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Updated Monday 26th October, 6.39pm

 

Tuesday 27 October

BATH, Theatre Royal, Jennifer Saunders in Edward Bond’s The Sea, to 7 Nov, Mon-Sat, Thus/Sat mats 2.30.
Forum, Australian Pink Floyd.
Rondo, Rock the Tots, Spooky Fun, 11am.
Mission Theatre, Pudding Lane in Nell –The Musical, to Sat, 7.30.
BOURNEMOUTH, Little Theatre Club, Jameson Road, Laura Wade’s  Home I’m Darling, to Sat, 7.45.
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Lanny, adapted by Bea Roberts from Max Porter’s novel, to 7 Nov, various times.
Hippodrome, Back to the Future – the Musical, to 21 Nov.
St George’s,  10cc’s Graham Gouldman and Heart Full of Songs, 7.30: Hannah Sanders and Ben Savage, folk duo, with Jon Thorne, double bass, 7.30.
Redgrave Theatre, Frozen Singalong, 10am: Ocean Film Festival, and Wed, 7.30.
CERNE ABBAS, St Mary’s Church, Squashbox Theatre in Curious Creatures, 10.30am.AR
CIRENCESTER, Barn Theatre, The King’s Speech, to 7 Nov.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, The Man Who Laughs,1928 silent film with live piano score by Meg Morley, 7.30.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Poetry to Song, with local poets, composers and singers, 7pm.
HONITON, Beehive, Manon, from the Royal Ballet, 7.15.
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, Mrs Doubtfire – the Musical, to 7 Nov: Drum Studio, James Wilton Dance in Past, Present, Future, to Thurs.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Angel Exit in Betty and the Yeti, to Fri, various day times: Cinema, Manon, from the Royal Ballet, 7.15, and 31 Oct 3pm: Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom, 4pm, Thurs 12.30 and Fri 3pm: The Lost Children of Tuam, and Wed.
PURBECK, various venues, Film Festival, to 1 Nov.
SALISBURY, various venues, Celebrate Voice, to 31 Oct.
St Thomas’s Church, CV, The Brodsky Quartet and Willard White, bass baritone, from 19th century leider to the Great American Songbook, 7pm.
Playhouse, Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of), to Sat, 7.30, Thurs/Sat mats 2.15.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, Blinded by the Light, film, 2pm.
SHERBORNE, Powell Theatre, YAOS in The Great British Bake Off Musical, to Sat.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower, SIX, to Sat.
Turner Sims, Kayhan Kalhor, kamancheh (Persian violin), and Erdal Erzincan (Turkish baglama), classical music of Persia and Ottoman Turkey, 7.30.
STREET, Strode Theatre, Manon, from the Royal Ballet, 7.15.
SWANAGE, Mowlem Theatre, Katie Grace Harris, folk, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Manon, from the Royal Ballet 7.15: Kirris Riviere in Pieces of My Life, music and storytelling from BOVTS alumnus, 7.30
Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre and Hestercombe, Taunton Literary Festival, to 30 Oct.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Appraisal, comedy with Tim Marriott and Angela Bull, 7.30.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Clash of the Titans, Ken Doherty and Shaun Murphy recreate snooker memories and matches, hosted by Dennis Taylor, 7.30.

 

Wednesday 28 October

BATH, Forum, Russell Howard, Don’t Tell the Algorithm, and Thurs.
Rondo, Live Wire Theatre in Chauntecleer and Pertilotte, and Thurs, 7.30.
Komedia, Sh!t Faced Shakespeare in Romeo and Juliet, 7.30.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Basil Alter and Jong Sun Woo, Prokofiev, Ravel and Messiaen, 1pm: Jacqueline du Pre: Genius and Tragedy, film, 7.30.
BRIDGWATER, Arts Centre, Scary Tours by Somerset Youth Theatre, immersive experiences for Hallowe’en, and Thurs.
BRIDPORT, Electric Palace, Bad Apples, film, 7.30.
BRISTOL, Redgrave Theatre, Dear Zoo with Rod Campbell, 1.30pm, Thurs/Fri 11am and 2pm.
CASTLE CARY, Caryford Hall, Midwinter Break. MOVIOLA
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Artisan Theatre School in High School Musical, various times.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, The Last Baguette in Playtime! Ratty’s Birthday, 10am.
EAST KNOYLE, Village Hall, Tuner.  MOVIOLA
EXETER, Northcott, Jasmin Vardimon Company in Lullaby, dance, 7.30.
FROME, Cheese and Grain, Punk Rock Factory.
HINTON MARTEL, Village Hall, Luminous Tales, The Goose and Mrs Frost, 2pm. AR
ILMINSTER, Warehouse Theatre, IES in The Welkin, to Sat, 7.30.
POOLE, Lighthouse, BSO, cond Charlotte Corderoy, Junyan Chen, piano, Eastern Odyssey, Mozart, Saint Saens, Rimsky Korsakov, 7.30: Derek Jacobi in conversation with Richard Clifford, 7pm: Cinema, The Yellow Tie, 1.30 and Thurs 3.30: Ozzy and Black Sabbath, Back to the Beginning, documentary, 8pm, and Thurs 7pm.
SALISBURY, Arts Centre, CV, Hooray for Hollywood, a Century of Movie Musical with Liza Pulman and Joe Stilgoe, 7.30.
STREET, Strode Theatre, Street Theatre in Waiting for Godot, to Sat.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Dinosaurs Live, various day times.
WARMINSTER, Athenaeum, Masqueraders in Jeckyll and Hyde, musical, to Sat, 7.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Susan Calman, Tall Tales, comedy, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Holy Days, film, and Thurs.
YEOVIL, Swan Theatre, Cinematheque, La Grazia, 7.30.

