AMATEUR Community Theatre (ACT) presents a festival of music and drama at the Victoria Hall, Bolton, on September 2.

Taking part will be Horwich AOS, Opera 74, Bolton Catholic Music and Choral Society, the Children's Amateur Theatre Society, New Rosemere AOS and Bolton Premier Productions.

Members of ACT have got together with the aim of building or adapting a building for a theatre to be used by all amateur musical and dramatic societies. Proceeds from the Festival of Music and Drama will be used towards a feasibility study.

If anyone wants to know about the project, contact Ros Bell, 1 Purbeck Drive, or telephone on 01204 696381.

Tickets for the concert, which starts at 7.30pm, are available from Harold Hulton 01204 842678.