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Updated Saturday 19th September, 6.46pm

 

Sunday 20 September

BATH, Various venues, Jane Austen Festival.
Theatre Royal, rugby referee Nigel Owens, 7.30.
Komedia, Caitlin Moran, How to be Hopeful, 1pm: Bones Ate Arfa, psychedelic punk and rock band, 7pm.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Oasish, tribute.
BRIDGWATER, Arts Centre, Danny McNamara, lead singer of Embrace, celebrating 30th anniversary, 7.30.
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Daniel Foxx in How Lovely, comedy, 7.30.
Beacon, Urzila Carlson, Fatty on a Yacht, comedy: Lantern, Gilad Atzmon, Organology Trio, jazz.
St George’s, Robert Harris, Augustus, Agrippa and the Birth of the Roman Empire,  2pm.
Redgrave Theatre, Jeff Stelling, A night of football fun.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Grindfest, Silver Bullet (1985) 10.45am: Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire (1985) 1pm: Lost Film Special,  BBC late-night horror, No Such Thing as a Vampire (1968), 3pm: The People Under the Stairs, (1991) 4.55pm: The Wicker Man (1973), 7.15.
DORCHESTER, Thomas Hardye School, Pam Ayres, Doggedly Onward – a Life in Poems, 5pm.
EXETER, Phoenix Theatre, Riddlestick Theatre in Barleycorn, new folk musical, 7.30.
FROME, Rook Lane, Chameleon, woodwind ensemble, 3pm.
Tree House, David Thomas Broughton, folk and experimental.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Martin Turner of Wishbone Ash, The Two Eras Tour, 8pm.
POOLE, Lighthouse, The Illuminated Orchestra, Tim Burton and Dark Fantasy by Moonlight, 7.30.
SWANAGE, Mowlem Theatre, Fish in a Dress Theatre in the City for Incurable Women, 7.30.
TORBAY, various venues, The International Agatha Christie Festival.

 

Monday 21 September

BATH, Theatre Royal, Guy Masterson in Under Milk Wood, solo show, and Tues, 7.30, Tues mat 2.30.
Komedia, Mike Rice, Cruel Little Man, comedy.
BRISTOL, St George’s, Craig Crofton and Marvin Muoneke celebrate the music of John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman, 7.30.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Virginia Woolf’s Night and Day, film, 10.30am.
CIRENCESTER, Barn Theatre, Yes, Prime Minister, Mon-Sat to 3 Oct.
SALISBURY, Playhouse, The Haunting of Hill House, to 3 Oct.
City Hall, Holy Holy, a celebration of David Bowie.
SWANAGE, Mowlem Theatre, Holy Days, film, to Wed, 7.30, Mon mat 2.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, The Invite, film, 11am.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Tony, film about Anthony Bourdain, 1pm and Wed 4 and 7pm: Catch Me If You Can, film, 3.30: Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger, documentary film, 7pm.

Tuesday 22 September
BATH, Forum, Money for Nothing, Dire Straits tribute.
Komedia, Chris Broad, Journey Accross Japan, 6.30.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Alan Davies, Think Ahead, comedy.
BRIDPORT, Lyric Theatre, Scary Little Girls in Queenagers, music, monologues and the hilarity of the menopause, 7.30.
Electric Palace, NT Screening, The Misanthrope, with Sandra Oh.
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Lost Dog in Juliet and Romeo, dance theatre, to Sat, 7.30, Thurs/Sat mats 2.30.
Beacon, Sam Campbell, Kid Giblet, comedy, 7.30.
Redgrave Theatre, Dukes Theatre in Romeo and Juliet, and Wed, 7, Wed mat 1pm.
Wardrobe Theatre, Mull Historical Socieity, rock band.
EXETER, University Great Hall, BSO, cond Jamie Phillips, Martin James Bartlett, piano, Symphonic Horizons, Smetana, Tchaikovsky, Brahms, 7.30 pm.
FROME, Merlin, NT Screening, The Misanthrope, with Sandra Oh.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, The Misanthrope, with Sandra Oh.
POOLE, Lighthouse, John Barrowman, My Life in Musicals, 7.45: Cinema, NT Screening, The Misanthrope, with Sandra Oh, and Sat/Tues and 2 Oct, various times: Exhibition on Screen, James McNeil Whistler, 2.30.: Cinema,  Pressure, to Thurs, various times.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, Yesterday, film, 4pm.
SOUTHAMPTON, Turner Sims, The Ligeti Quartet celebrates Steve Reich’s 90th birthday, 7.30.
STREET, Strode Theatre, NT Screening, The Misanthrope, with Sandra Oh.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse,  NT Screening, The Misanthrope, with Sandra Oh, 7pm.
TRURO, Hall for Cornwall, Michael Flatley’s Lord of the Dance – 30 Years of Standing Ovations, to Sat.
WARMINSTER, Athenaeum, NT Screening, The Misanthrope, with Sandra Oh, 7pm.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, The Summer Book, film, 1pm: NT Screening, The Misanthrope, with Sandra Oh, 7pm: Spa Weekend, film, 4pm, and Wed 1pm.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Francis Rossi.
YEOVIL, Swan Theatre, NT Screening, The Misanthrope, with Sandra Oh, 7pm.

