Joelle follows pantomime tradition

Joelle Richmond plays the title role in the traditional family show Puss in Boots next Wednesday to Saturday.

Joelle is the cousin of Kimberley Walsh, a member of TV's Popstars The Rivals band Girls Aloud.

Kimberley and her two sisters all performed with CADS and her mother Diane is still with the group.

Joelle, taking her first major role with CADS , is the daughter of musical director Helen Richmond.

Puss in Boots sees the return after three years of popular Cullingworth comedian David Bennett. He again teams up with long-time Cullingworth dame Edwin Sharp, who is this year playing Queen Gerty.

Joyce Briggs says: "David and Edwin have played opposite each other many times -- and the results were hilarious.

"We look forward to this double lot of trouble, as well as colourful costumes, superb scenery and wonderful musical numbers."

Puss in Boots, produced by Barbara Thompson, is at Cullingworth Village Hall each evening at 7.15pm. Tickets cost £4.50 (£3.50 concessions) from Cullingworth Pharmacy.

n Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle becomes a lady in the musical My Fair Lady, at the Alhambra Theatre, in Bradford.

Katrina Wood, who has performed at Keighley Amateurs, plays Eliza in the production from Great Horton Amateurs.

Local actor Simon Shorten plays Freddie, a young man who tries to win her heart.

The show, which features songs like Wouldn't It Be Lovely and Get Me to the Church on Time, runs from Tuesday to Saturday.

Book tickets at Keighley Information Centre in the town hall, or contact 01274 432000.

n Royalty drops into the Alhambra Theatre this month as part of its two-year journey around the UK.

A magnificent, lavish, glorious, sumptuous and unforgettable evening is promised to anyone who gains an audience with the monarch.

The throne belongs to the King of Siam, and he and his governess will sing some of the most beautiful songs in stage history.

The King and I -- Rodgers and Hammerstein's famous musical -- stars Ronobir Lahiri and Marti Webb in the title roles.

The story mixes love, friendship and culture clash as the king struggles to adapt to changing times.

The 19th-century monarch gains inspiration from the English governess employed to teach his 67 children. The songs include Shall We Dance?, I Whistle a Happy Tune, Hello Young Lovers, Getting to Know You and Something Wonderful.

There are 240 costumes, including the world's largest crinoline, in the February 24-March 15 production.

The ornate sets include 30ft bejeweled elephants, a unique red stage and three miles of gold tiling.

Star of the show is the regular West End leading lady Marti Webb, who also tours the country in concert show The Magic of the Musicals.

She plays opposite Ronobir Lahiri, a New Yorker who has appeared in The Sopranos and Stuart Little 2.

Book tickets for The King and I at Keighley Information Centre in the town hall, or phone 01274 432000.

n Gamblers and Salvation Army girls clash in a musical on March 4-8 at Bingley Arts Centre.

Guys and Dolls follows the romance of two couples against a backdrop of New York's Broadway.

Heaton Amateurs is staging the musical, which includes well-known songs such as Luck Be a Lady and Sit Down You're Rocking the Boat.

Book tickets at Keighley Information Centre or phone 01274 752000.

n Little Shop of Horrors is the latest musical to be staged by Skipton Amateurs' youth theatre Little Saods.

The comic tale shows how a man-eating plant helps a shop worker win the girl of his dreams.

More than 40 children -- including several from Keighley -- appear in the show from March 5-8 (including Saturday matinee).

Book tickets from John Phillip, 28 Newmarket Street, Skipton; Brux 11-13 Kirkgate, Silsden; or phone 01535 653331.

n Skipton Music Society boasts a concert by the 4-Mality Percussion Quartet on February 25 at Skipton Town Hall.

Book at Time and Tune, Victoria Street, Skipton, or phone 01756 799912.

n Leeds Symphony Orchestra performs tomorrow in the great hall of Notre Dame College, Leeds. The programme includes Beethoven's Prometheus, Dvorak's cello concerto and the Symphony No.1 in G Minor by Nielson. Tickets are available -- £7 adults, £5 students /OAPs -- on the door.

n The Chuckle Brothers join an inter-galactic fight between good and evil in their latest family show. Star Doors is at St George's Hall, Bradford, on Tuesday (2pm, phone 01274 432000) and the Victoria Theatre, Halifax, on March 1 (2pm and 5pm, phone 01422 351158). Tickets can also be booked at Keighley Information Centre.

n Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr are back together in tribute show The Rat Pack Live from Las Vegas, on Thursday (7.30pm) at St George's Hall, Bradford. Phone 01274 432000.

n Sherlock Holmes speaks in The Last Act!, a play exploring the complex terrain of his intellect and dramatic secrets of his career, on February 22 at the Square Chapel, Halifax.

The previous day sees The Plumed Serpent, a story of ancient Mexican gods and monsters told through poetry, masks, movement, music, song and spoken text. Buy tickets on 01422 349422.

n Tasmin Little plays solo violin with the Orchestra of St John's when it performs Beethoven's Violin Concerto and Mendelssohn's Scottish Symphony, tomorrow, at 7.30pm, in the Victoria Theatre, Halifax. Phone 01422 351158.