There are marital complexities both on and off stage in the latest production from Bingley Little Theatre.

Don't Dress for Dinner is the French farce that in translation was a West End hit 11 years ago for Su Pollard and Simon Cadell.

This "near faultless piece of theatrical invention" is set in a remote cottage where Bernard is planning to entertain his mistress Suzanne.

Along comes Bernard's best friend Robert with his own secret lover, who is also Bernard's wife.

Complicating matters is Bernard's cook Suzette and her own husband, who believes one of the two men is Suzette's lover.

Directing the farce is Kevin Moore, who regularly performs at Keighley Playhouse and directed past Bingley productions Run For Your Wife and Out Of Order.

He says: "Don't Dress for Dinner is a very clever and well put-together farce -- just the job for cheering people up on a cold January night."

The real-life complications start with stage manager David Templeton and his wife Yvonne, who plays the betrayed wife.

Yvonne was assistant stage manager for Out Of Order, while her husband played a philandering government minister.

Yvonne's stage husband Bernard is played by Anthony Calvert, who she was also "married" to some years ago in the play Hobson's Choice.

Also performing in Don't Dress for Dinner is Jacqui Scott, Ian Atkinson, Phil Holbrough and Laura Campbell.

Don't Dress for Dinner is staged on January 13-18 at 7:30 pm. Book tickets by phoning 01274 752000, or at Keighley Information Centre in the town hall.

n Places are available in Bingley Little Theatre's junior drama classes for nine to 11-year-olds, starting next Wednesday.

New pupils can register at 4:15pm ready for the 4.30-5.30pm classes. Names can also be added to the waiting list for the senior group. Phone Rosemary Grainger on 01535 642529.

n Harden man Gordon Sugden plays a sex-mad pensioner in the latest production at the Priestley Centre for the Arts.

Gordon's performance in Quartet is his 25th appearance at the Bradford theatre in as many years.

He also appears frequently at Bingley Little Theatre and Bingley Amateurs, as well as other local theatre groups.

He describes Quartet as "a lovely play full of humour and pathos" and his character as very likeable.

Quartet, written by Ronald Harwood, is a gentle comedy set in a home for retired opera singers.

Three residents decide to celebrate Verdi's birthday by performing their famous recording of Rigoletto.

But the fourth member of the original quartet, ever the prima donna, refuses to co-operate.

Quartet is staged from January 14-18, at 7.30 pm. Book tickets on 01274 820666.

n The Devil at Midnight is a thriller by the creator of TV series such as The Avengers .

Keighley Playhouse is to stage the play about a young woman, apparently abused as a child, who is hell-bent on revenge.

Tickets will be on sale soon for the January 20-25 production.

n This year's pantomime from Keighley Amateurs, again written by Keith Marsden and Geoffrey Rundle, is Aladdin.

The traditional family show will be staged at Victoria Hall from January 25 to February 1, including Saturday and Sunday matinees. There will no Monday performance.

Tickets are on sale at Keighley Information Centre in the town hall or by phoning 01535 652547.

The producer is Keith Marsden, the choreographer Patsy Peacock and the musical director Sylvia Blackie.

n Rehearsals for Sutton Amateurs' spring musical Anything Goes begin on Monday, at 7:30pm.

The light-hearted show follows the fortunes of various people -- including a romantic couple, escaped gangsters and a nightclub singer -- on an ocean liner.

Anyone wishing to take part should go along to the Amateurs' hut, behind Place's Place shop, in Main Street, Sutton, any Monday.