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Updated Tuesday 1 July, 7.29pm
Wednesday 2 July
BATH, Theatre Royal, Ralph Fiennes in Grace Pervades, to 19 July.
Hoburn Museum Gardens, Garden Theatre Festival, to 20 July.
Romeo and Juliet, to 10 July, 7pm
BRIDGWATER, McMillan Theatre, ACTS Theatre School in The Addams Family, to Fri, 7pm, Sat mat 2pm.
BRISTOL, Old Vic, How to Win Against History, a musical riches to rags story, to 12 July: Weston Studio, Delay, a queer sci-fi heartbreaker, to Sat.
Hippodrome, Moulin Rouge, to 9 August.
CODFORD, Woolstore Theatre, Bridget Jones (Mad About the Boy). MOVIOLA
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, A Real Pain, film, 11am and 7.30pm.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Dorchester Piano Quartet, Suk and Dvorak, FREE 11.30am.
ILMINSTER, Warehouse Theatre, Ilminster Youth Theatre in Matilda, to Fri, 7pm, Sat 2.30.
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, Tina – The Tina Turner Musical, to 12 July, 7.30, Thurs/Sat mats 2.30: The Lab, Down to Chance, play about 1964 Alaska earthquake, to Fri, 7pm.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Cinema, F1 The Movie, and Thurs.
SALISBURY, Playhouse,Musical Theatre Salisbury in Shrek the Musical, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.30.
SIDMOUTH, Manor Pavilion, Paul Taylor Mills summer rep, Don’t Dress for Dinner, by Marc Camoletti, to Sat, 8pm.
STREET, Strode Theatre, David Attenborough : Ocean, film, 7.30, and Fri 7.45: The Friend, film, 7.45.
SWANAGE, Mowlem Theatre, Black Bag, film, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, London Classic Theatre in Alan Ayckbourn’s Just Between Ourselves, 7.30.
WELLS, Bishop’s Palace, Pantaloons in Sense and Sensibility.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, The Salt Path, film.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Centre Stage : This is Me, primary and secondary school showcase, 7pm.
Thursday 3 July
BATH, Forum, Country Superstars, 7.30.
BRIDPORT, Electric Palace, The Salt Path, film, 7.30 and 10 July 2pm.
BRADFORD ABBAS, Mill Farm, The Rude Mechanicals in Gentle Harry’s Farm.
BRIDPORT, Electric Palace, The Salt Path, film, and 3 July, 7.30 and 10 July 2pm.
BRISTOL, Tobacco Factory, Bristol School of Acting in The Crucib*tch, to Sat, 7.30.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Nosferatu, 2024 film, 11am and 7.30pm.
HIGHCLIFFE, Castle, Pantaloons in Robin Hood.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Matt Chorley, Making a Meal of It, politics and comedy, 7.30.
OGBOURNE MAIZEY, nr Malborough, Village Festival, Rain or Shine in The Rivals.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Armonico Consort in Rachmaninov Vespers by Candlelight, dir Christopher Monks, 7pm.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, AC Music and Drama Group in The Sound of Music, to Sat and 10-12 July, 7.30, Sat mats 2.30.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, SNADS in Legally Blonde, the musical, Jnr, to Sat, 7pm, Sat mat 2pm.
SWANAGE, Mowlem Theatre, Gillian Anderson in A Streetcar Named Desire, filmed in London.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Johnny Cash Roadshow, 7.30.
Tacchi-Morris, Carlton Kirby’s True Tales of the Tour de France, 7.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Hallow Road, film, 2pm.
Friday 4 July
BECKINGTON, nr Frome, Memorial Hall, Pantaloons in Robin Hood.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, John Law’s Re-Creations, jazz, 8pm.
Electric Palace, The Cheryl and Kitty Show, cabaret and campery, 8pm.
Lyric Theatre, Paul Dodgson and Ian Harris, Hope is the Horizon, songs and stories, 7.30.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Lantern Hall, Bristol Pride Ceilidh, 8pm.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Mark Thomas, Ordinary Decent Criminal, comedy work in progress, 7.30.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Dorchester Drama in Not for Keeps, and Sat, 7.30.
FROME, Festival, various venues, to 13 July.
Christ Church, Frome Festival, Charles Wiffen, piano, Water – A Piano Recital for a Summer’s Day, 1pm: Damian Knollys, Bach Cello Suite No 1, FREE, 9pm.
Tin Church at Brokerswood, Frome Festival, Buffalo Gals on 4th July, 7pm.
Cheese and Grain, Frome Festival, The Hackney Colliery Band, launch party event from 7pm.
Tree House, Frome Festival, Gary Stringer of Reef.
Rook Lane Chapel, Frome Festival, Guy Chambers, singer songwriter, 7pm.
Memorial Theatre, Frome Festival, Warminster Military Choir, in aid of Purple Elephant Family Support, 7pm.
HIGHCLIFFE, Community Hall, Bridget Jones (Mad About the Boy). MOVIOLA
HONITON, Beehive, Candlelight Murder Mystery Company in Murder at the Speakeasy, with supper, Roaring 20s dress, 7pm.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Cinema, David Attenborough : Ocean, documentary, 7pm, and 11 and 15th July, 11am.
SALISBURY, Studio Theatre Ashley Road, Noises Off, to 12 July.
