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Updated Sunday 19 October, 7.21pm

BATH, Forum, Wet, Wet, Wet.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Lantern, Viga Trails, jazz.
Tobacco Factory, Clare Murphy, The Spanking Goddess and Other Discarded Tales, storytelling, and Tues, 7.30.
Redgrave Theatre, Lawrence Chaney, Memoirs from my Sh*gpipes, Scottish drag comedy, 7.30.
Alma Tavern, Take Care, with Edie Docherty, and Tues.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, The Naked Gun, 2024 film, 1pm.
CIRENCESTER, Barn Theatre, The Last Five Years, musical by Jason Robert Brown, to 15 Nov.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Rock the Tots, Spooky Fun, 11am and 1.45pm.
PURBECK, Film Festival, various venues, to 2 Nov.
SALISBURY, Playhouse, Blithe Spirit, to Sat, 7.30, Thurs/Sat mats 2.15.
SOUTHAMPTON, Turner Sims, Amy Green and Sam Wilson, jazz funk, 1pm.
SWANAGE, Mowlem Theatre, PFF, Roman Holiday, 1953 Audrey Hepburn film, 2.30:  PFF, Julie Keeps Quiet, Belgium, 2024, 7.30.
St Mary’s Church, PFF, A Real Pain, 2024, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale, film, 11am and 7pm.
WAREHAM, Rex Cinema, PFF, I’m Still Here,  2024 Brazil, 7.30.
WEST STAFFORD, Village Hall, Duane Forrest, Bob Marley: How Reggae Changed the World, 7.30. AR
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Inter Alia, with Rosamund Pike, NT screening, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli,  Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale, film, toWed, various times.
YEOVIL, Westlands,  Yeovil Lit Fest, to 27 Oct: Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale, film, to Wed, 7pm, Mon/Wed  11am and 2.30pm.

Tuesday 21 October

BATH, Theatre Royal, Death on the Nile, to Sat.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, The Rock Orchestra.
Little Theatre Club Jameson Road, The Unfriend, to Sat.
Russell Cotes Art Gallery and Museum, PFF, Warpaint: Women at War, with director Margy Kinmonth, reception 6.30, film, 7.30.
BRISTOL, Hippodrome, The Book of Mormon, to 8 Nov.
Beacon, The Australian Pink Floyd Show: Lantern, Titanic, jazz.
Old Vic, Weston Studio, Even More … Ghost Stories by Candlelight, to Sat.
Redgrave Theatre, Ocean Film Festival, and Wed, 7.30.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, La Sonambula from the Metropolitan Opera, 6.45pm.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Soundtrack to the Coup D’Etat, documentary film, 7.30.
GILLINGHAM, School, Nikki and JD with Lost Dog Dance, Fireside, contemporary dance and circus, 6pm. AR
POOLE, Lighthouse, Tunde, former lead singer of The Lighthouse Family, 7.45: Cinema, La Sonambula from the Metropolitan Opera, 6.45: The Life of Chuck, 11am:  I Swear, to Thurs various times.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, 2012 film, 2pm.
SWANAGE, Mowlem Theatre, PFF, Thank You For Banking with Us, Germany/Palestine, 2024, festival preview, 7.30.
Durlston Castle, PFF, Die Before You Die, 2024, set in Dorset, dir Dan Pringle, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Tangle Theatre in Julius Caesar, 7.30.
WAREHAM, Rex Cinema, PFF, Young Mothers, Belgium, 2025 documentary, 7.30.
Creech Grange Country House, PFF, The Circus, 2926 Charlie Chaplin comedy, reception 2pm, film 3pm: PFF, Atonement, 2007, reception 6.30, film 7.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Some Like It Hot, 1959 film, 7pm.

