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Updated Thursday 30th April, 11.45pm

Friday 1 May

BATH, Theatre Royal, Emma Rice Co in Malory Towers, to 9 May (not Sun), various times.
Forum, Aljaz and Janette, dance, 7.30.
Rondo, Bath Drama in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Sat, 7.30.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Roland Gift, 40 Years of Songs by Fine Young Cannibals.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective with Ben Goldscheider.
BRIDPORT, Electric Palace, Laurel and Hardy Centenary with Neil Brand, 7.30: Midwinter Break, film, 7.30, and Thurs 2pm.
Arts Centre, Zubieta and the Suaves, Afro-Brazilian samba and jazz, 8pm.
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Kiss of the Spider Woman, the musical, to 16 May, various times: Weston Studio, Jade Franks, Eat the Rich (but maybe not me matesx), and Sat, various times.
Hippodrome, The Greatest Showman, to 10 May.
Tobacco Factory, Opposable Thumb in Coulrophobia, clowning, and Sat, 2.30 and 7.30.
Redgrave Theatre, Bristol Musical Theatre in Jack, new musical about Jack Sheppard, 7.30, Sat 1.30 and 6.30.
Wardrobe Theatre, Lamphouse Theatre in Pride and Prejudice (but funny), and Sat.
Beacon, Clinton Baptiste, Spectral Intercourse, comedy, 7.30: Lantern, Hamish Hawk, Celebrating Ivor Cutler, 7.30.
Folk House, Bristol Folk Festival, Tamsin Elliot.
CHRISTCHURCH, Priory, Beethoven’s Fifth, BSO, cond Wigglesworth, BSO Benevolent Fund Concert, Mozart, Bach, Handel and Beethoven, 7.30.
Regent Centre, Milton Musical Society, Funny Girl, and Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2pm.
CIRENCESTER, Barn Theatre, Double Double, to 28 May.
CUCKLINGTON, Village Hall, The Choral. MOVIOLA
DARTMOUTH, The Flavel, Our Star Theatre in The Invisible Man, comedy thriller based on HG Wells, 7.30.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Dorchester Drama in Life Class, to Sun, 7.30, Sun mat 2.30.
EXETER, Northcott Theatre, National Theatre Connections, and Sat.
FROME, The Tunnels, Thrash and Burn fest, from 7pm.
Rook Lane Chapel, Pete the Temp, Romantics, Mystics and Revolutionaries, music, comedy and poetry telling story of Wordsworth and Coleridge, 7pm.
Cheese and Grain, Lucy Spraggan, singer songwriter, 7.30.
HONITON, Beehive, Elvis Through the Decades with Steve Halliday, 7.30.
ILMINSTER, Warehouse, Home I’m Darling, and Sat, 7.30.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Dub Pistols, hip hop, ska, dub and punk.
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, English National Ballet, Body and Soul, and Sat: Drum Studio, National Theatre Connections, andSat.
POOLE, Lighthouse, The Constant Wife, with Kara Tointon, and Sat, 7.45, Sat mat 2.30: Cinema, Hamnet, and 15/19 May, 11am: The North, and Wed/Thurs.
SALISBURY, Playhouse, The Talented Mr Ripley, and Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.15.
Arts Centre, The Hundred Watt Club, burlesque, comedy, circus and cabaret, 7.30.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, Chicken Town, film, 7.30.
SHERBORNE, various venues, Abbey Festival, to 7 May.
Abbey, Festival, Sherborne School Chamber Ensembles, 1.30: Julian Bliss clarinet, Juventus Chamber Orchestra, cond Thomas Hull, Rossini, Mozart, Schubert, 7pm.
Sherborne School big schoolroom, Festival, Sherborne School Swing Band, 5pm.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower, Matilda the Musical, to 17 May.
Turner Sims, Folk Weekend, Lisa Knapp (The Queen of May)  and singer and multi instrumentalist Gerry Diver, 8pm.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, H is for Hawk, film.
STREET, Strode Theatre, The Magic Faraway Tree, film, 7.30, Sat 2.30 and 7.45, Tues 7pm: Project Hail Mary, film, 7.45, and Sat 2.45 and 7.30.
SWANAGE, Mowlem, The Drama, film, and Sat and Mon-Thurs, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Lucy Porter, Let Yourself Go, comedy, 7.30.
Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre, TAOS in Guys and Dolls, and Sat 7.30, Sat/Sun mats 2.30.
WELLS, Cedars Hall, Roderick Williams, baritone,  with Christopher Glynn.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Al Murray, All You Need is Guv, comedy, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Supreme Queen, tribute, 7.30.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Funny Girl, with Sheridan Smith, screening, and Sat, 2.30 and 7pm.

