindered by his mate Rhys) things don't go quite go to plan.

It's all terrific fun and Fluellen Theatre Company is performing it at 4U, in Fishguard, on November 12, starting at 8 pm, transferring from the Grand Theatre in Swansea, where it played in October.

In anticipation of that, the Grand Theatre mounted an exhibition of some of Roy's so-called 'artworks' which caused amusement and consternation in equal measure amongst the visiting public. The exhibition itself is moving to 4U before the play opens there. Roy's 'paintings' and 'sculptures' are all accompanied by wonderfully over-the-top descriptions.

For example, one of Roy Brown's paintings, called 'Neuron Frenzy', is described thus: "As in many of Brown's works, Neuron Frenzy conveys an ephemeral wonder, entrancing the viewer with its continuously shifting shimmering illusion of light, space, motion, and sense of flight. As planes of colour approximate flatness over the remnants of drafts beneath, their raffish tones compete for spatial dominance by reverberating in and out of depth. With its scatological splatters infusing the free flow meander of doodling with baroque opulence, Brown's highly sensitive style captivates with a disarming resonance, negotiating the sublime traditions of abstract painting with a rarefied and momentous confidence that's visually arresting and seductive in its tactility."

Roy himself describes it as "a jolly daub I knocked out, while I was waiting for the microwave to cook my dinner."

In 'Roy Brown: Untitled', Roy himself is played by James Scannell (who played Roy in the original production of 'Bringing Back the Bluestones'), Rhys is played by Huw Richards, who was also in the original play, Jane by Lauralee Nicole and Cordelia by Claire Novelli.

The comedy is on Saturday, November 12, at 8 pm, with tickets at £7.50 (and £6.50 for FOTG members) available from the 4U Box Office on 01348 873421 or on line at its4u.org.uk.