Wednesday 22 October

BATH, Forum, Greg Davies, Full Fat Legend, comedy, to Sat. SOLD OUT
Rondo, Merriman in Six – Teen Edition, to Sat, 3 and 7.30pm.
Chapel Arts, Damien O’Kane and Ron Block, banjo and voice.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Miyabi Guitar Duo, Granados, Gravina, Debussey, Rodrigo, 1pm.
BRIDGWATER, Macmillan Theatre, Pleasuredome Theatre with Somerset Opera and Taunton Sinfonietta in Cesare, an adaptation of Handel’s Julius Caesar, 7.30.
BRIDPORT,  Electric Palace, Downton Abbey – the Grand Finale, film, 2 and 7.30pm.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Grayson Perry, Are You Good?, 7.30: Lantern, Corto Alto, jazz.
Old Vic, Richard Marsh in Yippee Ki Yay, parody celebration of  Die Hard, to Sat.
St George’s,  Joe Armon-Jones, jazz keyboard, 7pm.
Alma Tavern, Three’s a Coven, with Calamity Wild.
CALNE, Village Hall, Penguin Lessons. MOVIOLA
CASTLE CARY, Caryford Hall, The Phoenician Scheme. MOVIOLA
CHICHESTER, Cathedral, BSO, cond Gergely Madaras, Kristine Balanas, violin, Colour and Light, Bach, Sibelius, Suk, Respighi, 7.30.
CORSHAM,Pound Arts, Olive Branch, acrobatics, 7.30.
DOCHESTER, Corn Exchange, PFF, Touch, Iceland 2024, 7.30.
EAST KNOYLE, Village Hall, Mr Burton. MOVIOLA
EXETER, Northcott Theatre, ABBAmania, tribute, 7.30.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Steve Richards, political journalist, on Tony Blair.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Eddie Izzard in Hamlet, solo show, 7.30: Cinema, PFF, No Other Land, documentary, 7.30.
SALISBURY, various venues, Celebrate Voice, to 1 Nov.
St Thomas’s Church, Celebrate Voice, I Fagiolini and The English Cornett and Sackbutt Ensemble, Monteverdi, Vespers of 1610, 7pm.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, Music and Drama Group in Great Expectations, to Sat, 7.30.
SOUTHAMPTON, MAST, Margaret Thatcher – Queen of Soho, and Thurs, 7.45.
SWANAGE, Mowlem Theatre, PFF, The Girl with the Needle, Denmark 2024, 7.30.
Durlston Castle, PFF, The Grab, 2022 USA documentary, 7.30.
WAREHAM, Rex Cinema, PFF, Sorry, Baby, 2025, 7.30.
Holme for Gardens, PFF, Sense and Sensibility, 1995, meal 6.30, film 7.30.
WARMINSTER, Athenaeum, Masqueraders in Rock of Ages, to Sat, 7.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Steve, film, 7pm.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Scummy Mummies, Hot Mess, comedy, 7.30.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Ardal O’Hanlon, comedy, 7.30.

Thursday 23 October

BATH, Chapel Arts, Emily Mae Winters, folk country.
BOURNEMOUTH, BIC, Adam Ant, Ant Music.
Pavilion, The ELO Experience.
BRIDGWATER, McMillan Theatre, Vincent Simone, Tango Passions, 7.30.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Volver, 2006 Almodovar film, 7.30.
Electric Palace, Alexander McCall Smith, 7.30.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Jalen Ngonda, r’n’b: Lantern, My Baby, blues and rock.
St George’s, Da-Hee Kim, piano, Scott-Burt, Liszt, Ravel, 1pm: Takacs Quartet, Haydn, Bartok, Schubert, Debussey, 7.30.
Tobacco Factory, Graeae in Bad Lads, new play by Mike Kenny, BSL audio description, creative captions, etc, to Sat, 7.30.
Alma Tavern, Matt Price in Raging Bill.
CHAGFORD, Jubilee Hall, Black Country Theatre in Wild, and Fri, 7.30. ViA
CORSHAM,Pound Arts, Chris While and Julie Matthews, folk, 7.30.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Blowzabella, folk, 7.30.
EXETER, Northcott Theatre, Eddie Izzard in Hamlet, solo performance, and Fri, 7.30.
Barnfield Theatre, Thomas Green, Brainstorm, comedy, 7.45.
FROME, Merlin Theatre, Mrs Warren’s Profession, with Imelda Staunton, NT Screening, 7pm.
HARMANS CROSS, Village Hall, PFF, Small Things Like These, Ireland 2024, 7.30.
HONITON, Beehive, Mrs Warren’s Profession, with Imelda Staunton, NT Screening, 7pm.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Kate Stables, This is the Kit, singer songwriter.
LYTCHETT MINSTER, The Cowshed, PFF, Anora, 2024 USA, meal 7pm, film, 8.30pm.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Scott Matthew, singer songwriter, 8pm: Cinema, Ocean Film Festival, 7.30:  PFF, Red Path, 7.30.
SALISBURY, Medieval Hall, Celebrate Voice, Orpheus, Wright and Grainger spoken word and music, 7.30.
STREET, Strode Theatre, Mrs Warren’s Profession, with Imelda Staunton, NT Screening, 7pm.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, film, 7pm.
SWANAGE, Mowlem Theatre, PFF, Blue Velvet, 1986 David Lynch USA, 7.30.
Durlston Castle, PFF, Perfect Days, Wim Wenders, 2023, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Tacchi Morris Arts Centre, @2K Theatre in Old Actors Never Die, and Fri, 7.30.
WAREHAM, Rex Cinema, PFF, Young Hearts, Belgium 2024, 7.30.
Isle of Purbeck Golf Club, PFF,  A Complete Unknown, 2024 Dylan biopic, 7.30.
WESTON SUPER MARE, Blakehay Theatre, Living Spit in Too Many Greek Myths, to Sat, 7.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Queenz – Drag Me to the Disco, 7.30.
College, Bay Theatre, Martin Rees in Secrets of Magic, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Wishbone Ash, Twin Guitars, and Fri, 7.30.

