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Updated Thursday 8 January, 6.07pm

Friday 9 January

BATH, Theatre Royal, Peter Pan – The Return of Captain Hook, with Jon Monie and Tristan Gemmill, to Sun, various times: The Egg, Snow Mice, to Sun, various times.
Chapel Arts, Rowan Stuart Trio, from South Africa.
BRIDPORT, Electric Palace, Wicked: For Good, film, 7.30.
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Treasure Island, and Sat: Weston Studio, Little Bulb in Antarctica, and Sat, day times.
Tobacco Factory, Rapunzel: a Hairy Tale, to 17 Jan, various times.
Beacon, The Classic Rock Show.
CHARD, Guildhall, I Swear. MOVIOLA
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, The Choral, and Mon/Tues:  Purple Rain, 1984 film, 7.30.
CORSHAM,Pound Arts, Living Spit in Beauty and the Beast, and Sat, 7.30.
DOWNTON, Memorial Hall, Bumblefly and Forest Forge in Pinocchio, 6.30pm.
EXETER, Northcott Theatre, Mrs Warren’s Profession, NT Screening, 7pm.
HANGING LANGFORD, Village Hall, The Roses. MOVIOLA
HONITON, Beehive, Boogie Wonderland, funk, soul and disco.
LAMYATT, Village Hall, Custard Pies and Curtain Calls, an evening with James Purefoy, Proceeds to village and Take Art, 7pm. TA
LYTCHETT MATRAVERS, Village Hall, Graffiti Classics, comedy string quartet, 7.30. AR
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, Shane Richie in Dick Whittington, and Sat:Drum Studio, Plymouth Performing Arts Academy, Into the Woods, and Sat.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Cinema, Fackham Hall, and Wed, various times: Nuremberg, 11am and Tues 10.30am: Marty Supreme, and Sat and Tues-Thurs, various times. 
SALISBURY, Playhouse, Jack and the Beanstalk, various times to Sun.
Cathedral, David Owen Norris, Piano by Candlelight, Gibbons, Parry, Vaughan Williams, Elgar, etc, 8pm.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower, Friends! The Musical Parody, and Sat.
MAST, An Evening with Kevin Keegan.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale. MOVIOLA
SWANAGE, Mowlem Theatre, Swanage Drama Co in Aladdin, and Sat, and 16/17 Jan, 7.30, Sat mats 2pm.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestras, cond Wigglesworth, Elizabeth Watts, soprano, New Year’s Viennese Gala, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, The Magic of the BeeGees, 7.30.

 

Saturday 10 January

BATH, Theatre Royal, Ustinov Studio, Monkey with Cymbals in Haunted Shadows, The Gothic Tales of EE Nesbit, 7.30.
Forum, Circle of Crows.
Rondo, New Works Ballet Theatre in Hansel and Gretel, 7.30.
Komedia, Krater Comedy Club.
BLANDFORD, Corn Exchange, Village Hall, Graffiti Classics, comedy string quartet, 7.30. AR
BOURNEMOUTH, BIC, Peter Kay, comedy.
Pavilion, Mark Watson, Before It Overtakes Us, comedy.
BRIDPORT, Electric Palace, Nuremberg, film, 7.30, and 29 Jan at 2pm..
BRISTOL, Hen and Chicken Bedminster, Stand Up for the Weekend with Paul McCaffrey, Thor Stenhaug, Jessie Nixon and Jeremy Flynn.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Some Guys Have All the Luck, Rod Stewart tribute, 7.30.
DORCHESTER, Thomas Hardye School theatre, Tatterdemalion Big Dorset Midwinter Ceilidh, 5.30 and 7.30.
FAREHAM, Fareham Live, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestras, cond Wigglesworth, Elizabeth Watts, soprano, New Year’s Viennese Gala, 7.30pm.
HONITON, Beehive, I Puritani, from the Metropolitan Opera, 6pm.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Nimsdai Purja, mountaineer, 7.30: Coastal Comedy with Raymond and Mr Timpkins, Plastic Jeezus, Tiz White and Adrienne Coles, 8pm: Cinema, Kensuke’s Kingdom, 11.30am: Becoming Victoria Wood, 5pm and Thus 12.30pm.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, Becoming Victoria Wood, film, and Mon, 7.30.
SOUTHAMPTON, MAST, Johnny Cash Roadshow – The Prison Years tour.
STREET, Strode Theatre, I Puritani, from the Metropolitan Opera, 6pm.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, Copacabana Magic, Barry Manilow tribute with Martyn James, 7.30.
WARMINSTER, Athenaeum, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, film, 7.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, The Lion King, film, 10.30am: Song Sung Blue, Neil Diamond tribute film, to Wed various times.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, A Country Night in Nashville, 7.30.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Jive Talkin’, BeeGees tribute, 7.30.

