AN award-winning West End play based on one of the most famous business collapses in history, arrives in the North-East next week.

The business thriller Enron, which runs at Newcastle’s Theatre Royal from November 2 to 6, describes the sequence of events that led to the large-scale collapse of one of the world’s biggest companies.

Enron director Rupert Goold won an Olivier Award for the production, as well as a Critics Circle Award for best director.