PHOTOGRAPHER Lucy Sewill has exhibited and published widely and has work in the National Portrait Gallery. Her portraits of leading actresses are currently on show at Dorset Museum and Art Gallery in Dorchester, until 28th April. Visible Women is a striking and timely series including Juliet Stevenson, Dame Harriet Walter, Dame Meera Syal, Julie Graham,…
ROBERT Louis Stevenson spent some years living in Westbourne, then an affluent suburb of Bournemouth, and it was here that he wrote the novella The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. So it is appropriate for the town’s Palace Court Theatre to be the venue for a striking reimagining of this famous thriller,…
HIJINX Theatre, one of Europe’s leading inclusive theatre companies, is coming to Bristol Old Vic from 17th to 21st March, Taunton Brewhouse on Tuesday 7th April and Dorchester Corn Exchange on Thursday 9th April, with Meet Fred. The company is marking the tenth anniversary of this darkly funny satire, following the experiences of Fred, a…
SHEILA Hannon is a phenomenon – a one-woman theatrical powerhouse, who for 40 years has been creating theatrical events in Bristol and Bath with her Show of Strength Theatre Company. This year she is one of the 10 finalists for Visit England’s Tourism Superstar award. Sheila has been nominated by Visit West and thoroughly deserves the…
IT hardly seems more than a month since the 2025-26 pantomime season ended, and already theatres around the country are looking forward to the 2026/2027 season. This early press release will be good news for fans of the festive show at England’s prettiest theatre, Bat Theatre Royal. Nick Wilton will be back as the Dame…
AVALON Archaeology, at the Avalon Marshes Centre on Shapwick Road, Westhay, has completed the construction of a replica Iron Age roundhouse, which will be officially opened on Saturday 21st March, by Charlie Taylor from BBC Radio Somerset. Visitors will be able to explore the building and learn more about Somerset’s prehistory with themed activities taking…
BATH Comedy Festival returns from 21st March to 19th April with more than 100 shows, featuring well over 300 performances, with big names at Bath Forum including Dead Ringers, Paul Merton and Suki Webster, Harry Enfield and Troy Hawke. The festival also brings a host of acts to its intimate upstairs room at the Ring…
TEN years after Brexit, the British and Irish Cheese Awards, which take place at the Bath & West Food and Drink Festival, over the weekend 20th to 22nd March, have received a record number of Irish entries, with 48 Irish cheeses to be judged in a field of more than 600 entries. The cheese award…
ARTSREACH, Dorset’s rural touring arts charity, has been selected to be part of this year’s Big Give: Arts for Impact campaign. From midday on Tuesday 17th March to midday on Tuesday 24th, every pound donated to Artsreach through the Big Give platform will be doubled – meaning twice the support for the charity’s work across…
CHAMBER folk trio Three Cane Whale are familiar to West Dorset audiences with their occasional gigs at Sladers Yard, West Bay. Starting on Thursday 12th March at Ibberton village hall, the Bristol-based trio are on a short Artsreach tour, continuing at Powerstock Hut on Friday 13th March, and the village hall at Woodlands near Verwood…