AN amateur dramatics company is celebrating its 60th anniversary by performing a play set in the era it was first formed.
The Northallerton-based Allerton Players are staging the play And A Nightingale Sang, by C P Taylor, set in Newcastle during the Second World War.
Players' chairman Christine Trenholm said: "What better way to celebrate our 60 years in existence than by staging a play that is set during the era that we were actually formed."
The company started life as the Allertonshire Players and used to meet at the Allertonshire School. The name was later shortened.
The group has met in various locations over the years in schools and nurseries. Now, it meets in an upstairs room of the County Arms, in Northallerton.
And A Nightingale Sang is being staged at the Hambleton Forum from Thursday to Saturday, November 7 to 9. All performances start at 7.30pm. Tickets cost £5 and £4 and are available from HSBC, Greensleeves, members of the Players and at the door.
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