MEMBERS of Adlington Music and Arts Society (AMAS) will be making all the right moves in a story of intrigue, subterfuge and treachery as it brings Chess to the stage.

The West End musical with music by ABBA’s Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus and lyrics by Tim Rice is about a politically driven Cold War-era chess tournament - with the added complication of a love story.

Connor O’Beirne returns as director after an absence from the Adlington stage, with support from musical director Paul Stanley and choreographer Heather Hodgson.

However, it will be new hands playing out the game when the show starts on April 25.

AMAS secretary Joe Simmons said: “The principal parts will be played by four of our up-and-coming members - the future of AMAS. Don’t miss them.

“Be assured, there is absolutely no need to understand the game to enjoy the show.

“I challenge anyone not to be humming something from it at the end. Such standards as I Know Him So Well, One Night in Bangkok and You and I have become musical standards.

“It is largely all about the music so there will be a choir involved and an orchestra. It is going to be quite different to the shows we have done in the past.

“At the moment it is the usual panic you get within the fortnight of putting on the show but we are confident everything will come together!”

The play’s Cold War is fought out on chess boards in Italy and Thailand and contested by the best from the US and the Soviet Union.

Jack Corrigan plays American Freddie Trumper with his rival Russian Anatoly Sergievsky being portrayed by Jonny Cunliffe.

Rebecca Dixon plays Florence Vassy, Freddie’s manager who falls for Anatoly and Louisa Watson puts a spanner in the works as the Russian’s estranged wife Svetlana Sergievsky.

Chess runs from Tuesday, April 25 until Saturday, April 29. at Adlington Community Centre. There are shows nightly at 7.30pm. For details and tickets call 07799 486876.