Bishop Wordsworth School, Rain or Shine in The Rivals.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower Studios, The Feeling.
STOURPAINE, Village Hall Field, The Rude Mechanicals in Gentle Harry’s Farm.
STREET, Strode Theatre, The Phoenecian Scheme, film, 7.30, and Sat 7.45.
SWANAGE, Mowlem Theatre, Mission:Impossible – The Final Reckoning, film, and Sat and Mon-Thurs, and 14-16 July, 7pm, Mon mats 2pm: Music, Mayhem and a Mezzo, with Juliette Pochin and James Morgan, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Absolute Britney, tribute, 7.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Jason Manford, A Manford All Seasons, comedy, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Genesis Connected.
Saturday 5 July
BATH, Forum, Science Museum – the Live Stage Show, noon: The Man in the Mirror, Michael Jackson tribute, 7.30.
BEAULIEU, Abbey, Music at Beaulieu, Glyndebourne at Beaulieu, 7pm.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Go Your Own Way, Fleedwood Mac Legacy: Ballroom, LOL Comedy Club, 8pm, 8 Aug, 6 Sept, 3 Oct and 7 Nov.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, P Burton-Morgan, Explaining being Pan to Nan, comedy, 8pm.
Electric Palace, The Phoenician Scheme, new Wes Anderson film, 7.30.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Rumours of Fleetwood Mac.
BRUTON, Quaperlake Street Club, Spitz and Co in Elvis in Blue Hawaii. TA
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, The Bookshop Band, 7.30.
FAWLEY, Village Hall, Conclave. MOVIOLA
FROME, Holy Trinity Church, Frome Festival, Come and Sing Handel’s Messiah, from 10am.
Cattle Market Car Park, Frome Festival Food Feast, 5 to 10pm.
Rook Lane Chapel, Frome Festival, Bert Jansch Foundation concert, with Chris Brain, contemporary folk, 7pm.
Christ Church, Frome Festival, Charles Wiffen, piano, Brahms, Wolf, Tchaikovsky, 7.30.
Assembly Rooms, Frome Festival, Robin Ince, Normally Weird and Weirdly Normal, comedy, 7.30.
Tree House, Frome Festival, EDM Alive.
HELSTON, Coronation Park, Illyria in The Merry Wives of Windsor, 7.30pm.
HONITON, Beehive, Borrowed Time: Lennon’s Last Decade, new documentary film, 7.30.
ILMINSTER, Barrington Court, Pantaloons in Robin Hood.
POOLE, Lighthouse, The Salts, sea shanties and songs of the sea, 8pm: Cinema, The Salt Path, and 8-10, 12, 22 and 26 July: Mission: Imposibe – The Final Reckoning, and 10, 15 and 17 July.
PUDDLETON, Athelhampton House, Bournenouth Sinfonietta Choir, cond David Gostick, Athelhampton: A Musical Portrait, musical journey through house, gardens and history, 5.30pm.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, Ranagri.
STREET, Strode Theatre, Mid Somerset Orchestra, A Festival of British Light Music, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, The Carpenters, Voice of the Heart, 7.30: Airswimming, 7.30.
Tacchi-Morris, Stagestruck Theatre School summer show, 6.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Gracie and Pedro: Mission Impossible, film, 10am: F1, film, and Mon/Tues, various times.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Purple Zeppelin.
Sunday 6 July
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Bristol Pride comedy night.
Tobacco Factory, Bet’n Lev Theatre in Re-mythed, 6pm.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, South Coast Dance and Arts in Finding Neverland, noon and 5.15pm.
DORCHESTER, Maumbury Rings, Pantaloons in Robin Hood, 6.30.
FROME, Merlin Theatre, Frome Festival, Lou Sanders, No Kissing in the Bingo Hall, comedy, 7.30.
Tree House, Frome Festival, Miki Berenyi Trio, alt rock.
REDRUTH, Carn Marth Amphitheatre, Sun and Moon Theatre in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, Mr Burton, film, 5pm, and Tues 2pm.
TAUNTON, Tacchi-Morris, Bluebirds Theatre in The Magic Flute, with puppets and opera singers, 3pm.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, The Dad’s Army Radio Show, 3pm.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Yeovil Together, celebrating cultural diversity, noon to 5pm.
Monday 7 July
BRISTOL, St Georges, Sing for Bristol Pride, 7.30.
FROME, Merlin Theatre, Frome Festival, Andy Zaltzman, The Zaltgeist, comedy, 7.30.
Chantry Church, Frome Festival, Brodsky Quartet, Bach, Beethoven, Ravel, 7.30.
PENZANCE, Penlee Park Theatre, Illyria in The Merry Wives of Windsor, 7.30pm.
SIDMOUTH, Manor Pavilion, Paul Taylor Mills summer rep, Quartet by Ronald Harwood, to Sat, 8pm.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower, The Magic of Motown.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, The Salt Path, film, 11am and 7pm.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Hallow Road, to Wed.
Tuesday 8 July
BRISTOL, Tobacco Factory, Degrees of Error in Murder He Didn’t Write, and Wed, 7.30.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Dead Poets Society, 1989 film, 7.30.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, The Last Musician of Auschwitz, documentary, 7.30.
