A concert at a Workington theatre raised over £3,000 for charity in memory of a baby girl.

An Evening for Evie was held at the Carnegie Theatre on Friday with over 80 performers taking the stage to pay tribute to Evie Johnston.

The Great Broughton baby, who would have been one last week, died in September.

Her parents Jill, 40, and Greg, 31, have set up their own charity, Team Evie, to support families whose children are in hospital.

Tony McGee, 31, of Stainburn, a friend of Greg's since the age of 12, helped organise the event.

Tony, a member of Workington Amateur Operatic Society, said: "It was a really good evening and we've raised a good total.

"It will help make a big difference to the people Team Evie are trying to help.

"The feedback we received from the public was really positive and the reaction throughout the performance showed that it went down really well.

"We wanted to do something that involved children as a tribute to Evie and a celebration of her life."

Tony, who performed at the theatre in the show Evita in October, took the stage with Greg to sing alongside Dearham Primary School choir, Workington Amateur Operatic Society's junior group, Workington Amateur Dramatics and Musical Society, magician the Great Ribena Greg and other local performers.

Tony said: "It was a really long hard day. All the groups had been rehearsing individually and we had to tell them how we wanted to put them together, apart from getting the lighting and the sound right.

"It was quite a task but we were really happy with the end result.

"The theatre gave us the venue for free and the entire event was run by volunteers. I'm extremely grateful to everyone that came and supported us."

Evie spent most of her short life in Newcastle's Royal Victoria Infirmary and Freeman hospital, spending only three weeks at home. 

She was born with a large hole in her heart which was on the wrong side of her body and had a trachea oesophageal fistula, which made it difficult for her to breathe or swallow. 

She endured an eight­-hour operation to correct the fistula on the day she was born. Despite being told that it was practically impossible for the fistula to return, it did and Evie underwent several operations and had chest infections.

Tony said: "Greg and Jill spent a considerable amount of time living at the RVI and they want to help families in the same situation, helping to provide facilities for the children and theit families.

"Greg and I are both quite musical so I can certainly see us organising an event like this again in the future."