ALTRINCHAM Garrick’s next production is a modern day classic, An Inspector Calls.

You can enjoy the play on two levels, both as a tense and atmospheric thriller and as a veiled attack on the class system, and the indifference of those at the top to those at the bottom of the social pile.

The mysterious and at times menacing Inspector Goole turns up at the home of the well-to-do Birling family and the party spirit quickly falls flat when Goole, who doesn’t suffer fools gladly, announces he’s investigating the death of a young woman.

Goole, the grand inquisitor, ensures there are some uncomfortable times ahead for the Birlings and Paul Wilson is playing what he describes as a “classic” part for the Garrick.

He said: “The inspector is one of the classic parts and with a director like John Chidgey who challenges you to get inside the part I jumped at the chance.”

What makes it such a special part to play?

“it's the mystery that intrigues you. Is this inspector who he appears to be? He comes in and blows apart the comfortable and bourgeois family. The Inspector is the moral conscience of this play yet you never get to know anything personal about him.”

* Altrincham Garrick presents An Inspector Calls by JB Priestley from November 11-16 at 7.30pm. Tickets are available from 0161 928 1677 or Altrincham Tourist Information Centre, Stamford New Road, Altrincham. A two ticket for the price of one policy operates on Monday night.