A COLOURFUL, carnival-style spectacle by the Green Candle Dance Company visits The Theatre, Chipping Norton, next Wednesday.

Focusing on deforestation and saving the environment, Alanna and the Tree was inspired by a trip to the Amazon rainforest and has been specially created to appeal to seven to 12-year-olds. The story centres on Alanna whose village is threatened with destruction by the building of a road.

Discovering that the president is the person responsible for such actions and, determined to stop this tragedy, she sets off to talk to him. On her way she meets a tree which can talk and move and the pair continue their journey to the city together to persuade the president not to build the road. The performance starts at 6pm. To book call 01608 642350.