GETTING married is exciting, overwhelming - and in this case long overdue. Worcester teenager Ellie Rutherford is slipping into the shoes of a fed-up fiancée when she takes her first major role with Worcester Operatic and Dramatic Society's Youth Section, playing Miss Adelaide in Guys and Dolls.

A long engagement is one of the themes of the show, with gambler Nathan Detroit and showgirl Miss Adelaide at odds. The dizzy blonde is desperately seeking his commitment to a wedding date, while he is desperately stalling so that he can focus on gambling.

The Worcester News is searching for a county couple who have also been engaged for a long time - maybe even longer than Nathan and Miss Adelaide's 14 years.

The couple who have been engaged the longest will win tickets to the musical which opens at the city's Swan Theatre next month.

"She is a dizzy blonde and a bit of a bimbo, but I do feel sorry for her because she has a bit of a rough time trying to pin Nathan down.

"I think it is a good thing to have an engagement of reasonable length, but not for it to go on too long," said Ellie, a member of Worcester's Harlequin Stage School for the past 14 years. The 17-year-old Worcester Sixth Form College student said: "Miss Adelaide has a more or less permanent cold and is really nasal. It was quite hard to get the accent at the beginning but it just seems to be natural now."

Opposite Ellie is Kit Windows-Yule as the slippery gambler Nathan. Kit is getting used to taking lead roles, playing Jean Valjean in WODYS' production of Les Misérables (School Edition) and Tommy in the rock opera Tommy at Worcester Sixth Form College.

To be in with a chance of winning tickets to the show write in and tell us how long you have been engaged, along with a few details about yourselves. Send your entry to Lauren Murray, Editorial, Worcester News, Berrows House, Hylton Road, Worcester, WR2 5JX.