THE curtain went up last night on the final play in the summer repertory season at Darlington Civic Theatre.

Ray Cooney's farce Out Of Order opened last night and will run until Saturday.

This year was the fifth that Ian Dickens has brought his summer repertory season to the town and there have been record ticket sales for the series of dramatic and comic plays which have been hailed the best ever at the venue.

Out of Order, the Westminster farce, featured stars including Paul Shane and Vicki Michelle