MIX a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of Monty Python and you have The 39 Steps, a fast-paced whodunit for anyone who loves the magic of theatre.

Based on John Buchan’s ground-breaking 1915 novel, this production from the Fourthwall Contemporary Theatre Company features all 39 Steps - but only four actors.

Our hero, Richard Hannay, is played by one man, the three main female characters are played by one woman and the 35 remaining parts are attempted by two other men.

Patrick Barlow’s Olivier Award winning stage adaptation, now in its 10th year in the West End, includes all the excitement, romance and humour of Hitchcock’s masterpiece.

Follow the incredible adventures of the dashing Mr Hannay, complete with stiff-upper-lip, British gung-ho and pencil moustache as he encounters dastardly murders, double-crossing secret agents, and, of course, devastatingly beautiful women.

There's a chase on the Flying Scotsman, the escape on the Forth Bridge, the first theatrical plane crash ever staged and the (nearly) death-defying finale at the London Palladium.

Don't forget some handcuffs, missing fingers and a good dose of old-fashioned romance.

Tacchi-Morris, Taunton. Thursday, November 12, at 7.30pm. £11 / £7 Students. Box: 01823 414141 or www.tacchi-morris.com