Thursday 29 October
BATH, Forum, Science Museum, live stage show, noon.
Chapel Arts, Hannah Sanders and Ben Savage.
Komedia, General Levy.
BOURNEMOUTH, AUB at Wallisdown Campus, 1984, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.30
BRIDGWATER, McMillan Theatre, Hannah’s Hoofers in The Fairest of the All, and Fri, 4 and 7pm.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Rose of Nevada, film, 7.30.
Electric Palace, Seann Walsh, This is Torture, comedy, 8pm.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Kayhan Kalhor and Erdal Erzincan, folk, Persian and Turkish classical and world music: Lantern, Sindhu Vee, Swanky, comedy, and Fri.
St George’s, AERA Ensemble, Beethoven, Bruch and Stravinsky, 1pm: Jasmine Myra, saxophone, and band, jazz, 8pm.
Redgrave Theatre, NT Screening, The Misanthrope with Sandra Oh, 7pm.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, The Curse of Frankenstein, 1957 film, 7.30.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Blue Fire Theatre in Chopped Liver and Unions, 7.30.
EXETER, Northcott, Nish Kumar, Angry Humour from a Really Nice Guy, 7.30.
FROME, Merlin, The Queens of Nassau, new folk-punk musical about the women pirates Anne Bonny and Mary Read, to Sat, 7.30.
Cheese and Grain, Republica, 30 Years of Ready-to-Go.
HONITON, Beehive, Honiton Theatre Co in Terry Pratchett’s Wyrd Sisters, to Sat, 7pm, Sat mat 2pm.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Our Star Theatre in The Three Musketeers, 7.30.
NEW MILTON, Forest Arts, Rosie Holt, The Illegal Aliens Have Landed, political comedy, 7.30.
PORTSMOUTH, Guildhall, BSO, cond Charlotte Corderoy, Junyan Chen, piano, Eastern Odyssey, Mozart, Saint Saens, Rimsky Korsakov, 7pm.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Brainiac Live, 2.30: Flo and Joan, With Feeling, comedy, 7.45.
SALISBURY, Arts Centre, The Haar, The Lost Day tour, folk, 7.30.
City Hall, Calling Planet Earth, music of the 80s.
STREET, Strode Theatre, The Nut Farmer of Glastonbury, documentary, introduced by director Elsa Kent, 7pm, in double bill with Derek vs Derek, documentary about Devon farmers, and 18 Nov/11 Dec, 7.45.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, SNADS in The Vicar of Dibley Christmas – The Second Coming, to Sat, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Milton Jones and Guests, comedy, 8pm.
TISBURY, St John’s Church, Cherubim Trust 25th Anniversary Concert, Trevor Pinnock conducts Cherubim Chamber Styringes, with Vashti Hunter and Ivan Karillo, cellos, Nirvana Che-Lai and Emily Li, violins, Albinoni, Haydn, Barriere, Bach and Warlock, 6pm.
WESTON SUPER MARE, Frontroom Theatre, Pleasure Dome Theatre in Rosalie, inspired by Rosalie Chichester of Arlington Court, scientist, explorer etc, 7.30.
YEOVIL, Westlands, The Phantoms with Lee Mead, 7.30.

