Not many orchestras would dare to tackle pieces by artists as diverse as Tchaikovsky, Nirvana and Otis Redding in the same concert.

But then The Ukulele Orchestra Of Great Britain is not like other orchestras.

Made up of eight all-singing and allstrumming musicians the Ukelele Orchestra has been working on the music scene since 1985, starting out as a bit of fun.

"We were tired of the technological bias of the rock gig, and later of those performers who simply stared at a laptop," says uke player George Hinchcliffe. "We yearned for a gig in which people simply play the music. The whole thing could end in chaos, and that's the point."

The orchestra features rhythm, bass, baritone, tenor, soprano and lead ukulele players sitting shoulder to shoulder in a semi-circle dressed in formal evening wear, reworking classics from rock and roll and punk to classical and jazz.

The orchestra has now played on Jools Holland's Hootenanny, Blue Peter, Richard and Judy, XFM and Radio 4's Loose Ends. And they have been named as one of the possible reasons for the national increase in the sale of ukeleles, which even saw a specialist shop Duke Of Uke open up in East London last year.

"The uke is refreshingly ordinary,"

says George. "You can play it to your friends. It's a bit of a hoot.

"When we do a gig the local music shop reports a surge in ukulele sales.

At our workshops we get people of all ages and abilities playing ukes in all sorts of tunings. They play in their own styles, from country picking to power pop. Maybe it's the instrument of the people."

The Dome Concert Hall performance is adding to a CV which also includes appearances at Ronnie Scott's, The Royal Festival Hall, Glastonbury, The Big Chill, Cropredy and the Chicago Chamber Music Festival.

Starts at 8pm, tickets cost £19/£17.