PREPARE to be splattered!

One of the most popular - and messiest - of children's musicals is brought to gloriously gooey life at Ferneham Hall, Fareham, this week.

Gangster spoof Bugsy, with its famously messy shoot-outs, is set in Prohibition era Chicago and stars local children aged eight to 16.

Tickets for the show, performed by Groundlings Theatre Company, cost from £5.50. Performances are at 7.30pm, with 2.30pm matinees tomorrow, Thursday and Saturday. A two-for-one ticket offer is available tonight and for the Wednesday and Thursday matinees. For more information, call the box office on 01329 231942.