THE 84th Cheltenham Festival of the Performing Arts, full of music, dance, speech and drama, is set to take place from May 5 to 16.

Festival programmes are available from Cheltenham Town Hall with full details of all events from morning to evening.

These include a Choral Day on May 15, a Lyric Championship for Verse Speaking on May 16, Senior Classical and Cabaret Dance Groups on May 8 and 9, or the Keith Nutland Award Competition on May 16.

For more information call 01242 526292 or go online at cheltfest.webeden.co.uk.