Friday 24 October

AVEBURY, Social Centre, Suthering, folk duo, 7.30. RAW
BATH, Chapel Arts, The Bob Dylan Story.
BOURNEMOUTH, BIC, Marti Pellow, Love Is All Around, 30th anniversary tour.
Pavilion, Justin Hayward, Forever Autumn.
BRIDGWATER, Arts Centre, The Cobblestones, Halloweek launch party, Somerset alternative bands, 7.30.
McMillan Theatre, Talon, Busy Being Fabulous, new Eagles tribute, 7.30.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Concerts in the West, Voice, female vocal trio, Patterns of Love, acapella songs from Hildegarde of Bingen to contemporary music, 11.30am: Luke Wright’s Pub Grub, performance poetry, 8pm.
Electric Palace, Pam Ayres, Doggedly Onward, 7.30.
Lyric Theatre, Every Brilliant Thing, amateur production, and Sat. 7.30.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Gregory Alan Isakov, folk and rock: Lantern, Chris Smither, folk blues.
St George’s, Allexa Nava, Peruvian saxophonist, flautist and composer, jazz, 1pm: Holly Clarke, traditional folk, 7.30.
Redgrave Theatre, Tales from Acorn Wood, Julia Donaldson stories, to Sun, various day times: Scott Bennett, Stuff, comedy, 8pm.
Alma Tavern, Haunted Shadows – the gothic tales of Edith Nesbit, and Sat.
CHAGFORD, Jubilee Hall, Black Country Touring in Wild, 7.30. ViA
CHEDDON AND WEST MONKTON, Village Hall, Black Bag. MOVIOLA
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Gabby’s Dollhouse – The Movie, to Thurs, day times: Pets on a Train, film, to Mon and Wed, day times: Frankenstein, 2024 film, to 30 Oct, various times.
CORFE CASTLE, Village Hall, PFF, The Holdovers, 2024, 7.30.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Tobias ben Jacob, 50 Years of Blood on the Tracks, (Bob Dylan album), 7.30.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Petes Oakes and Sally Flann, cello-piano duo, Rachmaninov and Stravinsky, free, 11am: The Total Stone Roses, tribute, 8pm.
EAST STOUR, Village Hall, Black Bag. MOVIOLA
EDINGTON (Somerset), Village Hall, Penguin Lessons. MOVIOLA
FROME, Merlin Theatre, Angela Barnes, Angst, comedy, 7.30.
HONITON, Beehive, The Nashville Sounds Experience, 7.30.
ILMINSTER, Arts Centre, Concerts in the West, Voice, female vocal trio, Patterns of Love, acapella songs from Hildegarde of Bingen to contemporary music, 7.30pm.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Scott Matthews, folk rock and blues.
NORTH PETHERTON, Village Hall, Penguin Lessons. MOVIOLA
POOLE, Lighthouse, Austentatious, 7.30: Joel Dommett, Happy Idiot, comedy, 7.45: Cinema, PFF, The Mastermind, 7.30.
SALISBURY, Medieval Hall, Celebrate Voice, Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, and 29 Oct and 1 Nov, 7pm, matinee 26 Oct, 2pm.
Arts Centre, Celebrate Voice, Hollywood to Broadway, Matt Ford and his Band, 7.30.
SIXPENNY HANDLEY, Village Hall, BSO Dementia friendly cake concert, 11am. AR
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower,  Mamma Mia, to 8 Nov.
MAST, Alexander McCall Smith, 8pm.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, Charlie Hooper-Williams, What If You Could See Music?, 7.30. TA
STUDLAND, Knoll House Hotel, PFF, The Salt Path, UK 2024, 7.30.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, Tangle Theatre in Julius Caesar, 7.30. AR
SWANAGE, Mowlem Theatre, PFF, Exhibition on Screen, Van Gogh – Poets and Lovers, with director David Bickerstaff, 7.30.
Waterworks, PFF, Tribute to Gene Hackman, The Birdcage, 1996, reception 3.30, film 4pm: The Conversation, 1974, reception 7pm, film, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Made in Tennessee, country music, 7.30.
WAREHAM, Rex Cinema, PFF, Sterben, Germany 2024, 7.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, The Shires, country duo, 7.30: Moretallica, tribute, 8pm.
WOOTTON BASSET, RWB Academy, Black Bag. MOVIOLA