 

Saturday 2 May

BATH, Theatre Royal, The Egg, Goofus Theatre in All In a Wonderous Night, puppets and storytelling, and Sun 11.30am and 3pm.
Forum, Mythos: Ragnarok, theatre meets wrestling, 7.30.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion Dance, Blackwell Dance Academy, Let’s Dance, and Sun.
BRIDGWATER, McMillan Theatre, Starlight Dance and Music Theatre School in There’s Something about Mickey, 6pm, and Sun 2pm.
BRIDPORT, Electric Palace, The Magic Faraway Tree, 2pm: Kane Brown, Crowd Work King, comedy, 8pm.
BRISTOL, Beacon, The Unthanks, Ye Vagabonds and The Breath, folk, 7pm: Lantern, Belle Chen, piano, classical, contemporary and electronic, 8pm.
St George’s, Bristol Folk Festival, Sam Sweeny Trio with Robbie Cavanagh and Aellinm, 1.30: John Smith and Ellie Gowers, 7.30.
Tobacco Factory, Spielman Studio, University of Bristol Drama Society in The Festival, new play Mim Clements, and Sun, 7.45.
EXETER, Barnfield Theatre, John Smith, Comedy without Barriers (with BSL), 7.45.|
FROME, Cheese and Grain, Taylor Swift tribute with Xenna, 7pm.
Tree House, John Bramwell, the voice of I Am Klute.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, The Smyths, The Queen is Dead 40th anniversary, 7pm.
POOLE, Lighthouse, The Music of Led Zeppelin, a rock symphonic experience, BSO, cond Richard Sidwell, with singers and rock band, 7.30: Lucid Cabaret, 8pm: Cinema, The Magic Faraway Tree, and Wed/Thurs: The Stranger, and Tues/Wed.
SALISBURY, Arts Centre, Bare Jams, punk, soul, pop, jazz and rock, 7.30.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, Time to Shine, music and drama youth theatre open evening, 6.30.
SHERBORNE, Abbey, Festival, Sherborne School Chamber Choir, 11am: Solomon’s Knot, Bach cantatas, 7pm.
Cheap Street Church, Festival, Wessex Strings, Parry, Ireland, Elgar, 1.30pm.
Sherborne School for Girls Gransden Hall, Festival, Ruth Rogers violin, Simon Callaghan piano, Beethoven, Faure, Elgar, Saint Saens, 3.30pm.
SIDMOUTH, Manor Pavilion, Our Star Theatre in The Invisible Man, comedy thriller based on HG Wells, 7.30.
SOUTHAMPTON, Turner Sims, Folk Weekend, folk dance remixed: street dance, the Maypole, various times.:  The Vibe Lounge and Nico, 7pm: Malin Lewis, piper, 8pm.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, John Jones of Oysterband, with Ray Cooper and Al Scott, folk rock, 8pm.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, Ninebarrow, Dorset folk duo, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, The Simon and Garfunkel Story, 7.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, The Sensational 60s Experience, Dozy Beaky Mick and Titch, The Trems, The Fortunes, Mike D’Abo, Vanity Fare and Spencer James, 2.30: Baz Lurhmann’s EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, An Evening of Burlesque, 7.30.