FROME, Merlin Theatre, Frome Festival, Dirty Laundry Poetry, storytelling and poems, in collaboration with the Crysse Morrison Prize for Poetry, 8pm.
Memorial Theatre, Frome Festival, The Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club Soho Songbook, 7.30.
Cheese and Grain, Frome Festival, Rainbow Paradiso, cabaret night, 7.30.
FILLIEGH, Castle Hill Estate, Illyria in The Merry Wives of Windsor, 6.30pm.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Cinema, The Ballad of Wallis Island, 3pm, and Wed 1pm.
SALISBURY, Playhouse, John Sergeant, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Albert Lee.
Wednesday 9 July
BATH, Forum, Rhythm of the Dance, 7.30.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, The Illegal Eagles.
BRANSGORE, Village Hall, Conclave. MOVIOLA
BRISTOL, Beacon, FitkinWall, folk.
CHARLTON MARSHALL, Village Hall, Bridget Jones (Mad About the Boy). MOVIOLA
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Julieta Iglesias, Argentinian pianist and arranger, Piazzolla etc, 1pm.
FROME, Merlin, Frome Film Club, Made in England, Martin Scorcese tribute to Powell and Pressburger, 8pm.
Holy Trinity Church, Frome Festival, Oakfield Choir, dir Neil Moore, orchestra and soloists, Handel’s Messiah – The Best Bits, 6pm.
St Leonards Church, Marston, Frome Festival, The Daisy Chapman Duo, piano, violin and voice, Dark Historical Stories, 7.30.
Rook Lane Chapel, Frome Festival, Amy Webber, Wannabe, comedy and music, 7.30.
KILMINGTON, (Devon) Community Cinema, Bridget Jones (Mad About the Boy). MOVIOLA
POOLE, Lighthouse, Poole Symphonic, cond Peter Fudge, summer prom, 7.30.
SALISBURY, Playhouse, Show Stopper, the Improvised Musical, 7.30.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower, By Royal Appointment, with Caroline Quentin and Anne Reid, to Sat.
Mayflower Studios, Children of Eden, to Sat.
WARMINSTER, Athenaeum, Conclave, film, 7.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Guenther Steiner, Formula 1 memories, 7.30.
Thursday 10 July
BATH, Forum, The Simon and Garfunkel Story, 7.30.
BRIDGWATER, McMillan Theatre, Re:ACT in Grease, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.30.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, The Ghost and Mrs Muir, 1947 film, 11am: Oh My Goodness, film, 7.30.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Lantern Hall, Take Me to the River, Allstars Memphis Soul Revue.
BUCKFASTLEIGH, Village Hall, From Devon With Love Summer Scratch, Moor Imagination Collective, dance and spoken word, 7pm.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Strange But True Crime with Jennifer Rees, 7.30.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, A Complete Unknown, film, 11am and 7.30pm.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, The Sunset Cafe Band with singer Marlene Hill, 7.30.
FROME, Merlin Theatre, Frome Festival, Prof Kate Williams, Queen, Palaces and Behind Closed Doors, 7pm.
Arcangel, Frome Festival, Sian M Williams and friends in Bohemia – Somewhere between Rome and Shepton Mallet, folk music and stories, 7.30.
Town Hall, Frome Festival, Stephen Moffat’s The Unfriend, to Sat, 7.30.
Rook Lane Chapel, Frome Festival, Tom Moth, harp and electronica, 7.30.
HONITON, Beehive, The Salt Path, film, 2 and 7.30.
ILMINSTER, Warehouse Theatre (indoors) Rain or Shine in The Rivals.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Ben and Tom Water, father and son play boogie woogie and rock’n’roll, 8pm.
MINCHINHAMPTON, Horsfall House, Festival Players in As You Like It, 7pm.
PEWSEY, Bouverie Hall, Bridget Jones (Mad About the Boy). MOVIOLA
SALISBURY, Playhouse, Money for Nothing, Dire Straits tribute, 7.30.
SHEPTON MONTAGUE, Village Hall, Maria, Callas film. MOVIOLA
SOUTHAMPTON, Turner Sims, Welsh National Opera Orchestra Summertime Soiree, 7pm.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Rumours of Fleetwood Mac, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, The Don Williams Experience.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Guenther Steiner Live: Unfiltered Formula 1 stories, 7.30.
Friday 11 July
BATH, Forum, What’s Love Got to Do With It, Tina Turner tribute, 7.30.
Hoburn Museum Gardens, Garden Theatre Festival, Pride and Prejudice, to 20 July, 6pm.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, The Rev Richard Coles, Borderline National Trinket, comedy.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Concerts in the West, Colin Scobie, violin, Jams Coleman, piano, Beethoven, Elgar, 11.30am.
BRISTOL, St Georges, Acid Zone, cosmic grooves.
Tobacco Factory, Samantha Groans in Bingo and the City, comedy, and Sat, 7.30.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Reginald D Hunter, comedy, 7.30.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Cinderella, Ashton choreography, from the Royal Ballet, 7pm.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Luz and Mannion in Blue Ghost, contemporary flamenco, 7.30.
FROME, Merlin Theatre, Frome Festival, Music of Trees, Geoff Robb, classical, jazz, celtic and Spanish guitar, 7pm.
Tree House, Frome Festival, Heathen Apostles, gothic Americana.
