A ‘FIVE-star hit’ inspired by people living with motor neurone disease comes to Salisbury next week.

On Tuesday (April 26), Salisbury Arts Centre will stage CELL, which features puppetry, physical theatre and an original musical score to tell the story of one man’s final adventure to create enoughmemories to last a lifetime.

After being diagnosed with motor neurone disease (MND), Ted embarks on the trip of a lifetime, taking his pet fish with him.

Ted is a puppet and his story of love and life with MND is raising awareness of the disease across the UK.

It was a five-star reviewed hit at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2015.

Co-artistic director Matthew Lloyd, said: “At the start of our creative process we wanted to explore movement and puppetry. Motor neurone disease causes physical degeneration and is therefore a challenge to show through puppetry, an art form which relies on movement to sustain its illusion.

“Two members of the cast had very different experiences of losing family members to MND which brought important emotional and personal memories to the devising process. The development of CELL was aided greatly by working with the MND Association and by the Royal Hospital of Neuro-disability.”

Karen Pearce, the director of care from the MND Association, added: “It’s a great production and you soon forget that Ted is anything other than a normal leading man. Because of the research the team undertook, the puppetry captures some of the physical impact of MND extremely realistically.”

CELL deals with a difficult subject with humour and sensitivity and is suitable for ages 11 plus.

Tickets are available by calling the box office on 01722 321744 or by going to salisburyartscentre.co.uk.