A Chester-le-Street amateur dramatics group is starting work on their spring production.

Following their pantomime Cinderella, Riverside Amateur Operatic Society has started rehearsals of The Pyjama Game. The musical, by Jerry Ross and Richard Adler, gained fame when Doris Day took the lead role of Babe Williams. More recently, the show enjoyed a revival in London's West End featuring Ulrika Jonsson and Lesley Ash.

Riverside rehearses every Tuesday evening in St Cuthbert's Catholic Club, Ropery Lane, Chester-le-Street from 7.30pm, and invite anyone interested in joining the company, in an acting or non-acting role, to go along.

For more information, contact the group secretary on 0191 3857500 or go to the first rehearsal on Tuesday, January 2