A CULT orchestra of ukulele players will perform in the region next month.

The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain will bring its six-stringed Hawaiian guitars to libraries across the county as part of Durham County Council's second Live in the Libraries series.

Alan Hood, the council's music development officer, said: "The Ukes are a cult orchestra that features only ukuleles - little ones, big ones, high ones and low ones."

The orchestra will be at Barnard Castle Library next Monday; Newton Hall Library, in Durham, on Tuesday, December 3; Crook Library, on Wednesday, December 4; and Lanchester Library, on Thursday, December 5.

Performances start at 7.30pm, and tickets, priced £4 and £2, are available from the libraries/