Saturday 25 October

BATH, Chapel Arts, Roy Orbison Experience with Oliver Harris.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Rick Wakeman, Six Wives and King Arthur.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Wiltshire Police Band, A Celebration of British Composers inc Holst, Barry and Wiltshire folk songs, 7.30.
BRIDGWATER, Arts Centre, Andy Fairweather Low, 7.30.
McMillan Theatre, Dreams of FM, Fleetwood Mac tribute, 7.30.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Bellini’s La Sonnambula, from the Metropolitan Opera, 6pm.
Electric Palace, Purbeck Film Festival, The Marching Band, (France 2024), 5pm: The Roses (2025), 8pm.
BRISTOL, Beacon, The Divine Comedy: Lantern, Vieux Farka Toure, African blues and world music.
St George’s, Mystery Ensemble, Hayao Miyazaki’s Dreams, 4.30.
Wardobe Theatre, Yara in the Wild Wood, to Tues, 11am and 2pm.
Redgrave Theatre, The Comedy Store, 8pm.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Tangle Theatre in Julius Caesar, 7.30.
CREWKERNE, Dance House, Concerts in the West, Voice, female vocal trio, Patterns of Love, acapella songs from Hildegarde of Bingen to contemporary music,7.30pm.
EXETER, Northcott Theatre, Fun for Little Ones, a tribute to Ms Rachel, noon: Murder Mystery Dining – Murder on the Danube, 6.30.
Barnfield Theatre, Pleasuredome Theatre with Somerset Opera and Taunton Sinfonietta in Cesare, an adaptation of Handel’s Julius Caesar, 7.30.
FROME, Merlin Theatre, Shakespeare Live in Anthony and Cleopatra, 8pm.
Memorial Theatre, Andrew Bourns, Crooner Revolution, swing, 7.30.
Cheese and Grain, Wishbone Ash.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Letz Zep, tribute.
MARTOCK, Parish Hall, Mr Burton. MOVIOLA
NEW MILTON, Forest Arts, Phil Beer, folk, 7.30.
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, BSO, cond Pete Harrison, The Best of Williams and Zimmer, film music, 7.30.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Fideri Fidera in Franky, comedy puppetry for 3 years and upwards, 11am and 2pm: Uncanny, Fear of the Dark, Danny Robbins storytelling and paranormal investigation, 7.45: Coastal Comedy with Tom Deacon, Danny Ward and Nathan D’Arcy Roberts, 8pm: Cinema, The Smashing Machine, and 29/31 Oct: PFF, Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat, 7.30.
SALISBURY, Medieval Hall, Celebrate Voice, La Nuova Musica, Handel’s Lovers, operatic arias and duets, dir David Bates, Mary Bevan soprano, James Hall counter-tenor, 7pm.
Arts Centre, Three Little Vikings, for 3-9 year olds, 11.30am and 2.30pm: Tom Robinson, Then and Now, songs and stories from his 50 years in the record industry, 7.30.
SOUTHAMPTON, Turner Sims, Julian Joseph, jazz piano, Atmospheres in Audio Theatre, 8pm.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, Barn Dance with Somerstep, 8pm.
STREET, Strode Theatre,  The Charlie Miller Band, soul, rock and funk, 7.45.
STUDLAND, Village Hall, PFF, The Penguin Lessons,  2025, 7.30.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, The Searchers and Hollies Experience, tributes, 7.30.
SWANAGE, Mowlem Theatre, PFF, Flow, 2024 animation, 2.30: PFF, It Was Just An Accident, Iranian thriller, 7.30.
Waterworks, PFF, The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, 1972 Fassbinder, reception 3.30, film 4pm: PFF, In the Mood for Love, Hong Kong 2001, reception 7pm, film 7.30.
TAUNTON, Tacchi Morris Arts Centre, Truly Collins, Genesis and Phil Collins tribute, 7.30.
WAREHAM, Rex Cinema, PFF, The Seed of the Sacred Fig, Iranian thriller, 2024, 7.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Dora: Magic Mermaid Adventures, animated film, and Wed, 11am: ABBA Gold, tribute, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, The Signatures, northern soul, 7.30.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Hot Poets, 8pm.
Milford Hall, Tiddlygigs Storytime, Jack and the Beanstalk, 10.30am.

