n New shows have been added to the spring programme at the Leeds City Varieties.

Bonnie Langford celebrates 30 years in showbusiness with songs from the shows and charts on May 19.

Forbidden Love is a drama about families trying to stop a romance between a Jamaican man and an Asian woman (May 10).

Dirty Diana is a romantic comedy set in the blue light district of Jamaica starring Cool Runnings star Charles Hyatt (11).

Folk singer-songwriter John Martyn performs on June 11, and Roger McGuinn, founder of The Byrds, on June 24.

Also coming up: comedy hypnotist Andrew Newton (May 22); Golden Jubilee Celebration (June 7); Mr Moonlight, the Frankie Vaughan story (9), and stand-up comic Emo Philips (13).

Book tickets at Keighley Information Centre in the town hall, or phone 0113 243 7777.

n Northern Broadsides will be performing its new production of Shakespeare's Macbeth at the West Yorkshire Playhouse from April 16-20.

Also on at the playhouse are Pandora's Box from April 23-27, a new and shocking investigative drama And All The Children Cried from April 19 to May 11 and Journey to the West performed by Tara Arts from May 1-4.

For more details phone 0113 2137700.

n Opera North will be performing the Stephen Sondheim musical Sweeney Todd, based on the life of the "Demon Barber" of Victorian London, at Leeds Grand from April 25 to May 4.

For more details phone 0113 2226222.

n Yeadon and District Male Voice Choir presents a ladies night at Yeadon Methodist Church on April 27, at 7.15pm. Tickets are £4 and £2.50 for under 16s. For details phone 0113 2578078.

n The Halle Orchestra will be performing Ravel's Mother Goose Suite, Stravinsky's ballet suite Petrushka and Mozart's flute concerto No.1 at St George's Hall, Bradford on April 19. For details phone 01274 752000.

n Burnley Mechanics will play host to Latin music megastar Addys D'Mercedes and her band Q'Ba on April 11, top British comedian Jeremy Hardy on April 12 and The Ladies of Swing and the Tommy Whittle Quartet on April 13.

For details phone 01282 664400.

n Children's interactive museum Eureka! will be exploring different cultures from across the world this spring and summer.

Every Saturday in April, Augustine Chaba will invite you to explore the cultures and traditions of Nigeria.

Find out more about the indigenous tribes of North America when the Apache Art Company visits from May 4-6, and discover more about Aboriginal art and culture with Arts Desire on May 11, 18 and 25.

The Annapurna Dance Company will be exploring traditional Indian music, dance and storytelling every Saturday in June.

For more details phone 01422 330069.