THE new exhibition at the Somerset Rural Life Museum at Glastonbury is Legacy in Making, running from 24th January to 10th May. Presented by Somerset Art Works in partnership with the South West Heritage Trust=, it celebrates the legacy and future of the Somerset Craft Guild. It shows the remarkable breadth of contemporary and historic…
MANY of us would love to have paintings, drawings or limited edition prints, but can barely afford them in these cash-strapped times – well-known Wiltshire artist Nick Andrew is offering work from some of his drawing projects at reduced prices on Saturdays throughout January and 6th February. On view at Nick’s Bull Mill Studio at…
ALISON Steadman, one of the best-loved and most versatile actresses of her generation, will be the special guest at the Pipeline masterclass at Poole’s Lighthouse arts centre on Wednesday 11th February. Acclaimed for her stage, television and film roles, Alison first came to prominence in television plays Nuts in May and Abigail’s Party – she…
ANYONE old enough to remember the year of the Miners’ strike will be fascinated by Danny Mellor’s Undermined, a solo show coming to Piddletrenthide Memorial Hall on Friday 23rd January and West Stafford village hall on Saturday 24th, both at 7.30pm. Described by one reviewer as “an excellent dramatisation of an immensely important period of…
LOCALS and visitors have just over a month to take advantage of a rare opportunity to climb high into the ruins of Corfe Castle, and see the breathtaking views from a special platform on the Keep. The platform will be closed to visitors from the end of February, as a £2 million, three-year conservation project…
BRIDPORT’s atmospheric Electric Palace begins a season celebrating a centenary of cinema on Sunday 25th January at 3pm, with a screening, accompanied by a live score, of Robert Wiene’s 1920 masterpiece, Das Cabinet des Dr Caligari. Written by Hans Janowitz and Carl Mayer, this is the quintessential work of early German Expressionist cinema and is…
THE public’s appetite for ghost stories, macabre thrillers and supernatural drama is boundless – and few people have tapped into that zeitgeist more than Uncanny creator Danny Robins, whose hit play 2:22 – A Ghost Story returns to Theatre Royal Bath from Monday 19th to Saturday 24th January. Premiering in 2021, 2:22 is a chilling…
SOHO legend Jeffrey Bernard, drinker, womaniser, racing fanatic, writer and raconteur, was still alive when Keith Waterhouse’s play about his life made its way to the London stage, with the even-more-famous Peter O’Toole in the title role. And he lived for another eight years, flying in the face of medical wisdom and what seemed like…
WHY does this romanticised telling of the short, highly successful life of American rock’n’roll legend Buddy Holly – it only lasted around three years before he was tragedy killed aged 22 in and air crash – conjure up images of TV’s The Good Old Days from the City Varieties Music Hall, Leeds? The answer lies…
WE all need a lift (and a bit of laughter) in these gloomy times (not to mention what’s going on beyond our lovely region), so why not make a date with Shaftesbury Arts Centre and beat the January blues with a magical and bonkers pantomime, Alice in Wonderland, at the Bell Street theatre from 22nd…