WIDDERSHINS is an ancient word that roughly translates as counter-clockwise. It is also the title of the latest one-man show from the versatile and talented David Mynne, ex-Kneehigh, and now one of Cornwall’s most popular theatrical exports. He brings this new story to Dorset for three dates with Artsreach, beginning on Friday 23rd October at…
BRIDPORT Arts Centre staff and supporters have just 10 weeks to reach the fund-raising target of £400,000 to bring the South Street building into community ownership. A gala event at the arts centre on Friday 23rd October will help to boost the funds with an evening of poetry, music and good food. Local support, whether…
THE life of a remarkable West Country woman, whose story deserves to be better known, will be revealed in a talk with music at Ilminster Arts Centre, on Friday 27th November. Wadham is a familiar name in education circles, locally with Wadham School at Crewkerne, and nationally with Wadham College, Oxford, the first college at…
MERE Literary Festival, running this year from 12th to 19th October, brings a host of interesting writers and wide-ranging subjects to St Michael’s Church and the stages of The Grove Building and the Lecture Hall. With themes that range from the role and life of Black Rod to wartime farming, Nepal to Siberia, and writers…
ONE of the country’s leading public historians, Professor David Olusoga brings his wit and academic rigour to that most British of traditions, a cup of tea. He comes to Bridport’s Electric Palace on Saturday 10th October, at 7.30pm, to talk about his new book, The Global History of the British Cup of Tea. The BAFTA-award-winning…
OVER the past 13 years, singer and artistic director Lynsey Docherty has developed the Celebrate Voice festival that she founded at Salisbury into one of the region’s most exciting and varied events. This year’s festival runs from 21st to 31st October with a line-up of world-class singers and musicians delighting audiences with 11 days of…
STORYTELLING is as old as recorded time – long before there were any forms of writing, people have always stories and there have always been story-tellers. From Odyssey and Beowulf to East Enders and Outlander, stories grip us … Now contemporary storyteller George Attwill comes to three Dorset villages, this weekend, Friday 2nd to Sunday…
DORCHESTER Arts hosts a special double bill of films at the Corn Exchange, on Tuesday 6th October at 6pm, at the Corn Exchange,. The event focuses on the neurological condition, Parkinson’s disease, and will be raising funds for a local Parkinson’s project. The World’s Toughest Drive follows former Army colonel Guy Deacon CBE on an…
THE story of Frederick Douglass, one of the great names of the campaign on both sides of the Atlantic to abolish slavery, is told in a powerful new play, The Ocean Can Be A Bridge, by Dave Samuels and Richard Bradbury, coming to Bridport Arts Centre on 6th October. The global campaign to end slavery…
IT’s that time of year! Sandwiched between the summer open-air shows and the increasingly early Christmas season come the literary festivals. This region has several outstanding events, ranging from the long-established with stellar line-ups to the more local, which often have delightful gems that you won’t want to miss. Some high profile authors, politicians, historians,…