IT is hard to believe that there were only 12 episodes of Fawlty Towers – and almost as hard to find that it is just over 50 years since the BBC showed this absolute classic of English rudeness and gentility at the seaside. Now it comes as a stage play, adapted by creator John Cleese,…
FROME celebrates the 25th anniversary of its multi-arts festival this year – and the festival opens on 3rd July, just two days after the funeral of Martin Bax, the actor, former town and district councillor and mayor, who became one of Frome’s most loved and valued citizens. A former actor with the Royal Shakespeare Company, Martin…
CONFESSIONAL comedian Suzi Ruffell brings her new show, The Juggle, to the Marine Theatre at Lyme Regis on Friday 5th June and to Poole’s Lighthouse arts centre the following evening, Saturday 6th. It’s hard to be good all the time, says Suzi. A good mother, a good daughter, a good partner, a good friend, a…
YES, that’s Greece, not Grease … the award-winning Mischief company comes to Bath Theatre Royal from Tuesday 26th to Saturday 30th May with the latest stage mayhem, a musical comedy which offers an (unlikely) explanation for the origins of acting. Thespians, packed with comedy, chaos and choreography sure to have the audience aching with laughter,…
PAULINE Eyre was a line judge at Wimbledon for 20 years. Now as a stand-up comedian she takes her experiences on the road, coming to Shaftesbury Arts Centre on 27th May, Bridport Arts Centre on 28th, Swanage’s Mowlem There on 29th. In her new show, Anyone for tennis?, Pauline spills the Pimms on tennis gossip,…
COMING to Swindon’s Arts Centre on 20th May, Emily Davis will be taking her audience on a journey through original songs, sharp satire and a Welsh woman’s take on everything from spreadsheets to self-discovery. Following her success at the Edinburgh Fringe, Emily sets sail with her funny, uplifting one-woman musical comedy, Blodwen Rocks the Boat,…
JANET Street-Porter is on a national tour, returning to our region on Wednesday 13th May for the final date of the tour at Plough Arts Centre, Torrington. She first hit the newspaper stands, and then the airwaves and television screens, there were many who didn’t like her accent, her voice or her take-no-prisoner attitudes. Opinionated…
MICHAEL McIntyre, presenter of the BBC 1 Saturday night hit show The Wheel, and one of Britain’s best-loved comedians, is coming to Poole’s Lighthouse arts centre with his charity show, in aid of Julia’s House, the children’s hospice, on Sunday 10th May. Michael will be performing his greatest hits and new bits, all in aid…
TWO popular small touring theatre companies have got together to produce a new comedy, General Medical Emergency Ward 10, which continues at Tacchi Morris Arts Centre at Taunton on 21st April. Award‑winning Dyad Productions and Company Gavin Robertson have reimagined the worlds of Holby City, Casualty, ER, Grey’s Anatomy, Doctors and many more in this…
POETRY gigs attract big audiences these days, and Devon’s Villages in Action Liv Torc to The Tiffin Box in Axminster on Friday 17th April. Liv will explore life, love and relationships, in Wild Words for Wet Days. The performance will make you laugh, move you and hopefully inspire you to reconsider our relationship to the…