Sunday 11 January
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Ukranian Soul, Voices of Light.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Anna Lapwood, organ, Zimmer, Britten, Williams, Einaudi, etc, 4pm.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Bournemouth Concert Brass New Year Viennese concert, 3pm.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, The Choral, film, 2pm.
RINGWOOD, Waldorf School, Bumblefly and Forest Forge in Pinocchio, 2pm.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, The Wayfarers in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, to Sat, various times.
WELLS, Cathedral, Choral Evensong commemorating Bishop Bekynton, (1390-1465), 3pm.
WEYMOUTH,Pavilion, Happy Feet, film, 20th anniversary, 10.30am.
WOOKEY HOLE, Village Hall, Four Mothers. MOVIOLA
YEOVIL, Westlands, Eminence Dance Academy, One Short Day in the Eminence City, Wicked and Wizard of Oz themed showcase, 12.30 and 4.30pm.

Monday 12 January
BEAMINSTER, Public Hall, Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale. MOVIOLA
CHILTHORNE DOMER, Village Hall, The Roses. MOVIOLA
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Roofman, film, 1pm.
ODCOMBE, Village Hall, Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale. MOVIOLA
SHREWTON, Village Hall, The Ballad of Wallis Island. MOVIOLA
SOUTHAMPTON, Turner Sims, Queen Colobus,  singer songwriter quartet, FREE. 1pm.
SWANAGE, Mowlem Theatre, Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale, film, 2.30: Blue Moon, 2025 film, to Wed, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, film, and Tues, 7.30, Thurs 1.30.
YEOVIL, Westlands, The Fifth Step, NT screening, 2.3o and 7pm.

Tuesday 13 January
BATH, Theatre Royal, Buddy, The Buddy Holly Story, to Sat, Tues-Sat 7.30, Wed/Thurs/Sat mats 2.30.
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Frantic Assembly in Lost Atoms, to 24 Jan  7.30, Thurs/Sat mats 2.3o.
Alma Tavern, Edward Derbyshire and company in Macbeth/Lady Macbeth, and Wed, 2 and 8pm.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, The Fifth Step, NT Screening, 7.30, and Wed 4.30.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Mrs Warren’s Profession, NT Screening, 7pm.
HONITON, Beehive, Singer-Sargent, The Private Radical, Honiton Arts Society lecture, 2pm.
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, Matilda, the Musical, to 7 Feb.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale, film, 2pm.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower, Dear England, play, to Sat.
WINSFORD, Village Hall, The Ballad of Wallis Island. MOVIOLA
YEOVIL, Swan Theatre, Swan Festival Pt I, celebrating 50 years of live drama at the Swan, Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell, to Thurs, 7.45pm.

Wednesday 14 January
BATH, Forum, Damon Hill.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Voices for Life, Stardust – a Musical Journey, to Fri.
BRANSGORE, Village Hall, The Ballad of Wallis Island. MOVIOLA
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Weston Studio, BOV Young Company in How Do You Sleep At Night, to Sat, 8, Sat mat 3pm.
Beacon, Lantern, Grant-Lee Phillips, Americana.
CHARLTON MARSHALL, Village Hall, The Ballad of Wallis Island. MOVIOLA
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, La Traviata from the Royal Opera House, 6.45 and Sun 2pm.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, The Phantom of the Opera, 1925 silent Lon Chaney film, with live piano score by Meg Morley, 7.30.
FROME, Merlin, Holy Cow, Frome Film Club, 8pm.
HONITON, Beehive, La Traviata from the Royal Opera House, 6.45.
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, Drum Studio, Western College Players in It’s A Wonderful Life, to Sat.
POOLE, Lighthouse, BSO, cond Ludovic Morlot, Steven Osborne, piano, Viva Espana, Turina, de Falla, Debussy and Ravel, 7.30: Cinema, La Traviata from the Royal Opera House, 6.45 and 21 Jan 11.30am: The Choral, and Thurs and 23/27 Jan, various times.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, La Traviata from the Royal Opera, 6.45.
STREET, Strode Theatre, La Traviata from the Royal Opera, 6.45.
SWANAGE, Mowlem Theatre, Mowlem Comedy Club, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Steve Morgan, An Evening with Jack the Ripper, 7.30.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Andre Rieu’s 2025 Christmas concert, 3 and 7pm.

Thursday 15 January
BATH, Rondo, Bath Drama in Dick Whittington, to Sat 7.30, Sat/Sun mats 2pm.
Komedia, Voodoo Room, celebrating Hendrix, Clapton and Cream.
BEER, Village Hall, The Golden Spurtle. MOVIOLA
BRIDPORT, Electric Palace, The World of Hans Zimmer – a New Dimension, film, 7.30.
BRISTOL,Hen and Chicken Bedminster, Craig Crofton, saxophone, and band, Music of Wes Montgomery, jazz.
Alma Tavern, Bonnet Dog in A Knight of Terror, a Victorian Gothic ghost story, 8pm.
BRUTON, At the Chapel, Soft Tissue Damage, novelist Dr Anna Whitwham talks about her new novel, 7pm.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, An Evening with Bournemouth Legends, football memories with Ian Bishop and Steve Fletcher, 7.30.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, The Roses, film, 11am and 7.30.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Phil Beer, folk, 7.30.
EXETER, University Great Hall, BSO, cond Ludovic Morlot, Steven Osborne, piano, Viva Espana, Turina, de Falla, Debussy and Ravel, 7.30.
Barnfield Theatre, Shotgun in Rent – The Musical, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.30.
HONITON, Beehive, Better Days, French film, 2 and 7.30.
HORTON, nr Ilminster, Village Hall, The Roses. MOVIOLA
LYME REGIS,Marine Theatre, Living Spit in Beauty and the Beast, 7.30.
NEW MILTON, Forest Arts, Marcus Brigstocke, Vitruvian Mango, comedy, 7.30.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Mergaliyev Classical Ballet, Swan Lake, and Fri, 7.30.
TRENT, Village Hall, The Roses. MOVIOLA
WIMBORNE,Tivoli, Paul Jones and Dave Kelly, blues, 7.30.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Talon, The Best of the Eagles, 7.30.

