AS SOME British pensioners while away their winters in a Majorcan hotel, an unexpected arrival of young guests coincides with a staff revolt making the ideal recipe for Burton Amateur Dramatic society's production Let's Pretend. At the Memorial Hall on Friday and Saturday from 7.30pm, this should be an entertaining evening of theatre. 01524-781007.

BOWNESS... A SUPERB collection of Art Nouveau furniture, jewellery, textiles and ceramics opens at Blackwell the Arts and Crafts House tomorrow (Thursday). Possibly one of the finest private collections in Europe, The Anderson Collection of Art Nouveau, features some truly exquisite examples of the continental genre and is well worth a look. Open daily from 10.30am-5pm, call 015394-46139.

WINDERMERE... SOPRANO Greeba Hurst will present a concert of Music for a Summer Evening at the Carver Memorial United Reformed Church on Lake Road, on Monday (7.30pm) - featuring Edward Lawton accompanying on the oboe and cellists, Rachel Lucas and Anna Jones. Tel: 015394-88833.

KENDAL... A TREMENDOUS acoustic guitarist and singer will be gracing the Brewery Arts Centre with her presence on Sunday for the first event in the Sunday Music Live calendar. Angie Palmer, a Blues-style singer with a hint of modern Americana, will perform in the Brewery garden from 1pm-4pm.

GRAYRIGG... WITNESS the worthy work of the Wainwright Shelter at Grayrigg on Sunday when the animal rescuers hold an open afternoon from 1pm-4pm. As well as a raffle and stalls selling home produce, you can watch the carers bringing the animals back to full health. 01539-824293.

KESWICK... PAULINE Cato and Tom McConville, one of the country's most successful acoustic duos, will be blending the sounds of the fiddle and the Northum-brian pipes tonight (Wednesday) at Theatre by the Lake. Twice winners of the The Daily Telegraph's Folk Album of the Year Award, the talented two will play beautiful arrangements of traditional music in the Studio from 8.15pm. 017687-74411.

NEWBY BRIDGE... WITH cross-dressing, feuding brothers, usurping dukes, love, songs and speeches, Shakespeare's comedy, As You Like It comes to the Fell Foot Country Park on Friday evening. Chapterhouse Theatre Company presents the al fresco version of the pastoral romance from7.30pm. 015394-46402.

CARK-IN-CARTMEL... THE popular BBC series, One Man and his Dog will be filmed at Holker Hall this weekend. Watch as highly intelligent dogs are put through their paces and round up even the most unruly of their woolly friends on Saturday and Sunday from 10am-6pm. 015395-58838.

BOWNESS... CHILDREN, animal-lovers and fans of the wonderful Beatrix Potter have a treat in store for them at The World of Beatrix Potter Attraction tomorrow (Thursday). Experts from Zoo Educators will be on hand with some real-life versions of Peter Rabbit, Jemima Puddleduck and Miss Tiggy-winkle and visitors will be able to see the very animals that were vividly brought to life in the series of quaint storybooks. Sessions begin at 11am, 2pm and 4pm. 015394-88444.

CARLISLE... GUIDED tours (from Saturday until the beginning of August) around the historic Castle will dip into life during the Roman occupation to the turbulent times of the Tudors to give takers a flavour of times gone by. Tours begin at 10.30am, 12.15pm and 2pm and include a visit to the Roman Dig exhibition. 01228-591922.