Friday 30 October
BATH, Theatre Royal, The Egg, M6 Theatre in All the Small Things, puppetry and storytelling, 10am and 1pm, Sat-Sun  11.30am and 3pm.
Forum, The Proclaimers.
Rondo, Harriet Kemsley in Floozy, comedy, 8pm.
Chapel Arts, Katy Hurt and Two Ways Home, Americana.
BISHOPSTONE, nr Salisbury, Village Hall, My Mother’s Wedding. MOVIOLA
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Tom Stade, Rules, comedy.
BIC, Steve Backshall, Deadly -Live, animal adventures. 2pm.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, The Will Gregory Moog Ensemble, Hallowe’en Special, 7.30.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Akademi in Plastic Drastic Fantastic, contemporary dance theatre for children, 11am.
Electric Palace, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, 1975 film, 7.30.
BRISTOL, St George’s, Rachel Podger, violin, and Lucie Horsch, recorders, Bach, Telemann, Montanari, Boismoitier and traditional, 7.30.
Beacon,The Witcher in concert, combining the game with a specially composed score, 8pm.
Tobacco Factory, Spielman Studio, Stephen Smith in One Man Poe, celebrating gothic horror writer, and Sat, 7.30.
Redgrave Theatre, Neil Delamere, Reinventing the Neil, comedy.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Big Girls Don’t Cry, 7.30.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Edge Street Live, Brian Bilston, poet, How to Lay an Egg with a Horse Inside, 7.30.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Liza Pulman Sings Streisand, 7.30.
FROME, Cheese and Grain, Grandmaster Flash.
Tree House, Nick Cage against the Machine.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Channel One Sound System, reggae, 8pm.
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, Drum Studio, LAS Theatre in The Littlest Yak, and Sat.
POOLE, Lighthouse, forensic pathologist Dr Richard Shepherd, Time of Death, 7.30: Susan Calman, Tall Tales, comedy, 7.45: Laura Lexx, Yo-Yo, comedy, 8pm: Cinema The Others, 25th anniversary screening, 7.45: & Sons, 2.30, and 3 Nov, 11am.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, The Unravelling Wilburys.
SIDMOUTH, Manor Pavilion, A Jolly Evening with James Pellow, hampered by Janet Farrow, in aid of Children’s Hospice South West, 7.30.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower Studio, Little Angel in Julia Donaldson’s The Singing Mermaid, and Sat,
Turner Sims, Genevieve Namazzi, double bass, and Christ-Stephane Boizi, trombonist and composer, 8pm.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, Dan Whitehouse and Gustaf Ljunggren, Songs and Stories, 8pm.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, CoCo, animated film, 11am: Legends of Motown, 7.30: Platform 4 in The Alice Project, music and storytelling, 7.45.
THEALE, Village Hall, Mr Punch’s Folk Club, 8pm.
WEST CAMEL, Davis Hall, The Devil Wears Prada 2. MOVIOLA
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, The Magic of Motown, 7.30: From the Jam, tribute, 8pm.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Harriet  – Trying to Get the Feeling Again.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Sh!t-Faced Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, 7.30.

Saturday 31 October
BATH, Forum, The Phantoms with Lee Mead.
Rondo, Lumenis Theatre in Lightstreams, 7.30.
Komedia, Comedy Club.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion Dance, Akademi in Plastic Drastic Fantastic, South Asian contemporary dance, 11am and 2pm.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Stile Antico, Discord to Harmony, 7.30.
BRIDGWATER, Arts Centre, Shaun Ryder, Happy Mondays, and Fridays, and Saturdays, and Sundays.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Bugonia, film, 7.30.
Electric Palace, Peatbog Faeries, 8pm.
BRISTOL, Tobacco Factory, BOVTS in Romeo and Juliet, dir Gregory Doran, to 7 Nov.
Beacon, Stornaway, indie rock.
Redgrave Theatre, Comedy Store.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Bournemouth Musical Theatre in Hallowe’en Spectacular, 7.30.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Living Spit in The Tragedy of Omlet, Prince of Henmark, 7.30.
EXETER, Northcott, Tom Stade Rules, comedy, 7.30.
FROME, Cheese and Grain, The Busted Experience.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Laura Smyth, Born Aggy, comedy, 7.30.
MARTOCK, Parish Hall, Tuner.  MOVIOLA
POOLE, Lighthouse, Lindisfarne, 7.30: Stewart Lee versus the ManWulf, comedy, 7.45: Cinema, A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, PFF, 7.30.
SALISBURY, Medieval Hall, CV, Kieran White, tenor, Cedric Meyer, lute, Time Stands Still, celebrating 400th anniversary of John Dowland and John Danyel, English lute songs, 2pm: Norma Winstone, jazz, with Nikki Iles, piano, 7.30.
Arts Centre, Hallowe’en Party, local band night, 7pm.
City Hall, Nightmare in Nashville, hallowe’een rodeo fest and country tributes, from 2pm.
SHAFTESBURY, Port Regis Farrington Hall, Shaftesbury Chamber Music Series, Howard Shelley, piano, and strings of London Mozart Players, Dvorak and Schumann, 5pm.
SOUTHAMPTON, Turner Sims, Mystery Ensemble, Tim Burton’s Universe, the music of Danny Elfman, 6.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Made in Tennessee, country music, 7.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, The Rock Orchestra by Candlelight, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Canford School, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Road to Joy – The Beethoven Symphonies, Beethoven: The Man, cond Mark Wigglesworth, John Suchet, Samuel West, percussionist Evylyn Glennie, Jonathan Dimbleby with BSO principals string quartet, from 1.30pm.
Tivoli, Rave On, 50s and 60s music.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Flo and Joan, With Feeling, musical comedy, 7.30.