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Updated Friday 24th April, 6.10pm
Saturday 25 April
BATH, Theatre Royal, SIX, 4 and 8pm: The Egg, Lyngo Theatre in Hay, wordless adventure with song and dance, and Sun, 11.30 and and 3pm.
Forum, Laura Newman, Ark At She, comedy, 7.30.
Komedia, Burlesque Bottomless Brunch, 11.45am: Comedy Club, 8pm.
Rondo, Platform 8 in The Party, 7.45.
Mission, Echo and Ink in Dennis Kelly’s DNA, thriller, 7pm.
BOURNEMOUTH, BIC, Paul Carrack.
Pavilion, Sing the Musicals.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Butler, Blake and Grant, rock and pop.
BRIDGWATER, Arts Centre, A Head Full of Coldplay, tribute, 7.30.
McMillan Theatre, The Greatest Movies Show.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, From Page to Screen, The Little Sister (2025) 10.45am: No Other Choice (2025) 2.15pm: Airplane! (1980), 5pm.
Electric Palace, From Page to Screen, 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), 7.30
BRISTOL, Hippodrome, The Greatest Showman, to 10 May.
Old Vic, The Woman in Black, 2.30 and 7.30.
Redgrave Theatre, St Mary’s Players in Come From Away, 2.30 and 7pm.
Beacon, Ashling Bea, Older than Jesus, comedy.
Tobacco Factory, Michelle de Swarte in The Afters, comedy, 8pm: Spielman Studio, Hannah Clift in Eight-The One Wo[man] Drag King Musical Parody, 7.30.
Alma Tavern, Pauline Eyre, Anyone for Tennis?
Wardrobe Theatre, The Antics Joke Show.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Avalon Comedy Network with Steve Bugeja, Luke Honnoraty, Pravanya Pillay, 7.30.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Dorchester Comedy Club with Dylan Moran and support.
EXETER, Northcott Theatre, There’s a Monster in your Show, and Sun: Northcott Cafe, Death on the Ganges, murder mystery dining.
Phoenix, Showhawk duo, classical guitar and electronica.
FERNDOWN, Barrington Centre, The Neil Diamond Story with Bob Drury, 7.30.
FROME, Merlin, Mark Simmons, Jest to Impress, comedy, 7.30.
HALSTOCK, Village Hall, Nuremberg. MOVIOLA
HONITON, Beehive, Miles Hunt of The Wonderstuff, solo show, 7.30.
ILMINSTER, Arts Centre, Ruth Notman Trio, folk, 7.30.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Andy Parsons in Please #@!$ Off to Mars, 8pm.
MARTOCK, Village Hall, I Swear. MOVIOLA
NEW MILTON, Forest Arts, Ester Tal’s Flamenco Academy, 7.30.
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, Welsh National Opera, Play Opera Live – Shipwrecked.
POOLE, Lighthouse, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged), 2.30 and 7.45: A Country Night in Nashville, 7.30: Luke Wright, Later Life Letter, performance poetry, 8pm: Cinema, Hoppers, 11.30am: The Magic Flute from the Royal Opera House, 6.45: Glenrothan, and Tues-Thurs.
SALISBURY, Playhouse, John Crace : What the Hell Just Happened? 7.30.
Arts Centre, Threepenny Bit, ceilidh, 7.30.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower, The Bodyguard.
Mayflower Studio, NT Connections.
Turner Sims, Mystic Voices, Sufi Qawwali Warsi Brothers, 7pm.
Guildhall, Baroque Majesty, Bournemouth Symphony Orcheastra and BSO Voices, Handel, Bach, Purcell, Vivaldi, etc, 7.30.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, Noble Jacks, Americana, 8pm.
STREET, Strode Theatre, Glastonbury and Street Musical Comedy Society in Calendar Girls – the Musical, 2.30 and 7.30: Dead Man’s Wire, film, 7.45.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, The Soul and Swing Big Band, 7.30.
SWANAGE, Mowlem Theatre, Supersillymagicshow, for 3 to 8 years, 2pm: Swing Easy, music from the Great American Songbook, 2pm: Father, Mother, Sister, Brother, film, and Mon-Thurs 7.30, Mon mat 2.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Let’s Rock the 70s, 7.30.
