The father of the steam engine is the subject of the latest play-with-music from travelling theatre company Mikron.

Not George Stephenson, but Richard Trevithick, whose machine was in motion 28 years before the Rocket.

All Steamed Up is the story of the Cornish engineer and inventor, featuring songs and music by Silsden songwriter Jim Woodland.

The play looks at his struggle to develop revolutionary ideas as well as his relationship with long-suffering wife Jane.

Trevithick's eventful life included 11 years in South American silver mines, losing a fortune and an almost-fatal encounter with an alligator.

Four performers present a fast-moving and humorous story with two of them playing a total of 50 characters.

Admission to tomorrow's 7.30pm performance at Silsden Town Hall is by invitation only.

Anyone who wants to go should phone Jim Woodland on 01535 670717.

Mikron is at Bingley Little Theatre, on October 18, to perform A Woman's Place, the Fight for Women Suffrage.

The play celebrates the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Women's Social and Political Union by Mrs Pankhurst.

Tickets cost £6/£4 by phoning Freda Denbigh on 01274 563816.

n Exploring drama and expressing feelings under the guidance of jolly spiffing leaders.

That's how past members of H Club have described their year with the junior section of Keighley youth theatre HYT.

The club is recruiting members for its next 12 months through workshops next Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

The two dozen most promising participants will join H Club and next summer some will be invited to join the main HYT group

H Club is run by former HYT members Sarah Scott and Charlotte Crossley, who met again at the group's 21st birthday reunion.

"Since then the group has flourished and continues to put on successful original works," says Charlotte.

"H Club provides young people, aged between nine and 13, with the opportunity to explore and create drama.

"Through workshops it teaches the fundamentals of theatre, looking at aspects such as mime, music and freezes."

H Club runs for one year, acting as the choir for the January HYT show then devising its own production in June.

Anyone wishing to attend the 6.30-8.30pm workshops should phone Charlotte on 01535 654093 or e-mail her at charlotte.crossley@ukonline.co.uk.

n A five-decade-old play is set to get a new generation laughing when it is staged this month by Bingley Little Theatre.

Dry Rot was the first farce to be written by stage and TV comedy king John Chapman back in the 1950s.

Chapman went on to write The Liver Birds, Happy Ever After, Fresh Fields and Not Now Darling.

BLT has set Dry Rot in the era in which it was written, at a country hotel run by a retired colonel and his family.

Staying there is a crazy, likeable gang of bookies who need to be near the racecourse.

Secret rooms, sliding panels, mistaken identity and a little romance make-up the "racy and slick" farce.

Tickets for the September 15-20 play are available by phoning 01274 432000.

n For the past 19 years a Bingley dance school has presented a full-length ballet for its annual show.

But to celebrate two decades the Nydza School of Dance and Performing Arts is showcasing the wider talents of its students.

The "album of highlights from previous years" is performed at Bingley Arts Centre tonight, at 7pm, and tomorrow, at 2pm and 7pm.

School principal Andie Nydza, pictured left, says former pupils -- many of whom went on to build successful theatrical careers -- are taking part.

She says: "I am also very moved that other former students are going to be here in the audience."

Tickets for 20 Years of Dance cost £9 adults, £7 children/OAPs, by phoning 01274 432000.

n Jane Eyre returns to Haworth next Friday in the shape of the 1943 film version of Charlotte Bront's novel.

Orson Welles and Joan Fontaine star in the silver-screen classic being screened at West Lane Baptist Chapel.

Variety magazine said the film was "as intense on celluloid as it is on the printed page".

Tickets for the 7.45pm screening must be bought in advance for £3.75 adults and £1.75 under-16s. Telephone 01535 640194.

n Spice Entertainment presents a women-only performance of "Savera -- a Journey", at Victoria Hall, next Thursday.

The show begins at 4pm and tickets cost £2 from the Healthy Living Network on 01535 677177.

Creche facilities are available.

n Women are laughing it up at Leeds City Varieties with stand-up shows and the musical play Girls Night.

The play follows friends on a night out with songs like Dancing Queen, I Will Survive and It's Raining Men (September 24).

Sue Hodge, who played Mimi in 'Allo 'Allo, combines comedy, music and anecdotes about her days in TV comedy, in Mimi and the Boy, on Thursday, at 7.30pm.

Coming up are TV's Mel and Sue (September 13), Rhona Cameron (18). Book at Keighley Information Centre, in the town hall, or phone 08456 441881.

n Jacqueline Wilson's favourite among her own children's novels is brought to the Bradford Alhambra stage on September 16-20.

Double Act tells of identical twins forced to start a new life in the country with their father and his dizzy new girlfriend.

The girls have always done everything together but with new school, home and family they wonder whether they will be torn apart.

The "appealing and entertaining" play for eight to 13-year-olds runs September 16-20.

Book at Keighley Information Centre or phone 01274 432000.