Wednesday 23 September
BATH, Forum, Alan Davies, Think Ahead, comedy.
Komedia, Eric Idle, Idle in Provence, 7.30.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Nurse Georgie Carroll, Infectious, comedy.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Steven Isserlis, cello, Beethoven Mendelssohn, Pablo Casals.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Michael Ball: Lantern, Marlon James talks about new book The Disappearers.
St George’s, The Drifters.
Tobacco Factory, Opera Project in Mozart’s Don Giovanni, to 3 Oct, various dates and times.
CASTLE CARY, Caryford Hall, The Christophers. MOVIOLA
EXETER, Cathedral, The Cathedral Players in The Merry Wives of Windsor, to Sat, 7.30.
University Great Hall, John Barrowman, My Life in Musicals, 7.30.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Hannah East, Express Yourself, comedy, 7.30: PIPELINE: Classics, new writing and works in progress, 8pm.
SALISBURY, Arts Centre, Deborah Meaden, 7.30.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower Studio, Paul Merton and Suki Webster’s Improv Show.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Rhys James in Chop Logic, comedy, 8pm.
WARMINSTER, Athenaeum, Song Sung Blue, film, 7.30.
WELLS, Little Theatre, Ayckbourn’s Woman in Mind, to Sat, 7. 30.

Thursday 24 September
BATH, Theatre Royal, London City Ballet in Firebird, to Sat, 7.30, Fri/Sat mats 2.30.
Forum, Fastlove, George Michael tribute.
Rondo, Amelie, play based on film, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.30.
Mission Theatre, Mr Split and band in Now You See Me, Now You Don’t, play with rock music, 7.30.
Chapel Arts, Samuel Moore, flamenco guitar.
BOURNEMOUTH, BIC, Jane McDonald, Living the Dream.
Pavilion Dance, Scratch Night, professional dance works in progress, 6.30.
BRIDGWATER, McMillan Theatre, 21st Century Productions in Ghost – The Musical, to Sat, 7.30.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Melanie Branton in The Full English, comedy performance poetry.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Stewart Lee, Stewart Lee versus the ManWulf, to Sat.
St George’s, Riot with Adam Summerhayes, violin, Carmen Flores, viola, Toby White, cello, Beethoven and Summerhayes, 1pm: Yetii Piano Trio with Laura Jurd, jazz trumpet, and Jake McMurchie, saxophone, jazz, 8pm.
Redgrave Theatre, Jordan Wylie, adventurer, Finding Purpose.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Christchurch G and S Society in Iolanthe, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.30.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, NT Screening, The Misanthrope with Sandra Oh, 7pm.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, The Three Graces piano trio, Beethoven, Bach, Donizetti, Morricone, John Williams, etc. 7.30.
EXETER, Cygnet Theatre, Blue Vanguard Jazz with Craig Milverton Trio and Sara Colman, voice, 7.30.
FROME, Tree House, True Foxes.
HONITON, Beehive, A Shot in the Dark, 1964 film, 2pm: NT Screening, The Misanthrope with Sandra Oh, 7pm
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, John Bramwell of I A Kloot, solo tour, 8pm.
NEW MILTON, Forest Arts, Ed Patrick, Numb and Number, comedy, 7.30.
OTTERFORD, Parish Hall, Hamnet. MOVIOLA
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, Drum Studio, Our Space in The Body Measures Time, re-imagining of The Odyssey, to Sat.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Grace Petrie, contemporary music, 7.45: Live and Unheard, local bands, 8pm: Cinema, Ish, 7.45.
SALISBURY, Arts Centre, Trevor Eve, 7.30.
City Hall, Cloudbusting – The Music of Kate Bush.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower, Moulin Rouge! – The Musical, to 24 Oct.
Mayflower Studio, An Evening Without Kate Bush.
Turner Sims, Paul Lewis, piano, Mozart, 7.30.
STREET, Strode Theatre, Lilith, one woman storytelling.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, Mother’s Pride, film, 7pm.
SWANAGE, Mowlem Theatre, Rhys James in Chop Logic, comedy, 8pm.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Sugar Pie Honey Bunch, the music of the Four Tops, tribute, 7.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, The Undercover Detective – The Makings of a Murderer, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Revive Theatre in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time, 7.30.
YEOVIL, Swan Theatre, Comedy Night.

