JAZZ and swing music had audiences tapping their feet at Backwell Playhouse’s production of Manhattan Nights.

North Somerset Times: Backwell Playhouse, rehearsals for musical Manhattan Nights.Backwell Playhouse, rehearsals for musical Manhattan Nights. (Image: Archant)

The musical was set in a New York nightclub in the 20s and 30s and told the story of a private eye’s quest to end gangster culture during the American prohibition.

The talented theatre group performed the musical, by John Upward and Terry Milton, to a packed theatre on four nights.