An Olivier-award winning, Guildhall-trained opera singer is bringing his musical revue to Saffron Walden's Fairycroft House.
Through opera and dance, Iestyn Edwards tells the story of how being overheard singing in a converted Suffolk police lockup led to an after-dinner recital for the Queen on HMS Victory - at the invitation of Admiral Lord West.
This was followed by a "misguided" tour dancing the Sugar Plum around the warzones of Iraq and Afghanistan.
Ministry of Defence reports described it as an "honourable exchange" when a fuming Royal Marines Commando hoicked Iestyn offstage by his tutu underwiring to stuff him in a tank's hull.
Iestyn's show, described by The Times as "a rare and perfect synthesis of art and larkiness", will be performed at Fairycroft House tomorrow (Saturday, February 18).
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Doors open at 7.30pm, and tickets cost £10 for SWAT members and £12.50 for non-members.
Tickets are available online from eventbrite and on the door.
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