Where there's smoke there's realism in the latest production from the Utley-based Spot On! theatre group.

Members of the cast have taken up smoking to ensure they create the right atmosphere for classic 1930s thriller Night Must Fall.

Younger performers are using a special theatrical substitute as they puff their way through the play.

Emlyn Williams' "thoroughly unwholesome" drama features smoking, drinking, rudeness, innuendo and an illicit affair.

Smoking is a major pastime for the lead character - a dashing Welshman called Dan - along with cycling, courting and murder.

The young man interrupts the tedious and repetitive lives of four women living together in a solitary bungalow in the Essex forest.

Playing the lead role is Glusburn teenager Daniel Lamb, a South Craven School student who has performed in three previous Spot On! productions.

Utley woman Emma Bowskill, one of the group's founders, directs the play as well as taking the role of a sarcastic cook.

Emma begins a one-year acting course in Reading next month in the hope of eventually becoming a professional actress.

The rest of the cast is made up of Spot On! co-founder Laura Kane, Skipton teenagers Meg Dobson and Ben Minal, Brenda Weatherall and Alex Waddington, Chris Allen and Beckie Hannon.

Night Must Fall is staged at Skipton Little Theatre from Thursday to Saturday at 7.30pm.

Tickets cost £5 (£4 concessions) on 01535 603327 or from www.spotonap.co.uk.