AWARD-winning Welsh folk trio VRi come to Langton Matravers village Hall on Friday 6th February, at the start of a three-date tour with Artsreach, Dorset’s rural touring arts charity. Twice winners of Best Album at the Welsh Folk Awards, VRï are Jordan Price Williams (cello, voice), Aneirin Jones (violin, voice) and Patrick Rimes (viola, violin,…
CONCERTS in the West opens the 2026 series on Friday 13th February, with a welcome return for the acclaimed, young, Hungarian-born pianist Daniel Lebhardt. The recital programme follows the usual pattern of coffee concert at Bridport Arts Centre at 11.30am on Friday 13th followed by a 7.30pm performance at Ilminster Arts Centre. The third concert…
LYME Regis has two famous literary connections – Jane Austen’s Persuasion and The French Lieutenant’s Woman, the best-known novel by long-time Lyme resident John Fowles. There was a 250th anniversary production of Jane Austen’s Persuasion at the Marine Theatre last year, and this year, from 11th to 14th February, the mysterious cloaked woman returns in…
DORCHESTER Arts has got together with Sherborne Girls School to present an exciting evening of piano virtuosity, on Friday 6th February at 7pm, when two of the most gifted young pianists of our time, Martin James Bartlett and Mariam Batsashvili give a programme of piano duets at Gransden Hall in the school’s Merritt Centre. Franz…
THE 2026 programmes of Banff Mountain Film Festival screenings are touring the UK, and local dates continue throughout the year. The short films range from extreme climbing and kayaking to mountain biking and other dazzling adventures in wild places. With extreme climbing, kayaking, mountain biking and the one of the world’s most gruelling races, the…
A NEW short documentary, Brick by Brick, is having its first screenings at Bridgwater’s Scott Cinema. Created with the people who live and work in the town, the film takes stereotypes of Bridgwater and challenges the audience to look more deeply. It tells the story of two young, aspiring TikTok influencers who attempt to kick-start…
RENDEZ-VOUS Dance company comes to Yeovil’s Westlands centre on Tuesday 3rd February with The Monocle, a fast-paced, contemporary dance and music production dedicated to the legendary Parisian club, Le Monocle, one of the best kept secrets in the glamorous underworld of Paris in the 1930s. Created by the UK-based, French choreographer Mathieu Geffré, the dance…
THE return of a grand family and a modern family falling apart – the themes of the two most in-demand films in Moviola’s February programme. Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale manages to be a reassuringly comfortable way to pass a couple of hours, while not offering anything challenging or unexpected. The Roses, on the other…
THANKS to Storm Chandra, audiences at The Exchange in Sturminster Newton were denied the chance to see Cabaret with Balls, but Artreach is delighted that the performance has been re-arranged for Thursday 26th February. Cabaret should always have a frisson of wanton wit, a hint of burlesque, some risqué songs … and even a pinch…
THE 250th anniversary production of Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s immortal comedy The Rivals, sub-titled A Trip to Bath, comes “home” to the Theatre Royal as part of its 2026 tour. The 23-year-old Sheridan was catapulted to success by the play, which held a mirror up to the preposterous antics of his day. So it is no…