BRISTOL Old Vic Theatre School, which this year celebrates 80 years since it opened at the suggestion of Sir Laurence Olivier as a training arm for the Old Vic theatre, has an exciting end to 2026. Former student Gregory Doran returns to the city to direct current students in Romeo and Juliet, on the floor…
THE acting students from Arts University Bournemouth will be performing a version of George Orwell’s classic dystopian novel, 1984, in the studio theatre on their Wallisdown campus from 29th to 31st October. Celebrated director Robert Icke worked with Duncan Macmillan on the adaptation of the 1949 novel in 2013, and their version has been chosen…
WIDDERSHINS is an ancient word that roughly translates as counter-clockwise. It is also the title of the latest one-man show from the versatile and talented David Mynne, ex-Kneehigh, and now one of Cornwall’s most popular theatrical exports. He brings this new story to Dorset for three dates with Artsreach, beginning on Friday 23rd October at…
HALF-TERM Artsreach entertainment in the last week of October brings long-time favourite Squashbox Theatre to Dorset with Curious Creatures, on 24th, 25th and 27th October, and Zannie Fraser of Luminous Tales with The Goose and Mrs Frost, an enchanting and mainly non-verbal show for very young children at Hinton Martell on Wednesday 28th. THE Cornwall-based…
ONE of the best-loved musicals of recent years, Little Shop of Horrors comes to the theatre at Poole’s Lighthouse arts centre from Tuesday 20th to Saturday 24th October in a new production by Exeter Northcott Theatre co-produced with the Lighthouse and Coventry’s Belgrade Theatre. Packed with unforgettable songs, infectious rhythms, and bold theatrical storytelling, the…
IT is a brave – and talented – actor who could begin 2026 playing the title role in the Scottish play and end it in a one-man (comic) version of the tragedy of the melancholy Danish prince. From Macbeth to Hamlet (aka Omlet), with a festive side order of a Christmas quiz, Stu Mcloughlin is…
Jennifer Saunders, one of the country’s best-loved comedians and admired actresses, returns to the stage of Bath Theatre Royal to star in a revival of Edward Bond’s The Sea, a dazzling blend of wild farce, high comedy, brilliant social satire and bleak poetic tragedy. The production runs from Thursday 22nd October to Saturday 7th November….
EARLIER this year, the ever-inventive and multi-talented Stu McLoughlin impressed audiences at Bristol’s Tobacco Factory Theatre with a powerful performance in the title role of Shakespeare’s tragedy Macbeth. Now, Stu – one of the founders of the West Country’s favourite comedy theatre company Living Spit – is back, giving another of the Bard’s tragic heroes…
ONE of the country’s favourite performers, actor, comedian, presenter and all-round national treasure Miriam Margolyes will make her pantomime debut this year as the voice of Giant Blunderbore in Jack and the Beanstalk at Poole’s Lighthouse arts centre. In a career spanning more than 50 years, Miriam has become known for her work as a…
FOLLOWING the success of Up Down Boy and 2012 and Up Down Man four years later,Up Down BIG Man re-opens Salisbury Playhouse’s Salberg Studio from Wednesday 7th to Saturday 17th October, before moving to Bristol Old Vic’s Weston Studio from Tuesday 20th to Saturday 24th October. A Myrtle Theatre Company and Wiltshire Creative production in…