AFTER taking last year's Edinburgh Fringe Festival by storm, Gyles Brandreth is setting out on a 40-date UK tour of his brand new show Word Power, visiting Forest Arts in New Milton on Monday.

Brandreth’s previous two shows were both five star sell-outs and Word Poweris proving to be just as engaging and boisterous as its predecessors.

No matter how eloquently a dog may bark, he cannot tell you that his parents were poor but honest. Only words can do that. Language is power. Words are magic.

Join Gyles, wit and word-meister, former MP and star of Just A Minute, The One Show, QI, Have I Got News For You and Room 101, on an uproarious magic carpet ride around the world of words.

Gyles is a word fanatic. Founder of the National Scrabble Championships and President of the Association of British Scrabble Players, he has appeared on every word-based radio and TV game show and is a regular visitor to Countdown’s 'Dictionary Corner'.

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