IT IS one of the biggest business exhibitions in the south and the first 100 visitors to register can receive tickets to a spectacular stage show.

The Daily Echo-backed South Coast Business Works returns for its fifth year in February and to mark the occasion the first 100 visitors to register will receive a pair of tickets to see Cirkopolis at the Mayflower Theatre in Southampton.

What’s more, all businesses that register for the exhibition will be entered into a prize draw where one winning company will receive 20 tickets to see the classic musical Oklahoma! at The Mayflower.

The exhibition, in association with law firm Trethowans, will be held at the four-star Novotel and invites companies large and small across the region to showcase their company to a wide, influential audience.

Business Works aims to give firms a competitive advantage with the opportunity to meet face to face with a targeted audience of business leaders and decision makers.

Complementing the exhibition will be free advice clinics and a programme of seminars running throughout the day including guest speaker Stephen Gates, managing director of Denplan, who will deliver his speech “Leadership and teams: the learnings of an imperfect leader”, plus speed networking and the return of the question time business panel hosted by Lee Peck of Lee Peck Media, where delegates will have the opportunity to ask those key questions relevant to their business.

Cirkopolis is a show combining the worlds of circus, dance, and theatre, and is set in the heart of a stern factory city, where giant gears and dark portals symbolize a mechanism that crushes individuality.

Acrobats and performers rebel against the monotony, reinvent themselves and challenge the limits of the factory city.

A show for all the family, the skill of the Cirque Éloize troupe of Montreal is mesmerising and takes place on an inventive set, with surreal video projections and an engrossing musical score.

Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! is the original feel-good musical.

It is famous for such sing-a-longs as Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’, I’m Just a Girl who Can’t Say No, Surrey With a Fringe on Top, and Kansas City.

The large cast is led by Belinda Lang, of School of Scandal, Ladies in Lavender, and the Killing of Sister George, who stars as Aunt Eller.

Gary Wilmot is Ali Hakim, Ashley Day plays Curly, Charlotte Wakefield appears as Laurey, and Nic Greenshields will be Jud Fry.

From the award-winning producers of The King & I and Fiddler on the Roof this brand new production, directed by Rachel Kavanaugh, features a live orchestra, and brings its audience romance, excitement and a score filled with sunshine.

South Coast Business Works 2015 will be held at Novotel in West Quay Road from 9am until 3pm on February 11.

Visitors can register to attend for free at dailyecho.co.uk/businessworks.

Exhibitor stands are still available. To exhibit at South Coast Business Works contact the business team on 023 8042 4977 or email businessworks@dailyecho.co.uk.