Friday 16 January
BATH, Theatre Royal, Ustinov Studio, Liebenspiel in Clementine, and Sat, 7.30.
Forum, David Olusoga, History’s Missing Chapters, 7.30.
Chapel Arts, Jaz Delorean, lead singer of Tankus, singer songwriter.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Legend – The Music of Bob Marley.
BRIDPORT, Electric Palace, Blue Moon, film, 7.30.
BRISTOL, Alma Tavern, Baby Lamb in Exposed, and Sat, 8pm.
CHEDDON AND WEST MONKTON, Village Hall, Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale. MOVIOLA
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Regent Comedy Club with Jake Lambert, 7.30: Marty Supreme, film, and Mon-Thurs, various times.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, To Boldly Go … Far … Far Away …, science and science fiction, in aid of Pound Arts, 7.30.
DITCHEAT, Jubilee Hall, Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale. MOVIOLA
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Living Spit in Beauty and the Beast, 7.30.
EDINGTON, Somerset, Village Hall, Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale. MOVIOLA
FROGHAM, Village Hall, Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale. MOVIOLA
FROME, Cheese and Grain, Man of the World – The Music of Peter Green.
HONITON, Beehive, Voodoo Room, A Night of Hendrix, Clapton and Cream.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, LR Comedy Club, with Terry Alderton, Tadiwa Mahlunge, Jeremy Flynn and Tom Glover.
NORTH CADBURY, Village Hall, Custard Pies and Curtain Calls, an evening with James Purefoy, Proceeds to village and Take Art, 7.30pm.  TA
POOLE, Lighthouse, Studio Jazz with The Scott Hamilton Quartet, 8pm: Cinema, Song Sung Blue, and Sat, Tues and Wed various times: Hamnet, and 17, 20-24, 27-29 Jan various times.
SOUTHAMPTON, MAST, Beautiful Crazy, The Luke Combs Collection.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, Heal the Land, film, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre, A Sunday in Hell, documentary about Paris-Roubaix, cycling’s toughest one-day race, 7.15.
WATCHET, Community Cinema, Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale. MOVIOLA
WELLS, Cathedral, Tallis Voices, dir David Allinson, Psalms of Penitence and Praise, 7pm.
WEST LYDFORD, Village Hall, Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale. MOVIOLA
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Jive Talkin’, BeeGees tribute, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Minster, BSO String Ensemble, inc Jenkins, Tchaikovsky, Bartok, Gershwin, Holst, 7pm.
WINTERSLOW, Village Hall, The Ballad of Wallis Island. MOVIOLA
YEOVIL, Westlands, Let It Shine, Take That tribute, 7.30.
Swan Theatre,  Swan Festival Pt I, celebrating 50 years of live drama at the Swan, Swan Song – a murder mystery, and Sat, 7.45.

Saturday 17 January
BATH, Forum, Man in the Mirror, Michael Jackson tribute.
Chapel Arts, Your Song, a celebration of the songs of Elton John and Billy Joel, with John Reilly and Lewis Nitikman.
Komedia, Krater Comedy Club.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, An Evening with Sir David Jason, and Sun, and 25 Jan, 7.15.
Pavilion Dance, Unite Stage Academy in Imagine the Musical, 3.30 and 6.30.
BRIDPORT, Electric Palace, Mark Watson, Before It Overtakes Us, comedy, 7.30.
Arts Centre, Bellini’s I Puritani from the Metropolitan Opera, 6pm.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Chris McCausland, Yonks!, comedy: Lantern, The Fantasy Orchestra Bowie celebration.
Hen and Chicken Bedminster, Stand Up for the Weekend with Roger Monkhouse, Jenny Collier, Jack Campbell.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Rebel Heros, Bowie tribute, 7.30.
DORCHESTER, Thomas Hardye School Theatre, Dorchester Comedy Club with Milton Jones, 7.30.
FROME, Cheese and Grain, Dire Streets, tribute.
Memorial Theatre, The Mayor’s Bash, An Evening with Tom Carpenter, etc, 7pm.
HONITON, Beehive, The Choral, film, 7.30.
LYME REGIS,Marine Theatre, The Mastermind, film, 7.15.
NEW MILTON, Forest Arts, Treehouse Theatre in Alice in Wonderland, 3pm: Claude Bourbon and Stompin’ Dave, Mississippi Delta blues and jazz, 7.30.
PENSELWOOD, Village Hall, Custard Pies and Curtain Calls, an evening with James Purefoy, Proceeds to village and Take Art, 7.30pm. TA
POOLE, Lighthouse, Mergaliyev Classical Ballet, The Nutcracker, 2.30 and 7pm, and Sun 2.30: The Magic of Motown, 7.30: Hedera, Bristol based folk ensemble, 8pm.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, Mike Hatchard plays Everything, Gershwin, Chopin, Brubeck, Bach etc, 8pm.
Library, Alice in Wonderland, pantomime preview with songs, 11am.
SOUTHAMPTON, MAST, The Cavern Club Story.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, Jaz Delorean, Tankus the Henge singer songwriter, 8pm.
STREET, Strode Theatre Studio, Merrily We Roll Along, film, 7pm.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, Living Spit in Beauty and the Beast, 7.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Search for Squarepants, Spongebob movie, 10.30am: Heaven Can Wait, Meatloaf tribute, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Oh What a Night, celebrating Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, 7.30.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Mania, ABBA tribute, 7.30.