Sunday 3 May
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Aljaz and Janette, Let’s Face the Music and Dance.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Lua Noah, singer, songwriter and guitarist.
BRISTOL, St George’s, Bristol Folk Festival, Ranagri, Vulva Voce, folk jazz string quartet, Amadou Diagne, kora and griot, 1.30pm: Rioghnach Connolly and Honeyfeet, swampy jazz, blues and folk, and Kit Hawes and Aaron Cutlow, 7.30.
Beacon, Al Murray, All You Need is Guv, comedy, 7.30: Lantern, Warsi Brothers, Sufi and Qawwali music, 8pm.
Strange Brew, Milkweed, folk. 8pm.
The Gaffe, Susie McCabe, Best Behaviour, comedy.
Folk House, Bristol Folk Festival, Malin Lewis.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, The Super Mario Galaxy Movies, 2pm, and Mon 11.30am: Cleanin’ Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters, with Q and A, 4.30pm: Ghostbusters [1984], 7pm.
EXETER, Northcott, Clinton Baptiste, Spectral Intercourse, comedy, 7.30.
FROME, Cheese and Grain, EMF, with Bis.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Sam Sweeney Trio, folk, 7.30.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Haircut 100, 7.30.
SALISBURY, City Hall, Aardman model making workshops, 11.45am, 2.15pm and 4.45pm. Aardman in Concert, 1 and 3.30pm.
SHERBORNE, Abbey, Festival, Festal Eucharist with Abbey Choir, Victoria, Byrd, Tallis, 9.30am: Abbey Choir, Wood, Howells, Harris, Stanford, 6pm.
Castleton Church, Festival, The Beckett Consort, Bairstow, Ayleward, Ireland and Phillips, 11.15am.
Sherborne School for Girls Gransden Hall, Festival, Sense and Musicality, Penelope Appleyard soprano, Jonathan Delbridge piano, music from Jane Austen’s time, 3.30.
Sherborne School big schoolroom, Festival, James Pearson Trio, A Portrait of Oscar Peterson, 7.30.
SOUTHAMPTON, Turner Sims, Folk Weekend, FolkActive workshop 11am, Playing by Ear, 12.15: The Furrow Collective, workshop 2pm, performance 7.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Rumours of Fleetwood Mac, 7.30.

Monday 4 May
BRISTOL, Beacon, Ludovico Einaudi, piano, 7.30: Lantern, Lucrecia Dalt, electronic and experimental music, 8pm.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Project Hail Mary, film, and Wed: Wuthering Heights, 2026, 1pm: David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet, film, to Thurs, various times.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Mad4Dance in The Wonder of You, 1.30 and 6pm.
SHERBORNE, Abbey, Festival, David Bednall, organ, Bach, Vierne, Howells, Jackson etc, 1.30pm: Abbey Choir, dir James Henderson, Charlie Gurnham organ, Howells, Palestrina, Purcell, Byrd, Wood, Rutter, etc, 7pm.
St Aldhelm and the Sacred Heart Church, Festival, Leweston School Chamber Ensemble, 4pm.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Hoppers, 2025 animated film, 11am: California Schemin’ to Wed and 11 May, various times: Moulin Rouge, film, 25th annivsary, 7pm: The Super Mario Galaxy Movie.

 

Tuesday 5 May
BATH, Forum, Alfie Boe, Facing Myself, 7.30.
BLANDFORD, Bryanston School, Coade Hall, Eugene Onegin, screened from the Metropolitan Opera, 6pm.
BRIDGWATER, McMillan Theatre, Seven Drunken Nights, the story of the Dubliners.
BRIDPORT, Electric Palace, Foyer Sessions, Kirsty McGee, folk, 7pm.
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Weston Studio, Fag Packet in Dyke Systems Ltd, to Sat, 8, Sat mat 3pm.
Beacon, Lantern, Lyr, indie post punk, 8pm.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Mother’s Pride, film, and 6/7/11/12 May, various times: Eugene Onegin from the Metropolitan Opera, 6pm.
HONITON, Beehive, Eugene Onegin from the Metropolitan Opera, 6pm.
KINGSBURY EPISCOPI, Village Hall, Rental Family. MOVIOLA
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, The Last Laugh – Morcambe, Cooper and Monkshouse, to Sat.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Hannah Shilvock, bass clarinet, Viola Lenzi, piano, Debussy, Tozzola, Sturt, etc, 1pm: Cinema, Eugene Onegin from the Metropolitan Opera, 6pm.
SALISBURY, Playhouse, Spitfire Birls, to Sat, 7.30, Thurs/Sat mats 2.15.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, Eugene Onegin from the Metropolitan Opera, 6pm.
SHERBORNE, Abbey, Festival, Sherborne Girls Madrigal Society, 1.30pm: The Tallis Scholars, dir Peter Phillips, Palestrina, Morales, Festa, Allegri, Desprez, 7pm.
Sherborne School for Girls Gransden Hall, Festival, chamber ensembles, 4.30.
Plume of Feathers, Festival, Opera at the Plume, with Lynsey Docherty soprano, Anthony Flaum tenor, Philip Smith baritone and Caroline D’Cruz, piano, opera and musical delights with dinner, and Thurs, 7pm.
SOUTHAMPTON, Turner Sims, Manchester Camarata, Beethoven, Anna Meredith’s Lanolin, 7.30.
STREET, Strode Theatre, Eugene Onegin from the Metropolitan Opera, 6pm.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, I Swear, film, 11am: Eugene Onegin from the Metropolitan Opera, 6pm
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Broken English, film about Marianne Faithfull, 1pm: Amelie, 25th anniversary, 4pm.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, The Undercover Detective, The Makings of a Murderer, 7.30.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Project Hail Mary, film, and Wed, 11am, 2.30 and 7pm.
YETMINSTER, Village Hall, One Battle After Another. MOVIOLA