Sunday 26 October

BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, piano, Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Debussey, etc, 3pm.
BRIDGWATER, McMillan Theatre, Mrs Warren’s Profession, with Imelda Staunton, recorded in West End, 2pm.
BRIDPORT, Electric Palace, PFF, Ocean with David Attenborough, film, 5pm: PFF, The Mastermind, USA 2025, 8pm.
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Kieran Hodgson in Voice of America, comedy.
Beacon, Spacey Jane, indie rock: Lantern, The Fantasy Orchestra, The Beach Boys versus The Beatles.
St George’s, Mini-Beats with Laura Tanner, Brilliant Brass, 10.30am and 12.30pm.
Tobacco Factory, Glenn Moore in Please Sir, Glenn I Have Some Moore?, comedy, 7.30: Spielman Studio, Wrongsemble in Three Little Vikings, 1.30 and 3.30pm, with free drop in craft sessions.
Alma Tavern, Who Bloody Done It? with the Blank Slate Ensemble, and Mon.
BROADMAYNE, Village Hall, Black Country Touring in Wild, 7.30. AR
CHILD OKEFORD, Village Hall, Squashbox Theatre in Shivers and Shadows, 3pm. Puppet workshop 4pm. AR
EXETER, Northcott Theatre, Dreamcoat Stars, 6pm.
Barnfield Theatre, Patrick Spicer in Absolutely, comedy, 7.45.
FONTMELL MAGNA, Springhead, Music and the Land, Springhead Constellation symposium, with music, artworks, walks, talks, etc, 10am to 6pm.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Lady Nade sings Nina Simone.
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, Uncanny, paranormal stories with Danny Robins, 7.30.
ROADWATER, Village Hall, Lost Dog, Nikki and JD, Fireside, circus, dance and theatre, 7.30. TA
SALISBURY, Medieval Hall, Celebrate Voice, The Mikado, dir Michael Waldron, with Lynsey Docherty, etc, concert and singalong, rehearsal 2.30pm, performance 7pm.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, Inter Alia with Rosamund Pike, NT Screening, 7pm.
SOUTHAMPTON, Turner Sims, Cinderella Ice Cream Seller, new family musical, 2pm.
STOBOROUGH, Village Hall, PFF, Touch, Iceland 2025, 7.30.
SWANAGE, Mowlem Theatre, PFF, Mildred Pearce, 1945 film noir, 2.30: PFF, Celebration of Gerald Durrell’s centenary with his widow Dr Lee Durrell talking about her new book and screening of The Velvet Queen, documentary about the snow leopard, from 6.30pm.
Waterworks, PFF, A Woman Under the Influence, USA 1974, reception 3pm, film 3.30: PFF, Blue Road: The Edna O’Brien Story, reception 7, film 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Griff Rhys Jones, The Cat’s Pyjamas, comedy, 7.30.
WAREHAM, Rex Cinema, PFF, Sujo, Mexico 2024, 7.30.
Carey’s Secret Garden, PFF, A New Kind of Wilderness,  Norway 2024 documentary, 2.30pm.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Hotel Transylvania, animated film, 11am: Thunderbirds double bill, Trapped in the Sky and Terror in New York City, 1.30: The Smashing Machine, film, and Mon, 4pm: A Big Bold Beautiful Journey, film, 7pm.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Pam Ayres, Doggedly Onward, 3.30.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Amy Jeffs, Gwen Burns and Natalie Brice, ballads based on Amy and Gwen’s book Old Songs: Stories of Love and Death from Traditional Ballads, 8pm.

