SEASONED folk rockers Fairport Convention, now in their 35th year, head up the list of attractions at Tewkesbury's Roses Theatre in 2002.

The five-piece band, endowed with legendary status by the thousands of fans who have followed it since the 1960s, has recently released a brand-new CD and will be performing a mixture of favourites old and new on January 30 and 31.

Tewkesbury Amateur Dramatic Society will be performing a double bill of classic 1960s comedy by two of Britain's best-known playwrights, Tom Stoppard and Peter Shaffer. Black Comedy and The Real Inspector Hound are scheduled for February 7-9.

Helen Watson, regarded as one of the UK's foremost R&B singers, will be delighting music lovers with her diverse range of musical styles on February 5.

An accomplished sin-ger/songwriter at home with folk, jazz and pure ballad, she has toured with Joe Cocker and performed in front of audiences all over the world.

There is music also from Joe Brown on February 28 and a Tewkesbury debut for Abba Gold on April 12.

Another chance to see the hit film Amelie (15), a delightfully scul-pted French film by the director of Delicatessen and Alien Resurrection, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, is being offered on January 21-22.

Among the other titles featuring on the venue's silver screen are Enigma (15), Tom Stoppard's adaptation of Robert Harris' novel portraying the desperate race to crack German codes during the Second World War (January 23).

The Steven Spielberg/Stanley Kubrick hybrid A.I. (12), an emotional story of logic with great special effects, is on January 18-19.

Shakespeare's tale of deception, jealousy and revenge, Othello, is being staged by Theatre Unlimited on March 18-20.

Creaking Shadows, a haunting thriller insp-ired by the short stories of Edgar Allan Poe, is to be performed by Trading Faces theatre company on March 21.

Tickets and information from the box off-ice on 01684 295074.