TIVERTON, Community Arts Theatre, Our Star Theatre in The Invisible Man, comedy thriller based on HG Wells, 7.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Toddler Time: Zog with Zog and the Flying Doctors, animated films, 11am: A Vision of Elvis, with Rob Kingsley, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Sound and Vision, A Tribute to David Bowie, 7.30.
Sunday 26 April
ANSFORD, Caryford Hall, Pea Bien Theatre in Last Wednesday’s Work Shirt, comedy, 7.30. TA
BATH, Komedia, Aquapella, Bath acapella group, 7.30.
BOURNEMOUTH, University, Kimmeridge Hall, Bournemouth Chamber Music Society, Sophie Rosa, violin, Ian Buckle, piano, Mendelssohn, Beethoven, Clara Schumann and Grieg, 3pm.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Voces8, Give Me Your Stars, choral.
BRIDGWATER, McMillan Theatre, Cloudbusting, The Music of Kate Bush, 7pm.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, From Page to Screen, Ball of Fire (1941), 10.45am: H is for Hawk (2025), 2.15pm: Black Orpheus (1959), 5pm: Gala Finale – The General (1926 Buster Keaton comedy with live piano accompaniment by Stephen Horne, 8pm.
Electric Palace, The Magic Flute, screened live from the Royal Opera House, 2pm.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Out with the Buckleys, comedy.
Tobacco Factory, King Kandoro, State of the Nation, comedy, 7pm.
Wardrobe Theatre, Siblings – Dreamweavers.
Folk House, Nadia Reid, Live with Strings.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, The Magic Flute, screened live from the Royal Opera House, 2pm.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Out of the Box, 3pm.
EXETER, Phoenix, Ruth Notman, folk.
FROME, Merlin, The Magic Flute, screened live from the Royal Opera House, 2pm.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, The Sunday Sessions, 2pm: Jazz by the Sea : Talking Spirits, 8pm.
SALISBURY, City Hall, An Evening with Aggers, cricketing memories, 6.30.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, The Magic Flute, streamed from the Royal Opera, 2pm.
STREET, Strode Theatre, The Sounds of the 70s with The Zoots, 7pm: Reminders of Him, film, and Thurs, 7.30.
WARMINSTER, Athenaeum, Richard Lennox, piano, and friends, Classics and Musical Favourites, 7.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, to Wed, and 4 May, various day times: Sugar Pie Honey Bunch, the music of the Four Tops, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, An Afternoon of Laurel and Hardy, centenary celebration with Neil Brand (rescheduled from March) 2.30pm
Monday 27 April
BATH, Theatre Royal, The Egg, Royal High Bath students in Who Will Carry the Word?, by Charlotte Delbo about French female political prisoners in Auschwitz, 7pm.
Forum, The Great Big Dance Off, 4pm.
BRISTOL, St George’s, An Evening with Aggers, cricketing memories, 7.30.
Tobacco Factory, Krapp’s Last Tape, with David Westhead, dir Stockard Channing, and Tues, 7.30.
Wardrobe Theatre, Lil Wenker, Boy King.
EXETER, Northcott Theatre, The Mumford and Sons Story.
POOLE, Lighthouse, The Constant Wife, with Kara Tointon, to Sat, 7.45, Wed/Sat mats 2.30.
SALISBURY, Playhouse, The Talented Mr Ripley, to Sat, 7.30, Thurs/Sat mats 2.15.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, The Testament of Ann Lee, film, 11am.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, The Drama, film, and Wed, 2pm: Paul Smith: Pablo Live, comedy recorded in Dublin, 7.30.
Tuesday 28 April
BATH, Forum, Van Morrison, and Wed. SOLD OUT
Komedia, Cowboy Junkies, 40 years and beyond, and Wed.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Yes: the Fragile Tour.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Lantern, Mammal Hands, electronic folk.
Old Vic, Weston Studio, Jade Franks, Eat the Rich (but maybe not me matesx), to Sat, various times.
Alma Tavern, As Good as God Loves Them.
CIRENCESTER, Barn Theatre, Double Double, to 28 May.
EXETER, Phoenix, Party Cannon and Internal Bleeding, death metal.
HYTHE, Village Hall, The Choral. MOVIOLA
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, Drum Studio, National Theatre Connections, to 2 May.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Cinema, Colours of Time, to Thurs.
