A CANADIAN theatre performance is set to come to Teesdale next month.

As part of their Canadian season, Highlights Rural Touring Scheme, are bringing the show Miss Caledonia to Barningham Village Hall on Thursday, May, 14.

Set in 1955, the play features young Peggy Ann Douglas, desperate to escape the chicory-pulling, stall-cleaning, hay-baling drudgery of life down on the farm in Caledonia, Ontario.

Peggy Ann plans to follow in the footsteps of starlet Debby Reynolds and become a movie star and will start by winning the local pageant.

The play is based on a on a true story, the play is said to straddle the worlds of comedy and drama, complete with the music of a live fiddler.

It is written and performed by Canadian Comedy Award winner Melody Johnson, with original score and live music by Alison Porter.

Robin Brooks, a member of Barningham Village Hall Committee said: “We are very pleased that it is coming to Barningham – its only date in Teesdale - before it goes on to the north-west and then down to the south of England.

“It promises to be something a little different, with a farming background, but not as we know it.

“This is a great opportunity to enjoy novel, professional theatre in a local venue at a reasonable price.

The show starts at 7.30pm and tickets cost £9.50 for adults, £4 for children and £20 for families.

To book call 01833-621203.