Sunday 18 January
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, La Traviata from the Royal Opera, screening.
BRIDGWATER, McMillan Theatre, The Fourth Step, NT Screening, 2pm.
BRIDPORT, Electric Palace, La Traviata from the Royal Opera, screening, 2pm.
BRISTOL, Beacon, The Night Sky Show with astronomer Adrian West, 5pm: Lantern, The Pete Roth Trio with Bill Bruford, jazz, 8pm.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, The Housemaid, film, to Wed, various times.
FROME, Merlin, La Traviata from the Royal Opera, screening, 2pm.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, La Traviata from the Royal Opera. screening, 2pm.
WELLS, Cathedral School Cedars Hall, school musicians sing Songs from the Shows, 7pm.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Project Dance in More Than Dance, mixed bill, 6pm.

Monday 19 January
BATH, Theatre Royal, 2:22 – A Ghost Story, to Sat, 7.30, Wed/Sat mats 2.30.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Lantern, Blue Monday comedy night with Stuart Goldsmith, Harriet Dyer, Riki Msindo, Morgan Rees and Amy Mason, in aid of Bristol MIND, 8pm.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale, film, 1pm.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Rock the Tots, 1990s session, 11am.
EXETER, Northcott Theatre, Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story, to Sat, 7.30, Wed/Sat mats 2.30.
SWANAGE, Mowlem Theatre, The Housemaid, film, to Wed, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Blue Moon, 2025 film, 11am.
WARMINSTER, Athenaeum, Limelight Players in Happy Jack, In aid of Wessex MS Centre charity, and Tues, 7.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Hamnet, film, to Wed, various times.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Anemone, film, 7.30, and Tues 1.30pm.

Tuesday 20 January
BATH, Mission Theatre, Next Stage in Shakespeare in Love, to Sat, 7.30.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Epica and Amaranthe, 5.30.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, The Green Mile, film, 7.30.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror, film, 7.30.
LEIGH, nr Sherborne, Village Hall, Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale. MOVIOLA
LYME REGIS,Marine Theatre, Janet Street Porter is Off the Leash, 7.30.
NORTON SUB HAMDON, Village Hall, The Ballad of Wallis Island. MOVIOLA
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, Drum Studio, Tamaritans Theatre in 1984, to Sat.
SHAFTESBURY, various venues, Festival of Baroque, recitals, talks, films, dance etc, to Sun.|
Arts Centre, Festival of Baroque, Stanley Kubrick’s Barry Lyndon, 50th anniversary screening, 2pm.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower, Here and Now – the STEPS musical, to Sat.
WELLS, Cathedral, Wells Cathedral School Brass and Percussion, promenade concert, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Mike Osman, The Funniest Show on the Planet, tribute to Donald Trump, 7.30.

Wednesday 21 January
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion Dance, AUB final year dance students, Launchpad 2026, showcase, 2.30 and Thurs 7.30.
BRISTOL, Alma Tavern, BOVTS masters students, Bite Size Performances, and Thurs, 8pm.
Wardrobe Theatre, Spitz & Co in The Spy Who Loved Me Tender, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2pm.
Folk House, Claude Bourbon, progressive blues, 7pm.
Hen and Chicken Bedminster, Theatre West in Holding Hands with Angels, drama by Mike Akers, 8pm.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Christine Buras, soprano, Joshua Ryan, piano, 1pm.
DORCHESTER, Thomas Hardye School Theatre, Janet Street Porter is Off the Leash, 7.30.
HONITON, Beehive, Blue Peter: Working with the Military, talk by former BBC producer Alex Leger, 2pm.
POOLE, Lighthouse, BSO, cond Marta Gardolinska, Vadym Kholodenko, piano, Tchaikovsky, Chopin and Mendelssohn, 7.30.
SHAFTESBURY, St James’s Church, Festival of Baroque,  Salisbury Baroque, Composers Behaving Badly, 4pm.
SOUTHAMPTON, MAST, SOS in Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, to Sat.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Ben and Tom Waters, piano and sax duo, boogie, blues and soul, 7.30.
YEOVIL, Swan Theatre,  Swan Festival Pt I, celebrating 50 years of live drama at the Swan, Feathers and Footlights Drag Night, 7.45.