SOUTHAMPON, Turner Sims, Brodsky Quartet with Willard White, 7.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Midwinter Break, film, 2 and 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, The Three C’s
Wednesday 29 April
BATH, Rondo, Bath Drama in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, to Sat, 7.30.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Film Club, Sisters with Transistors, electronic music’s unsung heroines.
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Kiss of the Spider Woman, the musical, to 16 May, various times.
St George’s, Hejira, folk, A Celebration of Joni Mitchell, 8pm.
Redgrave Theatre, Bristol Musical Theatre in Jack, new musical about Jack Sheppard, to Fri, 7.30, Sat 1.30 and 6.30.
Wardrobe Theatre, Lamphouse Theatre in Pride and Prejudice (but funny), to Sat.
CORSHAM,Pound Arts, Pillion, film, 7.30.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, James Phelan: The Man Who Was Magic, 7.30.
EAST KNOYLE, Village Hall, Four Mothers. MOVIOLA
EXETER, Northcott Theatre, National Theatre Connections, to Sat.
ILMINSTER, Warehouse, Home I’m Darling, to Sat, 7.30.
PAIGNTON, Palace Theatre, Our Star Theatre in The Invisible Man, comedy thriller based on HG Wells, 7.30.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Roderick Williams, baritone, Christopher Glynn, piano, An English Song Winterreise, inc Vaughan Willims, Britten, Finzi, Gurney, Judith Weir and Errollyn Wallen, 7.30: Cinema, Power to the People, John and Yoko Live in NYC 1972, 7.30.
SALISBURY, City Hall, The Mersey Beatles, 7.30.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower, Matilda the Musical, to 17 May.
Mayflower Studio, The Carpenters Story.
TAUNTON, Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre, TAOS in Guys and Dolls, to Sat 7.30, Sat/Sun mats 2.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Power to the People: John and Yoko Life in NYC, recording of 1972 concert 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Alistair McGowan, 3 in 1, comedy, 7.30pm.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Srishti- Nina Rajarani in Play Ball, triple billl of classical Indian dance.
Thursday 30 April
BATH, Forum, The Magic of the BeeGees, 7.30.
Chapel Arts, Mark Waistell, singer songwriter.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Rocky Horror Picture Show 50th Anniversary Tour.
BRIDPORT, Electric Palace, Laurel and Hardy Centenary with Neil Brand, 7.30.
BRISTOL, Beacon, YES plays the whole album Fragile (1971).
St George’s, NOVO Quartet with Oleg Shebeta-Dragan, clarinet, Shaw and Brahms, 1pm: Paddington Trio, French Impressions, Lili Boulenger, Debussy, Ravel, 7.30.
Tobacco Factory, Opposable Thumb in Coulrophobia, clowning, to Sat, 2.30 and 7.30.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Milton Musical Society in Funny Girl, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2pm.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Silent Sherlock, three silent films with live piano accompaniment by Meg Morley, 7.30.
EXETER, Cathedral, Music of Westlife by Candlelight.
HONITON, Beehive, H is for Hawk, film, 2 and 7.30.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Listening to the Land: Stories, Stewardship and the Making of Gardens, with Hugo Bugg, 7.30.
NEW MILTON, Forest Arts, The Noise Next Door, improv comedy, 7.30.
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, English National Ballet, Body and Soul, to Sat.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Anna Phoebe, composer, performer, classical, electronic and experimental, 8pm: Jim Henson’s Labyrinth, with live band, 7.30.
SALISBURY, Arts Centre, Fleetwood Bac, singalong tribute, 7.30.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, Eabhal, music, 7.30.
SHERBORNE, various venues, Abbey Festival, to 7 May.
Abbey, Festival, Sherborne Festival Chorus, cond Paul Ellis, Amelia Monaghan soprano, Guy Cutting tenor, Morgan Pearse baritone, Haydn Creation, 7pm.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower Studio, An Evening of Burlesque Cabaret.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, Kid Hyena, punk, funk jazz, 8pm.
STREET, Strode Theatre, Sirat, film from Morocco, 7.45.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, The Mumford and Sons Story, tribute, 7.30.
YEOVIL, Westlands, BSO KS1 Schools concert.