Christ Church, Frome Festival, Nicola Meecham, piano, Janacek, Chopin, 1pm: Midsummer Moon, violin and piano duo, Britten, Bridge, Vaughan Williams and Rebecca Clarke, 7.30.
Assembly Rooms, Frome Festival, Frome Drama in One Million Tiny Plays about Britain, by Craig Taylor, and Sat, 7.3opm, Sat mat 2.30.
Rook Lane Chapel, Frome Festival, Reem Kelani, British Palestinian singer, Songs from the Middle East and Contemporary Jazz, 7.30.
HANGING LANGFORD, Village Hall, Anora. MOVIOLA
HONITON, Beehive, Honiton Comedy Club with Andrew Maxwell, 7.30.
HULLAVINGTON, Village Hall, Tortive Theatre in A Boy Called Anne, 7.30. RAW
ILMINSTER, Arts Centre, Concerts in the West, Colin Scobie, violin, Jams Coleman, piano, Beethoven, Elgar, 7.30pm.
NEW MILTON, Forest Arts, The Revolvers, music of the 1960s, 8pm.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Scummy Mummies in Hot Mess, comedy, 7.45: Cinema, 28 Years Later, and Sat, Tues, Wed.
SALISBURY, Playhouse, Country Roads, 7.30.
SOUTHAMPTON, Turner Sims, Jane Austen – Home and Away, 6pm.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, Banter.
STREET, Strode Theatre, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, film, and Sat and 23 July, 7.45.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, The Simon and Garfunkel Story, 7.30.
TOTNES, Barrel House, From Devon With Love Summer Scratch, theatre and comedy, 7pm.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Lost in Music – One Night at the Disco, 8pm.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Kossoff: The Band Playes On presents All Right Now.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Project Play in The Vicar of Dibly, to Sun, various times.
Saturday 12 July
BATH, Forum, The ELO Experience, 7.30.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Waterloo – Tribute to ABBA.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, OmniVerse Other Voices, 10am, 2.30 and 7pm.
Electric Palace, Lilo and Stitch, Disney film, 11am: The Ballad of Wallis Island, 7.30.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Lantern, James Morton Groove Den, feat Dennis Rollins.
Windmill Hill Farm, Plandits in The Big Bad Wolf, 2 and 6pm.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Jon Udry’s Having a Ball, comedy and juggling, 7.30.
CREWKERNE, Dancehouse, Concerts in the West, Colin Scobie, violin, Jams Coleman, piano, Beethoven, Elgar, 7.30pm.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Tom Glover in Did You Watch That Reel I Sent You? comedy, 7pm.
DURSLEY, Lister Hall, (indoors) Rain or Shine in The Rivals.
FROME, Merlin Theatre, Frome Festival, Jellyfish Theatre in The Elves and the Shoemaker, 11am: The Nettle Dress, film, 5pm.
Tree House, Frome Festival, Praying for the Rain.
Christ Church, Frome Festival, Christ Church Singers, cond Alan Burgess, Mozart and Kodaly, 1pm: John Law, The Laws of (E)motion, John Law, piano and Ant Law (no relation) guitar, 7.30.
HONITON, Beehive, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, 7.30.
MARLBOROUGH, Priory Gardens, Festival Players in As You Like It, 7.30pm.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Bournemouth Symphony Chorus and Youth Chorus, Magna Sinfonia, Bournemouth Chamber Orchestra, cond Gavin Carr, Britten’s War Requiem, Rusne Tuslaite soprano, Elgan Llyr Thomas tenor, Florian Stortz, baritone, 7.30: Coastal Comedy with Sean Collins, Paul Pirie and Louis Burgess, 8pm: Cinema, The CBBs Musical – The Great Ice Cream Hunt, 11.30am and 19th July 11am.
SALISBURY, Playhouse, Comedy Club with Sara Barron, 7.30.
STREET, Strode Theatre, South West School of Dance in Chicago (teen edition), and Sun, 3.30 and 7.30: Holy Cow, film, 3pm.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, The History of Rock, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Genesis Connected, tribute, 7.30.
WELLS, Cedars Hall, The Nick Costley-White Quartet, jazz, 7.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Let’s Dance, Broadcast to Broadway, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, P*issed Up Panto – Sleeping Beauty, and 19 July. Over 16s only.
Sunday 13 July
BATH, Hoburn Museum Gardens, Garden Theatre Festival, Plandits in The Secret Garden, 1pm.
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Le Gateau Chocolat, black, bearded, bass-singing drag icon, in Musicals Mayhem, 5pm.
CANNINGTON, Walled Garden, Quantum Theatre in The Tale of Jemima Puddleduck.
FROME, Christ Church, Frome Festival, Jackdaws Songbirds, free, 2.30.
Archangel, Frome Festival, Kate Fox, Bigger on the Inside, comedy, 4pm.
Rook Lane Chapel, Frome Festival, Rokia Kone, griot from Mali, Mohamed Errebbaa, trance vocals and guembri, 7pm.
Cheese and Grain, Frome Festival, Frome Symphony Orchestra, cond Mark Gateshill, Arabella Thornton, violin, Shostakovich, Mozart, Prokofiev, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Puppet Spectacular Glow Show, 2pm.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, 200% Wolf, film, 10am.
Monday 14 July
BOURNEMOUTH, BIC, Tim Minchin, Songs the World Will Never Hear.
