Burneside Amateur Theatrical Society cooks up a feast of fun with Mother Goose running at the Bryce Institute, Burneside, on Friday and Saturday, January 10/11, and from Wednesday, January 15 to Saturday, January 18, at 7.30pm. Matinees on Saturday and Sunday (January 11/12) and Saturday, January 18, at 2.30pm. Tickets are £4/ children £2, with concessions £3, Wednesday and Thursday only. Bookings on 07812-088323 and 01539-720498.

ROBINSON Crusoe is the desert island choice for Windermere Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society at The Lakes School, Troutbeck Bridge, from Wednesday, January 15 until Saturday, January 18 (7.30pm). WAODS stages a matinee on the Saturday (2.30pm) and Sunday, January 19 (2.15pm). Tickets £7.50/ children £5 available from Earth Collection, Bowness, on 015394-44868. Family tickets £20.

STORTH Entertainers purr-along in pantomime mode staging Puss-in-Boots at Storth Village Hall from Tuesday, January 7 until Saturday, January 11, 7-30pm. Saturday matinee at 2.30pm. Tickets are £5 adults/ £3 children and available from Storth Post Office or on 01524-761903.

January 2, 2003 14:30