The Arts Diary – September 2025 on

Updated Wednesday 30 July 6.40pm.

Monday 1 September
BRISTOL,
Hippodrome, Bat Out of Hell, to 13 Sept.
CIRENCESTER,
Barn Theatre, Haywire, new play by Tim Stimpson to celebrate 75th anniversary of The Archers, to 11 Oct.
SIDMOUTH, Manor Pavilion, Paul Taylor Mills summer rep, A Song at Twilight by Noel Coward, to Sat, 8pm.

Tuesday 2 September
SALISBURY,
Studio Theatre Ashley Road, Studio Fringe, Love and Other Passions, new play by Peter Liney, to Thurs.

Wednesday 3 September
TAUNTON,
Brewhouse, Pleasuredome Theatre with Somerset Opera and Taunton Sinfonietta in Cesare, an adaptation of Handel’s Julius Caesar, 7.30.
Museum of Somerset, Three Inch Fools in The Most Perilous Comedie of Elizabeth I.
TRURO,
Trelissick Gardens, Dukes Theatre in Macbeth, 6.30pm.
WELLS,
Bishop’s Palace, Pantaloons in Hamlet.
YEOVIL,
Westlands, Degrees of Error in Murder, She Didn’t Write, 7.30.

Thursday 4 September
ANDOVER,
The Lights, Pantaloons in Hamlet.
LYME REGIS,
Marine Theatre, Three Inch Fools in The Most Perilous Comedie of Elizabeth I.
REDRUTH, Scorrier House, Dukes Theatre in Macbeth, 7pm.

Friday 5 September
BOURNEMOUTH, P
avilion, That’ll Be the Day 40th anniversary, and Sat.
ILMINSTER,
Warehouse Theatre, Pleasuredome Theatre with Somerset Opera and Taunton Sinfonietta in Cesare, an adaptation of Handel’s Julius Caesar, 7.30.
MAWNAN SMITH,
Trebah Garden, Dukes Theatre in Macbeth, and Sat 6.30pm.
SALISBURY,
Studio Theatre Ashley Road, Studio Fringe, The Flaming Feathers, vintage dance, workshop and evening performance.
WAREHAM,
The Blue Pool,  Purbeck Film Festival Cinema under the Stars,  Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy.
YEOVIL,
Westlands, Ben Portsmouth – This is Elvis, 7.30.

Saturday 6 September
EXETER,
Northcott Theatre, Pendragon, Cornish prog rock, 6pm.
SALISBURY,
Studio Theatre Ashley Road, Studio Fringe, Mark Dawson, local author of Atticus Priest murder mysteries.
TROWBRIDGE,
Heywood House, Illyria in HMS Pinafore, 5pm.
WAREHAM,
The Blue Pool,  Purbeck Film Festival Cinema under the Stars, Moulin Rouge.
YEOVIL,
Westlands, The Haunting of Blaine Manor, and Sun, 7.30.

Sunday 7 September
EXETER, University Great Hall, Dara O Briain, Re:Creation, comedy, 7.30.
FROME,
Memorial Theatre, Pleasuredome Theatre with Somerset Opera and Taunton Sinfonietta in Cesare, an adaptation of Handel’s Julius Caesar, 7.30.
WINCHESTER,
Theatre Royal, Anton Lesser, Lucia Bonbright and the Orchestra of the Swan, A Beautiful Thread, Thomas Hardy in words and music, 3pm.

Monday 8 September
PORTHCURNO,
Minack Theatre, Dukes Theatre in Macbeth, to Thurs, 7.30, some mats.
SHERBORNE, Studio Theatre, APS in John Godber’s Bouncers, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.30.
SIDMOUTH,
Manor Pavilion, Paul Taylor Mills summer rep, The Cottage by Sandy Rustin, to Sat, 8pm.

Thursday 11 September

BATH, Theatre Royal, Emma, to 20 Sept.
EXETER, Northcott Theatre, Stewart Lee v. The Man-Wulf, comedy, 7.30.

Friday 12 September
YEOVIL, Westlands, What’s Love Got to Do With It?, Tina Turner tribute, 7.30.

Saturday 13 September
BEAULIEU, Abbey, Music at Beaulieu, Nova Clarinet Quintet, 7pm.
EXETER, Northcott Theatre, Paul Coulter in 5 Mistakes That Changed History, comedy, 7.30.
ST AUSTELL,
Wheal Martyn Clayworks, Illyria in HMS Pinafore, 7pm.
YEOVIL
, Westlands, Stewart Lee vs The Man-Wulf, comedy, and Sun, 7.30.

