THREE young dancers from the area will be performing in the English Youth Ballet's forthcoming production of Coppelia at Nottingham's Theatre Royal this month.

Xena McCaffrey, 13, Hannah Calvert, 12, and Amelia Coles, 11, all train with the Rutleigh Norris Ballet School.

Xena is a pupil at Studley High School while Hannah attends Alcester High School and Amelia goes to Coughton Primary School.

Principal dancers in Coppelia are Julianne Rice-Oxley as Swanilda and Kasper Cornish as Franz, together with Roddie Patrizio as Dr Coppelius.

Performances are at 7.30pm on Tuesday, July 23, and 2pm and 7.30pm on Wednesday, July 24.

Tickets cost £15, £13 and £11 plus concessions from the box office on 0115 989 5555.