IT'S all change for the Little Theatre Company.

Not only have they changed their name from club to company, but they've found a new home for their latest production.

After a ten year absence, the group have returned to the Palace Theatre, Westcliff, to present upcoming show Oklahoma!.

The move has proved something of a challenge for stage manager Ian Gilbert. Ian, 21, who has worked in the production team of West End shows including Phantom of the Opera, has been set the task of organising the move.

"The biggest problem is the capacity," he explains. "Everybody chose to move to the Palace Theatre because of its splendour, but we're having to adapt to a stage that's 15ft smaller than the New Empire, where we've been based for the past ten years. It's certainly going to be a challenge," he says with a smile.

The show, complete with a slightly frazzled stage manager, will be performed at the theatre from Tuesday April 22 until Saturday April 26.

Set in the Indian territory of the American West at the turn of the last century, against a backdrop of conflict between farmers and cattlemen. It tells the story of Laurey and two rivals for her affections, Curly, a cowboy, and Jud, the hired farmhand.

Songs include Oh What a Beautiful Mornin, People Will Say We're in Love, Many a New Day and Oklahoma!.

The musical, first performed in 1943, marked two firsts. It was the first time Rodgers and Hammerstein, who went on to write Carousel and South Pacific, collaborated on a project and it was also the first musical that integrated songs, lyrics and dance with the dramatic action of the play.

This version will feature Carla Reynolds, who works as a box office supervisor at the Cliffs Pavilion, take on the lead female role of Laurey. With Scott Roche playing suitor Curly and Lee Jackson as his rival Jud.

The show will be performed nightly at 7.30pm, with matinees on Wednesday and Saturday at 2.30pm.

The first night is a charity night with a portion of the profits being donated to the BUST breast cancer screening charity.