Sunday 14 September
HELSTON, Coronation Park, Illyria in HMS Pinafore, 7.30.pm

Monday 15 September
SIDMOUTH,
Manor Pavilion, Paul Taylor Mills summer rep, Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery by Ken Ludwig, to Sat, 8pm.

Tuesday 16 September
BRISTOL,
Hippodrome, The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, to Sat.

Wednesday 17 September

YEOVIL, Westlands, Michael Rosen’s Double Bill of Poetry, 7.30.

Thursday 18 September
YEOVIL, Westlands, Flamenco Origenes with Lourdes Fernandez, 7.30.

Friday 19 September
YEOVIL, Westlands, Joanne McNally, comedy, 8pm.

Saturday 20 September
YEOVIL, Westlands, Definitely 90s – tribute to Prdigy, Oasis, Foo Fighters, etc, 7pm.

Sunday 21 September
YEOVIL, Westlands,Crown Ballet in Swan Lake, 4pm.

Tuesday 23 September
BATH,
Theatre Royal, BLOG in The Addams Family, to Sat.
BRISTOL, Hippodrome, Carrie Hope Fletcher in Calamity Jane, to Sat.
EXETER,
Northcott Theatre, Le Navet Bete in Treasure Island, to Sat, 7.30, Wed/Sat mats 2pm.
Barnfield Theatre, Baga Chipz in Chip Off the Old Block, drag comedy and song, 7.45.

Friday 26 September
EXETER,
Barnfield Theatre, The Comedy Store Exeter, and 28 Nov, 7.45.
YEOVIL,
Westlands, James Phelan, The Dreamer, magic, 7.30.

Saturday 27 September
EXETER, Barnfield Theatre, Nick Helm in No One Gets Out Alive, comedy, 7.45.
YEOVIL
, Westlands,  Paul Zerdin, Jaw Drop Tour, ventriloquism, 7.30.

Sunday 28 September
BRISTOL,
Hippodrome, FastLove, tribute to George Michael.

Monday 29 September
BRISTOL, Hippodrome, Laughing Matters, charity comedy night with Nish Kumar, James Acaster, Jenny Eclair and Jayde Adams.

Wednesday 1 October

BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Al Stewart, The Farewell Tour.
NEW MILTON, Forest Arts, Pantaloons in Hamlet.

Thursday 2 October
CLEARBROOK,
Village Hall, Pantaloons in Hamlet.
DEVON,
Two Moors Festival,  to Sun and 9th to 12th October

Friday 3 October
BATH, Theatre Royal,  Ralph Fiennes in Small Hotel to 18 Oct.
IVYBRIDGE,
The Watermark, Pantaloons in Hamlet.

Sunday 5 October 2025
CARDIFF
, Utilita Arena, Simply Red, 40th anniversary tour.

Wednesday 8 October
TEIGNMOUTH,
Pavilions, Phil Beer Trio with Miranda Sykes.

Friday 10 October
THORNCOMBE,
Village Hall, Phil Beer Trio with Miranda Sykes.

Monday 13 October
SALISBURY, Studio Theatre Ashley Road, The Government Inspector, to Sat.

Tuesday 14 October

BRISTOL, Beacon, Al Stewart, The Farewell Tour.

Friday 17 October
CIRENCESTER,
Barn Theatre, The Last Five Years, musical by Jason Robert Brown, to 15 Nov.
DUNSTER, Tithe Barn, Pleasuredome Theatre with Somerset Opera and Taunton Sinfonietta in Cesare, an adaptation of Handel’s Julius Caesar, 7.30.

Saturday 18 October
BARNSTAPLE, Queen’s Theatre, Pleasuredome Theatre with Somerset Opera and Taunton Sinfonietta in Cesare, an adaptation of Handel’s Julius Caesar, 7.30.

Tuesday 21 October
BATH,
Theatre Royal, Death on the Nile, to Sat.

Wednesday 22 October
BRIDGWATER, Macmillan Theatre, Pleasuredome Theatre with Somerset Opera and Taunton Sinfonietta in Cesare, an adaptation of Handel’s Julius Caesar, 7.30.