Friday 25 September
BATH, various venus, Bath Children’s Literature Festival, to 4 Oct.
Forum, John Barrowman, My Life in Musicals.
Chapel Arts, Flamenco Express, music and dance.
BISHOPSTONE, nr Salisbury, Village Hall, The Devil Wears Prada 2. MOVIOLA
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Sugar Pie Honey Bunch, the music of the Four Tops.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Sax Pax for a Sax, Moondog and the London Saxophonic with Will Gregory and Robert Stillman.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Toussaint, Windows of Displacement, contemporary dance, 7.30.
Electric Palace, Scott Bennett, Stuff, comedy, 7.30.
BRISTOL, St George’s, Paul Lewis, piano, Mozart, Schubert, Chopin, 7.30: Chris Fox, folk and Americana, 7.30.
Beacon, Lantern, Jazz Emu.
Redgrave Theatre, NT Screening, The Misanthrope with Sandra Oh, 11am.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Sam Carter sings Nic Jones, 7.30.
CREDITON, Arts Centre, Exeter Opera Group in Saint Saens’  Sampson et Dalila, 7.30.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Danny Lee Grew, 24K Magic, comedy, 7.30.
EAST STOUR, Village Hall, Mamma Mia. MOVIOLA
EXETER, Barnfield Theatre, Jordan Wylie, Finding Purpose, adverturer and former soldier, 7.45.
Cygnet Theatre, Katy Cawkwell, performance storyteller, Lilith – The Other Side of the Story, 7.30.
FROME, Merlin, Michael Spicer in Hope All’s Well.
Cheese and Grain, The Amazons.
ILMINSTER, Warehouse, Exeter Opera Group in Saint Saens  Sampson et Dalila, 7.30.
Arts Centre, Phil Beer, acoustic solo gig.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Andy Fairweather Low and the Low Riders, 8pm.
MERE, Lecture Hall, Tuner.  MOVIOLA
NEW MILTON, Forest Arts, Mi Flamenco Umbra, music and dance, 7.30.
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, BSO, cond Pete Harrison, Star Wars: 50th Anniversary Celebration, 7pm.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Waterloo, tribute to ABBA, 7.30: Le Navet Bete in Oh Zeus!, and Sat, 7.45: Romeo Stodart, guitarist of The Magic Numbers, 8pm: Cinema, Bad Apples, and Sat, Tues-Thurs: The Odyssey.
SALISBURY, Cathedral, Northampton Male Voice Choir, 1pm.
Arts Centre, Centrepeice, jazz and songs from the Great American Songbook, 2.30: Barnstormers Comedy, 8pm.
City Hall, Francis Rossi – The Quo Songbook.
Studio 1, 52a Fisherton Street, Milly Moon, Walking Songs from New Zealand, and Sat, 8pm.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre,  H is for Hawk, film, 7.30.
SIDMOUTH, Manor Pavilion, Bookends – Simon and Garfunkel Through the Years, 7.30.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower Studio, Max Fulham, More Ham, comedy, and Sat.
STURMINSTER NEWTON,The Exchange, Kerry Ellis, rock anthems, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse,  Whatever the Weather, 10am and 11.15am: The Bon Jovi Experience, tribute, 7.30:
Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre, The Ultimate Commitments and Blues Brother Experience, 7.30.
WEST CAMEL, Davis Hall, Tuner.  MOVIOLA
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Jonny Cole, Armagudd’n, Black Country comedy, 7.30.