Wednesday 6 May
BOURTON, Village Hall,  Song Sung Blue. MOVIOLA
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Astatine Trio, 1pm: Eugene Onegin from the Metropolitan Opera.
CODFORD, Woolstore Theatre, H is for Hawk. MOVIOLA
POOLE, Lighthouse, Celestial Symphony, BSO cond Enyi Okpara, Martin James Bartlett, piano, Bax, Beethoven, Vaughan Williams. 7.30: Kaia Kater, Grenadian-Canadian jazz singer, 8pm.
SHERBORNE, Abbey, Festival, Leweston School choral concert, dir Rachel Milestone, 1pm: The Gryphon School with University Music Bournemouth Choir and Orchestra, cond Ian Davis, Danny Mitchell horn, Mozart, Purcell, Chilcott, 7pm.
Cheap Street Church, Festival, Venice to Versailles, music of the Italian and Spanish Renaissance and the French Baroque, Amy Whittlesea recorder, Matthew Wadsworth theorbo, 11am.
SIDMOUTH, Manor Pavilion, Sidmouth ADS in The Turn of the Screw, play, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2pm.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower Studio, Noughts and Crosses, to Sat.
STREET, Strode Theatre, Craig Revel Horwood, Revelations – Songs Boys Don’t Sing, dance, songs and comedy, 7.30: The Love That Remains, film, 7.45.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Helen Mirren in The Audience, NT screening from 2013, 7pm.
Tacchi Morris Arts Centre, The SPACE Company in Jeckyll and Hyde, play, and Thurs, 7pm ?
WESTON SUPER MARE, Blakehay Theatre, Emily Davis in Blodwen Rocks the Boat, a Welsh woman’s journey from spreadsheets to self-discovery, 7.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, The D-Day Darlings, Victorious, 2pm.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Richard Digance, 7.30.
YEOVIL, Swan Theatre, Cinematheque, A Yak in the Classroom, 7.30.

Thursday 7 May
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, L’Atalante, 1934 French film, 7.30.
BRISTOL, St George’s, Julius Asal, piano, Schubert, Prokofiev, Beethoven, 1pm.
Tobacco Factory, Bristol School of Acting and the Wardrobe Ensemble, two devised peices, Trophies and Dead Dove:Do Not Eat, to Sat, 7.30.
Exchange, Great Lake Swimmers.
Electric Bristol, Nubiyan Twist, 7pm.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, NT Screening, All My Sons, repeat.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Dorchester Piano Trio, Bruch, 11.30am.
EXETER, Northcott, NT Screening, All My Sons, 7pm.
Barnfield Theatre, Exeter College Acting Students in Jeckyll and Hyde, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.30.
FROME, Memorial Theatre, Frome Music Theatre Co, The Wizard of Oz, to Sat.
HONITON, Beehive, Midwinter Break, film, 2 and 7.30.
ILMINSTER, Arts Centre, Christian Garrick and the Budapest Cafe Orchestra.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Ha Um Ah Theatre in Making a Killing, 7.30.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Roald Dahl’s The Enormous Crocodile, to Sun, 11am, Fri 4.30, Sat/Sun 2.30: Michael starring Ben, 7.30: Krapp’s Last Tape, with David Westhead, directed by Stockard Channing, 8pm: Cinema, Blue Velvet, 1986 David Lynch film, 7.30.
SALISBURY, Arts Centre, Darren Walsh: Do You Like Puns?, 7.30.
City Hall, Chuckles Comedy Club, 8pm.
SHERBORNE, Abbey, Festival, Sherborne Young Musician competition winners, 1pm.
Sherborne Girls School Gransden Hall, Festival, Music for the Stage, from Baroque to Broadway, music-making day for children aged 7 and older, with Arturo Serna cello – workshop 11am, concert 2.30.
SOUTHAMPTON, Turner Sims, Omar Sosa, Cuban jazz multi instrumentalist, Seckou Keita, kora, 8pm.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Simon and Garfunkel Through the Years, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Our Star Theatre in The Invisible Man, comedy thriller based on HG Wells, 7.30.

