A rollicking Victorian odd-couple encounter between two titans of English literature is coming to the stage at The Phoenix Theatre and Arts Centre in Bordon on Saturday, October 29 at 7.30pm.

A Perfect Likeness sees ­­­­­­­­­­­­reclusive writer and photographer Charles Dodgson – also known as Lewis Carroll – invite celebrity author Charles Dickens to his Oxford home to pose for a portrait.

Dickens is so intrigued by the whimsical Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland that he accepts.

What ensues is a baring of two creative souls, the one private and fastidious, the other boisterous and irreverent.

As Dodgson struggles to capture a “perfect likeness” of Dickens, Dickens craftily pries into Dodgson’s personal life in order to get a handle on one of the most curious men he has ever met.

The result is a hilarious and revealing conversation between two quirky, fascinating and completely different men.

A Perfect Likeness, by Daniel Rover Singer of the Reduced Shakespeare Company, is receiving its UK premiere by Conn Artists, following on from their previous hit tours of Silas Marner and The Four Men.

Tickets for the show cost £14, or £13 for members of Rob’s Theatre Club.

For more information, or to book tickets, visit www.phoenixarts.co.uk