SOMERSET is a county full of myths, legends and magic – from King Alfred and the burned cakes to King Arthur and Camelot. These and many other tales are brought to life in a new play, being toured by Taunton Thespians, from 16th to 27th July. Here Be Dragons, Somerset’s own mythical comedy, is a…
ACTOR James Corden is back on the London stage, for the first time in more than 12 years, starring in a new play, The Constituent, at the Old Vic. He was last seen in London starring in One Man, Two Guvnors, the hilarious hit play by Richard Bean based on an 18th century comedy. It’s…
IF you are old enough to remember Tommy Steele in his heyday, you almost certainly will recall his brilliant performance in the musical Half A Sixpence, in which he played the Cockney draper’s apprentice who unexpectedly inherits a fortune. More than 60 years after its West End debut, the revamped, renamed Kipps is the summer…
‘Grief is love that has nowhere to go’ – Anon WHAT happens to a happy family when one member dies suddenly? This is the poignant and powerful theme of Sue Ashby’s new play, Sweet Sorrow, which will be staged by SNADS – Sturminster Newton Dramatic Society – at the Exchange on Friday and Saturday 21st…
DORSET’S New Hardy Players take a break from Thomas Hardy stories this year to bring to life – and new audiences – the true Dorset story of the men whose courage and sacrifice were the most important factors in the development of the English Trade Union movement. Six Men of Dorset will be performed in…
THE 2024 Lyme Regis community play will be A Midsummer Lyme’s Dream, a local reimagining of the favourite Shakespearean comedy, at the Marine Theatre from 12th to 15th June. Locally based actor and writer Andrew Rattenbury, who has written the community plays for several years, has created an irreverent, modern-day blast through this enchanting comedy,…
ERIC Chappell’s comedy thriller Theft is the next play on stage at Sherborne’s Studio Theatre. Amateur Players will be directed by Jessica Colson for this hilarious game of cat and mouse, from Monday 3rd to Saturday 8th June. In it, five very different people play a complicated game, and it’s up to you to find…
THE next Poole & Parkstone Productions show at Poole’s Lighthouse is Lionel Bart’s immortal musical Oliver!, on stage from 5th to 8th June. The remarkable show, which made its debut at the Wimbledon Theatre in 1960, not only brings Charles Dickens’s Oliver Twist to vibrant life, but every single one of the songs is tuneful,…
HELL, as writer Charles Condomine knows to his cost, hath no fury like a spirit woman scorned. You can find out more about how he copes when Yeovil’s Civic Players stage Noel Coward’s clairvoyant comedy Blithe Spirit at the Swan Theatre from 29th May to 1st June. One of the most famous comedies in British…
CHARLOTTE Jones wrote her first play, Airswimming, in 1997, and went on to create works including the award-winning Humble Boy for theatre and many works for television. This first play gets its Yeovil debut on stage at the Swan Theatre from 13th to 18th May, in a production directed by Sarah Ambrose. Described as “a…