Friday 8 May
BATH, Theatre Royal, The Egg, Bath Theatre Academy students in two plays, Tom Fowler’s katzenmusik, 6pm and Sat 8pm: Titas Halder’s Replica, 8pm, and Sat 6pm.
BATH, Forum, Midge Ure.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Queen of the Night, tribute to Whitney Houston.
Pavilion Dance, RONiN, with Yukiko Masui.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Cara Dillon.
BRIDGWATER, Arts Centre, Dean Friedman, singer songwriter, 8pm.
McMillan Theatre, Mark Steel, The Leopard in My House, comedy, 7.30.
BRIDPORT, Electric Palace, Mike Wozniak, The Bench, comedy, 8.
BRISTOL, Cathedral, Harry Crook Grand Opening Recital, celebrating restoration of catheral organ, with David Briggs, Bossi, Bach, Berveiller, Dupre and Briggs, 7pm.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Michael, new Jackson biopic, to Thurs, various times: Tribute to The Carpenters, 7.30.
EXETER, Northcott, Stewart Lee Versus the Man-Wulf, comedy, 7.30.
HANGING LANGFORD, Village Hall,  Hamnet. MOVIOLA
HONITON, Beehive, Christian Garrick and the Budapest Cafe Orchestra.
PLYMOUTH, Barbican Theatre, Ha Um Ah Theatre in Making a Killing.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Studio Jazz with the Pete Roth Trio with drummer Bill Bruford, 7.45: Cinema, Rose of Nevada, and Tues/Wed: Michael,(Jackson biopic) and Sat and Tues-Thurs.
SALISBURY, Playhouse, Salberg Studio, Stories in the Dust, 4pm, and Sat 11am and 2pm.
City Hall, That’ll Be the Day, 7.30.
SOUTHAMPTON, Turner Sims, University of Southampton Voices, Salute to the Beach Boys, 7.30.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, Hamnet. MOVIOLA
STREET, Strode Theatre, Splitsville, film, 7.30 and Sat 7pm: Midwinter Break, film, 7.45 and Thurs 7.30.
SWANAGE, Mowlem, Glenrothan, film, and Sat, and Mon-Thurs, 7.30, Mon mat 2.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, The Take That Experience, tribute, 7.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Genesis Connected, tribute, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Feast of Fiddles, 7.30.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Hello Again: 60 Diamond Years, Neil Diamond tribute, 7.30.

Saturday 9 May
BATH, Forum, Opera International Kyiv, Carmen, Ellen Kent’s farewell opera tour.
BEAULIEU, Abbey, Caroline Taylor, soprano, Sebastian Issler, piano, Schubert, Rachmaninov, Liszt and Rebecca Clarke, 7pm.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Night Sky Show.
Pavilion Dance, ceilidh with Monkey See, Monkey Do and Phil Bassindale.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Bath Choral Society, Baroque Masterpieces by Purcell and Handel.
BRIDGWATER,Arts Centre, Wrong Jovi, tribute, 8pm.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Eugene Onegin from the Metropolitan Opera, 5pm.
Electric Palace, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, 11am.
Lyric Theatre, Boilerhouse, acapella group from Cornwall, and storytelling by Annamaria Murphy (Kneehigh), 7.30.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Stephen Sanchez, rock and pop, 7pm: Lantern, Melody Makers Choir, Stars and Stories, 6.30pm.
Cathedral, David Briggs, organ, Phantom of the Opera, 7pm.
St George’s, Bristol Classical Players, Kirsten Jenson, cello, Brahms, Dvorak, 7.30.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Celebrating Celine – A New Day, 7.30.
DORCHESTER, St Mary’s Church, Dorset Chamber Orchestra, Dominic Doutney, piano, Borodin, Rachmaninov and Brahms, 7.30.
Borough Gardens, Something OUTTA Nothing, dance theatre, 6pm. AR
Corn Exchange, Kathakali Indian classical dance, workshop 2pm, performance 3pm.
EXETER, Northcott, CompanySHE in Crown, classical Persian contemporary dance and Sufi whirling, 7.30.
FROME, Cheese and Grain, Livewire, AC/DC tribute.
HONITON, Beehive, BSO in  West End to Hollywood, 7.30.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Herman’s Hermits: Down Memory Lane to the Swinging 60s, 8pm.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Rumours of Fleetwood Mac, 7.30: Coastal Comedy with Andrew Bird, Paul F Taylor, Joe Foster, 8pm.
SALISBURY, Arts Centre, All Floyd: The Best of Pink Floyd, 7.30.
City Hall, Kate Rusby, Springshine, folk, 7pm.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, When Judas met John, songs of Dylan and Lennon, with Brothers Broke, 7pm.
SOUTHAMPTON, Turner Sims, Maximum Who goes Quantum, greatist hits and rarities from 1965 to 1978, 7.30.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, Gaz Brookfield, folk, 8pm.
STREET, Strode Theatre, Mid Somerset Orchestra cond Hitoshi Suzuki, Barber, Rachmaninov, 7.30.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, Tiny Tim’s Family Adventures, 2.30 and 7.30.
St Mary’s Church, Schubert Mass in C, Rossini Stabat Mater, Sturminster Choral Society, cond Annemarie Lees, accompanist Caroline D’Cruz , 7.30.
TAUNTON, Tacchi Morris Arts Centre, Reduced Shakespare Company in The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) 7.30.
WARMINSTER, Athenaeum, California Dreaming, American hits from the 60s and 70s, 7.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Bluey at the Cinema: Playdates with Friends, 11am: The UK Rock Show, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Money for Nothing, Dire Straits tribute.

