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Updated Tuesday 16 September, 7.35pm
Wednesday 17 September
BATH, Theatre Royal, Emma, to Sat: Ustinov Studio, Douglas Hodge in Beckett’s Endgame, Mon-Sat to 4 October, 7.30, Thurs/Sat mats 2.30.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, The Return of the Legends, with Strictly dancers.
BRIDGWATER, Arts Centre, Stephen K Amos, Now We’re Talking, comedy, 8pm.
BRIDPORT, Electric Palace, David Gilmour Live at the Circus Maximus, Rome, film, 7pm.
BRISTOL, Hippodrome, The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, to Sat.
Old Vic, Starter for Ten, return of new musical with Mel Giedroyc, to 11 Oct: Weston Studio, BoonDog in Lovett, the story of the newly-widowed Mrs Lovett, to Sat, 8, Thurs mat 6.30.
Beacon, The Massed Bands of His Majesty’s Royal Marines: Lantern, Mac Ayres, r’n’b.
CIRENCESTER, Barn Theatre, Haywire, new play by Tim Stimpson to celebrate 75th anniversary of The Archers, to 11 Oct.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Joshua Ryan, piano, and Christine Buras, soprano, baroque to Brahms, 1pm.
FROME, Merlin Theatre, Tristan Gooley, nature writer, The Hidden Seasons, 7.30.
HONITON, Beehive, Acoustic Night, 7.30.
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, Dear England, to Sat: Drum Studio, Luke Wright, Pub Grub, performance poetry.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Little Women, to Sat, 7.45, Thurs/Sat mats 2.30: Cinema, Inter Alia with Rosamund Pike, NT Screening, and 27/30 Sept: Downton Abbey – The Grand Finale, to Sat and 23-25 Sept.
SALISBURY, Playhouse, Middle Ground Theatre in Charles Dickens’ The Signalman, to Sat, 7.30, Thurs/Sat mats 2.15.
SIDMOUTH, Manor Pavilion, Paul Taylor Mills summer rep, Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery by Ken Ludwig, to Sat, 8pm.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower, Mary Poppins, to Sat.
SWANAGE, Mowlem Theatre, Comedy Club, 7.30: F1, film, 7pm.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Eddington, film, 12.30 and 7.30: Wind, Tide and Oar, documentary, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Jim Davidson, The Next Chapter, comedy, 7.30: The Roses, film, various times.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Michael Rosen’s Double Bill of Poetry, 7.30.
Thursday 18 September
BATH, Forum, The Rend Collective.
Rondo, Nick Helm, No One Gets Out Alive, comedy, 7.30.
Chapel Arts, Blowin’ Free, Martin Turner, ex Wishbone Ash, and his band.
BEER, Village Hall, Mr Burton. MOVIOLA
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, The Billy Joel Songbook.
BRIDGWATER, McMillan Theatre, Upbeat Beatles, 7.30.
BRIDPORT, Electric Palace, Four Letters of Love, film, 2pm.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Lord Huron, indie folk 7pm.
Tobacco Factory, Story Jam in Women Who Gave No F**ks, to Sat, 7.30.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Inter Alia with Rosamund Pike, NT screening, 7pm.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Cabaret with Balls, Charlie Bicknell and Louise Innes, 7.30.
HARDINGTON MANDEVILLE, Village Hall, Penguin Lessons. MOVIOLA
HONITON, Beehive, The Em Show: Tales from a Little Laughing Lesbian, comedy, 7.30.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Inter Alia with Rosamund Pike, NT screening, 7pm.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Helen Bauer, Bless Her, comedy, 7.30.
PORTSMOUTH, Guildhall, BSO, cond Enyi Okpara, Clare Hammond, piano, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Beethoven, 7pm.
SWANAGE, Mowlem Theatre, Damien Lewis, SAS Escape Stories, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Tease, cabaret and burlesque, 7.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, BBC Big Band, 7.30: Downton Abbey – The Grand Finale, film, to 2 Oct, various times.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Flamenco Origenes with Lourdes Fernandez, 7.30.
Friday 19 September
BATH, Forum, Pride and Prejudice, film with Kiera Knightley and Matthew MacFadyen, 7.30.
Chapel Arts, FolkLaw and guests.
