EUROPEAN Arts Company returns with a collection of classic one-act farces by Anton Chekhov, including The Evils of Tobacco, The Dimwit, The Bear, Swan Song and The Proposal.

This is Chekhov as you’ve never seen him before; in other words, funny.

Originally performed in Russian vaudeville theatres, these bittersweet plays are Chekhov at his comic best.

Before The Seagull got stuffed, Uncle Vanya fired blanks, The Three Sisters started moaning and The Cherry Orchard was ‘car-parked’. Chekhov’s Shorts appears at the Arts Centre, Old Town, tonight at 7.30pm.

Tickets are £17.50. To book go to swindontheatres.co.uk or call 01793 524481.