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…
FOLLOWING the success of Up Down Boy and 2012 and Up Down Man four years later,Up Down BIG Man re-opens Salisbury Playhouse’s Salberg Studio from Wednesday 7th to Saturday 17th October, before moving to Bristol Old Vic’s Weston Studio from Tuesday 20th to Saturday 24th October. A Myrtle Theatre Company and Wiltshire Creative production in…
ONE of Agatha Christie’s most popular whodunits, now titled And Then There Were None, will be performed on the stage of Shaftesbury Art Centre from 14th to 17th October. Ten strangers are mysteriously invited to an isolated house, cut off from the outside world. Each of them has a secret history … but how can they…
BRISTOL Old Vic will stage the world premiere of Bea Roberts’ adaptation of Max Porter’s book 2019 Lanny, from 16th October to 7th November. Porter describes it as a story about a family whose village is peopled by the living and the dead, where a boy with a gift for friendship leaves traces of enchantment…
THE lives of two remarkable West Country women, whose stories deserve to be better known, are revealed in a new play at the David Hall, South Petherton, on Thursday 15th October, and a talk with music at Ilminster Arts Centre, on Friday 27th November. Rosalie, presented by Pleasure Dome Theatre at the David Hall, is…
IF you think of Clarks of Street, the first thing that comes to mind will be shoes – but there is so much more to the story of this family and the Somerset village where they have lived and worked for centuries. From prehistory to contemporary art, the Shoemakers Museum tells the story of a…
IF you travel by train in an urban area you can see into people’s back gardens, terraces, even kitchens, get a fleeting glimpse of their lives and perhaps occasionally imagine something about them. Rachel travels by the same train into London every day for work; while the train is running at a slower speed she…
SHIRLEY Jackson’s book The Haunting of Hill House, published in 1959, has been described as the greatest horror story ever, so it’s no surprise it has seen several stage and two screen adaptations. Now the book has been adapted by Stef Smith, for a new theatrical version, designed by Ti Green and directed by Martin…
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…
It’s nearly 400 miles (as the crow flies) from Marlborough in Wiltshire to Pitlochry in Scotland, so perhaps a surprise to find actor Sir Simon Russell Beale and director Ben Occhipinti, both with strong links to Salisbury and resident in Wiltshire, brought together in the Perthshire highlands in the service of Liberace, 20th century superstar…