The New Vic plays host to fun-filled, hand-clapping, aisle-dancing frolics as Uncle Eric’s Italian Job blows the ****** doors off in North Staffordshire this summer!

Back with a non-stop night of comedy, nostalgia and the greatest music of the 1960s, it’s the latest misadventures of the ultimate dysfunctional family, as Uncle Eric’s gang of misfits and losers find themselves in Rome and a world of fast cars and hot money.

It's 19 August 1963.The country is buzzing with the news that £2.6 million has been stolen in the Great Train Robbery. Most of the gang have been captured but Buster Edwards and Bruce Reynolds are still on the run. There was only one witness to the robbery - Eric Smith, whose van had broken down on the way back from a DJ job in Leighton Buzzard! Convinced that Reynolds and Edwards are in hiding in Italy, the police send Eric there to identify them. He’s soon on the plane but, when he arrives, he’s caught up in an even bigger heist - The Italian Job.

Car chases, explosions, a bus hanging over a sheer mountain pass - you're probably not expecting any of that! Will Eric be a national hero and catch the Great Train Robbers? Will Michael Caine be making a guest appearance in the show? How do the cast know a load of great 60s hits that weren't even written in 1963?

The answers to all these questions and many more will be studiously avoided in Uncle Eric’s Italian Job. And not a lot of people know that!

What started out 11 years ago as a one-night event has now become a North Staffordshire tradition, attracting record-breaking audiences. With a multi-talented cast of actors and musicians, Uncle Eric’s Italian Job guarantees a night of nostalgia, humour and non-stop fun.  So don’t forget your hairbrush for the best 60’s sing-a-long in the business!

Tickets, which cost £11.50 - £17.50, can be booked by calling the New Vic’s Box Office on 01782 717962 or Book Online.