BIG-HEARTED actors are hosting a show to raise money for a youngster with a rare muscle disease.

The Haven Lights Theatre Group present a variety show at the West Cliff Theatre, Clacton, on Sunday at 2.30pm to support two-year-old Stanley Newman, who has congenital muscular dystrophy.

His family are raising money to buy a £16,000 wheelchair.

The show includes songs from the war years, hits by Elvis Presley, numbers from Oklahoma! and much more.

Tickets for the show cost £7 (£20 for a family ticket) and are available on 01255 433344.