CIRENCESTER, Barn Theatre, Friends!, the Musical Parody – The One Where they Sing!, to 23 Aug.
SIDMOUTH, Manor Pavilion, Paul Taylor Mills summer rep, Timd and Time Again by Alan Ayckbourn, to Sat, 8pm.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower, Big Girls Don’t Cry, Frankie Valli tribute.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Mission Impossible: the Final Reckoning, to Thurs.
Tuesday 15 July
BISHOP’S HULL, Miligan, Taunton Thespians in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 7.30.
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Ad Infinitum in Last Rites, to Sat, 7.30: Weston Studio, Chalk Line Theatre in The Chaos That Has Been and Will, No Doubt, Return, to Sat, 8pm, Sat mat 3pm.
Tobacco Factory, Cyril Blake in Bonding, The Myth, Legend and Legacy of Bond, solo show, and Wed, 7.30.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Ernest Cole: Lost and Found, documentary film about the South African photographer, 7.30.
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, Carrie Hope Fletcher in Calamity Jane, to Sat, 7.30, Wed/Thurs/Sat mats 2.30.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Guenther Steiner, Formula 1, 7.30.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, Joyride, film, 2pm.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower, Legend – The Music of Bob Marley.
TORQUAY, Cockington Court, Illyria in Pride and Prejudice, 6.30pm.
Wednesday 16 July
BATH, Forum, Jake Bugg, Your Town tour, 8pm.
BRYMPTON D’EVERCY, Brympton House, Taunton Thespians in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 7.30.
CALNE, Village Hall, Bridget Jones (Mad About the Boy). MOVIOLA
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Behind the Door Theatre in Extra Ordinary, 7.30.
EXETER, Killerton House, Illyria in Pride and Prejudice, 7pm.
MOTCOMBE, Village Hall, Bridget Jones (Mad About the Boy). MOVIOLA
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower, Fastlove, George Michael tribute.
STREET, Strode Theatre Studio, Street Theatre in 5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche, to Sat, 7.45: Jane Austen Wrecked My Life, film, and Fri, 7.30.
SWANAGE, Mowlem Theatre, Comedy Club, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Tacchi-Morris, The Space Company in Oliver!, to Sat, 7.30, Thurs mat 2.30.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Jason Manford, A Manford All Seasons, comedy, 6.30 and 9pm.
Thursday 17 July
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Broadway Showtunes, to Sat.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, The Brutalist, film, 11am and 7pm.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Declan Duffy in Call Yourself an Irishman?, comedy and songs, 7.30.
EXETER, Poltimore House, Miracle Theatre in Twelfth Night, 7.30pm.
FROME, Merlin Theatre, Come from Away, Merlin 50th anniversay event, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2pm.
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, Drum Studio, Our Space in Domestication, to Sat, 7pm.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Jason Manford, A Manford All Seasons, comedy, 7.30: Cinema, Run Nation, documentary, 7.30 and Tues 8.15.
SHERBORNE, House gardens, Illyria in Pride and Prejudice, 7pm.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower, Lost in Music – One Night at the Disco.
STREET, Strode Theatre, The Wedding Banquet, film, 7.30, and 24 July 7.45.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, film, 7pm.
WARMINSTER, Athenaeum, Limelight Players in Alice in Wonderland, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Rhod Gilbert and the Giant Grapefruit, comedy, 8pm.
WIMBORNE, Kingston Lacy, The Lord Chamberlain’s Men in Twelfth Night, and Fri, 7pm.
Friday 18 July
BATH, Forum, Tim Minchen, Songs the World Will Never Hear, and Sat. SOLD OUT
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, From Rosin to Reed, Bethan Cheshire, Liz Lawrence Award Winner, bassoon, cello and piano, with friends, 7.30.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Harbour Records, emerging talent showcase, 7.30.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Lantern Hall, Eddie Parker’s Airborn, jazz.
CHARD, Guildhall, Bridget Jones (Mad About the Boy). MOVIOLA
CORFE CASTLE, Purbeck Film Festival Cinema under the Stars, Time Team: Secrets of Wytch Farm.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Rodreguez King-Dorset, I Am The Greatest, Edinburgh preview solo drama, 7.30.
CROYDE, Baggy Point, Sun and Moon Theatre in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
EDINGTON (Somerset), Village Hall, Bridget Jones (Mad About the Boy). MOVIOLA
FROME, Tree House, Eminem tribute with Michael Mathers.
HONITON, Beehive, White Light, festival anthems celebrating The Killers, 7.30.
MUCHELNEY, Abbey, Taunton Thespians in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 7.30.
POOLE, Lighthouse, LEAF Studio Academy of Performing Arts in On the Floor, annual showcase, and Sat, 7pm: Queen of the Night, Whitney Houston Tribute, 7.30: Cinema, Jurassic World: Rebirth, and Sat, 22-24 and 29-31 July, various times.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, Shaftesbury Fringe, Blue Murder at Gallows Bottom, 5.30pm, AND Comfortable, 6.45pm: CODA – The Ultimate West End Musicals Experience, 8pm, and Sunday, noon and 6pm.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower, Cirque – The Greatest Show Re-imagined, and Sat.
