‘Reginald Rare – Rocketeer Extraordinaire’, is a splendid comic spoof on the old Eagle Comic’s classic 1950’s sci-fi strip cartoon, ‘Dan Dare’.
In 1945, WW2 Spitfire ace, Squadron Leader Reginald Rare, is shot down on a mission over the Alps by a top secret Nazi freeze ray.
Awakening after 70 years from his state of cryogenic suspension, Reg finds himself in the far distant year 2015, with Earth facing an existential threat from the Venereans – fiendish alien overlords of Venus. They’re using a powerful heat ray to cause global warming. Once they’ve destroyed life on Earth, the dastardly Venereans will occupy it as their new home planet. Oh no!
With his aerial combat experience, abundant Brylcreem, and natural air of command, Reg – a man out of his time in so many ways – is immediately recruited by the Earth’s UN government to lead a mission to Venus to carry the fight to the enemy! Accompanied by a hand-picked multi-national crew of assorted misfits and weirdos – as well as the entirely delectable but decidedly feisty, Dr Mary Honeydew – Reg heads for Venus in his new-fangled rocket ship, the United Earth Ship ‘Revenge’, to give those alien Johnnies what for! And save the world, obviously.
Spiffing adventures ensue, by turns comical and thrilling, in a fast moving homage to the classic retro Sci-fi comic strip, now brought joyously to life on stage.
For eight out of this world performances only:
Saturday 16th March, Wednesday 20th, Thursday 21st, Friday 22nd and Saturday 23rd, all at 7.45pm. With matinees at 3pm on Sunday 17th of March, Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th.
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