PRESTON Movie Makers are holding a practical night on Thursday, January 23, at Galloway Hall, Brackenbury Road, Preston, from 7.45pm. For information ring 614555.

SYNTH pop duo Erasure are stopping off in Preston as part of their 2003 tour.

They are playing at the Guildhall, Lancaster Road, on Thursday, February 13. For information call 258858.

DRAMA group, the Hoghton Players, are staging a comedy production at Hoghton Tower next month.The Noble Spaniards, by Somerset Maughan, runs from February 6-8. Tickets are £20 per head and include a carved buffet supper. Tickets can be purchased from the filling station, Station Road, Hoghton.

For information ring 01254 852258.

PRESTON Movie Makers are holding a practical night on Thursday, January 23, at Galloway Hall, Brackenbury Road, Preston, from 7.45pm. For information ring 614555.

THE Broughton Players are performing a new play, Laying the Ghost, from February 5 to 8.

The thriller starts at 7.30pm, at the Playhouse Theatre, Market Street West, Preston. For tickets ring 862787.

IRANIAN film The Circle and the Spanish movie Butterfly's Tongue are being shown by the Preston Film Society. The Circle starts at 6pm on February 16 at the Holiday Inn, Ringway, Preston. Butterfly's Tongue starts at 8pm.

Membership on the door is £1, and admission to each film is £3.