Laughter is the most frequent medicine during the forthcoming season at Bingley Little Theatre.

Two farces, two comedies and a comedy drama are punctuated by a thriller, a melodrama and a drama.

The programme begins on September 15-20 with Dry Rot, a farce by leading comic writer John Chapman.

A crazy gang of bookies are staying at a country hotel run by a retired colonel, his wife and daughter, in the "racy and slick" play.

Silhouette is a thriller by Simon Brett (October 27-November 1) with the first act set after a murder and the second act before it.

An open-and-shut case -- in which an actress 's husband is killed after arguing with her lover -- is turned on its head.

East Lynne (December-13) is a melodrama with music telling how a woman is tricked into believing her husband is having an affair.

She abandons her family, returning years later disguised as a governess, the results being heartbreak, penitence and forgiveness.

Caught in the Net (January 19-24) is a farce by Ray Cooney that was a recent West End and touring hit.

This sequel to Run for Your Wife follows a bigamist's attempts to keep his teenage son and daughter away from each other.

Neil Simon's comic drama Lost in Yonkers follows a family of emotionally-damaged people on February 23-28. Two teenage sons are dumped on their formidable grandmother, who runs a candy store, and a relative may be with the Mafia.

A classic farce by Arthur W Pinero follows the misadventures of The Magistrate on March 29-April 3.

The man gets disgracefully involved in the reprehensible junketings of his stepson while his wife is imprisoned.

Ronald Harwood's drama The Handyman (May 10-15) looks at culpability, retribution, universal responsibility and the possibility of evil.

The play looks at a couple living in the English countryside whose elderly odd-job man comes under police scrutiny for long-past misdeeds.

Much Ado About Nothing is Shakespeare's comedy of courtship, flirtation and deception, on June 14-19.

Book tickets by phoning 01274 432000. Book season tickets before August 12 by contacting Miss M Newton, 9 Clyde Street, Bingley, BD16 4LE.

n Keighley metal band Diavolo play the Empress, Bradford, tomorrow, and the Guide pub, above Keighley, on August 9

n Chariot racing, archery, fencing and cavalry skills feature in the " summer of sport" at the Royal Armouries.

The Leeds museum hosts several weekend events during July and August with demonstrations meeting hands-on activities.

This weekend sees the North's first skill-at-arms competition between riders from the Mounted Police and several army regiments.

oming up is fencing (July 19-25, August 2-8, 16-22), chariot racing (26-28), archery (July 26-August 1, August 9-15, 26-29) and more skill-at-arms (August 2-3, 16-17).

The world aikido championships are on August 9-10 and the August Bank Holiday weekend (August 23-25) offers individual jousting competitions.

Entry to the Armouries is free, but there is a special events charge for admission to the demonstrations. Phone 0113 220 1999 for prices and times.

n Julia Margaret Cameron produced one of the most remarkable and significant bodies of artistic work in the history of photography.

The 19th century photographer was renowned for a distinctive yet sensitive vision, unique to her age.

An exhibition of her work runs until September 14 this year at the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television in Bradford.

The 120 prints show eminent Victorians such as Charles Dickens and Lord Tennyson, plus theatrical scenes inspired by painting and literature.

Phone 0870 7010 200.

n Tonight sees the premiere in Leeds of a new musical which will be available for local schools to perform.

The Lowdown fuses R&B and hip-hop with street dance and theatre while embracing issues of youth culture.

The result -- staged at the West Yorkshire Playhouse -- is a show said to be directly relevant to young people.

The Lowdown, tonight and tomorrow at 7.30pm, features 50 Leeds youngsters whose life experiences have influenced the script along the way.

Phone 0113 213 7700.

n A mobile throne, over-stretched limousine and God's Car are among weird and wonderful items on display in a new Halifax exhibition.

Transport of Delight, at the Dean Clough Mills, features vehicles created by the theatre company IOU for its shows.

The mill's gallery also showcases the collection of the late surrealist artist Anthony Earnshaw until August 31.

There are non-representational drawings in Hand Made, by regular exhibitors at London's celebrated DeliBar cafe.

Also displayed our work by Cambridge photographer Richard Heeps, Latvian abstract painter Laimonis Mierins and typographic exponent Colin Sackett.

Phone 01422 254054.

nContemporary art by established and emerging international artists is on show at Harewood House until November 2.

Nine artists have contributed to the thought-provoking exhibition Home at Last, including Farhad Ahrarnia and Stephan Gec.

Phone 0113 218 1010.

Picture: Archery at Royal Armouries Museum