King and I on way from West End

Just some of the words used by theatre critics to describe the new production of The King and I.

The show comes direct from the West End to headline the new season at the Alhambra Theatre, in Bradford.

The King and I, which runs from February 24 to March 15, is Rodgers and Hammerstein's popular adaptation of a true story.

It features songs such as Getting to Know You, Hello Young Lovers, Shall We Dance?, Something Wonderful and I Whistle a Happy Tune.

Marti Webb plays an English governess who goes to Siam to teach the many children of an autocratic king.

The Alhambra season begins on February 18-22 with Great Horton Amateurs' production of the musical My Fair Lady.

A professional version of Saturday Night Fever (March 31-April 12) recreates the 70s film with songs like Stayin' Alive, Night Fever And Jive Talkin'.

Oh! What a Night returns on April 29-May 3 with its mass of 70s disco hits like Car Wash, YMCA and Play That Funky Music.

Sheila Ferguson, a former member of the Three Degrees, leads the cast of the lively song and dance show.

Cats, the long-running West End musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber, is at the Alhambra from July 1-19. The Boyfriend, a frothy romantic musical set in 1926 on the French Riviera, is presented on April 22-26.

Paul Nicholas stars as the poor farmer Tevye, clashing with his daughters over their choice of husbands, in the dramatic musical Fiddler on the Roof.

The May 27-31 show features songs like If I Were a Rich Man, Tradition, Sunrise Sunset and Matchmaker Matchmaker

Birmingham Royal Ballet returns on March 27-29 to perform the classic ballet Coppelia about a toymaker who dreams of bringing his favourite creation to life.

The company also presents the Way Out West triple bill (March 25-26) choreographed to music by Leonard Bernstein and Tchaikovsky.

The Polish State Opera Company Wroclaw and its 45-piece orchestra presents Verdi's opera La Traviata (March 18). Gillian Taylforth of Eastenders, Gary Mavers from Peak Practice , and Hollyoaks' Julie Buckfield star in the psychological thriller Bad Blood (April 14-19).

The acclaimed Royal National Theatre production of J B Priestley's play An Inspector Calls returns to the Alhambra from May 13-17.

Corpse is a comedy thriller full of "intrigue, surprises, theatrical tricks and hokum" involving identical twins and an inheritance (May 20-24).

A stage adaptation of Roald Dahl's story James and the Giant Peach, aimed at four to 12-year-olds, is presented from May 6-10.

Book tickets for all the shows at Keighley Information Centre in the town hall, or phone 01274 432000.

n The Devil at Midnight offers thrills and chills at Keighley Playhouse from Monday to Saturday (7:30pm).

The twist-packed play tells of a couple whose lives are torn apart by child abuse claims.

Book tickets at Keighley Information Centre or phone 08451 267859.

n Last call for the latest play-with-music from Keighley youth theatre HYT. The Bridge to Utopia, described as "comic, tragic, thought-provoking and emotive", is at Victoria Hall tonight and tomorrow at 7.30pm. Buy tickets at Willis Walker Sports, in Cavendish Street.

n Mack and Mabel tells the story of silent movie star Mack Sennett and his sweetheart.

The musical is presented by Buttershaw St Paul's Amateurs, from Tuesday to Saturday, at St George's Hall, Bradford, at 7.15pm, with a Saturday matinee.

Book tickets at Keighley Information Centre, or on 01274 752000.

n Coming productions at Halifax Playhouse: Thomas Hardy adaptation Far from the Madding Crowd (March 15-22); thriller The Last Gamble (April 26-May 3); Noel Coward comedy Relative Values (May 31-June 7); children's classic Anne Of Green Gables (February 5/8) amateur musicals Annie Get Your gun (February 18-22) and The Merry Widow (April 1-5).

Book tickets on 01422 365998 (daily, noon-4 pm).

n February at Colne Municipal Hall: 80s singer Paul Young with his Tex-Mex group Los Pacaminos, February 1; Manchester Camerata Chamber Orchestra performs music from "the age of Corelli", 6; Pink Floyd tribute band Off The Wall, 21. Phone 01282 661234 for tickets.

n Fun and frolics are promised when Glusburn Youth Theatre presents its annual pantomime next month.

The Old Woman in the Shoe will feature circus, a dizzy professor, the flying ballet and much more.

"We are again buzzing with pantomime fever and rehearsals are well under way," says youth theatre spokesman Alma Elston.

The traditional family show runs from February 14-22 at Glusburn Institute. Phone 01535630496 for tickets.

n Sutton Amateurs are desperately seeking men for the chorus of its April musical Anything Goes. It also needs a man in his 20s or 30s to play the leading role of Billy. Anyone interested should phone producer Doreen Smith on 01535 632553.