BRISTOL-born Mark Watson has been making people laugh for most of his life, but sometimes he wonders what he (or any of us) is actually here for. He brings his latest show, Search, to Dorchester, appearing at Hardye’s School theatre, on Saturday 17th February at 8pm. Mark Watson’s 12-year-old son has just got a phone….
SIX actors set out with a whodunnit – think Miss Marple meets Poirot – but only two actually get to the venue … how can they put on a show with no props or sets? The scene is set for comic mayhem as Company Gavin Robertson brings Done to Death, By Jove! to Yetminster’s Jubilee…
COMEDIAN and broadcast historian Paul Kerensa takes the audience one a journey into Auntie Beeb’s early years in his An Evening of (very) Old Radio… the first firsts of Broadcasting, coming to Dorset for four performances, from Thursday 25th January at Nether Compton village hall. The Artsreach tour continues at West Stafford on Friday 26th…
MARKUS Birdman, a veteran of Glastonbury Festival and the Edinburgh Fringe, stars at the Lyme Regis Comedy Club on Friday 19th January, in a line-up that also includes Burt Williamson and the regular host, Tom Glover. As one of the most sought after acts on the comedy circuit, Birdman headlines at all the major comedy…
CORNISH theatre company Owdyado Theatre continues its tour of Twisted Christmas, a series of darkly comic tales, at Stockland village hall in Devon on Sunday 17th December. The show is a series of macabre mini plays, all with a festive flavour providing what the company describes as ” a deliciously depraved take on the holiday…
THE hilariously funny, cuddly, wry and inspired Howard Coggins, best known in the south west as co-founder of Living Spit and nationally for his Lottery adverts, has died at the age of 52. He was diagnosed with cancer late in 2022. Frustrated with playing bit parts in other people’s shows, Howard and Stu McLoughlin started…
THE comedian who cooks, the chef who makes you laugh … George Egg is back in Dorset with his latest show, which scoops the cream of his culinary jokes, Set Menu. After several Artsreach dates at the beginning of the year and gigging at the Glastonbury Festival, George comes to Winterborne Stickland’s Pamela Hambro Hall,…
VETERAN Cornish actor David Mynne, well-known from his solo work and appearances with the much-missed Kneehigh Theatre, is a favourite with Artsreach’s village hall audiences. He is back with his uniquely hilarious and vivid one-man version of Chaucer’s bawdy Canterbury Tales, at Piddletrenthide Memorial Hall on Friday 13th October, Corfe Castle village hall on Saturday…
BACK in the noughties, comedian Sophie McCartney didn’t think she was the maternal type – but 20 years on, she’s in her 30s, and has evolved from wild child to with child (or rather children) – the theme of her new show, Sophie McCartney is Tired and Tested, coming to the Electric Palace at Bridport…
SALISBURY’S Autumn vocal festival is all ready to Celebrate Voice again from 19th to 28th October in the city, marking its tenth year by welcoming the BBC Singers to the Italianate church in Wilton, and all other events to the Guildhall. Founder and director, Lynsey Docherty is delighted that the festival, which has recently become…