THE Point is delighted to welcome leading UK comedy theatre company, Spymonkey to the venue for the first time with a special preview of their new show Moby Dick.

Spymonkey makes physical, comedic theatre that engages, challenges and entertains audiences. A huge international following has been built on its exuberant mix of superior physical skills, spirited dialogue and brilliant visual impact.

The company’s award-winning brand of comedy is a 21st century mix of Fawlty Towers, The Marx Brothers and Mel Brooks, overflowing with brilliant characters, visual humour, slapstick comedy and outrageous naughtiness.

Four whalers find themselves trapped in the belly of a whale.

As they ponder the irony of their fate they recount a story of Moby Dick, sparkling with their own fantastical flourishes. The novel’s epic examination of good, evil, fate and obsession is lost on them. And then, mysteriously, found on them again.

Will Ahab’s thirst for revenge be unhinged by the well-meaning but staggeringly inept attentions of his crew?

Now that he has found true love, is Ishmael still fated to be the sole survivor of the Pequod? What does a cannibal harpoonist from Bavaria eat? Will the cameo appearance by legendary screen actor Awesome Whales scupper everything?

Together Spymonkey and Jos Houben, a founder member of Complicité, collaborated on this mistelling of the Herman Melville novel, a truly entertaining evening not to be missed.

■ Tickets are £8 from 023 8065 2333 or thepointeastleigh.co.uk.