AN ACCLAIMED television and stage actress is set to return to a Southampton theatre for a brand new show.

How to be immortal features long-standing Eastenders actress, Clare Perkins, and is inspired by the story of Henrietta Lacks - the woman whose cancer cells, known as HeLa, changed medical science forever.

Directed by Southampton local, Kirsty Housley, and produced by, Philippe Spall, who studied theatre at the University of Southampton, the show kicks off on March 22 at 4.30pm and on March 23 at 11am at the Nuffield Theatre.

For more information call 02380 671771 or visit the web at nuffieldtheatre.co.uk.