BISHOPSTONE, nr Salisbury, Village Hall, Penguin Lessons. MOVIOLA
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Tim Peake, Astronauts: The Quest to Explore Space, 7.30.
Pavilion Dance, Bobak Champion in I’m Muslamic Don’t Panik!, breakdance, spoken word, live music and clowning, 7.30.
BRIDGWATER, Arts Centre, Average Blues Band, 7.30.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Rheingans Sisters, folk, 8pm.
Electric Palace, The Comedy Store, 7.30.
BRISTOL, St George’s, Greg James, All the Best for the Future, comedy, 8pm.
Strange Brew, Poor Creature, folk rock.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Grindfest, celebration of genre cinema, 14 screenings to Sun.
CORSHAM,Pound Arts, Nick Helm, No One Gets Out Alive, comedy, 7.30.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Kiki Dee and Carmelo Luggeiri, 7.30.
EDINGTON, Somerset, Village Hall, Mr Burton. MOVIOLA
FROGHAM, Village Hall, Briget Jones: Mad About the Boy. MOVIOLA
FROME, Merlin Theatre, Balancing the Scales, documentary film narrated by Joanna Lumley, 7pm.
Memorial Theatre, The Sound of Springsteen, 7.30.
HONITON, Beehive, Track Dogs, folk, bluegrass and rock, 8pm.
NEW MILTON, Forest Arts, Encore Theatre in Now! That’s What I Call Musicals, and Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.30.
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, Drum Studio, Maybe You Like It in Sorry, (I broke your arms and legs), a play in several powerpoints, and Sat.
POOLE, Lighthouse, BBC Concert Orchestra, Friday Night is Music Night, 7.30: Spafford Campbell, folk duo, 8pm: Cinema, Four Letters of Love, and 25 Sept, 11am: The Life of Chuck.
SHAFTESBURY,Arts Centre, The Outrun, film, 7.30.
SOUTHAMPTON, MAST, Noel and Gertie, devised by Sheridan Morley with Gary Tushaw and Rebecca Trehearn, to 27 Sept, 7.45, some mats.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, Black Bag, film, 8pm. MOVIOLA
STREET, Strode Theatre, Ultimate tribute to Kate Bush.
SWANAGE, Mowlem Theatre, Sean Alexander, Moments in Time, magic, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, The 80s Mixtape, 7.30: P Burton-Morgan, Explaining Being Pan to Nan, comedy, 8.
Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre, A Salute to Kate Bush, with Lorre Brown, 7.30.
THEALE, Village Hall, Mr Punch’s Folk Club, 8pm.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, One Night of Adele with Naomi Johnson, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Francis Rossi, 7.30.
WOOTTON BASSETT, RWB Academy, Mr Burton. MOVIOLA
YEOVIL, Westlands, Joanne McNally, comedy, 8pm.
Saturday 20 September
BATH, Rondo, Emmanuel Sonubi, Life After Near Death, comedy, 7.30.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Rob Lamberti, Perfectly George, George Michael tribute.
BRIDGWATER, McMillan Theatre, Marcus Brigstocke, Vitruvian Mango, comedy, 7.30.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Holy Cow, film, 7.30.
Electric Palace, Tina Live, the Tina Turner Experience, 8pm.
BRISTOL, St George’s, Poetry Prom, Take it to the Man, 3pm: This Flight Tonight, the songs of Joni Mitchell, 7.30.
Tobacco Factory, Spielman Studio, Russell Lucas in Third Class: A Titanic Story, solo show based on life of Titanic survivor Edward Dorking, 8pm.
DORCHESTER, Thomas Hardye School theatre, Dorchester Comedy Club with Justin Moorhouse, Suzy Bennett and Hatty Preston, 7.30.
FROME, Merlin Theatre, Mark McGann, In His Life, with Paul McGann, 7.30.
Cheese and Grain, The South.
HONITON, St Paul’s Church, BSO Strings Ensemble, Serenades and Starbursts, inc Jenkins, Tchaikovsky, Bartok, Gershwin, Holst, 6.30pm.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Mark Chadwick of The Levellers and guests, folk, 7pm.
MARSTON, Church, Good Habits, folk duo, 7.30. TA
MINEHEAD, Methodist Church, Tiddlygigs Storytime, Jack and the Beanstalk, 10.30am.
