TWO 40ft lorries rolled into Swindon this week, bringing the West End set of West Side Story for this year's Summer Youth Project.

David Wicks, stage manager at the Wyvern Theatre and production manager of the project, is heading a team of five professionals and 20 youth project children to assemble the set rather like a giant jigsaw puzzle.

"All we need to do is get into the theatre and play around with it,'' said David.

He has 10 trunks which are set pieces on wheels. They are for the smaller scenes, such as the bridal shop, cafe and bedroom.

But tackling the playground where the rumble between the Jets and the Sharks takes place will be a bigger job for David's crew with lots of different levels, a backcloth and wire fencing in frames.

"In theory the actors will be able to jump off it and dance round it,'' he said.

The other professionals back stage are Dominic Derbyshire looking after the sound, Gareth Akehurst on lighting, John Robinson on staging and Peter Harrison on the flying side.

David admits that having the set ready to assemble takes the pressure off the crew in the past two years they have had to build it from scratch.

"Having the West End set is fantastic. Instead of starting from an embryonic state we have have a head start,'' he said.

West Side Story runs from Saturday, August 3 to Saturday, August 10 and tickets, from £8.50, are from Swindon 524481.