The Fluellen Theatre Company will be making their debut at the Tenby Arts Festival tomorrow (Saturday) with their production 'Taffy Shakespeare' - a new, hysterically funny historic fiction, specially written as a one-man show for Swansea comedian Kevin Johns MBE.

'Taffy Shakespeare' tells the story of an Elizabethan Welsh stand-up comic who goes to London to seek his fortune, bumps into a struggling playwright with writer's block called William Shakespeare, and ends up writing his plays for him.

However, Queen Elizabeth hates the Welsh and so the original titles such as 'All's Well in Taffs Well', 'Romeo and Blodwyn', 'The Taming of the Saesneg' and 'MacBethan' have to be changed to their better-known titles in order to save him from the executioner's axe.

Kevin Johns MBE (who plays Ianto Pugh and hails from the rural village of Llanffuny) said: "Working on this project has been a laugh a minute and I've thoroughly enjoyed doing so for the past month.

"It's a unique and excellently written piece of comedy and the reaction we have had to date has been a very positive one.

"We've showcased it in Swansea and Porthcawl and to end our mini tour at the Tenby Arts Festival will be an absolute delight.

"It's always a great place to visit; I've performed in the town before with a summer season production and the reception I had was out of this world.

"And the Tenby public are certainly in for a treat with 'Taffy Shakespeare' - they will thoroughly enjoy it," he added.

Francis Hardy, writer of 'Taffy Shakespeare', commented: "This has turned out to be another successful project and we can't wait to showcase it at the Tenby Arts Festival.

"It will be a great way to end our tour and I'm sure it's something that the people of Tenby, and Pembrokeshire, will enjoy.

"They will love Kevin (Johns) and the way he brings his character to life; he'll have everyone believing that Shakespeare's plays were actually written by a Welshman."

'Taffy Shakespeare' will be performed at Church House in Upper Frog Street, from 8 pm.

Tickets costing £8, can be purchased from the Box Office at Church House (enter via High Street), by telephoning 07815 571589 or at the door prior to the performance, providing it hasn't sold out.