FALLFEST will return for the sixth year tour at Glusburn Institute with a weekend of entertainment from September 9 to 11.

This year’s Fallfest will offer a varied programme for all ages in and around the community and arts centre.

Jason Smith, one of the organisers, said this year’s event would welcome back the Airedale Symphony Orchestra, performing with mezzo-soprano singer Kathleen Wilkinson from the Royal Opera House.

He said: “We also have the hilariously funny Dahling You Were Marvellous play by Stephen Berkoff.

“Plus we have a real coup for Fallfest - a showing of Fritz Lang’s classic film Metropolis which has undergone a bit of a makeover.

“Two young composers, Lee Affen and Richard Smithson, were commissioned by the BFI to compose a new soundtrack to the film, and they join us to play it live to the film!

Dahling You Were Marvellous will be performed on the Friday at 7.30pm.

The play is set in a trendy London restaurant and is said to poke fun at pretentious thespians whilst recognising their loneliness and insecurities.

The play by renowned actor Stephen Berkoff is directed by Rebecca Durham, and will be performed in the round, so that people can enjoy a light supper with the performance.

A day of free activities on the Saturday begins at 11am and features annual Fallfest farmers’ market, the Great Fallfest Bake Off, a birds of prey display, children’s activities, the Fest Tea, a bar with guest beers, and a hog roast.

For the first time there will be a five-mile trail race in the surrounding countryside. Entrants must be over the age of 16 and can register on the day from 11.30am. The race begins at 12.30pm. The entry fee is £4.

The Airedale Symphony Orchestra will perform Filmharmonic on Saturday evening with the music from Harry Potter, Pirates of the Caribbean, 2001, Bond and Dambusters.

On his members can also have a pre-show meal in the festival bistro entitled Oscars.

Caught On Camera will be on Sunday from noon, celebrating heritage day with a free-admission multimedia exhibition looking at Glusburn and its Institute on film, video, stills and the BBC.

There will also be tours of the Institute, and a Shadow Screen where people can create their own film posters using their camera or phone.

Also on the Sunday, former BBC producer and media studies lecturer Catherine Owens will lead an interactive session entitled 007 – Has The World Had Enough?.

Catherine will address the future of James Bond, including clips from the film, in the session starting at 1.45pm.

On the Sunday at 4pm there will be a screening of Metropolis, Fritz Lang’s 1927 film classic looking at the lives enjoyed by rulers above ground compared to the dystopia that lies beneath.

Metropolis is now enjoying a revamp through the British Film Institute commissioning of Affen and Smithson to create a new soundscape more relevant to a modern audience.

Visit fallfest.co.uk/programme-2-2/sunday for film details of the programme and to book tickets.