Local people have been urged to try Keighley Amateurs' latest musical even if they haven't heard of it.

Producer Keith Marsden said Little Me was better than many well-known shows and would thoroughly entertain its audience.

He said the comedy musical, staged from Monday to Saturday at Victoria Hall, was full of light and frothy characters.

He added: "Try this, you'll laugh and you'll enjoy it. You will know some songs and you'll know the rest by the time you come out."

The 13 songs punctuate the story of good-time-girl Belle as she climbs the social ladder while dispatching boyfriends one after the other.

Keith said Little Me was picked because it played to the amateurs' strengths of comedy actors and young enthusiastic dancers.

He said: "Keighley people like comedy and the script is by Neil Simon, and you can't go much further to the top.

"It's slightly oddball American humour, with quickfire lines and funny situations, and Simon has a great ear for dialogue."

Keith said Little Me had a "jolly good" set of songs from Cy Coleman, who wrote Barnum and Sweet Charity.

As for the dancing, the original choreography was by Bob Fosse so Keith could promise lots of Chicago-style numbers.

He said: "Patsy Peacock, the choreographer, is a student of that style, and she used it in our cabaret this year.

Keith admitted that Little Me was a late choice for Keighley Amateurs as it searched for a show its members could perform.

He said: "We really did struggle to find one that was suitable. Nowadays you don't have 100 members to put on stage.

"We were looking for something that no one else was doing.

"All the big shows likes South Pacific and Carousel take a big company and lots of staging, and everyone has seen them.

Keith "sold" Little Me to his prospective cast by taking them through the story and playing the catchy songs.

He said: "We got the young ones on board that way. The humour appealed to them."

Book for Little Me at Reids bookshop, Cavendish Street, or phone 01535 652547.