THE stage will be set for a Victorian thriller when Farnworth Little Theatre presents Patrick Hamilton's Gaslight.

Stephen Stubbs is directing the play. This is his second production at Farnworth. He has previously directed for the Phoenix Theatre Company and Bolton Little Theatre. "This is a play I have always wanted to do," he says.

Gaslight was made into a successful film starring Ingrid Bergman and Charles Boyer. The play reveals how a wife (Natalie Kirkbright) fears she is going insane.

Glenn Robinson is her domineering husband and Kerry Gaskell plays the maid. Christine Pierce Jones is the housekeeper, and Peter Haslam makes a welcome return to FLT as the retired policeman determined to solve the mystery of the gaslight.

The play runs till November 15 (except Sunday). Tickets are £5 with the final Saturday £6 and concessions £4 (Monday to Friday only.)

The box office -- 01204 303808 is open from 5.30 to 6.30 pm every day except Sunday.