LIME STREET is looking better and better - but the Polynesian islands it ain't!

However, from September 15-27 expect Liverpool's Empire Theatre to be transformed into a faraway paradise for a star-studded production of Rogers and Hammerstein's 'South Pacific'.

Directed by David Taylor, this enchanting story will star Jessica Martin, Mark Wynter and Rustie Lee (TV's no 1 authority on Caribbean cooking).

And we've got three pairs of tickets to the show on Tuesday, September 16, to give away to the lucky winners of our easy-to-enter competition. (Tickets are not transferrable, sadly, so be sure you can go on that night!).

An unforgettable mix of song and dance numbers, costumes and colours of the tropical isles during war time, 'South Pacific' tells the tale of Nellie Forbush, a naive Navy nurse from Little Rock, Arkansas, who falls in love with a French planter with an interesting past, Emile de Becque. Meanwhile, a tender and tragic romance blossoms between a Marine lieutenant, Joe Cable, and a young Polynesian girl, Liat. Tragedy is guaranteed when Cable and de Becque go on a mission together . . . and only one man returns.

But it isn't all sadness: Bloody Mary and her nurses provide lots of fun and let's not forget those songs - 'I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair', 'Some Enchanted Evening', 'Happy Talk' and 'There Ain't Nothing Like a Dame'.

To win tickets to this great evening, just write to the answer to the following questions on the back of a postcard or stuck-down envelope, together with your name, address and daytime 'phone number, and send to Globe South Pacific Competition, Globe House, Catherine Street, Birkenhead, L41 6HW, to reach us by first post on September 9, when the first three correct entries drawn at random will win.

And here's your question: Name three of the stars of the feature film version of 'South Pacific'.

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