AUDIENCE members are invited to dress up as pirates on Tuesday and Wednesday (Feb 10 & 11) next week when Pirates and Piccolos transforms Middlesbrough Town Hall Crypt.

Steve Drummer will conduct the family show aimed at children from three to seven and their older brothers and sisters. There will be audience participation and magical digital animation effects.

Music includes The Storm from William Tell, The Thunder and Lightning Polka, En Bateau, The Sabre Dance, Pirates of the Caribbean Medley, Jamaican Rumba and The Sailor’s Hornpipe.

Rob Guest, of Middlesbrough Town Hall, said: “Classical music is there to be enjoyed by everybody of all ages, and there’s no show more family friendly than this."

It falls within the venue’s classical music season funded by Arts Council England.

Performances take place at 4.30pm on Tuesday and at 11am, 1.30pm and 4.30pm on Wednesday. Tickets costs £7, under-16s £6, family tickets £22. Call the box office on 01642 729729 or visit middlesbroughtownhallonline.co.uk.