Saturday 25 October
EXETER, Barnfield Theatre, Pleasuredome Theatre with Somerset Opera and Taunton Sinfonietta in Cesare, an adaptation of Handel’s Julius Caesar, 7.30.

Tuesday 28 October
BATH, Theatre Royal, Little Women, to Sat.

Friday 31 October
SHERBORNE, Studio Theatre, Much Ado about Falstaff, solo play with Giles Shenton, and Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.30.

Saturday 1 November
BEAULIEU,
Abbey, Music at Beaulieu, The King of Instruments, 7pm.

Monday 3 November
BATH,
Theatre Royal, English Touring Opera in The Rape of Lucretia, 7.30.

Tuesday 4 November
BATH,
Theatre Royal, English Touring Opera in The Elixir of Love, 7.30.

Thursday 6 November
BATH, Theatre Royal, Rambert in Kismet, double bill with The Gallery of Consequence and B.R.I.S.A, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.30.

Friday 7 November
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Miranda Sykes.

Saturday 8 November
TOTTON, Hanger Farm Arts Centre, Miranda Sykes.

Sunday 9 November
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower, BSO, cond David Brophy, Mark McGann and Joe Stilgoe, The Two of Us: The Lennon and McCartney Songbook, with Claire Martin, 5pm.

Tuesday 11 November
BATH,
Theatre Royal, To Kill a Mockingbird, by Aaron Sorkin, to 22 Nov, Tues-Sat 7.30, Wed/Thur/Sat mats 2.30.

Wednesday 12 November
STREET, Strode Theatre, Street Theatre in  Frankenstein, to Sat.

Monday 17 November
YEOVIL,
Swan Theatre, Terra Nova, to Sat.

Thursday 20 November
BATH,
Theatre Royal, The Egg, Snow Mice, to 11 January 2026, various days and times.

Tuesday 25 November
BATH,
Theatre Royal, Mischief in Christmas Carol Goes Wrong – God Help Us, Everyone, to Sun, Tues-Sat 7.30, Thurs/Sat mats 2.30, Sun 2pm.

Saturday 29 November
SALISBURY,
Playhouse, Jack and the Beanstalk, to 11 Jan.

Monday 1 December

CIRENCESTER, Barn Theatre, A Christmas Carol, to 4 Jan 2026.
SHERBORNE, Studio Theatre, APS in Oliver Goldsmith’s She Stoops to Conquer, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.30.

Tuesday 2 December
BATH,
Theatre Royal, The Woman in Black, to Sat, 7.30, Wed/Thur/Sat mats 2.30.
YEOVIL, Swan Theatre, Civic Players in One Man Two Guvnors, to Sat.

Thursday 4 December
FROME, Merlin Theatre, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, to 13 Dec.

Friday 5 December
SALISBURY,
Studio Theatre Ashley Road, The Ice Queen, a pantomime, to 13 Dec.

Saturday 6 December

BEAULIEU, Abbey, Music at Beaulieu,  New Forest Children’s Choir and New Forest Chamber Choir,  4pm.

Thursday 11 December
BATH, Theatre Royal,  The Further Adventures of Peter Pan, with Jon Monie, to 11 January 2026, various days and times.
YEOVIL,
Swan Theatre, NT Live, Inter Alia.

Sunday 14 Decmember
SIXPENNY HANDLEY, Village Hall, Miranda Sykes and Jim Causley, Mid Winter folk music.

Thursday 18 December
BATH, Chapel Arts, Miranda Sykes and Jim Causley, Mid Winter folk music.

2026

 

Tuesday 13 January
BATH, Theatre Royal, Buddy, The Buddy Holly Story, to Sat.

Monday 19 January
BATH, Theatre Royal, 2:22 – A Ghost Story, to Sat.

Monday 16 February
SALISBURY,
Studio Theatre Ashley Road, Outlying Islands, to Sat.

Tuesday 17 March

YEOVIL, Westlands, YAOS on Fiddler on the Roof, to Sat.

Wednesday  18 March
STREET,
Strode Theatre, Street Theatre in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, to Sat.

Monday 23 March
SALISBURY, Studio Theatre Ashley Road, Outside Edge, to Sat.

Monday 11 May
SALISBURY, Studio Theatre Ashley Road, Desdemona: A Play about a Handkerchief, to Sat.

Monday 6 July
SALISBURY,
Studio Theatre Ashley Road,  Noel Coward’s Hands Across the Sea and Still Life, to Sat.