WHAT'S ON from July 10

10:12am Thursday 10th July 2008

Bradford Alhambra: Tommy Steele in family musical Doctor Dolittle (until Saturday); Upstagers in adult musical The Full Monty (Wednesday-July 19). Phone 01274 432000.

West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds: Mela, drama about old friends and older enemies set at Bradford Mela (until Saturday); family show Monkey! has anarchic hero, fast-paced storytelling high-wire antics in update of Chinese legend (until Saturday). Phone 0113 213 7700.

Grand Theatre, Leeds: Agatha Christie whodunnit And Then There Were None (until Saturday); Secrets by children's writer Jacqueline Wilson (Wednesday-July 19). Phone 0844 848 2720.

Bradford Cathedral: chamber season with pianist John Lill (September 26), Solstice Quartet (October 17); Chalemie (November 28); cellist Stephen Isserlis and pianist Sam Haywood (February 20); Sitkovetsky, Wu, Elschenbroich Piano Trio (March 13); clarinet player Emma Johnson and pianist John Lenehan (April 3); Cremona Quartet (May 8). Phone 01274 432000.

Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds: free exhibition of arms and armour from Hollywood blockbusters like Lord of the Rings, King Kong, Hellboy and Chronicles of Narnia (Saturday onwards).

Bradford Industrial Museum: Puzzles and Illusions exhibition (until September 6); Loading Journeys inventions by schoolchildren (until September 6); Illusions in Colour family workshop (August 7 & 21); It's Just an Illusion workshop (14); McCann the workshop (28). Phone 01274 435900.

Cartwright Hall, Bradford: geometry sculptures in park by Peter Randall-Page (until September 14) plus workshops (every Wednesday and Sunday over summer holidays, 1-4pm); Hibrida III Eurografik, contemporary prints from Poland and Britain (until July 20); Florilegium, flowers in Art (until July 27). Phone 01274 431212.

Museum for Children, Halifax: planning workshops with face paints, wigs and braces and circus moves (July 19-31); Fred's Flying Circus with trapeze artists and clowning (August 1-31). Phone 01422 330069.

Ripley Castle, near Harrogate: promenade production of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night (till Sunday). Phone 01423 770632.

Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield: monumental animal sculptures in outdoor exhibitions by Sophie Ryder and Helen Escobedo.

Henry Moore Institute, Headrow, Leeds: art exhibitions including The Object Quality of the Problem (until July 27); Prospects and Interiors, sculptors' drawings of inner space (until August 24).

Ilkley Literature Festival: politician Chris Patten, poet Ian McMillan, broadcaster Kate Adie, children's writers Michael Morpurgo and Angelina Ballerina creator Katherine Holabird, Horrible Histories and Science illustrators Martin Brown and Tony de Soulis, writers Kate Atkinson, Carol Drinkwater, Louis de Bernieres (October 3-19). Phone 01943 816714.

Bolling Hall, Bradford: paper-based murder mystery activity (summer holiday weekends); ghost walks (July 24, 7pm); Living with the Tudors exhibition; promenade performance of MR spooky story Lost Hearts (July 19). Phone 01274 431826.

Dean Clough Galleries, Halifax: sculptural seating by Simon Moller, exhibition by British Tapestry Group, films Mill and Catchpoint by Jenny Hall, British Landmarks photographs by Matthew Hammond (all until September 28); Precious, exhibition about childhood by Paula Chambers (until July 27); roots-rock and original material from Dave "Fairport Convention" Pegg and PJ Wright (July 16). Phone 01422 255266.

Ilkley Manor House: evidence about the Roman fort Olicana in Ilkley (Saturday-September 12), with public events and workshops. Phone 01943 600066.

National Media Museum, Bradford: photographic exhibition Die by the Lens -- Film Stars and Photographers (until September 28); Sunny Snaps, Beach and Street Photography in Britain, about commercial portrait photographers at the seaside (until August 31).

St George's Hall, Bradford: orchestral concert season with Orchestra of Opera North (September 13); Moscow Philharmonic (October 10); Halle (24); Munich KlangVerwaltung (November 21), Halle's Viennese Concert (January 4); Manchester Camerata (February 13); Berlin Symphony (March 6); Halle (March 20); Orchestra of Opera North (April 25). Phone 01274 432000.

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