POOLE, Lighthouse, The Sound of Springsteen, 7.30: Nigel Miles-Thomas in Sherlock Holmes: The Last Act, 8pm: Cinema, Amadeus, 40th anniversary restoration, and 30 Sept, 7pm.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, Ben Francis, local singer songwriter, 7.30.
SOUTHAMPTON, Turner Sims, University Symphony Orchestra, Khachaturian, Holmes, Dvorak, Franck, 5pm.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, Mad Dog Mcrae, 8pm.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, The Ed Sheeran Experience, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Purple Zeppelin, tribute, 7.30: Open Door, reading of new play, 8pm.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Lionel, the Music of Lionel Richie.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Definitely 90s – tribute to Prodigy, Oasis, Foo Fighters, etc, 7pm.
Sunday 21 September
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Hometown Glory, candlelit concert tribute to Adele.
BRIDGWATER, McMillan Theatre, Andy Ford, World Tour of the West Country, comedy, 7.30.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Dead Ringers with Jon Culshaw, Jan Ravens, Lewis MacLeod and Duncan Wisbey.
BRUTON, St Mary’s Church, On the Idle Hill of Summer, memories of the season with Clare Sydenham piano, and David Hindley, narrator, music, poetry and prose, 3pm.
DORCHESTER, St Mary’s Church, Reverie, the life and loves of Claude Debussy, with Simon Russell Beale and Lucy Parham, piano, 7pm.
MARNHULL, St Gregory’s Church, David Bednall, organ, 3pm.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Love Never Dies, filmed in London, 7pm.
WARMINSTER, Athenaeum, Warminster Comedy Club with Justin Moorhouse, Suzy Bennett and Hatty Preston, 7.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, And Finally … Phil Collins, tribute, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Mike Osman’s Jethro, comedy.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Crown Ballet in Swan Lake, 4pm.
Monday 22 September
BRISTOL, Beacon, Black Country, New Road, indie.
Electric, Kokoroko, rock.
Tobacco Factory, Hugh Lupton and Sarah Moody When the Morning Stars (and the Angels Shouted for Joy), storytelling from the three Abrahamic traditions, and Tues, 7.30.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, The Salt Path, film, 1pm: Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Love Never Dies, sequel to Phantom of the Opera, on film, 7.30.
CORSHAM,Pound Arts, Rock the Tots, Weather, 11am and 1.45pm.
MARNHULL, St Gregory’s Church, Salisbury Cathedral Choir, 7pm.
SWANAGE, Mowlem Theatre, The Last Journey, documentary film, to Wed, 7.30, Mon mat 2.30pm.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Young Hearts, film, 11am.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Honey Don’t, film, 1pm, and Tues 4pm.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Materialists, film, and Tues, 11am, 2.30 and 7pm.
Tuesday 23 September
BATH, Theatre Royal, BLOG in The Addams Family, to Sat.
BRIDGWATER, McMillan Theatre, Inter Alia, from National Theatre with Rosamund Pike, 6.30.
BRISTOL, Hippodrome, Carrie Hope Fletcher in Calamity Jane, to Sat.
Old Vic, Weston Studio, Drum by Jacob Roberts-Mensah, storytelling, music and dance, to Sat.
St George’s, Bach and Arthur, Outa This World, comedy, 7pm.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, A New Kind of Wilderness, film. 7.30.
EXETER, Northcott Theatre, Le Navet Bete in Treasure Island, to Sat, 7.30, Wed/Sat mats 2pm.
Barnfield Theatre, Baga Chipz in Chip Off the Old Block, drag comedy and song, 7.45.
FROME, Merlin Theatre, Marina Sossi in Let Love Kill You, with live music by The Buffalo Gals, 7.30.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Rebecca Ferguson, 15 Years Stripped Back, 7.45.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, Quartet, film, 2pm.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower, Cirque Eloize, 7.30.
Wednesday 24 September
BATH, Forum, Joanne Shaw Taylor, singer songwriter.
BOURNEMOUTH, BIC, Eric Idle, Always Look on the Bright Side of Life. (or at the Pavilion)
BRISTOL, St George’s, Listen In, Evelyn Glennie and the Bristol Ensemble, immersive live performance, 6.30pm.
Tobacco Factory, Bagga Chipz in Chip off the Old Block, comedy, 7.30.