Thursday 22 January
BATH, Forum, Chris Stapleton UK tribute show.
BRIDGWATER, McMillan Theatre, Bridgwater Comedy Club with Hal Cruttenden, Eshaan Akbar and Suzy Bennett, 7.30.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Exhibition on Screen, Caravaggio, 7.30.
Electric Palace, Hamlet, NT Screening, 7pm.
BRISTOL, Tobacco Factory, Living Spit in Beauty and the Beast, to Sat, 7pm, Sat mat 2pm.
Hen and Chicken Bedminster, Rum Ragged, Newfoundland folk quartet.
Electric, St Paul and the Broken Bones.
BRUTON, At the Chapel, Uncovering the Spy and the Devil, talk by Tim Willasey-Wilsey about MI6 Agent Baron William de Ropp, 7pm.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Hamlet, NT Screening, 7pm.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Hamlet, NT Screening, 7pm.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Michael Gray, Is is Bob Dylan now History?, 7.30.
EXETER, Barnfield Theatre, Clyst Vale Community College in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Jnr, to Sat, 7pm, Sat mat 2pm.
HONITON, Beehive, The Mirror Crack’d, 1980 film, 2pm: Hamlet, NT Screening, 7pm.
ILMINSTER, Warehouse, Rain or Shine in Agatha Appleton and the Peril of the Pyramids, 7.30.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Hamlet, NT Screening, 7pm.
NEW MILTON, Forest Arts, Grace Petrie, This is No Time to Panic, comedy, 7.30.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Parody of the Rings, comedy, 7.45: Cinema, The Railway Children (1970) dementia friendly screening, 2pm: Hamlet, NT Screening, and 27 Jan, 7pm.
PORTSMOUTH, Guildhall, BSO, cond Marta Gardolinska, Vadym Kholodenko, piano, Tchaikovsky, Chopin and Mendelssohn, 7.30.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, Alice in Wonderland – A Pantomime, to Sun, and 29 – 31 Jan, various times.
Festival of Baroque : Devils and Angels, with Emma-Marie Kabanova, violin, Biber and Tartini, 11am: Sweeter than Roses, English and Italian baroque music, Angela Hicks and Kristiina Watt, lute, 2pm: Battle of the Playwrights – Aphra Behn, Ben Johnson, Thomas Otway and Susanne Centrelivre, 4pm.
SHIPTON GORGE, Village Hall, Sarah Mcquaid, singer songwriter, 7.30.  AR
STREET, Strode Theatre, Hamlet, NT Screening, 7pm.
SWANAGE, Mowlem Theatre, Hamlet, NT Screening, 7pm
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Ed Byrne and guests, comedy, 8pm.
WELLS, Cathedral, Opus Anglicanum, candlemas promenade concert, 7pm.
Cathedral School Cedars Hall, Guy Johnston, cello, Mishka Rushdie Momen, piano, Beethoven Cello Sonatas, 7pm.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Yeovil Amateur Pantomime Society in The Wizard of Oz, and Fri, 7.15, Sat 1.30 and 6.30pm.
Swan Theatre,  Swan Festival Pt 2, celebrating 50 years of live drama at the Swan, Midnight Radio, film, 7.45.

Friday 23 January
BATH, Forum, Perfectly George, with Rob Lamberti as George Michael.
Komedia, The Skids, The Absolute Game Tour.
BRIDGWATER, McMillan Theatre, Bond Live, The Music of 007, 7.30.
BRISTOL, St George’s, Afel Bocoum, Malian guitarist, with his band, 7.30.
Old Vic, Weston Studio, Criptic Arts: The Acts, four new plays by disabled theatremakers, and Sat, 8pm.
Alma Tavern, Temple of Shibboleth in Days of the Week, art-rock five-piece sisterhood, 8pm.
Hen and Chicken Bedminster, Darren Walsh, Do You Like Puns? comedy.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Sweet and Sour, tribute to Sabrina Carpenter and Olivia Rodrigo, 7.30.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, John Kirkpatrick, folk, 7.30.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, The Production Garden in Parody of the Rings, 7.30.
FROME, Merlin, Hamlet, NT screening, 7pm.
Cheese and Grain, Luke Combs UK, and Sat.
HONITON, Beehive, The Roses, film, 2 and 7.30.
ILMINSTER, Arts Centre, Bowie Fashion, tribute, 7.30.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Nine Below Zero and Dr Feelgood, rhythm and blues, 8pm.
MERE, Lecture Hall, The Roses. MOVIOLA
PIDDLETRENTHIDE, Village Hall, Danny Mellor in Undermined, solo play, 7.30. AR
POOLE, Lighthouse, Andrew White, Rhinestone Comedian, 8pm.
SALISBURY, Arts Centre, Russell Hicks, This Time It’s Personal, American comedian, 8pm.
SHAFTESBURY, St Peter’s Church, Festival of Baroque, Eden Baroque, All the World’s a Stage, music inspired by Shakespeare and others, 2pm.
Arts Centre, Festival of Baroque, Troubled Times – Shaftesbury in the Civil War, talk by re-enactor Peter Wood, 4pm.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, Rum Ragged, folk quartet from Newfoundland, 8pm.
SWANAGE, Mowlem Theatre, Hamnet, film, and Sat, and Mon-Thurs, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Beautiful Crazy, The Luke Combs Collection, 7.30.
Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre, James Phelan, The Man Who Was Magic, comedy magic, 7.30.
WEST CAMEL, Davis Hall, The Ballad of Wallis Island. MOVIOLA
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, One Night in Dublin, Dubliners tribute, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, The Eddie Cochran Story, 7.30.
YEOVIL, Swan Theatre,  Swan Festival Pt 2, celebrating 50 years of live drama at the Swan, The Klima Trio, Dvorak, Rachmaninov, Shostakovich and Turina, 7.45.

