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…
DRAWING on the heritage of folk music from the British Isles and beyond, acoustic folk-jazz quartet Counter’s Creek bring their original music – foot-tapping jigs and reels, heart-wrenching songs and 4-part harmonies, dance grooves from Eastern Europe and West Africa and a whole lot more –on 10th and 11th February to Winfrith Newburgh and Wootton…
WHATEVER the weather (currently unseasonably mild), Artsreach, Dorset’s rural touring arts charity, has a February half-term line-up of fantastic and fun theatre events for children of all ages, from deep-sea adventures and quests to deep, dark dungeons, puppetry, live music and more. Scarlet Oak Theatre comes to Sixpenny Handley village hall on Monday 12th and…
LAURA Main, best known as Sheila Turner in Call the Midwife, is still in the baby business in Chris Chibnall’s new play, One Last Push, which has its world premiere at Salisbury Playhouse, directed by Wiltshire Creative’s artistic director Gareth Machin, from 15th February to 9th March. She joins Sam Alexander, Valerie Antwi, Sherry Baines,…
THE ever-adventurous Barn Theatre at Cirencester is venturing into the foggy and sinister world of London’s Whitechapel, in Victorian times, in a new comedy thriller, Sherlock Holmes and the Whitechapel Fiend, on stage to Saturday 9th March. The world premiere Built By Barn production of Toby Hulse & Ross Smith’s play Sherlock Holmes and the…
HOW lucky are those of us who can get to the Ustinov Studio at Bath! Described by What’s On Stage as “the most exciting performance space in the south west, if not the country,” this tiny theatre currently hosts one of the most mesmerising, brilliant and profoundly moving dance performances you are ever likely to…
CINDERELLA has a special New Year party at the palace – join her and Bridport Pantomime Players at the Electric Palace from Wednesday 31st January to Saturday 3rd February, at 7.30pm with a Saturday matinee at 1.30. The Players promise an unforgettable performance filled with laughter, music, and glittering fun, directed by Greg Horton, bringing…
SHAFTESBURY Arts Centre’s music and drama group has chosen Kipps – The New Half a Sixpence Musical for the summer show, in the second and third weeks of July. There will be an interest meeting at the arts centre on Sunday 5th February at 7.30pm, and auditions will be held later in the month. The…
DIRECTOR and theatre-maker Emma Rice brings her new Wise Children version of the Blue Beard story to Bath Theatre Royal, for its world premiere, from Friday 2nd to Saturday 10th February. Blue Beard the Magician makes hearts flutter and pupils dilate. With a wink, a stroke and a flick, things just seem to vanish. Cards,…
SHAKESPEARE’S Macbeth is having a moment this year, with several productions making their way onto the stage and directors competing with each other to discover contemporary relevance in this story of war, murder, greed, power and mental torment. While David Tennant gives his Scottish king in London and Ralph Fiennes tours unusual venues around the…