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Updated Friday 14th August, 6.35pm

 

Saturday 15 August

BATH, Theatre Royal, The Spy Who Came in From the Cold, to 22 Aug, 7.30, (not Sun/Mon), Wed/Thurs/Sat mats 2.30.
BEAULIEU, Abbey, Summer Jazz with the Sarah Bolter Quintet, 7pm
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion,  P*ssed Up Panto in Cinderella, “adults” only, 7.30.
Pavilion Dance, Dancing Terraces, open air sessions, hiphop, Bollywood, vintage jazz, Latin, etc, free, Fri/Sat to 29 Aug, 7pm.
BRIDPORT, West Bay, Jurassic Fields Music Festival, and  Sun.
BRISTOL, Hippodrome, The Bodyguard, the musical.
Old Vic, Foyer, Sofar Sounds, local bands, free, to 27 Aug.
Beacon, Blue’s Big Play, and Sun, various day times.
BURTON BRADSTOCK, St Mary’s Church, Festival of Music and Art, to 23 Aug.
CANFORD, nr Wimborne, School, Brownsea Open Air Theatre at Canford, The Tempest.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Dirty DC: In the Beginning tour, 7.30.
CIRENCESTER, Barn Theatre, Million Dollar Quartet, to 22 Aug.
CRAWTHORNE, nr Dorchester, Langham Wines, Purbeck Film Cinema Under the Stars, The Blues Brothers, (1980), 8.30.
DUNSTER, Castle, Three Inch Fools in King Arthur and the Holy Fail, 6.30pm.
EXETER, Northcott Theatre, Moonstone Theatre in Fallen at the Final Fence, with dinner, 7.30.
Barnfield Theatre, British Youth Music Theatre in Paper Stars, the story behind the magic of Mary Poppins, musical theatre and pop, and Sun, 2.30 and 7.30.
FROME, Cheese and Grain, The Devout, Depeche Mode tribute.
HONITON, Beehive, The Greatest Showman, film singalong, 4pm.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, LR Comedy Club with Suzy Bennett, Vicki Helyar and Chris Brooker, 8pm.
NEWQUAY, Orchard, Sun and Moon Theatre in Twelfth Night, 2.30.
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, Fame – The Musical.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Cinema,  Taxi Driver, 50th anniversary screening, 7pm: The Christophers, 3.30pm: Moana (2026), and Thurs, various day times.
SIDMOUTH, Manor Pavilion, Sidmouth Summer Play Festival, Changing Rooms, by Marc Camoletti, 8pm.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower Studios, youth company in Les Miserables, school edition, and 1 and 6pm, Sun 1pm.
STREET, Strode Theatre, The Invite, film,  7.30: Studio, The Odyssey, film.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, A Night of Blues and Boogie, 7.30.
SWANAGE, Mowlem, Good Times, tribute to the music Nile Rodgers, 7.30.
TETBURY, Goods Shed, Festival Players in The Comedy of Errors,  2 and 6.30.
TORQUAY, Torre Abbey, 440 Theatre in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Jim Davidson, Last Man Standing, 7.30.
WINGFIELD, Church Farm, If Opera, Carmen.

Sunday 16 August

BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Taylormania, with Katy Ellis, 5pm.
BURTON BRADSTOCK,  St Mary’s Church, music festival, to Fri.
DORCHESTER, Maumbury Rings, Rain or Shine in The Pickwick Papers, 6pm.
EXETER, Cygnet Theatre, Pete’s Singers, pop, rock, jazz and musicals, 5pm.
FREEFOLK, St Nicholas Church, This is My Theatre in The Great Gatsby, 7pm.
PENZANCE, Penlee Park, 440 Theatre in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
SALISBURY, Cathedral, Swing Unlimited, Music on the Lawns, 1pm.
SHERBORNE, Castle Gardens, Illyria in As You Like It, 7pm.
SWANAGE, Mowlem, The Devil Wears Prada 2, film, and Tues/Thurs, 7pm: Moana, film, and Tues/Thurs, 2.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Tribute to Adele – Hometown Glory, candlelit concert with Natalie Black, 7.30.
WINGFIELD, Church Farm, If Opera, Picnic Prom.

Monday 17 August
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion,  Joanne Clifton and Ore Oduba, dance and musical theatre hits, 7.30.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, summer play season, Dead Guilty by Richard Harris,  to Wed, 7.30.
SIDMOUTH, Manor Pavilion, Sidmouth Summer Play Festival, Stone Cold Murder by James Cawood, to Sat, 8pm.
SWANAGE, Mowlem, Sounds of the 60s with The Zoots, 7.30.

Tuesday 18 August
BEDMINSTER, Windmill Hill City Farm, Quantum Theatre in  The Tale of Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny, 3.30.
BIDEFORD, Tapeley Park, 440 Theatre in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Wicked, film, singalong, 6pm.
BRISTOL, Hippodrome, Annie – the Musical, to Sat.
BUDE, Ebbingford Manor, Three Inch Fools in King Arthur and the Holy Fail, 6.30pm.
LEIGH, nr Sherborne, Village Hall,  H is for Hawk. MOVIOLA
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Little Angel Theatre in Toto the Ninja Cat and The Great Snake Escape, 3.30 and Wed 10.30am and 1.30pm.