Saturday 26 September
BATH, Chapel Arts, Catlea and band, indie pop and alt rock.
Komedia, Comedy Club.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Michael Ball, Glow.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Le Vent du Nord, Canadian folk.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, COSM and Rat Trap, local bands, 7.45.
Electric Palace, Simon Spillett, saxophone, and the Ronnie Jones Trio, jazz, 2pm: & Sons, film, 7.30.
BRISTOL, St George’s, Bristol Classical Players, Brahms, Mahler and Dvorak, 7.30.
Redgrave Theatre, Don’t Dilly Dally, music hall favourites, 2.30pm: The Comedy Store, 8pm.
COLYTON, Farway Village Hall, Pipeline Theatre in George and the Drag Queen, 7.30.ViA
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Danny Lee Grew, 24K Magic, comedy, 7.30.
DAWLISH, Shaftesbury Theatre, Our Star Theatre in The Three Musketeers, 7.30.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Mi Flamenco, Umbra, 7.30.
EXETER, Barnfield Theatre, Scott Bennett, Stuff, comedy, 7.45.
FROME, Memorial Hall, Kerry Ellis, Rock Anthems.
Cheese and Grain, Magnum.
HONITON, Beehive, Hudson & Hudson, Married at First Sleight, comedy and magic, 7.30.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Rob Newman, 21st Century Survival Guide, comedy, 8pm.
MARTOCK, Parish Hall, Rose of Nevada. MOVIOLA
NETHERBURY, Village Hall, Tuner.  MOVIOLA
NEW MILTON, Forest Arts, Connor Selby, blues and soul.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Rabbit and Rey and the Lost Things, 2pm: The London African Gospel Choir, Paul Simon’s Graceland Re-imagined, 12.30: Carl Hutchinson, Fine Whine, comedy, 8pm.
SALISBURY, Arts Centre, Romantics, Mystics and Revolutionaries, live performance lecture on Wordworth and Coleridge by poet and comedian Pete Bearder, 7.30.
SHERBORNE, Abbey, Sherborne Chamber Choir, cond Paul Ellis, David Bednall, organ, Choral Classics, Haydn, Handel, Schubert, etc, 7pm.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, Emily Portman and Friends, folk.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, The Sound of Springsteen, 7.30.
SWANAGE, Mowlem Theatre, Swing Easy Too, music from the Great American Songbook, 2pm: Bournemouth Concert Brass, Last Night of the Proms, 2.30: Pressure, film, and Sat and Mon-Thurs, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Women in Rock, 7.30.
Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre, Andy Ford, Alright my Luvver? comedy, 7.30.
TEIGNMOUTH, Bishopsteignton Village Hall, Charlie Bicknell and Louise Innes in Women on the Edge, irreverant cabaret, 7pm. ViA
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Flushed Away, animated film, 11am: The Bon Jovi Experience, tribute, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Methodist Church, Bournemouth Sinfonietta Choir, cond David Gostick, Come and Sing Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana, 2pm.