SWANAGE, Mowlem Theatre, Thunderbolts, film, and Sat, Mon-Thurs, 7pm, Mon mat 2.30pm.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, The Sound of Springsteen, tribute, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, All Or Nothing 2025.
YELVERTON, The Garden House, Illyria in The Merry Wives of Windsor, 7pm.
Saturday 19 July
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Scarlet Oak Theatre in The Zoo that Comes to You, family show, 2pm.
CERNE ABBAS, St Mary’s Church, CA Music Festival, The Hyde Clarinet Quartet, Beethoven, Borodin, etc, 3pm: Gaudier and Friends, Russian composers, Weber and Dvorak, 6pm.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Avalon Comedy Network, with Tom Rosenthal, Roger Monkhouse, Maia Tasslini and Andrew White, 7.30.
DORCHESTER, St Mary’s, The Music of Rick Birley with Victoria Sayles, violin, Duncan Honeybourne, piano, Damien Knollys, cello, Abbi Temple, soprano and Sam Hanson, piano, 7.30.
FILLEIGH, Castle Hill Estate, Sun and Moon Theatre in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
FROME, Cheese and Grain, The Devout, Depeche Mode tribute.
PENZANCE, Penlee Park Theatre, Illyria in HMS Pinafore, 7.30pm.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Contentment Productions in Second Summer of Love, 8pm.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, Shaftesbury Fringe, Belle Street in Glitter, Guilt and Good Intensions, cabaret brunch, 11am, and Sunday: Leading Ladies, Charlie Hamilton and Katie Underhay, 5pm: Navy Larks – Sea Shanties and Songs of the Sea, 9pm.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, Town of Cats, chance to dance.
STREET, Strode Theatre, Bath Opera in La Traviata, 7.30.
The Grange, Taunton Thespians in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 7.30.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, The Counterfeit Sixties, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Solve-Along-a-Murder-She-Wrote, 7.30.
TETBURY, Hookshouse Pottery Gardens, Pantaloons in Robin Hood.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Razzamataz Theatre School in As Seeen on Screen, showcase, 2 and 7.30pm, and Sun 11am and 6pm.
WRAXALL, Tyntesfield House, The Lord Chamberlain’s Men in Twelfth Night, 7pm.
Sunday 20 July
BIDEFORD, Tapeley Park, Sun and Moon Theatre in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
BRISTOL, St Georges, Evergreen Chorus, Songs of Home, 5pm.
CERNE ABBAS, Ashton Farm, CA Music Festival, Gaudier and Friends, Scandinavian and Scottish folk tunes and South American dance music, 3pm.
COMBEINTEIGNHEAD, Hearn Field, Illyria in HMS Pinafore, 6.30pm.
FROME, Merlin Theatre, Buffalo Gals Bluegrass String Band, Sunday Social, 2.30.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Marine Youth Theatre in Disney’s The Little Mermaid Jr, 2 and 6pm.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, Shaftesbury Fringe, Rock Choir Live, 8pm.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower, Queen Symphonic, A Rock and Orchestra Experience, 5pm.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, The Mad Hub, Dancing Thought the Decades, 6.45.
TISBURY, Hatch House, Troubadour Stageworks in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
WELLS, Bishops Palace, The Lord Chamberlain’s Men in Twelfth Night, 6.30pm.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Fireman Sam Live, 12.30pm.
Monday 21 July
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Heli Laughs, comedy night in aid of Great Western Air Ambulance, 7.30.
MELKSHAM, Library, Beggars Belief in Scrumptious, show about friendship and ice cream, 10.30am. RAW
SIDMOUTH, Manor Pavilion, Paul Taylor Mills summer rep, A Foot in the Door by Richard Harris, to Sat, 8pm.
PENZANCE, Penlee Park Theatre, Troubadour Stageworks in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
YEOVIL, Swan, Jumpers for Goalposts, by Tom Wells, to Sat.
Tuesday 22 July
AMESBURY, Library, Beggars Belief in Scrumptious, show about friendship and ice cream, 11am. RAW
BLANDFORD, Bryanston, Coade Hall, Dorset Opera Festival, Verdi’s Rigoletto, and 25/26 July 7pm, Thurs mat 2pm.
BOURNEMOUTH, BIC, Dance Promotors Association summer festival, to Sunday.
BRIDPORT, Lyric Theatre, Edinburgh Fringe preview, Josh Elton and Steffan Alun, comedy, 7.30.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, The Girl with the Needle, film, 7.30.
EXETER, Killerton House, The Lord Chamberlain’s Men in Twelfth Night, 7pm.
HARTLAND, Abbey, Illyria in HMS Pinafore, 6.30pm.
LISKEARD, Sterts Theatre, Troubadour Stageworks in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, New Adventures in Matthew Bourne’s The Midnight Bell, to Sat, 7.30, Thurs/Sat mats 2.30.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, Evita, film, 2pm.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower, The Girl on the Train, to Sat.
TAUNTON, Museum of Somerset, Taunton Thespians in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 7.30.
TIDWORTH, Library, Beggars Belief in Scrumptious, show about friendship and ice cream, 3pm. RAW
Wednesday 23 July
BLAGDON, Yeo Valley Organic Gardens, Quantum Theatre in Alice Though the Looking Glass.