Wednesday 19 August
BRISTOL, Fernhill Farm, ArcTanGent Festival, to Sat.
CULLOMPTON, Sutton Barton Corn Barn, Rain or Shine in The Pickwick Papers, 7.30pm.
GREAT TORRINGTON, Castle Gardens, 440 Theatre in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, Moulin Rouge – The Musical, to 19 Sept.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Cinema, The Tuner, and 21st and 25th Aug: Delicatessen (1991), 6pm.
SWANAGE, Mowlem, The Alter Eagles, 7.30.

Thursday 20 August
CIRENCESTER, Cotswold Sculpture Park,  Festival Players in The Comedy of Errors, 6.30.
CORFE CASTLE, Illyria in As You Like It, 7pm.
FROME, Merlin, Tri.Art Dance and Performing Arts Academy in West Side Story, to Sat, 7, Sat mat 2pm.
HIGHCLIFFE, Castle, Quantum Theatre in  The Tale of Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny.
HONITON, Beehive, Exhibition on Screen, David Hockney, 2 and 7pm.
KIMMERIDGE BAY, Three Inch Fools in King Arthur and the Holy Fail, 6.30pm. AR
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, summer play season, Ladies’ Day by Amanda Whittington, and Fri, Mon-Wed, 7.30.
PURBECK VALLEY, Folk Festival, to Sun, inc Baskery, Eddie Reader, Jiggy, Sam Kelly and the Lost Boys, Suntou Susso and the Gambian Superstars, The Ukulele Death Squad, Bonfire Radicals, Martha Tilston, etc.
REDRUTH, Scorrier House, 440 Theatre in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Taylormania, tribute with Katy Ellis, 7.30.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Turandot on Sydney Harbour, film, 2.30 and 7pm.

Friday 21 August
AVEBURY, Manor Garden, Three Inch Fools in King Arthur and the Holy Fail, and Sat, 6.30pm.
BEDMINSTER, Windmill Hill City Farm, Quantum Theatre in Treasure Island, 3.30.
BIDEFORD, Tapeley Park, Rain or Shine in The Pickwick Papers, 6.30pm.
BREAMORE, House, The Lord Chamberlain’s Men, Othello, 7pm.
BRIDGWATER, McMillan Theatre, Somerstage in Legally Blonde the Musical Jnr, and Sat, 7pm.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Spielberg at 80: Jurassic Park (1993 film), 7.30pm.
HONITON, Beehive, Boogie Wonderland, retro disco night, 7.30.
OTTERY ST MARY, ESCOT, Beautiful Days Festival, to Sun, inc Super Furry Animals, Madness, Levellers, Proclaimers, Divine Comedy, etc.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Cinema, Holy Days, and Sat, Tues-Thurs: Spider-Man:Brand New Day, and Sat, Tues-Thurs.
STREET, Strode Theatre, Moana, film, to 27 Aug, various times: How to Live on Earth, environmental documentary film presented by Benedict Cumberbatch, and Sat, 4pm.
SWANAGE, Mowlem, The Odyssey, and Sun/Tues/Thurs 7pm: Minions and Monsters, film, and 25/27 Aug, 2.30pm.
WARMINSTER, Athenaeum, Swift and Friends, pop party, 6.3o.
WAREHAM, Carey’s Secret Garden, Purbeck Film Cinema Under the Stars, The Magic Faraway Tree, 8.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Man in the Mirror, Michael Jackson tribute, 7.30.

Saturday 22 August
BATH, Forum, Fireman Sam Live, The Lost Pirate Treasure, noon.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Go Your Own Way, Fleetwood Mac legacy, 7.30: Ballroom, LoL Comedy Club, 8pm.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, BSharp in Little B’s Boogie, family friendly music, 11am and 2pm.
BRUTON, Hauser and Wirth, Mirror (1975  Tarkovsky avant garde film) outdoor screening, 6pm.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Comedy Club with Paul Sinha, 7.30.
CIRENCESTER, Meysey Hampton Manor, Rain or Shine in The Pickwick Papers, 5pm.
FALMOUTH, The Poly, 440 Theatre in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
HONITON, Beehive, Nothing Concrete, international band from the Pyrenees led by Scottish songwriter Fergus McKay, 7.30.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, The Kate Bush Experience, with Maria Ahearn, 8pm.
POOLE,Lighthouse, Cinema, Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie, and Wed/Thurs.
STUDLAND, Knoll House Hotel, Purbeck Film Cinema Under the Stars,  Jaws, 8.30.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, Noasis, tribute. 7.30.
SWANAGE, Mowlem, Oasiz, tribute, 7.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Rule the World, tribute to Take That, 7.30.

