A YOUNG actor from Yarm is about to go on tour in a production of Macbeth.

Adrian Coates is a member of the Shakespeare 4 Kidz cast, which has been performing Macbeth at Middlesbrough Theatre.

The ten-year-old plays the son of MacDuff, stabbed by soldiers sent by Macbeth to murder the family in revenge for MacDuff fleeing to England.

He has already played to two sell-out houses at the theatre and on Thursday, he will perform in front of an audience in Bridlington, East Yorkshire.

Earlier this year, Adrian performed in the company's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream and, at the weekend, sat an exam for the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts.