It's around a decade since Keighley Playhouse staged the smash-hit comedy Run for Your Wife.

In the intervening years the bigamist-hero's two children -- who have separate mothers -- have grown into teenagers.

The time is right for the Playhouse to give its audiences another glimpse of life in John Smith's two households.

That life is just as chaotic as it was before as John ducks and dives his way through Ray Cooney's sequel Caught in the Net.

The taxi driver is unaware that his kids have contacted each other on the internet and are preparing to meet for the first time.

They don't yet know that they're brother and sister -- and their father aims to keep it that way.

His efforts result in a farcical beginning to the new Keighley Playhouse season on September 1-6.

Lies, rapidly-opening doors, mistaken identities and a lot of running can be seen each evening from 7.30pm.

Book tickets at Keighley Information Centre in the town hall, or phone 08451 267859 (day) or 01535 604764 (weekday evenings).

nTaster sessions are being held on Saturday August 30 for Bingley Little Theatre's youth drama group.

Classes begin next month on Wednesdays for those aged 12 and upwards, and Tuesdays for seven to ten-year-olds and ten to 12-year-olds.

The tasters are at the group's base behind Bingley Arts Centre, 10am-12.30pm for sevens to nines, and 1.30-5pm for those aged 10-11

The sessions will cover games, exercises, voice work and improvisation.

The group stages its own shows and some members perform in the Little Theatre's adult productions.

Details and bookings by phoning Laura Judge on 01274 511750.

nShakespeare returns to Skipton next month but this time it's no hard-edged tragedy in a draughty auction mart.

The mood will be altogether lighter on September 29-October 4 as Skipton Amateurs present the musical Kiss Me Kate.

Well-known songs by Cole Porter punctuate the rollicking retelling of the Bard's comedy The Taming of the Shrew.

Kiss Me Kate follows the developing romance of two actors playing the mismatched leads in a production of the play.

It is staged at Skipton Town Hall. Tickets go on sale next month, but group bookings can be made by phoning 01756 793819.

nThe tragic and comic life of a boozy 19th-century Saltaire poet is portrayed next month by Northern Broadsides.

The popular theatre company stages modern-day poet John Harrison's play Poetry or Bust on September 5-13.

The story of John Nicholson is staged at Salts Mill, where the "Airedale Bard" worked before drowning in the nearby River Aire.

Buy tickets for the "thrilling and volatile kaleidoscope of tragedy and fun" by phoning 01274 587377.

nSeptember Serenade is the next concert by Yeadon and District Male Voice Choir, on September 6 at 7.30pm.

The guests at Bingley Methodist Church are Ovation. Tickets cost £4 (£2.50 for under 16s) by phoning 0113 257 9078.

nThe 9th Leeds Shakespeare Festival makes a return to Kirkstall Abbey in Leeds this week.

The rj williamson company has returned to the historic ruins to perform Hamlet and the comedy As You Like It on alternate days.

Joining head honcho Robert Williamson are star of the British film Wish You Were Here, Emily Lloyd and former Falcon Crest actress Sarah Douglas.

The open air festival runs until September 7 and tickets are available from the box office on 0113 2243801/2.

Picture shows: Ray Cooney's sequel to Run for Your Wife -- Caught in the Net -- is at Keighley Playhouse from September 6