Sunday 27 September
BATH, Komedia, Big Big Train, prog rock.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Showtime Future Stars, showcase for dance schools, 12.30 and 7.15pm.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, David Gibb Big Band, 2pm.
BRISTOL, Old Vic,  Stevie Martin in Clout, comedy, 7.30.
Beacon, Raise the Bar: UK Poetry Allstars, inc Harry Baker, Hollie McNish, etc: Lantern, Intarsia: Coalesce, dance and RnB.
Redgrave Theatre, The History of Rock.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, The Misanthrope with Sandra Oh, NT Screening, 1pm.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Imaginary Landscapes – poetry and harp with Chris Tutton and Tara Minton, 2.30.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, NT Screening, The Misanthrope with Sandra Oh, 7pm.
STREET, Strode Theatre, New Amen Corner.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Pam Ayres, Doggedly Onward – A Life in Poem, 3.30pm.
WEYMOUTH,Pavilion, The Magic of the BeeGees, tribute, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Pete Allen Jazz Band.
Merley House, Hurn Court Opera, Singers of the Year recital, 4pm.
YEOVIL, Westlands, The Drifters, 7.30.

Monday 28 September
BATH, Komedia, Jesca Hoop, Lail Arad and Richard Sears, The Songs of Joni Mitchell.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Freya Ridings, alt rock.
Tobacco Factory, Aftermirth, comedy for new parents, 11am.
Redgrave Theatre, James Phelan, The Man Who Was Magic, and Tues, 7.30.
TAUNTON,Brewhouse,  The Summer Book, film, 11am.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Super Nature, documentary film, 1pm, and Wed 4pm: The Dog Stars, film, 4 and 7pm, and Tues 4pm, and Wed 1pm.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, The Misanthrope, NT Screening, 7.30.

Tuesday 29 September
BATH, Theatre Royal, BLOG in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, 70th anniversary show, to Sat, 7.30, Wed/Sat mats 2.30.
Forum, Emma Kenny, Killer Couples.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Imperial Classical Ballet in Swan Lake, 7.30.
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Weston Studio,  The Big House in Blaze FM, political theatre with music, to Sat, various times.
St George’s, Sara Pascoe, Riot Act – The Birthday Show, madcap cabaret, 7.30.
Beacon, Joe Jackson, The Hope and Fury Tour.
CLEVEDON, Theatre Shop, Living Spit in The Tragedy of Omlet, Prince of Henmark, to 10 Oct.
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, Drum Studio, James Rowland, Team Viking, comedy and storytelling, and Wed.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Heathers – The Musical, to Sat, various times.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, The Friend, film, 2pm.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower Studio, Sam Harrison in PG Wodehouse’s Jeeves Takes Charge, to Sat.
Turner Sims, Claire Fuller, novelist, and her son musician Henry Ayling talk about the novel and its relationship to music, 7.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Bitter Christmas, film, 1 and 7pm.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Don’t Forget Me – Eddie Cochran official documentary film, 7.30.

Wednesday 30 September
BATH, Forum, Nish Kumar, Angry Humour from a Really Nice Guy.
Rondo, Watson’s House in Queer Eyes on Queer Lives, three original plays, 7.30.
Komedia, The Spirit of Comedy, with Tom Ward, showcase for rising stars.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Paddington Trio, Part, Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky, 1pm: Broken English, Marianne Faithfull film, 7.30.
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Richard Marsh in Top Gunchained, celebrating 40th anniversary of Top Gun, to Sat, 7.30.
St George’s, Ensemble Augelletti in Jewels that Brightly Burn, music by Bach’s students, 7.30.
Beacon, Lantern, Adam Wakeman, Jazz Sabbath.
Redgrave Theatre, Banff Mountain Film Festival, blue programme.
EAST KNOYLE, Village Hall, The Devil Wears Prada 2. MOVIOLA
EXETER, Barnfield Theatre, Jazz Emu in The Pleasure Is All Yours, comedy, 7.45.
POOLE, Lighthouse, BSO, cond Wigglesworth, Wagner, Beethoven, 7.30pm.
SWANAGE, Mowlem Theatre, Philip Clouts and the SoundCellar 3, jazz, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse,  Southern Sinfonia, Inside the Orchestra, 6pm.
WEYMOUTH,Pavilion, La La Land, film, 10th anniversary, 7pm.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Celebrating Celine : A New Day.
YEOVIL, Swan Theatre, Cinematheque, It Was Just An Accident, 7.30.
Westlands, Paul Zerdin, Shut Your Mouth, comedy puppetry, 7.30.