NOBODY could accuse Pendle Opera of shying away from the heavyweight productions - their next performance, on October 12 and 13, will be Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro.

The group is staging Mozart's most popular opera at Burnley Mechanics to commemorate the birth of this great composer 250 years ago.

Pendle Opera will be joined by a small orchestra from the Royal Northern College of Music.

The Marriage of Figaro is at the Mechanics in Burnley on October 12 and 13.