JEFFREY Archer's first stage play, Beyond Reasonable Doubt will be staged by Rossendale Players on Saturday and Sunday and then Tuesday to Saturday, October 2 to 6, at 7.30pm in the New Millennium Theatre in Waterfoot.

Tickets are £5 (concessions £4) -- telephone 01706 228720 or book in person at Tourist Information, Kay Street, Rawtenstall; Watts News, Burnley Road East, Waterfoot; or Bacup News, St James Street, Bacup.

IF YOU fancy a cathartic trip to the seaside, visit Darwen Library Theatre on Saturday , when the Hull Truck Theatre Company presents John Godber's September in the Rain at 7.30pm.

Tickets are £8 (concessions £6).

FOLLOWING their success at the East Lancashire Noda Awards Night recently, Bacup Amateurs have won the Best Musical accolade for their performance of Oliver.