Yo ho ho and a barrel of comic songs as Pirates of Penzance comes to Bingley Arts Centre next week.

Bingley Gilbert and Sullivan Society stages the "colourful and tuneful" family entertainment, from Monday to Saturday, at 7.30pm.

Society spokesman Jacqui Sugden says the swashbuckling romantic comic operetta is funny and merges excellent music and satire.

The story centres on a pirate who, apprenticed to the crew as a child, decides to leave his comrades when he comes of age.

He discovers he can't leave because, being born on February 29, he will be 72 before he celebrates his 18th birthday!

Book tickets, costing between £5 and £9.90 at the Arts Centre box office (01274 567983) or phone 01274 567294.

n Life with the lovable and irrepressible Larkin family is brought to the stage next weekend by Addingham Drama Group.

The Darling Buds of May follows a wheeler-dealing father, generous-hearted ma and their six children in idyllic rural bliss.

An earnest tax official turns up to investigate but is bewitched by the eldest daughter. The production is on April 23, 24, 29,30 and May 1.

Book for the 7.30pm production at Addingham Memorial Hall by phoning 01943 831601.

n Steeton Male Voice Choir performs tomorrow at Christ Church, Oakworth, at 7.30pm, in aid of the church building fund. Tickets cost £6 by phoning 01535 645845 or 01274 569870.

n Puppetry of the Penis is not after all being performed at Skipton Little Theatre on April 20, as stated in last week's Knights Out.

Glossy posters for the show were sent to the Keighley News and put on walls around Skipton, but appear to have been an April Fool trick.

The real April 20 production -- continuing until Saturday, April 24 -- is the new John Godber comedy Fly Me to the Moon.

Book on 01756 791846.

n A classic play written by Welsh poet Dylan Thomas is staged at Bradford Alhambra from May 4-8 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of his death.

Under Milk Wood was originally described as a "play for voices" and started life as a radio play in 1954, before becoming the most performed piece of Welsh theatre.

Set in a typical sleepy Welsh seaside town, it recounts the dreams, gossip and waking hours over a period of 24 hours one spring.

The "touching, funny and delightful" play reflects Thomas's childhood and features many characters with affectionate charm and humour.

Book tickets at Keighley Information Centre in the town hall or phone 01274 432000.

n The World of Film Music is presented by Halifax Symphony Orchestra on April 24 at the town's Victoria Theatre.

Dick & Liddy's Comedy Club returns on April 30, with Steve Hughes, Mick Ferry and Stefano Paulino, and on May 21 with Justin Moorhouse, Tom Stade and Martin BigPig.

Coming up: Stephen Triffitt sings Frank Sinatra (May 9); sounds of the Glenn Miller era with the Nick Ross Orchestra (16); comedian Roy "Chubby" Brown. Buy tickets at Keighley Information Centre or phone 01422 351158.

n London Mozart Players perform music tonight at St George's Hall, Bradford, by Haydn, Weber, Tartini and Mozart. The 7.30pm concert features conductor and clarinet soloist Emma Johnson. Book at Keighley Information Centre or phone 01274 432000.

n The most glamorous swing band in the land is recalled by a Leeds grandmother in a new play at West Yorkshire Playhouse.

Blonde Bombshells of 1943 follows a naive schoolgirl's exciting and frightening time as a saxophone player during the Second World War. Action moves between past and present with Elizabeth's nostalgic memories of auditions, performances and romance recreated in drama and song.

Alan Plater's musical, based on his TV film, runs at the Leeds theatre from April 24 to May 22.

Book tickets at Keighley Information Centre, or phone 0113 213-7272.

n Thomas The Tank Engine returns to the Hallam FM Arena, Sheffield, for his latest live show All Aboard. Thomas and his life-sized friends appear in two stories involving a bad cold, ghosts and a special delivery. Book on 0114 256-5656.