Monday 27 October

BRISTOL, Beacon, Kidz Bop Live, 6pm: Lantern, Marc Ribot, Map of a Blue City, jazz.
St George’s, Storytellers Hannah and Michael, Wild Words: Animal Magic, 3.15.
Tobacco Factory, Living Spit in Too Many Greek Myths, to Sat, 7pm, Sat mat 1.30.
Redgrave Theatre, Taylor Fever, tribute, 7.30.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Wonder Gigs, 10am and 11.30am.
MILBORNE ST ANDREW, Village Hall, Squashbox Theatre in Shivers and Shadows, 2pm. Puppet workshop 3pm. AR
SANDFORD, Heritage Hall, PFF, Four Mothers, Ireland 2024, reception 6.15, film 7.30.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, How to Train Your Dragon, film, 2pm.
SIXPENNY HANDLEY, Village Hall, Fideri Federa in Franky, 11am, followed by drama games at noon.  AR
SWANAGE, Mowlem Theatre, PFF, Rebel Without a Cause, 1955 James Dean, 2.30: PFF, Mr Nobody Against Putin, Denmark 2025 documentary, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, A Big Bold Beautiful Journey, film, 11am.
WAREHAM, Rex Cinema, PFF, Santosh, Indian thriller, 2024, 7.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Billy Elliott, film, 25th anniversary, 1pm: One Battle After Another, film, 7pm, and Tues 3.30pm, Wed 1pm.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Hallow’een Spooktacular, 2pm.
WINFRITH NEWBURGH, Village Hall, PFF, Conclave, 2024, 7.30.

Tuesday 28 October

BATH, Theatre Royal, Little Women, to Sat.
BOURNEMOUTH, BIC, Steve Backshaw, Deadly Live, 2 and 5.30.
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Noel Coward’s Private Lives, to Sat, 7.30, Thurs/Sat mats 2.30: Weston Studio, Little Angel in The Paper Dolls, to Sat, various day times.
Beacon, The Stranglers.
Redgrave Theatre, The Remarkable Ben Hart, magic and storytelling, 7.30.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Mrs Warren’s Profession, NT screening, 7.30.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Princess Pirate, 11.30am and 3pm.
EAST BURTON, Village Hall, PFF, Black Bag, 2025, food 7pm, film 8pm.
HARMANS CROSS, Village Hall, PFF, Brassed Off, 1996, 7.30.
HONITON, Beehive, Casper, 1995 film, 11am.
ILMINSTER, Arts Centre, Tiddlygigs Storytime, Jack and the Beanstalk, 10.30am.
MEMBURY (Devon), Village Hall, Penguin Lessons. MOVIOLA
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, Drum Studio, The Colour of Dinosaurs, paleontology with music, to Thurs, various day times.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Villains Unleashed, Hallowe’en Party for 5 years and upwards, 3pm: Cinema, Mrs Warren’s Profession with Imelda Staunton, NT screening, 7pm, and Wed, 5pm.
SALISBURY, Medieval Hall, Celebrate Voice, Shake It Up, The Improvised Shakespeare Show, 7.30.
SOUTHAMPTON, Turner Sims, The Apollo Saxophone Quartet, jazz, 7.30.
SWANAGE, Mowlem Theatre,  Squashbox Theatre in Shivers and Shadows, 2.30pm. Puppet workshop 3.30pm. AR:  PFF, The North, Netherlands 2025, 7.30.
Durlston Castle, PFF, The Most Precious of Cargoes, France animation 2024, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Making a Killing, based on diary of Frantz Schmidt, set in 1590 Nuremburg, 7.30.
WAREHAM, Rex Cinema, PFF, Exhibition on Screen, Michaelangelo: Love and Death, documentary 2017, 7.30.
Isle of Purbeck Golf Club, PFF, Mr Burton, 2025, 7.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Ellis Park, documentary film, 1pm: Mrs Warren’s Profession, with Imelda Staunton, NT screening, 7pm.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Classic Seger, tribute to Bob Seger.

