A GROUP of six North-East youngsters have been chosen to join a professional cast when a show comes to Darlington.

Rehearsals start at Darlington Civic Theatre next week for a production of Roald Dahl's novel, The Twits, and among the youngsters playing birds and monkeys in the show are four from Stagecoach Theatre Arts, from Stockton.

Kayleigh Blows, 15, from Saltburn, Zoe Birkett, 15, from Darlington, Stacey Young, 14, also from Darlington and Victoria Carter, 14, from Newton Aycliffe expect to be on the stage for a large proportion of the time