Local

St Peter's Methodist Church, Cross Hills: September Serenade, light music including shows, opera and party pieces, with pianist Norman Hudson, soprano Maureen Thompson, tenor Richard Cook and baritone David Bainbridge, tomorrow 7.45pm. Admission £5 adults, £2 children, including refreshments. Proceeds to Manorlands.

Bradley Village Hall: Colne Ladies Choir conducted by Ken Brook (tomorrow 7.30pm).

Bingley Arts Centre: Bingley Little Theatre presents comedy The Memory of Water (pictured right) about three bickering sisters (Monday-Saturday 7.30pm). Phone 01274 432000.

Out-of-town

St George's Hall, Bradford: Phoenix Nights comedian Dave Spikey (tonight 7.30pm); ReelinandaRockin with top 1960s lead singers (tomorrow 7.30pm); stand-up comic Boothby Graffoe (Thursday 8pm); Irish country music singer Dominic Kirwan (Friday 7.30pm). Phone 01274 432000.

National Museum of Photography Film and Television, Bradford: exhibitions - The Third Man tracing the tracks of a movie classic (until Sunday); Everything's Gone Green about photography and the garden and Simone Nieweg's landscapes and gardens (both until September 26). Phone 0870 701-0200.

Alhambra, Bradford: musical Miss Saigon (until October 23). Phone 01274 432000.

Victoria Theatre, Halifax: Dick & Liddy's comedy club with Ian Stone, Anthony J. Brown and Matt Kirshen (tonight 8.30pm). Phone 01422 351158.

Grand Theatre, Leeds: Opera North presents Puccini's passionate Manon Lescaut (Thursday, September 25, October 6, 8, November 3, 5). Phone 0113 222 6222.

Square Chapel, Halifax: Orchestra of Square Chapel with Beethoven, Bach and Mozart (tonight 7.30 pm); John Godber's poignant play September in the Rain (tomorrow 7.30 pm); Mikron perform On the Line, humourous look at the story of the railways (Wednesday 8pm); Bhakti perform Indian dance to electronic backing (Thursday 8pm); Young Jazz group Blake Wilner Quartet (Friday 8pm). Phone 01422 349422.

West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds: Northern miners sing in musical comedy The Glee Club (tonight/tomorrow); atmospheric and tragic love story The Postman Always Rings Twice (tomorrow-October 16). Phone 0113 2137700.

City Varieties, Leeds: comedy show Puppetry of the Penis (tonight 7.30pm); Sing-a-Long-a Rocky Horror (Wednesday 7.30pm); Sing-a-Long-a Sound of Music (Thursday 7pm); new version of A Night at the Musicals with Duncan Breeze (Friday 7.30pm). Phone 08456 441881.

Burnley Mechanics: psychic medium James Byrne (Thursday 8pm); Gerry Marsden with his New Pacemakers (Friday 8pm). Phone 01282 664400.

Music

Johnny and the Poorboys play Celtic rock 'n' roll at the Three Horse Shoes, Otley, tomorrow.

Hush plays indie and pop-rock at the Great House, Elland, Halifax, tonight.

Clare Teal sings jazz classics and originals at King's Hall, Ilkley, on Tuesday. Phone 01535 656015.

Bacca Pipes Folk Club hosts singers' night (tonight 8.30pm) and Jed Grimes (Friday) at Keighley Ukrainian Club, 9 Henry Street. Phone 01535 605310.

The Blues Band plays Leeds City Varieties tomorrow at 7.30pm. Phone 08456 441881.

Hebden Bridge Trades Club hosts rumba/soukous and Robert Maseko and Congobeat (tomorrow); electro/dance outfit Loonaloop (Friday). Phone 01422 845265.

Blue Manhattan plays acoustic jazz covers at St Anne's Club, North Street, Keighley, tomorrow at 8pm. Tickets £5 on door.

Cinema

Open Water (15): Jaws meets the Blair Witch Project in this acclaimed independent movie about two divers facing sharks. Young couple Susan and Daniel come up for air to discover their tour party's boat has returned to shore without them. As they bob in the water 15 miles offshore, bickering and increasingly terrified, a pack of sharks circle in preparation for dinner.

Collateral (15): Hitman Tom Cruise forces taxi driver Jimmy Fox to take him on a night of killings in Michael Mann's thriller.

Thunderbirds (PG): thrilling rescues bookend a family adventure owing as much to Spy Kids as the original TV series.

The Terminal (12a): Tom Hanks has to live in an airport terminal in Steven Spielberg's drama also starring Catherine Zeta Jones.

Garfield (U): live-action comedy adventures for the comic-strip cat.

Shrek 2 (U): the ogre meet his in-laws but they want their daughter hitched to Prince Charming in this comedy sequel.

Yu Gi Oh (PG): the children's TV cartoon, staring the hero of a trading card game, hits the big screen.

AE Fond Kiss (15): a Scottish girl meets an Asian boy in Ken Loach's latest drama.