Saturday 24 January
BATH, Theatre Royal, Ustinov Studio, The Production Garden in The Parody of the Rings, 2.30 and 7.30.
Forum, Emilio Santoro as Elvis.
Chapel Arts, I Can’t Believe It’s Not Buddy, with Spencer J and the Copy-Cat Crickets.
Rondo, Chloe Petts, Big Naturals, comedy, 7.30.
Komedia, Nine Below Zero and Dr Feelgood, r’n’b, 1pm:  Krater Comedy Club, 8pm.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion Dance, Open Doors, workshops and participation, from 10am. Performance 6pm.
BRIDGWATER, McMillan Theatre, Glenn Moore in Please Sir, Glenn I Have Some More?, comedy, 7.30.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Signs of Life, film, and Q and A with Jospeh and Elliot Millson, 7.30.
Electric Palace, The Choral, film, 2pm.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Lantern, Grace Petrie, This Is No Time to Panic, comedy, 3.30 and 7.30.
Hen and Chicken Bedminster, Stand up for the Weekend, with Tom Ward, Michael Odewale and Clint Edwards.
Redgrave Theatre, Ria Lina in Riabellion, comedy, 8pm.
Alma Tavern, Cotham Theatre Co in Sky Young’s Portraits of Ruin, 8pm and Sun, 5.30.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, It’s a Beautiful Noise, tribute to Neil Diamond, 7.30.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Marcus Brigstocke, Vitruvian Mango, comedy, 7.30.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Masquerade – A Tribute to The Carpenters, 7.30.
HALSTOCK, Village Hall, Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale. MOVIOLA
HONITON, Beehive, Blue Moon, 2025 film, 7.30.
LYME REGIS,Marine Theatre, Burns Night with music, dancing and food, 7pm.
NETHERBURY, Village Hall, The Ballad of Wallis Island. MOVIOLA
POOLE, Lighthouse, Destination Dance, regional dance companies’ showcase, 9am and 1.10pm: Cinema, The Pirates in An Adventure with Scientists, 11.30am.
SALISBURY, Playhouse, A Tribute to the Carpenters with Sally Creedon, 7.30.
SHAFTESBURY, Grosvenor Arms Assembly Room, Festival of Baroque, Salisbury Chamber Ensemble, baroque music from the courts of Europe, 11am: Early Bird, From the Pleasure Garden, baroque and early folk music with birdsong, 2pm.
Town Hall, Festival of Baroque, Dance the Baroque Way with Penny-Jane Swift and Steps in Time, dance demonstration, 4pm.
STUDLAND, Village Hall, Sarah Mcquaid, singer songwriter, 7.30.  AR
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, Dos Amigos, founding members of Los Pacaminos, 8pm.
SWANAGE, Mowlem Theatre, Andy Panayi, Bill Mudge and Andy Chapman, jazz, 7.30.
WARMINSTER, Athenaeum, The Old Oak, film, 7.30.
WEST STAFFORD, Village Hall, Danny Mellor in Undermined, solo play, 7.30. AR
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, The Greatest Showman, film, singalong, 11am.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, The ELO Experience.

Sunday 25 January
BRIDPORT, Electric Palace, The Cabinet of Dr Caligari, 1920 film with live score, 3pm.
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Chloe Petts, Big Naturals, comedy, 7.30.
Beacon, Lantern, Bearpit, Burns Night Ceilidh, 7.30.
Hen and Chicken Bedminster, Joe Thomas, Talking All Things The In-Betweeners.
Redgrave Theatre, Ed Winters, Earthling Ed: The Journey to Veganism, 7.30.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, The History of Rock, 7.30.
LYME REGIS,Marine Theatre, Hedera, Bristol-based female folk instrumentalists, 8pm.
MILBORNE ST ANDREW, Village Hall, Sarah Mcquaid, singer songwriter, 7.30.  AR
POOLE, Lighthouse, Holocaust Memorial Day, from 2pm: Big Sing January, 4pm.
SHAFTESBURY, Grosvenor Arms Assembly Room, Festival of Baroque, Good Againe, with Sarah Small, viola da gamba, 11.30am.
St Peter’s Church, Festival of Baroque, Bournemouth Sinfonietta Choir, cond David Gostick,  3pm.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower, BSO cond Richard Balcombe, It’s a Living Thing, The music of Jeff Lynne’s ELO, 7pm.
SOUTHAMPTON, Turner Sims, Afel Bocoum and band, Maliian and Sahara Desert blues, 8pm.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Taylor Fever, 2 and 6pm.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Sing, animated film, 10am: Queen of the Night, Whitney Houston tribute, 7.30.

