A COLLECTIVE of artists and makers from the Shepton Mallet area is opening a gallery and shop in the town centre, with a launch on Thursday 17th July. The Artistry, showcasing the work of more than 30 local artists and makers, is at 37 Town Street, Shepton Mallet. The project is part of Shepton Mallet…
MIRACLE Theatre, Cornwall’s most prolific touring theatre company, returns to Dorset for its summer 2025 open air tour, with a new production of one of Shakespeare’s best-loved comedies, Twelfth Night, coming to Ibberton village hall on Thursday 31st July, Kimmeridge Bay on Friday 1st August and Higher Orchard at Sandford Orcas on Saturday 2nd, all…
WILTSHIRE Community Foundation, one of the beneficiaries of our Deepest Wiltshire book sales, is 50 this year. It was the country’s first community foundation and the golden jubilee was celebrated at a sunny party at Wellington Barn near Calne, below the beautiful north Wiltshire downs and the Cherhill White Horse. The special guest at the…
THE acclaimed folk band The Salts has a special concert at Honiton’s Beehive centre on Saturday 26th July, an evening of sea shanties and songs from the sea, at which they will be joined by West Country folk multi-instrumentalist and legend Phil Beer, half of the famous duo Show of Hands.. The five-strong band, whose…
THE Welsh valleys are a world away from the misty storied blue grass mountains of Virginia, but the five musicians of Taff Rapids have created their own musical genre – Blwgras from Wales. They have a short tour with Artsreach to village halls at Milborne St Andrew on Wednesday 23rd July, Halstock, on Thursday 24th…
THE famous Time Team geodome will be set up in the grounds of Corfe Castle during the weekend of Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th July, with exciting, interactive activities for all ages, as part of the family fun, walks, talks and film screenings that make up the Festival of Archaeology. The festival is a UK…
SIDMOUTH Folk Festival, one of the biggest events in the folk and traditional music and dance calendar, is 70 this year. It is not the 70th festival (Covid and other factors intervened), but this seaside celebration of folk music, dance and song began in 1955, and it’s back this year from 1st to 8th August,…
I HAVE been struggling to find superlatives that adequately describe Frome’s Merlin Theatre production of Come From Away, on stage until Saturday 19th July. It is breathtakingly marvellous, powerful, poignant and astonishingly skillfully and soulfully done by both the 12-strong cast and the musicians in the ten-piece band. We will never forget the worldwide impact of…
DORSET-based composer Rick Birley is celebrated in a chamber concert at St Mary’s Church, Dorchester, on Saturday 19th July, at 7.30pm. The concert will showcase some of Birley’s chamber compositions, brought to life by some of the county’s finest musicians. Leora Cohen (violin), accompanied by Duncan Honeybourne (piano), will play three of Rick’s striking works…
SHAFTESBURY Fringe, three days of every kind of entertainment imaginable, returns to the historic Dorset town from 18th to 20th July, with a programme of more than 300 events (a record number) spread around 37 venues. As director Rob Neely says, it’s all about Shaftesbury: “From its very creation, Shaftesbury Fringe has acted as a…