Sunday 23 August
BRISTOL, Beacon, CBBS House Party Live, 11am and 2pm: Lantern, The Eddie Gripper Trio and Mark Lockheart’s Shapeshifter Trio, jazz.
BUCKLAND NEWTON, Village Hall, Rachael McShane and Cartographers, folk, 7.30. AR
EDINGTON (Wiltshire), Priory Church of St Katherine and All Saints, Festival of Music in the Liturgy, to 30 Aug.
FROME, Merlin ECOS Amphitheatre, Illyria in As You Like It, 6pm.
HELSTON, Coronation Park, 440 Theatre in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
MARNHULL, St Gregory’s, Music at St Greg’s, Flute and Piano concert with  Su Dutch and Louise Cousins, and guests, 3pm.

Monday 24 August
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Waitress, the musical, 10th anniversary with Evelyn Hoskins, to Sat, 7.30, Wed/Sat mats 2.30.
HONITON, Beehive, The People’s Emergency Briefing, film, 6pm.
SIDMOUTH, Manor Pavilion, Sidmouth Summer Play Festival, Outside Edge by Richard Harris, to Sat, 8pm.
SWANAGE, Mowlem, Take a Chance On Us, ABBA tribute, 7.30.

Tuesday 25 August
BRISTOL, Hippodrome, BLOC in We Will Rock You, to Sat.
DULVERTON, Knackers Hole Garden, Rain or Shine in The Pickwick Papers, 7pm.
HYTHE, Parish Hall, Wuthering Heights (2026). MOVIOLA

Wednesday 26 August
BARNSTAPLE, Arlington Court, Pantaloons in Twelfth Night, 6.30pm.
BATH, Theatre Royal,  Noel Coward’s Present Laughter, with Tracy-Ann Oberman as Gerry Essendine, to 5 Sept.
BRIDPORT, Electric Palace, BMTC in Our House – the Madness Musical, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.30.
CHEW VALLEY, Yeo Valley Organic Garden, Illyria in As You Like It, 7pm.
FALMOUTH, Trebah Garden, Quantum Theatre in  The Tale of Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny, 5pm.
SWANAGE, Mowlem, The Upbeat Beatles, 7.30.

Thursday 27 August
BATH, Theatre Royal, Tracy-Ann Oberman in Noel Coward’s Present Laughter, to 5 Sept, various times, Thurs/Sat mats 2.30.
BLACKWATER, The Cornish Craft Barn, Quantum Theatre in  The Tale of Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny.
BRISTOL, Exchange, Golomb, indie rock.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Highcliffe Charity Players in Come from Away, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.30.
EGGESFORD, The Lodge, Pantaloons in Twelfth Night, 6.30pm.
HONITON, Beehive, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, 1988 film, 2pm.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, The Alabama 3, acoustic, 8pm.
POOLE, Brownsea Island, The Handlebards in Macbeth, and Fri 6pm, Sat 5pm.
SALISBURY, Cathedral, outdoor film screening, Mean Girls, 6pm.
SHERBORNE, The Sherborne, Illyria in The Pirates of Penzance, and Fri, 7pm.
STREET, Strode Theatre, The Josh Atkinson Trio, and The Shalaings, folk and jazz, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, The Bowie Experience, 7.30.
WADEBRIDGE, Cornwall Folk Festival, inc Steve Knightley and the Winter Yards, True Foxes, Flats and Sharps, etc, to Mon.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Project Dance in Things I’ve Never Said, and Fri, 7.30.

Friday 28 August
BATH, Forum, Man in the Mirror, Michael Jackson tribute.
BUDE, Ebbingford Manor, Pantaloons in Twelfth Night, 6.30pm.
CIRENCESTER, Barn Theatre, Yes, Prime Minister to 3 Oct.
CORFE CASTLE, Purbeck Film Cinema Under the Stars, Paddington 2, 8.30.
FROME, Tree House, The Toasters, ska.
HONITON, Beehive, Dire Streets, tribute, 7.30.
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.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Cinema, The End of Oak Street, and Sat, Tues-Thurs: Tony, and Sat, 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, Mamma Mia, 6pm.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower Studios, The Lion Inside, 1.30pm, Sat 10.30am, 1.30pm and 4.30pm, Sun 10.30am.
STREET, Strode Theatre, Sunny Dancer, film, and Sat.
TAUNTON,Brewhouse, Roy Orbison and the Traveling Wilbury’s Experience, tribute, 7.30.
WELLS, Cathedral, Meatloaf by Candlelight, 7.30.
WEST CAMEL, Village Hall,  Song Sung Blue. MOVIOLA
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Amy, tribute to Amy Winehouse with Laura Jane Butler, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, The Class of 55.

Saturday 29 August
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.
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.
PENZANCE, Penlee Park, Pantaloons in Twelfth Night, 7.30pm.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Cinema, The Last Guest at the Holloway Motel, new documentary with Q&A with directors Nicholas Freeman and Ramiel Petros, 1pm.
SALISBURY, Cathedral, outdoor film screening, Star Wars: A New Hope, 5pm.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower Studios, Theatre for Life in I Was Always Here, journey through trans histories, 7pm, and Sun 11am and 2.30.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, Showaddywaddy, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Taryn Charles, My Celebration of Whitney Houston, 7.30.
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
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.