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Updated Friday 28th August, 6.24pm
Saturday 29 August
BATH, Theatre Royal, Tracy-Ann Oberman in Noel Coward’s Present Laughter, to 5 Sept, various times, Thurs/Sat mats 2.30.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Waitress, the musical, 10th anniversary with Evelyn Hoskins, 2.30 and 7.30.
Pavilion Dance, Dancing Terraces, open air sessions, hiphop, Bollywood, vintage jazz, Latin, etc, free, 7pm.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, West of England Youth Orchestra, cond Tim Redmond, David Adams violin, Alice Neary cello, Brahms, Vaughan Williams and Aucoin, 7.30, and Sun, 3pm.
BRIDPORT, Electric Palace, BMTC in Our House – the Madness Musical, 2.30 and 7.30.
BRISTOL, Hippodrome, BLOC in We Will Rock You.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Highcliffe Charity Players in Come from Away, 2.30 and 7.30.
CIRENCESTER, Barn Theatre, Yes, Prime Minister, to 3 Oct.
CORFE CASTLE, Purbeck Film Cinema Under the Stars, Wicked: For Good, 8.30.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, The Black Pirate, with Douglas Fairbanks, (1926) first technicolour feature film, live piano score by Meg Morley, 7.30.
EDINGTON (Wiltshire), Priory Church of St Katherine and All Saints, Festival of Music in the Liturgy, to Sun.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Lyme Folk Weekend, to Sun, inc The Songs of Martin Carthy with Liza Carthy, The Sandy Denny Project, Ophelia and Ninebarrow.
PENZANCE, Penlee Park, Pantaloons in Twelfth Night, 7.30pm.
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, Moulin Rouge – The Musical, to 19 Sept.
POOLE, Brownsea Island, The Handlebards in Macbeth, 5pm.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Cinema, The Last Guest at the Holloway Motel, new documentary with Q&A with directors Nicholas Freeman and Ramiel Petros, 1pm: The End of Oak Street, and Tues-Thurs: Tony, and Tues-Thurs.
PORTSMOUTH, Southsea Common and Castle Field, Victorious Festival, to Sun, inc Richard Ashcroft, Scissor Sisters, Black Keys, Nile Rodgers, Jessie J, etc.
SALISBURY, Cathedral, outdoor film screening, Star Wars: A New Hope, 5pm.
SIDMOUTH, Manor Pavilion, Sidmouth Summer Play Festival, Outside Edge by Richard Harris, 8pm.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower Studios, The Lion Inside, 10.30am, 1.30pm and 4.30pm, and Sun 10.30am: Theatre for Life in I Was Always Here, journey through trans histories, 7pm, and Sun 11am and 2.30.
STREET, Strode Theatre, Sunny Dancer, film.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, Showaddywaddy, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Taryn Charles, My Celebration of Whitney Houston, 7.30.
WADEBRIDGE, Cornwall Folk Festival, inc Steve Knightley and the Winter Yards, True Foxes, Flats and Sharps, etc, to Mon.
WATCHET, Backyard Theatre, Riddlestick Theatre in The Song of the Crow.
WELLS, Cathedral, Eagles by Candlelight.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Maet Live (formerly Maet Loaf) and the Never Neverland, with Craig Halford, tribute, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Space Cowboy, Jamiroquoi tribute.
Sunday 30 August
BRISTOL, Wardrobe Theatre, Riddlestick Theatre in The Song of the Crow, to Tues.
FROME, Cheese and Grain, Vicky Jackson PINK tribute, 5.30.
HAM HILL, Chill on the Hill, inc Pirates of the Carabina, On the Shoulders, from 10am TA
SALISBURY, Cathedral, outdoor film screening, Andrea Bocelli 30: The Celebration, 5pm.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, NT Screening, 7pm.
Monday 31 August
BRISTOL, Beacon, Sam Campbell, Kid Giblet, comedy, and 22 Sept, 7.30: Lantern, Spell Songs Scratch Choir, choral folk, 2pm.
SIDMOUTH, Manor Pavilion, Sidmouth Summer Play Festival, Joe Orton’s Loot, to Sat, 8pm.