ALISON Steadman, one of the best-loved and most versatile actresses of her generation, will be the special guest at the Pipeline masterclass at Poole’s Lighthouse arts centre on Wednesday 11th February. Acclaimed for her stage, television and film roles, Alison first came to prominence in television plays Nuts in May and Abigail’s Party – she…
ANYONE old enough to remember the year of the Miners’ strike will be fascinated by Danny Mellor’s Undermined, a solo show coming to Piddletrenthide Memorial Hall on Friday 23rd January and West Stafford village hall on Saturday 24th, both at 7.30pm. Described by one reviewer as “an excellent dramatisation of an immensely important period of…
THE public’s appetite for ghost stories, macabre thrillers and supernatural drama is boundless – and few people have tapped into that zeitgeist more than Uncanny creator Danny Robins, whose hit play 2:22 – A Ghost Story returns to Theatre Royal Bath from Monday 19th to Saturday 24th January. Premiering in 2021, 2:22 is a chilling…
CHRISTMAS may be over, but Bath’s Egg theatre has an ongoing programme of fun plays and entertainments for children – January brings winter magic with Play Time: A Winter’s Tail on Saturday and Sunday 17th and 18th, and Jack and The Beanstalk (Sort Of) on Saturday 24th (two performances). The Last Baguette’s show, the latest…
THE classic sitcom that made Martin Clunes a star comes to the stage of the Barn Theatre at Cirencester – Men Behaving Badly, by the show’s original creator Simon Nye, will be the adventurous little theatre’s first Built By Barn production of 2026, running from 30th January to 7th March Men Behaving Badly, the play,…
YEOVIL’S intimate Swan Theatre, whose stage is home to some of the region’s finest non professional theatrical productions, is celebrating 50 years of live drama with a January festival, and it starts by allowing a multi award winning actor to realise a long held dream. Patrick Knox will takes the title role in Jeffrey Bernard…
LIVING Spit are back on tour in January with their own unique take on one of the best-loved fairytales – Beauty and the Beast. Written by co-founders, Stu McLoughlin and the late and much-missed Howard Coggins, this playful, updated version of the 18th century French fable is at the Princess Theatre at Burnham-on-Sea on 8th…
A WORLDWIDE hit show that taps into the enduring love for one of the great icons of 1950s rock and roll, Buddy Holly, comes to Bath Theatre Royal from 13th to 17th January as part of a 2026 tour. Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story has been seen by an estimated 22 million people around…
PLAYWRIGHT Sir Tom Stoppard, who was born in the former Czechoslovakia in 1937, has died at the age of 88. He lived near Shaftesbury and, despite his international profile and long list of major stage, writing and film awards, was actively supportive of the arts, theatre and music in the area. There was an early…
ACTING legend Sir Derek Jacobi, a star of both the stage and screen, has a short pre-Christmas tour talking about his career, with two local dates, at Bath Theatre Royal on Friday 28th November and Bristol’s Redgrave Theatre on Sunday 30th, both at 2pm. The event will feature insights, memories of appearing in countless Shakespeare…