EVENTS

MAY 8 to 10 - Dad's Army will be performed by the Cleckheaton & Spenborough Amateur Operatic & Dramatic Society in Cleckheaton Town Hall at 7.15pm. Tickets are available from E Feltwell on (01274) 877 828.

MAY 10 - A bat and broth walk will be held at Temple Newsam at 7pm. The family event will teach people about bats, their lives, habits and how to identify them. The evening will start with a talk and demonstration and then groups will get to use bat detectors while on a tour of the grounds. Tickets cost £7.50 for adult and £5 for children which must be pre-booked. For more details contact (0113) 264 5535.

MAY 17 - Gawthorpe Brass '85 and choral group Cantabile will perform a concert in Morley Town Hall in aid of the Cystic Fibrosis Trust. The band will be joined by guest soloist Stephen Wilkinson, the principal cornet with the Brighouse & Rastrick Band. Tickets cost £7 and £5 from Althams Travel on 0113 2527752, Sally on 0113 2735343, Sue on 01924 456534 or Cheryll 0113 2796201.

MAY to OCTOBER - Visitors to Kirkstall Abbey will be able to take part in guided tours of the ruins every Saturday and Sunday from 10am and learn more of the history of the building and the lives of the people who lived and worked there. Tours of the ruins will cost £2.50 per person, with visitors being guided through each of the abbey buildings such as the church, the refectory and the infirmary. Booking is essential for the tours, which are aimed at an adult audience. To make sure of a place contact Abbey House Museum on (0113) 230 5492 or email abbey.house@leeds.gov.uk

THEATRES

ALHAMBRA, Bradford
Box office (01274) 432 000
Until May 10 - Treasure Island, prior to the West End; May 13 to 17 - Shout, The Swinging 60s Musical, direct from Broadway; May 20 to 24 - Matthew Bourne's Nutcracker; May 26 to 31 - Eurobeat Almost Eurovision, spoof with Billy Pearce and Mel Giedroyc.

CARRIAGEWORKS, Leeds
Box office (0113) 224 3801
Until May 10 - Habeas Corpus, by Alan Bennett; May 7 - No Exit, by Jean-Paul Sartre; May 8 - The Messengers; May 9 - How to be Well Dressed and Famous, adult show for women; May 13, 14 - Caviar and Chips, one-woman musical; May 15 - Dreams, drama about the highs and lows of immigration and seeking asylum; May 16,17 - Memoirs of a Sofa Bed, comedy about life as seen by a sofa; May 16,17 - Plastic Parenting, comedy about parenthood part written by a Morley actress; May 20,21 - Lord Arthur's Bed; May 21 to 24 - Blood Brothers, the original play; May 29,30 - The Exciting Road to Nowhere; May 31 - Strictly Bellydance, with the Tarab Dance Company.

GRAND THEATRE, Leeds
Box office 0870 122 2819
May 14,21 and 24- Macbeth, Verdi opera performed by Opera North; May 10,16,22 - A Midsummer Night's Dream, opera by Benjamin Britten; May 17,20, 23 - Romeo Et Juliette, opera by Charles Gounod; May 26 to 31 - Dancing in The Streets, Motown's greatest hits.

JONGLEURS, Leeds
Box office 0870 787 0707
May 8 - Pete Firman, Kevin Gildea, Ben Norris, Steve Harris; May 9 - David Ward, Kevin Gildea, Ben Norris, Steve Harris; May 10 - David Ward, Kevin Gildea, Ben Norris, Steve Harris, Jack Whitehall; May 11 - David Ward, Steve Harris, Kevin Gildea; May 15 - John Gordillo, Mike Gunn, Smug Roberts, Keith Fields; May 16 - John Gordillo, Mike Gunn, Steve Hughes, Keith Fields; May 17 - John Gordillo, Mike Gunn, Steve Hughes, Keith Fields; May 18 -Keith Fields, Steve Hughes, Mike Gunn; May 22,23 - Danny James, Trevor Crook, Rob Deering, Colin Cole.

LAWRENCE BATLEY THEATRE, Huddersfield
Box office (01484) 430 528
May 7 - Andy Parsons, comedy; May 8 - Baccic, Edinburgh Festival hit combining music, theatre and circus; May 8 - Comedy Cellar; May 10 - Huddersfield Jazz presents the Karen Sharp Quintet; May 13 to 17 - HMS Pinafore and Trial by Jury, double bill by the Gilbert and Sullivan Society; May 15,16 - Absent Friends, by Alan Ayckbourn; May 17 - Silly Billy, children's show; May 21 - Daniel Kitson in The Impotent Fury of the Privileged, stand up.

LEEDS TOWN HALL
Box office (0113) 224 3801
May 10 - Russian State Symphony Orchestra; May 17 - BBC Philharmonic with the Leeds Festival Chorus and Leeds Philharmonic Chorus.

ST GEORGE'S HALL, Bradford
Box office (01274) 432000
May 8 and 9 - The Naked Truth; May 16 - Tinariwen, music from the Western Sahara; May 17 - Brainiac live; May 21 - Oh What a Night, smash hit 70s musical; May 22 - One Night of Queen, with Gary Mullen

WEST YORKSHIRE PLAYHOUSE, Leeds
Box office (0113) 213 770
Until May 17 - Fast Labour, topical and humorous play about the experience of an asylum seeker from the Ukraine; May 20 to 23 - The Arab and the Jew, physical theatre; until May 24 - Hapgood, Tom Stoppard play starring Josie Lawrence; May 28 to 31 - The English Game; May 28 to 31 - Fungus the Bogeyman.


MUSEUMS AND EXHIBITIONS

LEEDS ART GALLERY - A Fine Line, exhibition of drawings from the gallery's collection. It focuses on artists' exploration and preparation studies in their work and includes drawings from the late 19th to the early 20th century. The exhibition will be on until June 1, 2008. Three new exhibitions will open in May and continue until December. The Wonder and the Horror of the Human Head focusses on a compelling group of sculptures and prints from the 1950s and 60s. Ordinary People shows sculptures of everyday figures and focuses on recent acquisitions of pink plaster sculptures by Kenneth Armitage, shown together here for the first time, as well as the concrete sculptures of Peter Peri, with the addition of selected works by other artists. From the Studio to the Study explores the symbiotic relationship between artists and writers in the early modern period.

LEEDS MET GALLERY - The gallery is open from 11am to 5pm Monday to Saturday. Free entry.

LOTHERTON HALL - The hall is open Tuesdays to Sundays and Bank Holidays. More information about events and facilities is available from the hall on (0113) 281 3259.

TEMPLE NEWSAM - Special interest tours are held every Wednesday at 2pm, focusing on a different aspect of the collections each time such as Georgian furniture, portraits, ceramics or textiles. Half-term activities are available on the farm this week.