The vicar of Bloxham the Rev John Stroyen is to make his local stage debut -- as a murder victim.

Mr Stroyan will play Becket with the Bloxham Amateur Theatrical Society in Murder in the Cathedral -- the story of Thomas Becket.

The T S Eliot play will be at St Mary's Church, Bloxham, on November 21-23, starting at 7.30pm.

Tickets are available from Homecraft and the Post Office in Bloxham.