The inimitable New Rope String Band visit Herefordshire on their farewell tour, having come to the end of their tether.

The sheer strain of spreading joy around the world for more than 25 years as Old and New Rope has proved too much. Audiences’ laughter muscles have been stretched and twanged and they, too, need a rest. But, before these ageing folk-cabaret artistes go their separate ways, heading for new and exciting theatrical and musical horizons, they have decided to do a farewell lap of honour, a celebratory extravaganza of their finest routines with some specially created final flourishes. Expect fish tanks, boiled eggs, fiddles, banjos, cardboard guitars, theremins (an early electronic musical instrument controlled without physical contact by the thereminist (performer), explosions, interactive films, drainpipes, mermaids, pink y-fronts, thrills, spills, tears and hilarity.

For diehard audiences it’s a chance to come along, laugh once more and say goodbye. For those who've never seen them, this could be your last chance!

New Rope’s goodbye tour visits Herefordshire with an evening of mirthful musical mayhem at Fownhope New Memorial Hall on Saturday, October 25 at 7.30pm.

Tickets available from Fownhope West End Stores Post Office, online at fownhopehall.atspace.co.uk or call 01432 860221.