OPERA singer Suzannah Clarke will be performing solo and as part of a North-East choir when she celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Samaritans.

She is joining Middlesbrough Choral Group at a charity concert, which will include music from show classics and folk songs.

It has been organised by Teesside Samaritans and Middlesbrough Rotary Club, and will be compered by BBC Radio Cleveland presenter Stewart McFarlane.

Profits will go to Teesside Samaritans and Polio Eradication Worldwide.

It will be held at Middlesbrough on Saturday, May 31 from 7.30pm.

For tickets, call (01642) 217 777.