Try to imagine, if you can, Shakespeare's Henry V adapted for a solo performance.

Well, after the Reduced Shakespeare Company's staging of the Bard's complete works in less than two hours, anything should be possible.

Enter Nick Hennegan's Birmingham-based Maverick Theatre Company and his self-confessed "greatest hits" version of the play that includes the battle of Agincourt.

"I couldn't afford to do a full-size production and I only knew one actor when I wrote it, so I decided to make it a one-man play," he says.

Hennegan regards Henry V as Kenneth Branagh did at Stratford in the mid-1980s - a war drama highlighting the futility of war Henry V - Lion of England involves actor Edward Morris playing a dozen roles in Hennegan's version, which has already appeared at the Edinburgh Fridge Festival and toured the East Coast of the United States.

On February 21 it comes to Halifax's Square Chapel for the Arts for two performances at 1.30pm and 8pm.

For 27 years actor Bill Owen entertained and charmed millions in the role of loveable rogue Compo in Last of the Summer Wine.

His son Tom, an actor for 40 years, who followed his dad's footsteps into the world's longest-running comedy series, has formulated a one-man show to tell the story of Bill Owen's life and times.

An evening of anecdotes, songs and scenes from the show can be seen at the Square Chapel on March 15.

Other highlights of next year's season include a second visit to the Square Chapel on January 13, by international pianist Angela Brownridge, hailed by the New York Times as one of the world's finest pianists'.

Her repertoire is varied and includes the complete works for piano and orchestra by the French composer Saint-Saens, who wrote Carnival of the Animals.

On January 18, Halifax Philharmonic Club's Royal Quartet will be playing string quartets by Haydn, Shostakovich and Dvorak.

They were the Quartet in Residence at London's Wigmore Hall last year and were short-listed for this year's Royal Philharmonic Society's Chamber Music Award.

Snake Davis can claim to have played on more than 400 tracks by more than 60 artists, from James Brown to Paul McCartney. He's played live with dozens more who like his soul-funk virtuoso saxophone playing.

On February 1, starting at 8pm, he and his band will be playing at the Square Chapel to mark the release of his eighth album.

Yorkshire singer-guitarist Kit Holmes has been favourably compared to Macy Gray.

Bob Harris and Andy Kershaw featured her on their BBC radio shows and she gave a master-class at Paul McCartney's Liverpool Institute of the Performing Arts and played at the honarary degree ceremony for Kershaw and Bill Bryson at Leeds University.

On February 22 the Kit Holmes Trio - Allan Woodward on guitar and Ruth Wilde on double bass - will play a mixture of blues, folk, country and much more.

From 6.45pm to 7.15pm there will be a pre-show guitar workshop. All abilities from age ten upwards are welcome.

  • For more information and tickets about Square Chapel's new season, ring (01422) 349422.