A latest amateur theatre production has become a real family affair.

Steering the Cullingworth Amateur Dramatic Society cast through its paces is director Abbe Robinson, a film-maker by profession.

And under her tutelage are her father, John, 61, a retired teacher, and her mum, 54-year-old June, who teaches in Allerton.

And not to escape her eagle eye is her 22-year-old brother, Max, whose job it is to make sure the sets are perfect for the production of Francis Durbridge's murder mystery, House Guest.

It is being performed at Cullingworth Village Hall next Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

A film graduate, Abbe, 26, of Frizinghall, who has just completed a ten-minute movie financed by Screen Yorkshire, said: "I'm turning the tables on my dad who directed me when I was at school at Stoney Lee.

"That was what got me hooked on the performing arts. I love it -- it's great fun.

"It's a relaxed atmosphere and done for fun but it must be done well for the audience."

Her dad, a member of the society for more than 35 years and former Stoney Lee teacher, said: "Abbe directs us very well -- we have a good laugh -- we don't take it too seriously."

But the play is not just a family Robinson domain. Also taking to the boards are husband and wife Tony and Sharon Ackroyd.

The rest of the cast is made up of Karen Parkes, Roger Bonfield John Wright and Caren Holmes.

"The play is set in the present and centres on a kidnap which turns into a murder mystery," said Abbe, who after university worked devising workshops at the Museum of Photography, Film and Television, in Bradford.

As a teenager, while at Nab Wood School, Bingley, she made a video of historic Saltaire, which was sold in tourist shops. Tickets for the play, priced £3.50 and £4.50, are available from the Pharmacy, Cullingworth and curtain up is 7.30pm.