THE Final arena tour of Jeff Wayne’s musical version of The War of the Worlds is coming to Cardiff on December 7 and 8.

Performing at the Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff, this final tour will feature Callum O’Neill as HG Wells.

He will be brought to life using state of the art prosthetics, makeup and spectacular visual effects.

Adding a new dimension and marking a spectacular finale, HG Wells, the author of The War of The Worlds, will be brought to life being seen and heard in three riveting scenes within the show – aged 33, 53 and 79 – spanning the end of the 19th century and two subsequent World Wars.

HG Wells will be played by Scottish actor Callum O’Neill, who is best known for his role as 'Wee Dingwall' in Disney Pixar's 2012 Summer Blockbuster Brave. In 2013, Callum also played Angus in Jamie Lloyd's Olivier nominated Macbeth, at Trafalgar Studios in London's West End.

To transform Callum into HG Wells, Jeff Wayne and his team have engaged the services of Oscar, BAFTA and Emmy Award winner Mark Coulier, creative director of one of Europe's leading make-up effects companies, Coulier Creatures FX.

Mark’s work has included transforming Meryl Streep into Margaret Thatcher in 'The Iron Lady', projects such as 'Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Event Horizon, Alien III, Star Wars: Episode 1, The Mummy and The Fifth Element amongst others. He was the creator of Lord Voldemort on the Harry Potter movies, created prosthetics for Ralph Fienne's directorial debut 'Corialanus' and was the mastermind behind an army of Zombies in the Brad Pitt blockbuster WWZ. Coulier Creatures FX recreated the horrific burn injuries suffered by Niki Lauda in the Ron Howard movie 'RUSH' and recreated Nelson Mandela for the biopic 'Long Walk To Freedom'.

Tickets to see the final ever tour of The War of the Worlds start from £38.50 and are available from thewaroftheworlds.com/tickets or from www.livenation.co.uk.