THEY have performed alongside the likes of Sting, Lionel Ritchie, Beyoncé and Simply Red and now Tenors Unlimited will be sharing a stage with a Warrington choir.

Scott Ciscon, Paul Martin and Jem Sharples, known as the 'Rat Pack of Opera', invited choirs from across the area to compete for a place on stage alongside them at The Brindley.

The trio were most impressed by Warrington's Vocal Infinity and now the all female a cappella group will join Tenors Unlimited for four songs at the Runcorn theatre on February 4.

They will sing Tenors Unlimited's original song Brand New Day, Andrea Bocelli's Time to Say Goodbye, Secret Garden's You Raise Me Up and Giacomo Puccini's Nessun Dorma.

"We're all trying to learn Italian," said choir member Christine Lines.

Vocal Infinity, who celebrated their fifth anniversary last year, have also been given the opportunity to sing Bob Dylan's To Make You Feel My Love on their own.

Christine, from Latchford, added: "We’re really excited. We’re joining them on stage for four songs and then we’re doing one of our own from our repertoire.

"We went back to rehearsals last week but we’ve also got a full weekend away at the end of January to prepare

"This is the first time we’ve joined someone else so it should be good fun. Everybody’s thrilled. It’s definitely created a buzz."

Vocal Infinity were invited to join Tenors Unlimited's From Venice to Vegas tour after sending them a YouTube clip on Facebook.

Christine said: "We only saw the competition on the last day so it was a bit of a rush.

"We quickly put something together on a Thursday evening at rehearsal but they contacted us the day after and said we’d been successful.

"We get a good response when we’re out but for a professional group to say they like our style and what we do was really flattering."

Vocal Infinity launched in September 2010 after a group of friends decided to combine their passion for singing and love of socialising.

The group was started by Christine and her sister Denise Ireland, who acts as musical director.

There was originally around 12 singers who met at The Rams Head in Grappenhall.

But now there are now 44 members, aged between early 20s and early 70s, who meet every Thursday at St John's URC Church Hall in Wilderspool Causeway.

Christine added: "We’ve got members of all ages and backgrounds with some who have sung before and some who haven’t.

"It’s a good mix and everybody brings something different to it.

"The friendship side of it is important. We’ve got a high standard of singing we want to achieve but when we go out it’s always followed by a meal or a bit of socialising and I think that holds us together.

"When you get to rehearsal you forget everything that’s happened in the day. You don’t think of anything else and it has good health benefits.

"It’s good for your blood pressure. You switch off from the pressures of everyday life and just enjoy what you’re doing. Singing is a good release.

"The film Pitch Perfect has also brought a capella to the forefront in recent years.

"What I love is the diversity of things we do. Before Christmas we sung at Auto Trader as part of a community project for older people and then on the way home we sang on the train and cheered all the shoppers up

"We look for different experiences and get a lot of enjoyment out of it.

- Tenors Unlimited and Vocal Infinity perform at The Brindley in Runcorn on Thursday, February 4. Tickets are £21. Visit tickets.thebrindley.org.uk