BLANDFORD, Bryanston, Coade Hall, Dorset Opera Festival, Cavalleria Rusticana and Suor Angelica, and Thurs, 7pm, Sat mat 2pm.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, BSO chamber group, inc Bartok, Saint Saens, Bernstein, The Sherman Brothers, etc, 7pm.
BRIDPORT, Lyric Theatre, Edinburgh Fringe preview, Corset Story with Self and Sossi, 7.30.
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Mario the Maker Magician, to Thurs, various day times.
Strange Brew, Pip Blom, indie electronica.
CASTLE CARY, Caryford Hall, Bridget Jones (Mad About the Boy). MOVIOLA
DREWSTEIGNTON, Castle Drogo, Illyria in HMS Pinafore, 6.30pm.
FALMOUTH, Trebah Garden, Troubadour Stageworks in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
MALMSBURY, Library, Beggars Belief in Scrumptious, show about friendship and ice cream, 3.45pm. RAW
MILBORNE ST ANDREW, Village Hall, Taff Rapids, bluegrass from Wales, 7.30. AR
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Ira Levin’s Deathtrap, to Tues, 7.30. Part of Gilroy Theatre summer rep season to 27 Aug.
SALISBURY, Playhouse, Stage 65 in The Jungle Book, to Sat, 7pm, Sat mat 2pm.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower Studios, Nick Cope, I’ve Lost My Bobble Hat.
STREET, Strode Theatre, Roger Waters, This Is Not a Drill – live from Prague, film, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Go Your Own Way, Fleetwood Mac tribute, 7.30.
TOTNES, Dartington Hall, The Lord Chamberlain’s Men in Twelfth Night, 7pm.
WARMINSTER, Athenaeum, Waterloo Sunset, film, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Jim Cregan Acoustic Band.
Thursday 24 July
BATH, Theatre Royal, London City Ballet in Momentum, to Sat.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Amadeus Orchestra, cond Felicity Cliffe, Kasparas Mikuzis, piano, Smyth, Ravel and Mahler, 7pm.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Babylon, 1980 film, 7.30.
Lyric Theatre, Edinburgh Fringe preview, Do Zombies Dream of Undead Sheep? 7.30.
BRISTOL, St Georges, Backyard Cinema’s Romeo and Juliet, Baz Luhrmann’s 1996 film with live choir by candlelight, to Sun, 7.30, Sat/Sun mats 2.30.
CORSHAM, Library, Beggars Belief in Scrumptious, show about friendship and ice cream, 2.30.pm. RAW
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Iago Banet, The Gallician King of Acoustic Guitar, 7.30.
FROME, Cheese and Grain, Kate Nash, singer songwriter.
HALSTOCK, Village Hall, Taff Rapids, bluegrass from Wales, 7.30. AR
HIGHCLIFFE, Castle, Quantum Theatre in Alice Though the Looking Glass.
HONITON, Beehive, Lassie Come Home, 1943 film, 2pm.
PARKEND (Forest of Dean), Dean Garden Room, Pantaloons in Hamlet.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Live and Unheard, local bands, 7.30: Cinema, Annie (1982 ) dementia friendly screening, 2pm.
STOGURSEY, Fairfield House, The Rude Mechanicals in Gentle Harry’s Farm.
STREET, Strode Theatre, Parthenope, film, 7.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, The Makings of a Murderer 2, with The Read Manhunter, Colin Sutton, 7.30.
WINTERBOURNE, nr Bristol, Medieval Barn, Pantaloons in Sense and Sensibility.
Friday 25 July
BATH, Theatre Royal Ustinov Studio, Lily Allen in Hedda, to 23 Aug, Mon-Sat 7.30, Thurs/Sat mats 2.30.
American Museum, Pantaloons in Sense and Sensibility.
Dryham Park, nr Bath, The Lord Chamberlain’s Men in Twelfth Night, and Sat, 6.30pm.
BISHOPSTONE, nr Salisbury, Village Hall, Bridget Jones (Mad About the Boy). MOVIOLA
BRIDPORT, Electric Palace, Supersonic Queen, tribute, 8pm.
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Dinosaur World Live, to Sun, day times.
CHILD OKEFORD, Playing Field, The Rude Mechanicals in Gentle Harry’s Farm.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Buster Keaton double bill, Go West and Seven Chances, 1925 silent movies, with live score by pianist Meg Morley, 7pm.
DULVERTON, Knackershole Garden, Sun and Moon Theatre in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
EAST KNOYLE, Upper Leigh Farm, Rain or Shine in The Rivals.
EAST STOUR, Village Hall, Taff Rapids, bluegrass from Wales, 7.30. AR
FROME, Merlin Theatre, Strange-Twig Theatre in Under the Leaves, and Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2pm.
HONITON, Beehive, Jane Austen Wrecked My Life, film, 2 and 7.30.
ILMINSTER, Arts Centre, Bowie Fashion.
MONTACUTE, House, Pantaloons in Hamlet.
NORTON ST PHILIP, Village Hall, A Complete Unknown. MOVIOLA
POOLE, Lighthouse, Emma Castle Performing Arts, Decadia, showcase, and Sat, 6.30: Mercury, Queen tribute, 7.30: Cinema, How to Train Your Dragon, and Sat/Wed/Thurs day times: Barry Lyndon, 1975 film, and Wed, 7pm.