Wednesday 29 October

BATH, Forum, Hello Again, The Neil Diamond Songbook.
Rondo, Angela Barnes, Angst, comedy, 8pm.
Chapel Arts, Juan Martin, flamenco guitar.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, BBLOC in Annie, to Sat, 7.30, Thurs/Sat mats 2.30.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Three Little Vikings, 11.30am and 2.30pm.
Electric Palace, Mrs Warren’s Profession, Imelda Staunton, filmed in the West End, 7pm.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Rick Wakeman, The Return of the Caped Crusader, Part II:  Lantern, Asere, Afro-Cuban music.
Redgrave Theatre, The Littlest Yak, music and puppetry, 11am and 2pm: Rich Hall, Chin Music, comedy and music, 8pm.
Alma Tavern, We are the Lions, Mr Manager, by Neil Gore, and Thurs.
BUCKLAND NEWTON, Village Hall, Squashbox Theatre in Shivers and Shadows, 11am. Puppet workshop noon. AR
CORSHAM,Pound Arts, FLOW, animated film, 11.30am.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, PFF, Holy Cow, 2025 France, 7.30.
FROME, Merlin Theatre, Kairos Theatre in King of Fools, new musical by Martin Dimmery, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2pm.
KINGSTON, St James Church, PFF, Radical, Mexican docu-drama 2023, 7.30.
POOLE, Lighthouse, BSO, cond Thierry Fischer, Paul Lewis, piano, Mozart, Tchaikovsky, 7.30: Mark Thompson’s Spectacular Science Show, 2.30pm.
SALISBURY, Playhouse, Don’t Look Now, stage adaptation of Daphne du Maurier thriller, to 15 Nov, 7.30, Thurs/Sat mats 2.15.
Medieval Hall, Celebrate Voice, Lullabies of the Isles, with singer Erin Alexander, singing circle for adults and babies, 11am.
Arts Centre, Play in a Day, for 7-11 year olds, 9am to 4pm.
SANDFORD ORCAS, Village Hall, Fideri Federa in Franky, 11am, followed by drama games at noon.  AR
SWANAGE, Mowlem Theatre, PFF Italian day, Vermiglio, 2024, 2.30pm: There’s Still Tomorrow, 2023, 7.30.
Durlston Castle, PFF, Ocean, David Attenborough documentary, 2025, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, The Alex Voysey Blues Band, 7.30.
WAREHAM, Rex Cinema, PFF, Kontinental ’25, Romania 2025, 7.30.
Creech Grange Country House, PFF, Rear Window, 1954 Hitchcock, reception 2pm, film 3pm: PFF, Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?, 1962 with Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, reception 6.30 film 7.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, A House of Dynamite, film, 4.30 and 7.30.
WOOTTON FITZPAINE, Village Hall, Black Country Touring in Wild, 7.30. AR

Thursday 30 October

BATH, Forum, Rat Pack  – Swingin” at the Sands.
Rondo, The Goosebumps of Delight, Dickens ghost stories, 7.30pm.
Chapel Arts, Lisa Knapp and Gerry Diver, folk.
BOURNEMOUTH, BIC, ABC, The Lexicon of Love.
BRIDGWATER, McMillan Theatre, Hannah’s Hoofers School of Dance, Dance Down the Yellow Brick Road, and Fri, 4 and 7.30pm.
BRIDPORT, Electric Palace, Fun For Little Ones, a tribute to Ms Rachel, noon.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Suzanne Vega, Flying with Angels.
St George’s, Regency String Quartet, Mozart, Tippett, 1pm: The Paper Cinema, favourite short horror stories with puppeteers and multi instrumentalist, 7pm.
Redgrave Theatre, Mark Thompson’s Spectacular Science Show, 11am and 2.30pm: Mrs Warren’s Profession, NT screening, 7pm.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Nosferatu, 2024 film, 7.30.
CHURCH KNOWLE, Village Hall, PFF, Thelma, 2024, 7.30.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Mrs Warren’s Profession, with Imelda Staunton, NT Screening, 7pm.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Mischief and Mystery in Moomin Valley, 2pm.
EXETER, Barnfield Theatre, Gurt Haunted – a participatory paranormal parody, and Fri, 7.45.
HONITON, Beehive, Honiton Community Theatre Youth  in Peter Pan, to Sat, 7pm, Sat mat 2.30.
NEW MILTON, Forest Arts, Angela Barnes, Angst, comedy, 7.30.
PENSELWOOD, Village Hall, Good Habits, folk duo, 7.30. TA
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, The Lab, A Tale of Us, by Sharon Kanolik, new play for parents and their babies, and Fri, 11am and 1.30 and 3.30pm.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Justin Live, Justin Time to Rock, 11am and 2.30pm: Live and Unheard, local bands, 7.30: The Remarkable Ben Hart, magic and storytelling, 7.45: Cinema, Paddington, dementia friendly screening, 2pm: Depeche Mode: M, a journey into the heart of Mexican culture’s relationship with death, inc music by Depeche Mode, 7.30, and Sat 5pm.
SALISBURY, Methodist Church, Celebrate Voice, Celebrate Age concert with Madama Butterfly cast, 2pm.
Medieval Hall, Celebrate Voice, Emma Smith and Her Quartet, jazz, 7.30.
Arts Centre, Something about George: The George Harrison story, with Daniel Taylor and band, 7.30. 
SWANAGE, Mowlem Theatre, PFF, Sentimental Value, Norway 2025, 7.30.
Durlston Castle, PFF, Last Swim, 2025, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, The High Jinx Show, magic, illusion and circus, 7.30.
WAREHAM, Rex Cinema, PFF, gala evening, Superboys of Malegaon, comedy drama, 7.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Hotel Translyvania 3: Summer Vacation, animated film, 11am: 50 Years of Fender, the story of the guitar, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Count Arthur Strong in A Christmas Carol, 7.30.
YEOVIL, Westlands, The Sensational 60s Experience, with Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Titch, The Fortunes, The Swinging Blue Jeans, Vanity Fare and Spencer James, 7.30.

