WHAT does the word “wild” mean to you? Is it standing at the edge of a raging sea or being lifted up and spat out of a whirling tornado, running for your life through the streets or coming face to face with a wolf; the animal within that can’t always be tamed or the wilderness…
CIRENCESTER’s exciting little theatre, the Barn, is making a name for its adventurous programming, with new plays that go on to tour the region or nationally. Now the Barn’s hilarious production of I’m Sorry, Prime Minister is headed for the West End, and will be at the Apollo Theatre from 30th January to 9th May…
A NEW stage adaptation of the hugely popular film The Greatest Showman comes to Bristol Hippodrome next year, from 15th March 2026 to 10th May, with a cast led by Oliver Tompsett and Samantha Barks. Based on the 20th Century Studios motion picture with story by Jenny Bicks, songs by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul…
THE great Old English epic poem of Beowulf gets a remarkable new look when the award-winning circus company Nikki & JD and dance-theatre company Lost Dog strip the story back to its physical essentials in Fireside, an open air circus, dance and theatre performance with fire and live music, on the Pavilion field at Gillingham…
EXETER’s Northcott Theatre has announced its first 2026 Made By Exeter Northcott production – Forever Young by Erik Gedeon is a musical play that blends big laughs, heartfelt moments and iconic songs. The cast will include South West actors from past Northcott productions and pantomimes and the production will be the first musical play to…
GALLOWS humour is a curious aspect of the human psyche – laughter is the best antidote to fear, probably. The laughs are dark and the subject matter even darker when Ha Hum Ah Theatre brings its new play, Making A Killing, on tour locally and coming to Dorset with Artsreach on 11th and 14th November….
TANGLE Theatre brings its unique African-Caribbean style to a new Shakespearean production on tour this autumn, continuing this exciting company’s commitment to presenting classic dramas in new and surprising ways. This year’s tour bring Julius Caesar, to theatres across the region until 25th October. With a cast of five, this fast-moving production drives through the…
A PHRASE from an American strategist that has become a truism of political campaigning, It’s the economy, stupid!, provides the title for a new play by Worklight Theatre, coming to Dorset on a short tour with Artsreach, on Friday 10th October at Buckland Newton village hall, Saturday 11th at Briantspuddle, both at 7.30pm, and Sunday…
TIME travel and the Scottish play … you might not think a time-travelling romantic series of novels and television adaptations, one of Scotland’s best-known actors making his Royal Shakespeare Company debut and a comedy about three school-kids have much in common. But the clue is in the heading – the Scottish play, as you have…
THE early years of the Second World War may have seemed an inappropriate time to stage a comedy about the ghosts of people recently dead, but Noel Coward was a shrewd man. When he wrote his great farce, Blithe Spirit, he reasoned that the story would be thoroughly heartless – “You can’t sympathise with any…