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…
THE machinations of our leaders – party political or regal – are at play at Bath Theatre Royal this month, with a visit by the Barn Theatre’s hilarious new Yes, Prime Minister, from Tuesday 6th to Saturday 10th October, followed by a return for the acclaimed Jonathan Church production of A Man for All Seasons,…
GEORGE – he of the Dragon – may be the archetype of heroic Englishness but drag offers a colourful alternative in a delightful new play from Pipeline Theatre. George and the Drag Queen comes to Dorset with Artsreach, for three performances from 9th to 11th October, with George and the Drag Queen. Described as “a…
STORYTELLING is as old as recorded time – long before there were any forms of writing, people have always stories and there have always been story-tellers. From Odyssey and Beowulf to East Enders and Outlander, stories grip us … Now contemporary storyteller George Attwill comes to three Dorset villages, this weekend, Friday 2nd to Sunday…
DORCHESTER Arts hosts a special double bill of films at the Corn Exchange, on Tuesday 6th October at 6pm, at the Corn Exchange,. The event focuses on the neurological condition, Parkinson’s disease, and will be raising funds for a local Parkinson’s project. The World’s Toughest Drive follows former Army colonel Guy Deacon CBE on an…
THE story of Frederick Douglass, one of the great names of the campaign on both sides of the Atlantic to abolish slavery, is told in a powerful new play, The Ocean Can Be A Bridge, by Dave Samuels and Richard Bradbury, coming to Bridport Arts Centre on 6th October. The global campaign to end slavery…
FILMS about the cut-throat world of high fashion and legacy of an artist top the October lists for Moviola screenings in our region. Back for a second outing, and some years on, it’s still steely smiles and steel-tipped stilettos in the glittering couture world of Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Stanley Tucci and Emily Blunt. The…
THE professional commercial theatres in Bristol (the Hippodrome, Weston-super-Mare (the Playhouse) and Bath Theatre Royal all open their doors to productions by local amateur companies. Weston Operatic Society, founded in 1908 and the oldest of the local clubs, had to wait until a change of management in 2008 before they could establish themselves as regular…
PAULA Hawkins tense psychological drama The Girl on the Train, adapted for the stage by Rachel Wagstaff and Duncan Abel, comes to Salisbury’s Studio Theatre in Ashley Road from 1st to 10th October. Directed by Anthony von Roretz, it explores the nature of trust and obsession – what happens if the person you trust most…