Monday 26 January
BRISTOL, Beacon, Trinity Academy Bristol, music and dance showcase, 5pm.
Redgrave Theatre, Hamlet, NT Screening, 7pm.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, film, 1pm.
SOUTHAMPTON, Turner Sims, Resonant Activism, new political band, FREE, 1pm.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Nuremberg, film, 11am.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Goodbye June, film, and Tues/Thurs, 7.30, Thurs mat 2.30.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Wicked: For Good, film, to Wed 7pm, and Tues 11am, 2.30: Wed 3pm.

Tuesday 27 January
BATH, Theatre Royal, Sheridan’s The Rivals with Patricia Hodge and Robert Bathurst, 250th anniversary production, to Sat, 7.30, Wed/Thurs/Sat mats 2.30: Ustinov Studio, Mark Kitto in Chinese Boxing, to Thurs, 7.30.
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Showstopper! The Improvised Musical, to Sat, 7.30.
Tobacco Factory, Adam Kammerling in Seder, spoken world and physical theatre, and Wed.
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, Drum Studio, PGS in Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, to Sat.
POOLE, Lighthouse, The Shawshank Redemption, to Sat, 7.45, Wed/Sat mats 2.30.
SALISBURY, Playhouse, Omid Djalili in Namaste, comedy, 7.30.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit, film, 2pm.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower, Miss Saigon, to 7 Feb.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Talon – The Best of the Eagles, 7.30.
WELLS, Cathedral, Cathedral School woodwind and strings, promenade concert, 7.30.

Wednesday 28 January
ANSFORD, Caryford Hall, Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale. MOVIOLA
BATH, Theatre Royal, China Running Dog, talk by actor and author Mark Kitto, noon.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Shen Yun, 5,000 years of Chinese Culture, to Sun, various times.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Becoming Led Zeppelin, film.
BRIDPORT, Electric Palace, Omid Djalili, Namaste, comedy, 8pm.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Lantern, Martyn Joseph, folk, 8pm.
Old Vic, Weston Studio, The Project People in Smalltown Boy, new play by Brenda Callis, about grief and growing up queer, to Sat, various times.
Alma Tavern, Dead Air by Alistair Ray and Mat Troy, and Thurs, 8pm.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Eric Ravilious: Drawn to War, documentary film, 11am and 7.30pm.
EAST KNOYLE, Village Hall, The Roses. MOVIOLA
POOLE, Lighthouse, BSO, cond Sunwook Kim, Elisabeth Brauss, piano, Stravinsky, Beethoven, Mozart, 7.30.
SALISBURY, Playhouse,  Simon Russell Beale and Lucy Parham, Reverie, Portrait of Debussy, 7.30.
SOUTHAMPTON, MAST, Mark Simmons, Jest to Impress, comedy.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Andy Fairweather Low and the Low Riders.

Thursday 29 January
BATH, Rondo, Alfie Moore, Fair Cop Live, warm-up show, comedy, 8pm.
Komedia, Blue Ray and Love is Loud.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion Dance, Bournemouth Collegiate School in Peter Pan, The Classic Broadway Production, to Sat, 7pm, Sat mat 2pm.
BRIDGWATER, McMillan Theatre, MADE Community Youth Theatre in Curtain Call to Credits, and Fri, 7.30.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, The Golden Spurtle, film, 7.30.
BRISTOL, St George’s, Amiri Harewood, piano, Shostakovich, Rachmaninov, Ades, etc, 1pm.
Wardrobe Theatre, Anna Hale, Control Freak, comedy, 7.30.
Hen and Chicken Bedminster, QOW Trio, jazz.
Folk House, Common Ground, folk, 7pm.
BRUTON, At the Chapel, Nick Todhunter, The Epic History of Portrait Painting, 7pm.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, The Dazzling Diamonds, comedy drag, 7.30.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Lollipop, film, 7.30.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Rank, solo play by Dan Gaisford, 7.30.
EXETER, University Great Hall, BSO, cond Sunwook Kim, Elisabeth Brauss, piano, Stravinsky, Beethoven, Mozart, 7.30.
Northcott Theatre, Footlights in Anything Goes, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.30.
FROME, Cheese and Grain, Airbourne, Australian hard rock.
Memorial Theatre, Gordon Buchanan, Lions, Tigers and Bears, 7.30.
HONITON, Beehive, Wicked: For Good, film, 2 and 7.30.
LYME REGIS,Marine Theatre, Wicked; For Good, film, 7.15.
NEW MILTON, Forest Arts, Budapest Cafe Orchestra, 7.30.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Armonico Consort, dir Christopher Monks, Handel’s Fireworks, inc Zadok the Priest, Te Deum and Royal Fireworks Music, 7.30: The Jane Austen Fan Club, comedy, 8pm.
SALISBURY, Playhouse, The Magic of Motown, 7.30.
Arts Centre, Solve-Along-a-Murder-She-Wrote, 7.30.
SOUTHAMPTON, MAST, Sherlock Holmes: The Hunt for Moriaty, to Sat.
Turner Sims, Allan Clayton, tenor, Paul Lewis, piano, Schubert’s Winterreise, 7.30.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, Exchange, Charlie Bicknell and Louise Innes in Cabaret with Balls, 7.30. AR
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, The Fifth Step, NT Screening, 7.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Shape of You, The Music of Ed Sheeran, 7.30.

