THE young performers of Walney Junior Amateur Operatic Society take to the stage at Barrow's Forum next week and to mark the event we are taking a look at some previous shows.

This year's choice is High School Musical which can be seen at 7.30pm on Tuesday to Saturday.

In  1998 Walney Juniors presented a musical version of Alice in Wonderland with Amy Larcombe in the title role.

The Mail, on October 12, noted: "A huge cast includes Louis Maalawy as the Mad Hatter, Victoria George as the March Hare, Vicki Serraas the Dormouse, David Rigg as Humpty Dumpty, Janine Postlethwaite as the Red Queen, Ailsa McIntosh as the White Queen and Daniel McKeating as the White Knight."

It was time to stride out along the Yellow Brick Road in1987 when the show chosen was The Wizard of Oz.

This was a return to the very first show put on by a previous generation of Walney Juniors 20 years earlier.

The Mail, on December 1 in 1987, noted: "Lisa Sharrock is absolutely perfect as Dorothy, the little girl who finds herself at home in Kansas one minute and over the rainbow the next."

Lion, Scarecrow and Tin Man were back on the stage again in1996 - played this time by Daniel McKeating, Mark Johnson and Andrew Phipps-Jones.

The show was directed by Claire Rigg with Paul Bryden as musical director and Saxon Winship as choreographer.

Young actors were flying through the air in 1991 as the magical world of Peter Pan was created on stage.

The stage manager, Kerry Bell, made sure that Peter Pan,played by Michelle Larcombe and Claire Phipps-Jones, as Wendy, could reach the heights of the Forum 28 stage in safety.

Shakespeare provided the inspiration for the 1992 show, with the title A Musical Midsummer Night's Dream,

The Mail, on October 21, noted: "The real show stealer is Brett Turner with a superbly streetwise performance as Bottom, lead singer with Bottom and the Pits - the rock group hired to end the duke and duchess."

They were played by Kevin Corteen and Tabby Hudson.

The article noted: "Wardrobe and make-up deserve special praise for a stage filled with the prettiest fairies and sprites you could wish for."

Barrow's Thorncliffe School was the venue in November 1989for the musical show Hans Anderson, based on popular fairy tales.

David Marcus was the director and Doreen Dunlop was the musical director.