Warwick Davis in See How They Run at Darlington Civic Theatre

Much loved farce See How They Run is brought to life on stage once again - this time with a difference

A comedy of small proportions – See How They Run – comes to Darlington Civic Theatre next week.

The much loved farce is brought to life on stage once again – this time with a difference.

It still features hilarious comic situations involving mistaken identity, doors and vicars, but the comedy will be heightened by the fact that the cast are all under four feet tall.

See How They Run is the debut theatre tour of Warwick Davis and his Reduced Height Theatre Company.

Warwick is best known for his roles in Willow, Star Wars, the Harry Potter films and most recently on our TV screens in Life’s Too Short, Doctor Who and An Idiot Abroad 3.

And he took the time to tell Emma Pietras about his Reduced Height Theatre Company: “Shorter people do have their privacy invaded by people taking their picture just because they’re short,” said Warwick.

In part, it’s to educate people that Warwick has launched his latest venture, The Reduced Height Theatre Company.

“It’s a unique theatrical experience,” he says. “I think it can increase respect for short people. You’ll have a bloody good time and none of it’s at the expense of the short performer.

“This is purely about being taken seriously as actors - not just as people who work once a year doing Snow White,” he says.

“Sometimes you yearn for that straight role. I’ve been fortunate to do a few of those. More and more I’m being recognised for who I am as an actor rather than being short.”

This is Warwick’s first time acting and producing and he’s financing the production too. “I am nervous about it,” he admits. “I’m taking a leap of faith but there’s potential for it to be absolutely brilliant.”

Warwick has worked in Hollywood since he was 11 with credits like Return of the Jedi, Willow and Harry Potter.

His biggest current worry is forgetting his lines on stage. “I always have that dream actors have where I don’t know my lines and I’m wearing no trousers,” he admits. “What’s funny is in this play I’m on stage in no trousers as part of the plot. I’ve made sure I’m wearing very respectable underwear!”

Next on Warwick’s career wish list is his own chat show. “I’d love that,” he says. “When I was on Jonathan Ross, I got in his seat and thought, ‘This fits me really well.’”