SALISBURY, Library, Beggars Belief in Scrumptious, show about friendship and ice cream, 2.30pm. RAW
Arundells, Illyria in Pride and Prejudice, 7.30pm.
STREET, Strode Theatre, 28 Years Later, film, and Sat, 7.30: The Salt Path, film, and Sat, 7.45.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, Living the Life of Riley, comedy with Vicky Entwistle, 7.30.
SWANAGE, Mowlem Theatre, Summer of Music 25, Pop-Up Bowie with Paul Anthony, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, West End Magic, 7pm.
Tacchi-Morris, Voulez Vous, ABBA tribute, 7.30.
WEST CAMEL, Davis Hall, We Live in Time. MOVIOLA
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Amy, tribute to Amy Winehouse with Laura Jane Butler, 7.30.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Rhythm of the Dance, 7.30.
Saturday 26 July
BALTONSBOROUGH, Village Hall Field, The Rude Mechanicals in Gentle Harry’s Farm.
BEAULIEU, Abbey, Music at Beaulieu, The King’s Men, 7pm.
BODMIN, Cardinham Woods Cafe Garden, Sun and Moon Theatre in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Space Cowboy, tribute to Jamiroquai.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Tom Bailey, Wild Thing!, comedy, Edinburgh preview, 7.30.
FROME, Cheese and Grain, Metallica, Re-Loaded, tribute.
Tree House, Quo-Incidence, tribute.
HALSTOCK, Village Hall, Bridget Jones (Mad About the Boy). MOVIOLA
HONITON, Beehive, The Salts and Phil Beer, sea shantys, folk songs etc, 7.30.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, Aber Valley Male Voice Choir, 2pm: Jamie and the Falcons, 8pm.
SWANAGE, Mowlem Theatre, Lilo and Stitch, film, to 3 Aug, 11.30am.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, As We Were, Oasis tribute, 7.30.
WAREHAM, Holme for Gardens, Rain or Shine in The Rivals.
WARMINSTER, Athenaeum, ABBA Revival, tribute, 7.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, The Magic of Motown, 7.30.
YELVERTON, The Garden House, Illyria in Pride and Prejudice, 7pm.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Taylormania, 7.30.
Sunday 27 July
BRIDPORT, Lyric Theatre, Bridport Folk Festival, Boilerhouse and Annamaria Murphy, from Cornwall, 7.30.
BUDE, Ebbingford Manor, Illyria in Pride and Prejudice, 6.30pm.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Folksy Theatre in Twelfth Night, 7pm.
STOWFORD, Manor Farm, Trowbridge Festival, Miranda Sykes.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, Rokit Choir, Legends, celebrating pop and rock icons, 6pm.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Song Fest, Quangle Wangle Choir, workshops and concert, from 1.30pm: Bye Bye Baby, Frankie Valli tribute, 7.30.
WHITCOMBE, Manor, The Music of Victoria Wood, with Paulus, in aid of Dorchester Arts, from noon.
Monday 28 July
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, James Bond Concert Spectacular, 7.30.
CROYDE, Baggy Point, Illyria in Pride and Prejudice, 6.30pm.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, SummerMT in Dr Dolittle Jr, summer school, to Fri.
SIDMOUTH, Manor Pavilion, Paul Taylor Mills summer rep, Neville’s Island by Tim Firth, to Fri, 8pm.
Tuesday 29 July
BATH, Theatre Royal, John Godber’s Do I Love You?, to Sat
BRIDPORT, Electric Palace, Rude Science, 11.30am and 3.3opm.
CHARD, Forde Abbey, Folksy Theatre in Twelfth Night, 7pm.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Bring Them Down, film, 7.30.
LISKEARD, Sterts Theatre, Illyria in Pride and Prejudice, 7pm.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Dorset School of Acting in Wicked, summer school, to Sat: Cinema, Four Letters of Love, 8.15 and Thurs 11am.
SHERBORNE, House Garden, Illyria in HMS Pinafore, 7pm.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower, Dinosaur World Live, and Wed.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Maisie Adam, Kate Lucas and Alex Kealy, comedy, 7.30.
Wednesday 30 July
BARNSTAPLE, Marwood Hill Gardens, Folksy Theatre in Twelfth Night, 7pm.
BRIDPORT, Millennium Green, Circus Raj, 3pm.
BRISTOL, The Mount Without, Kevin Figes, jazz.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Alan Ayckbourn’s A Brief History of Women, to Tues, 7.30. Part of Gilroy Theatre summer rep season to 27 Aug.
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, Hamilton, to Saturday 6 Sept, Mon-Sat 7.30, Thurs/Sat mats 2.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Jimmy Carr, Laughs Funny, comedy, 7pm.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Band of Friends.
Thursday 31 July
AXMINSTER, Burrow Farm Gardens, Folksy Theatre in Twelfth Night, and Fri, 7pm.
EXETER, Rougemont Gardens, Sun and Moon Theatre in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, to Sun.
Killerton House, Illyria in HMS Pinafore, 7pm.
HONITON, Beehive, How to Train Your Dragon, film, 2pm.
IBBERTON, Village Hall, Miracle Theatre in Twelfth Night, 7pm. AR
STREET, Strode Theatre, Lollipop, film, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Mathew Horne, Gavin and Stacey star, 7.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Luke Combs UK, country, 7.30.