CELEBRATED pianist Charles Owen will be performing Rachmaninov's wonderfully romantic Piano Concerto No 2 with the English Symphony Orchestra in a St Valentine's Day Concert on Saturday at 7.30pm at The Forum, Malvern Theatres.

The concert will be conducted by Stephen Roberts and other works in the programme, which loosely concentrates on romantic film themes, include Tchaikovsky's beautiful Swan Lake Ballet Suite and Delius' Summer Evening. The romance continues with heart-rending tunes by Walton from the film Henry V, and dizzying waltzes by Strauss and Lehar.

Tickets are available from the Malvern Theatres Box Office on 01684 892277. First timer tickets (available if you have never been to an ESO performance at Malvern Theatres before) cost £2 for children and £5 for adults.

The concert is preceded by a pre-concert talk by the pianist, starting at 6.45pm, entitled Life as a Solo Pianist.

JUST as love can bring all that is good, it can also bring all that is bad and give intensity like no other. Such are the feelings explored in the English premier of Skin Tight at the Everyman, Cheltenham, from February 12-14.

Performed by Laughing Orange Theatre Company, Skin Tight is a play about love and the human condition, based on the poem The Magpies by New Zealand writer Denis Glover.

Located on a small farm in New Zealand, the production plays with the concepts of time as the two characters, Tom and Elizabeth, reflect on their life together.

Skin Tight won a prestigious Fringe First Award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 1998 and makes its English premier at the Everyman before touring nation-wide. To book call 01242 572573.

HE was chosen to play at Posh 'n Becks' wedding and Ola Onabule is regarded as possessing one of the most versatile voices in the business.

His first single, You'd Better Believe, received critical acclaim as soon as it was released in 1994 and four well-received albums followed in its wake.

Book to see him this Saturday at the Wyeside, Builth Wells, on 01982 552555.