CALNE, Town Hall, Mr Burton. MOVIOLA
CASTLE CARY, Caryford Community Hall, Penguin Lessons. MOVIOLA
EAST KNOYLE, Village Hall, Briget Jones: Mad About the Boy. MOVIOLA
POOLE, Lighthouse, Emma Keny presents Killer Couples, true crime, 7.45: Cinema, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, 7.45.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, The Shaftesbury Abbey Autumn Lecture with Dr Jonathan Foyle, Remnants, 7pm.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Raices, flamenco, 7.30.
WARMINSTER, Athenaeum, Reality, film, 7.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Andrea Bocelli: Because I Believe, film, 7pm.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Moving Pictures, tribute to the music of Rush.
Thursday 25 September
ALTON BARNS, Coronation Hall, Half-Full Theatre in Tales for an Unruly Audience, 7.20. RAW
BATH, Forum, Nigel Planer, Young Once, comedy, 7.30.
Rondo, Luna Theatrics in Met By Moonlight, queer retelling of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, to Sat, 2.30 and 7.30.
Chapel Arts, Roswell Road, Zoe Wren and Jasmine Watkiss, Americana.
BOURNEMOUTH, BIC, Deacon Blue, The West Western Road Trip.
Pavilion, The Rock Anthems Show.
Pavilion Dance, New Waves Scratch Night, dance works in progress, 6.30.
BRIDGWATER, McMillan Theatre, The Bon Jovi Experience, 7.30.
BRIDPORT, Electric Palace, Inter Alia with Rosamund Pike, filmed in the West End, 7pm.
BRISTOL, St George’s, Mikeleiz-Zucchi Duo, accordian/saxophone duo, 1pm: Beat Frequencies, Balinese gamelan, 7.30.
Beacon, Weston Stage, Anna Colette, folk.
Tobacco Factory, Mama Afrika, Anna Mudeka tells the story of the South African Miriam Makeba, 7.30.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Christchurch G and S in The Yeoman of the Guard, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.30.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Mr Burton, film, 11am and 7.30pm.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Rebeca Ortega Flamenco Company in Raices, 7.30.
HONITON, Beehive, The Young Ones, 1961 Cliff Richard film, 2pm.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Philippe Sands, 38 Londres Street, 8pm.
NEW MILTON, Forest Arts, India Electric Company, folk and electronica, 7.30.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Live and Unheard bands, 7.30: Crooners, 7.45: Cinema, Carousel, 1956 Rodgers and Hammerstein film, dementia-friendly screening, 2pm.
SALISBURY, Arts Centre, Lord Jonathan Sumption, 7.30.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower, River Dance 30 – the New Generation, to Sun, 7.30, Sat/Sun mats 2.30.
Turner Sims, Gildas Quartet, Shostakovich, Beethoven, Montgomery, 7.30.
STREET, Strode Theatre, Eddington, film, and Sat, 7.45: Next to Normal, film, 7.45.
SWANAGE, Mowlem Theatre, Inter Alia with Rosamund Pike, NT Screening, 7pm.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Mark Steel, The Elephant in My House, comedy, 7.30.
WELLS, Cedars Hall, Stephen Hough, piano, Schubert, Brahms, Schoenberg, Stockhausen, Beethoven, Schumann, etc, 7pm.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, That’ll Be the Day 40th anniversary show, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Revive Theatre in The 39 Steps, to Sat, 7.30.
Friday 26 September
BATH, Forum, Jason Manford, A Manford All Seasons, comedy, 7.30.
Chapel Arts, Rebeca Ortega, flamenco, Silences.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Diana and Lionel, Endless Love, tribute.
BRIDGWATER, McMillan Theatre, Jive Talkin’, BeeGees tribute, 7.30.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Concerts in the West, Mitsu Piano Trio, Haydn, Saint Saens, Speare, Mendelssohn, 11.30am: Ant Law and Brigitte Beraha, British-Turkish jazz duo, 8pm.
Electric Palace, Mark Steel, The Leopard in My House, comedy, 8.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Neon Dance in Last and First: Men, 8pm.
St George’s, Maddy Coombs, saxophone, jazz, 1pm.
Tobacco Factory, Anthems of Rock, 7.30.
CHEDDON and WEST MONKTON, Village Hall, Penguin Lessons.MOVIOLA
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Dave Kelly and Bob Hall with Hilary Blythe, blues and folk, 7.30.
