THE Worcester-based Vamos Theatre has announced the world premiere and first UK tour of Dead Good.

The award-winning theatre company has collaborated with palliative care patients and staff on a new, wordless production about living and dying.

Dead Good previews at The Swan Theatre, Worcester on January 23 and the following day, before its official UK premiere at Jackson’s Lane, London as part of London International Mime Festival (January 30 to February 2).

The tour will include 23 venues, "travelling as far north as Inverness, south to Canterbury and across the UK from Norwich to Taunton, taking in venues large and small".

A spokesman said: "Funny and poignant in equal measure, Dead Good brings together some of the UK’s leading mask actors to tell the story of Bob and Bernard, who have only two things in common – they’re both dying, and they’re not going down without a fight. So, with a bottle of Bollinger and the keys to Bernard's Bentley in hand, they decide to hit the road, and take on one final, death-defying adventure.

"But when time really does start to run out, can Bob and Bernard accept the inevitable? Can their growing friendship make the difference? And by seeing the end in sight, can they truly value living?"

The spokesman added: This production, which has no spoken word, features an original music score, film projection, a multifaceted set design, and characterful new masks especially made for the show by Russell Dean of Strangeface."

The cast for Dead Good includes international clown performer, Aron De Casmaker, from Canada.

Based in the UK he is best known for his work as principal clown in Cirque du Soleil’s Alegria and Slava’s Snow Show; Winchester born James Greaves is one of the UK’s most experienced mask actors and a veteran of full mask pioneers, Trestle Theatre; London-born Angela Laverick and Gloucester-born Joshua Patel have both worked previously with Vamos Theatre.