ONCE upon a time two sets of identical twin babies and their parents survived a shipwreck.

Fate, however, decreed that the family should be split up, the mother one way, the father and one of each twin another, and the final pair a third way.

Twenty five years later, in search of their long lost family, two of the twins, Antipholus of Syracuse and his manservant, Dromio, arrive in Ephesus, a city reputedly full of rogues, cheats and sorcerers.

Although this is their first visit merchants greet them as acquaintances, women pursue them as lovers, and Ephesus appears to be a place where everybody knows their names.

Rain or Shine Theatre Company re-create the comical confusion and chaotic capers of Shakespeare’s masterpiece of mistaken identity, The Comedy Of Errors, at Stouts Hill, Uley on Thursday, 7.30pm Suitable for children (six and up), and adults of all ages, audiences are invited to bring along their own seating or rugs and a picnic. Tickets are available online via rainorshine.co.uk