EAST STOUR, Village Hall, Mr Burton. MOVIOLA
EAST QUANTOXHEAD, Village Hall, Scarlett Smith, Any Objections?, comedy, 7.30. TA
EXETER, Barnfield Theatre, The Comedy Store Exeter, and 28 Nov, 7.45.
FROME, Tree House, Nirvanot, tribute.
HONITON, Beehive, Sense and Sensibility, 1995 film, anniversary screening, 3pm and 7.30pm.
ILMINSTER, Arts Centre, Concerts in the West, Mitsu Piano Trio, Haydn, Saint Saens, Speare, Mendelssohn, 7.30pm.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Miles Hunt of The Wonder Stuff, 8pm.
NEW MILTON, Forest Arts, The Hundred Watt Club, burlesque and cabaret, 7.30.
NORTON ST PHILIP, Village Hall, Black Bag. MOVIOLA
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, Drum Studio, Boondog Theatre in Lovett (before Sweeney Todd) and Sat.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Joe Thomas, Talking All Things – The Inbetweeners, comedy, 8: Cinema, Spinal Tap II, and Sat, and 2 Oct.
SALISBURY, Arts Centre, Jazz Social, 2.30pm: Barnstormers Comedy Club with Kevin Precious, Paddy Lennox, Louise Young and Joe Wells, 8pm.
SOUTHAMPTON, Turner Sims, Cecilie Strange Quartet, and Astral Cinema, jazz double bill, 8pm.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, Tarren, folk, 8pm.
STREET, Strode Theatre, Melanie Branton, The Full English, linguistic comedy, 7.45: The Life of Chuck, film, 7.30, and 2 Oct 7.45.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Twist and Shout, with a West End cast, 7.30.
WATCHET, Cinema, Penguin Lessons. MOVIOLA
WESTBURT SUB MENDIP, Village Hall, Mr Burton. MOVIOLA
WEST CAMEL, Davis Hall, Black Bag. MOVIOLA
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, That’s So 90s!, nostalgia party, 7.30.
YEOVIL, Westlands, James Phelan, The Dreamer, magic, 7.30.
Saturday 27 September
BATH, Chapel Arts, Dire Streets, tribute.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Gordon Hendricks, The King’s Voice, Elvis tribute.
BOVEY TRACEY, The Wickham Hall, Multi Story in Last Dance Saloon, 7.30. ViA
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Giacomo Smith, The 1925, celebrating Louis Armstrong’s 1920s Hot Five band, 8pm.
BRIDGWATER, McMillan Theatre, ABBA Forever, tribute, 7.30.
BRIDPORT, Electric Palace, Freakier Friday, film, 7.30.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Jason Manford, A Manford All Seasons, comedy: Lantern, Connor Selby, blues and rock.
St George’s, Lightime Music: J*M*A and My Midnight Heart, sonic landscapes, 2pm: Bristol Classical Players, cond Tom Gauterin, Trim and Beethoven Symphonies 4 and 5, 7.30.
CORSHAM,Pound Arts, Danny Lee Grew, 24K Magic, 7.30.
CREWKERNE, Dance House, Concerts in the West, Mitsu Piano Trio, Haydn, Saint Saens, Speare, Mendelssohn, 7.30pm.
EXETER, Barnfield Theatre, Nick Helm in No One Gets Out Alive, comedy, 7.45.
FROME, Merlin Theatre, professional actors’ showcase, directed by Mark McGann, 7.30.
Memorial Theatre, Arrival, the hits of ABBA, 7.30.
Cheese and Grain, Oas-is, tribute.
Tree House, Nic Cage against the Machine, tribute.
HONITON, Beehive, The Emerald Dawn, prog rock quartet, and Spriggan Mist, folk rock, 7.30.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Bad Manners.
MARTOCK, Parish Hall, Penguin Lessons. MOVIOLA
NEW MILTON, Forest Arts, Solent Soul, Motown, funk disco DJ night, 7pm.
POOLE, Lighthouse, The Zoo That Comes to You, 5 years plus, 11am and 2pm: Sweet and Sour, Olivia Rodrigo versus Sabrina Carpenter tribute show, 7.30: Rob Newman, Where the Wild Things Were, comedy, 8pm.
SALISBURY, Arts Centre, An Evening Without Kate Bush, 7.30.
