THERE’s a weather warning for Presteigne this Sunday, March 3.

“Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks! rage! blow! You cataracts and hurricanoes, spout till you have drench’d our steeples!”

Yes, it’s Shakespeare’s 'King Lear' with all his daughters but in a new version retold by one of the UK’s most exciting and skilled writer/performers.

Debs Newbold will be on stage at Presteigne Assembly Rooms at 8pm, presented by Mid Border Arts.

Debs creates playful, thoughtful work that can get deep under the skin. Her solo pieces have played venues as diverse as the Royal Opera House, the British Library, the Southbank Centre, Hay Festival and Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, as well as many prestigious theatres and festivals in the UK, US and Europe.

In this dark and challenging, epic and shocking, human and uplifting retelling of the legend of Lear, King of the Britons, Debs channels her love of Shakespeare’s language to whip up a great storm that will send you hurtling into its bloody centre...

“Tell me my daughters...which of you shall we say doth love us most?”

Created for a sell-out show at The Hay Festival, toured internationally and performed to acclaim at Shakespeare’s Globe, 'King Lear Retold' is an event you cannot miss. Tickets costing £10 are available from The Workhouse Gallery in Presteigne or online from the website: wegottickets.com