So what would you do if you looked out of your bedroom window and saw a huge, great Victorian theatre land in the field next to your house, belching green smoke from its engines? Sophie Ottershaw didn't hesitate. As editor of the school newspaper it was her duty to investigate immediately.

She finds that the Galactic Coliseum has landed and that because alien audiences have grown tired of Douglas the Android and Dennis Biggs and his Cabinet of Death, things are about to change. Julian, the theatre's owner, has picked up a new act at the last fuelling stop on their way to earth ...

This zany, fast-moving, science-fiction comedy that appeals to just about every young audience will certainly appeal to fans of Simon Cheshire's hilarious Jeremy Brown stories but will also pick up new fans who love great story-telling--Pauline Sutton