STREET, Strode Theatre, The Ultimate Commitments and Blues Brothers Experience Show, 7.30.
SWANAGE, Mowlem Theatre, Bournemouth Concert Brass, Last Night of the Proms, 2.30pm: The Motley Crew, sea shanties and comedy, 8pm.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Live Wire Theatre in Jane Eyre, an autobiography, 2.30 and 7.30.
Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre, Into the Shadows, tribute, 7.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Grand Prix of Europe, film, 11am: Sing the Musicals, 7.30: Tribute to Iron Maiden, 8pm.
WIMBORNE, Methodist Church, Bournemouth Sinfonietta Choir, cond David Gostick, Come and Sing, Kark Jenkins The Armed Man, 2pm.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Paul Zerdin, Jaw Drop Tour, ventriloquism, 7.30.
Sunday 28 September
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Josh Widdicombe, Not My Cup of Tea, comedy.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Roderick Williams, baritone, The Carducci Quartet, Schubert, Die Schone Mullerin, 7.30.
BRIDGWATER, McMillan Theatre, Animal Guyz, Amazing Animals, noon and 4pm.
BRISTOL, Hippodrome, FastLove, tribute to George Michael.
Beacon, Lantern, Ozcan Ates, Turkish and Kurdish folk music, 7pm.
Old Vic, Geoge Lewis, The Best Thing You’ll Ever Do, comedy.
St George’s, Flamenco Origenes, 7.30.
Tobacco Factory, Nick Helm, No-One Gets Out Alive, comedy, 7.30.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Bournemouth Concert Brass, Last Night of the Proms, 7.30.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Top Secret, The Magic of Science, 2pm.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, Grace Lovelass, Ballgowns and Bib Shorts, the musical memoire of an opera singing triathlete, 6pm.
SOUTHAMPTON, Turner Sims, Ni Maxine’s Baby Jazz Club, 11am, 12.15pm, and 2.30pm.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, The Corey Band, 3pm.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Hamilton, screening to celebrate 10th anniversary of the original Broadway production, 2 and 6pm.
Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre, Ringing for Gold, handbell concert with ringers from the region, 4pm.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Celine – My Heart Will Go On, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Los Pacaminos.
Monday 29 September
BRISTOL, Hippodrome, Laughing Matters, charity comedy night with Nish Kumar, James Acaster, Jenny Eclair and Jayde Adams.
Beacon, The Magnetic Fields, 69 Love Songs, 25th anniversary tour, and Tues.
St George’s, David Olusoga, History’s Missing Chapters, 7.30.
Tobacco Factory, Vic Llewellyn in No-One Is Listening, solo ghost play, and Tues, 6.30.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, F1 – The Movie, 1pm.
CLEVEDON, The Theatre Shop, Living Spit in Too Many Greek Myths, to 11 Oct.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower, Anything for Love, The Meatloaf Story, 7.30.
SWANAGE, Mowlem Theatre, The Roses, film, to Thurs, 7.30, Mon mat 2.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, The Life of Chuck, film, 11am.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Milton Jones, Ha!Milton, comedy.
Tuesday 30 September
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Weston Studio, Julia Masli, Estonian clown, in Edinburgh Fringe 2023 hit Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha etc, to Sat.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Blue Road – The Edna O’Brien Story, film, 7.30.
DORCHESTER, St Mary’s Church, Vision, the music and poetry of Hildegarde of Bingen, 7.30.
MEMBURY, Devon, Village Hall, Flow, animation. MOVIOLA
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, Drum Studio, Lost Dog in Juliet & Romeo, to Sat.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, Summerland, film, 2pm.
SOUTHAMPTON, MAST, Geoff Norcott, There’s No Bloke without Fire, comedy, 8pm.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Inter Alia, film from NT Live with Rosamund Pike, 7.30.
WELLS, Cedars Hall, William and Joy Sparks Recital, woodwind and brass students, 7pm.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Spinal Tap II: The End Continues, film, 7pm and Wed 1pm.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Banff Mountain Film Festival, Blue programme, 7.30.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Inter Alia, film from NT Live with Rosamund Pike, 2.30 and 7pm.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, That’ll Be the Day 40th anniversary: Ballroom, LOL Comedy Club, 8pm, and 3 Oct and 7 Nov.