PATRICIA Routledge is starring in a sparkling Alan Bennett comedy in Malvern next week.

The Keeping Up Appearances and Hetty Wainthropp Investigates actress will appear in Office Suite.

The witty and poignant double bill of two one-act comedies, titled A Visit From Miss Prothero and Green Forms, paints a wickedly funny picture of office life from the pre-internet era.

Bennett is regarded as one of the most distinctive voices in British theatre.

Both wry and tender, his plays are impeccably observed.

His work includes Talking Heads, Single Spies, Forty Years On, Habeas Corpus, The Madness Of George III and The History Boys, the last two multi award-winning plays both having been made into feature films.

Office Suite is at the Malvern Theatres from Monday, June 18, to Saturday, June 23.

Tickets, priced £16 to £24, are available from www.malvern-theatres.co.uk or the box office on 01684 892277.