Friday 30 January
BATH, Theatre Royal, Ustinov Studio, Merlin Projects in Sherlock Holmes: The Death and Life, and Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.30.
Chapel Arts, Jim Moray, folk.
Rondo, Boogie Nachts Theatre in Rishikesh, set in Greenham Common CND camp, and Sat, 7.30.
BISHOPSTONE, nr Salisbury,Village Hall, Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale. MOVIOLA
BOURNEMOUTH, BIC, The Fast Show 30th anniversary tour.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Angela Hewitt, piano.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Rank, solo play.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Horrible Histories – The Concert, 6.30 and Sat 10.30am and 2.30pm: Lantern, Le Vent du Nord, folk, 8pm.
Tobacco Factory, Tracey Collins in Audrey Heartburn: Bingo at Tiffany’s, music and comedy, and Sat.
Wardrobe Theatre, Bebe Cave in Christbride, comedy, and Sat, 7.30.
St George’s, Paul Lewis, piano, Mozart Piano Sonatas, Poulenc, Debussy, 7.30.
Alma Tavern, Across the Square by Non Vaughan-O’Hagan, and Sat, 8pm.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Jive Talkin’, BeeGees tribute.
CIRENCESTER, Barn Theatre, Men Behaving Badly: The Play, to 7 March.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Luke Wright, Later Life Letter, performance poetry, 7.30.
DRIMPTON, Village Hall, Moscow Drug Club, 7.30. AR
EAST STOUR, Village Hall, Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale. MOVIOLA
FROME, Tree House, Cavus Torabi, British-Iranian multi instrumentalist and DJ.
HONITON, Beehive, Strange but True Crime, with forensic scientist Jennifer Rees, 7.30.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Upton, McIntosh and Wilson, folk country and blues trio, 8.
NORTH PETHERTON, Village Hall, The Roses. MOVIOLA
POOLE, Lighthouse, Studio Jazz, Daniel Casimir, bass, and his band, 7.45.
ROYAL WOOTTON BASSETT, RWB Academy, The Roses. MOVIOLA
SALISBURY, Playhouse, Judi Love, All About the Love, comedy, 7.30.
Arts Centre, Barnstormers Comedy with David Ward, Stephanie Laing, Pierre Hollins and Erich McElroy, 8pm.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, Steve Knightley, folk, 8pm.
SWANAGE, Mowlem Theatre, Song Sung Blue, Neil Diamond bio pic, and Sat and Mon-Thurs, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Phil Wang and guests, comedy, 6 and 8.30pm.
WESTBURY SUB MENDIP, Village Hall, The Roses. MOVIOLA
WEYMOUTH,Pavilion, The Take That Experience, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, The King’s Voice, Gordon Hendricks as Elvis.
YEOVIL, Westlands, An Evening with Arsenal legends Merson, Smith and Nicholas, 7.30.

Saturday 31 January
BATH, Chapel Arts, The Connolly Hayes Band, blues.
Komedia, Krater Comedy Club.
BRIDGWATER, Mingle Cafe, Scarlett Smith in Any Objections, harpist and comedian, 7pm. TA
McMillan Theatre, Muses in One Night Only at the Muse-icals!, 8pm.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Amadeus, 1984 film, 5pm.
BRISTOL, St George’s, Nearly Dan, the spirit and sound of Steely Dan, 7.30.
Redgrave Theatre, Chinese New Year (Year of the Horse), extravganza, 2pm.
Hen and Chicken Bedminster, Stand Up for the Weekend, with Robin Morgan, Joe Sutherland, Tom Toal.
CERNE ABBAS, Village Hall, Moscow Drug Club, 7.30. AR
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Sexbomb, celebrating the music of Sir Tom Jones, 7.30.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Tom Rosenthal, Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I Am, comedy, 7.30.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, James Phelan, The Man Who Was Magic, 7.30.
FROME, Cheese and Grain, Retro Electro, tribute to the 80s.
Tree House, Bruce Juice, The Springsteen Experience.
HONITON, Beehive, Zeffe Klezmer Band, 7.30.
HULLAVINGTON, Village Hall, Old Baby Mackerel, bluegrass, 7.30.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Fabio and Grooverider, A history of Drum and Bass, 7pm.
MARTOCK, Village Hall, Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale. MOVIOLA
NEW MILTON, Forest Arts, Theatre for Life in Bringing the Outside In, 7.30, and Sun 2pm.
POOLE, Lighthouse, The Simon and Garfunkel Story, 7.30: Rank, solo play with Dan Gaisford, 8pm.
SALISBURY, Playhouse, Crooners, with the Mini Big Band, comedy and music, 7.30.
Arts Centre, Geoff Norcott, Basic Bloke 2, comedy.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, Le Vent du Nord, folk, 8pm.
SWANAGE, Mowlem Theatre, Holmes and Watson, The Curious Case of the Masked Magician, magic show with Peter Clifford and The Great Baldini, 2pm.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, The Up-Beat Beatles, 7.30.
Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre, Mark Nelson, Liquid Gold, Scottish comedian, 8pm.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, A Night to Remember Motown Show, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Nine Below Zero and Dr Feelgood, R’n’B, 7.30.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Dire Streets, tribute, 7.30.