Friday 31 October

BATH, Forum, Merlin Sheldrake – The Secret Life of Funghi, 7.30.
Rondo, Rock the Tots, Spooky Fun, 11am: Kae Kurd in What’s O’Kurd, comedy, 7.30.
Chapel Arts, The Unravelling Wilburys.
BISHOPSTONE (nr Salisbury) Village Hall, Mr Burton. MOVIOLA
BOURNEMOUTH, BIC, Marilyn Manson, One Assassination Under God.
Pavilion Dance, Tjimur Dance Theatre from Taiwan in Bulabulay Mun?  / How Are You?  7.30.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Dallahan, Scottish folk, 7.30.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Penda’s Fen, 1974 folk horror classic film for hallowe’en, 7.30.
Electric Palace, Rocky Horror Picture Show 50th anniversary screening, 7.30.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Lantern, Tide Lines, indie rock.
St George’s, Natalie Holmes, singer-songwriter, with Boci, violin, 7.30.
Redgrave Theatre, The Nightmare Before Christmas, film, 10am: Diana and Lionel, Endless Love, tribute, 7.30.
Alma Tavern, Daniel Nicholas in Art to Die For, and Sat, 7pm: Daniel Nicholas in Haunting in the Arcade, and Sat, 8.30.
BURNHAM ON SEA, Princess Theatre, Tiddlygigs Storytime, Jack and the Beanstalk, 10.30am.
COOMBE KEYNES, (deconsecrated) Church, PFF, The Borderlands, 2014, horror film for hallowe’en, 7.30.
CORFE CASTLE, Village Hall, PFF, The Ballad of Wallis Island, 2025, 7.30.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Henry Normal, The Slide Show, poetry, 8pm.
FROME, Tree House, Tankus.
ILMINSTER, Arts Centre, Johnny Mars, blues harmonica, and the Craig Milverton Quartet, 7.30.
KILVE, Village Hall, Good Habits, folk duo, 7.30. TA
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, The Undercover Hippie, reggae and hiphop.
NEW MILTON,Forest Arts, Juan Martin, flamenco guitar, 7.30.
NORTON ST PHILIP, Village Hall, Mr Burton. MOVIOLA
NORTON SUB HAMDON, Village Hall, Black Country Touring in Wild, storytelling, songs and soundscapes, 7.30. TA
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, Welsh National Opera Chorus and Orchestra, A Night at the Opera, 7pm.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Steve Knightly and the Winter Yards Band, folk, 7.45: Studio Jazz, Ian Shaw sings the Great American Songbook, 7.45: Cinema, The Roses, and 18 Nov, 11am
SALISBURY, Medieval Hall, Celebrate Voice, The Young ‘Uns, folk trio, 7.30.
Methodist Church, Celebrate Voice,  Singing Sendsations, make a musical with Lynsey Docherty and Rob Gildon, music making and theatre for people of all ages with learning disabilities, 10am to 4pm.
Arts Centre, Barnstormers Comedy Club, 8pm.
SHERBORNE, Studio Theatre, Much Ado about Falstaff, solo play with Giles Shenton, and Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.30.
SOUTHAMPTON, MAST, LAStheatre in The Littlest Yak, and Sat, 1.30pm, Sat 10.30am.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, The Ballad of Wallis Island, 8pm. MOVIOLA
SWANAGE, Mowlem Theatre, PFF, Bugonia, 2025 sci fi first day of release, 4.30: PFF, Nosferatu, 2024, hallowe’en screening, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Oye Santana, tribute, 7.30.
THEALE, Village Hall, Mr Punch’s Folk Club, 8pm.
WESTBURY SUB MENDIP, Village Hall, Black Bag. MOVIOLA
WEST CAMEL, Davis  Hall, Mr Burton. MOVIOLA
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Hotel Transylvania 4: Transformania, animated film, 11am: Forever Jackson, with Robin Parsons, 7.30.