WRITE On is the message down at St Joseph's Players.

The curtain goes up on the company's 2000 pantomime "Sleeping Beauty" later this month.

And it's a first for Doreen Johnson as director AND writer.

"It's given me a lot of sleepless nights," she admitted. But an enthusiastic cast reckon she has come up with a real winner.

The show runs from January 25 to February 5.

And tickets are now on sale at Boardman's on Bradshawgate, Leigh.

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