TWO plays about different facets of human nature take over the stage at Helmsley Arts Centre this week.

First up is Reform Theatre Company, which presents Nick Lane’s Housebound on Saturday at 7.30pm.

Noisy neighbours, speeding cars, kids hanging around on street corners – you name it, Jim’ll moan about it; it’s the one thing he’s good at. He makes Victor Meldrew look like an amateur. And doesn’t his wife Lucy know it?

Stuck at home with him rabbiting on every day since his early retirement and nowhere to escape to – she’s housebound.

And every day is starting to blend into every other... until one Halloween, when a rash act changes everything. This is a comedy for anyone who ever felt frustrated but didn’t know what to do.

Meanwhile on Sunday at 7.30pm, Clap Trap Theatre presents Doubt – A Parable by John Patrick Shanley.

This Pulitzer prize-winning play is a powerful drama set in a Catholic school.

It tells the story of Sister Aloysius who takes matters into her own hands when she suspects a charismatic priest of sexually abusing a student.

Faced with the prospect of charging the priest with unproven allegations which could destroy his career as well as her own, Sister Aloysius tries to enlist help from the boy’s mother and from an idealistic young nun who finds her faith severely challenged.

Tickets for both shows are £12/£11 friends and over-60s/£6 students and under 25s.

Phone the box office on 01439 771700 or visit helmsleyarts.co.uk