Sunday 10 May
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, That’ll Be the Day 40th anniversary.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Bassekou Kouyate and Amy Sacko.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Jethro Tull, 7.30: Lantern, Dur-Dur Band, Somali funk, 8pm.
St George’s, Mini-Beats in Krazy Keyboards, 10.30 and 12.30: Lucy Spraggan, singer songwriter, 7pm.
Tobacco Factory, Liberace and Liza, a tribute, with David Saffert and Jillian Snow, 4 and 7.30.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Exciting Science, film, 11.30am.
FROME, Cheese and Grain, Party at the End of the World, celebration of the life of Phil Moakes, 4.30pm.
PENZANCE, Minack Theatre, Ha Um Ah Theatre in Making a Killing, to Fri.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Michael McIntyre’s Charity Show, in aid of Julia’s House, 8pm.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, Adventures in Science, science and comedy for children, 2pm.
SOUTHAMPTON, Turner Sims, Southampton University Concert Band, Myths and Legends, 2pm.
WELLS, Cedars Hall, Swing into Spring with the Wells City Band.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club Soho Songbook, 7.30.


Monday 11 May
BATH, Theatre Royal, The Constant Wife, with Kara Tointon and Sara Crowe, to Sat, 7.30, Wed/Sat mats 2.30.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Lantern, Joshua Burnside, folk, 7.30.
Tobacco Factory, Police Cops, comedy, to Wed, 7.30.
CHILTHORNE DOMER, Village Hall,  Song Sung Blue. MOVIOLA
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Hamnet, film, 1pm.
FROME, Merlin, Memoire of a Snail, stop motion Australian, Frome Film Club, 8pm.
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, Country Roads.
SALISBURY, Studio Theatre Ashley Road, Desdemona: A Play about a Handkerchief, to Sat.
SIDMOUTH, Manor Pavilion, Neil Sands Co in Remember When – 20th anniversary special, 2pm.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Mother’s Pride, film, 11am.
WELLS, Little Theatre, Guys and Dolls, to Sat.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Glenrothan, film, and Tues/Thurs various times.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Glenrothan, film, and Tues, 7.30, Wed mat 2pm.

Tuesday 12 May
BRISTOL, Beacon, Nick Mohammed is Mr Swallow: Show Pony, comedy, 7.30.
St George’s, Hindley Street Country Club, Australian quartet, music of 70s and 80s, 7pm.
Tobacco Factory, Angie Belcher in Aftermirth, 11am.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Spielberg at 80: The Sugarland Express [1974], 7.30.
EXETER, Northcott, Reduced Shakespeare Company in The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged), and Wed, 7.30.
FROME, Merlin Theatre, Merlin Youth Theatre in An Evening of Shakspeare, inc an abridged Macbeth, 7pm.
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, Radio Ga Ga.
SOMERTON, Parish Rooms, The Choral. MOVIOLA
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower Studios, Sing the Musicals, and Wed, 7.45.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Steeleye Span, 7.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Bridget Jones Diary (2001), 1pm: Mother Mary, film, 7pm and Thurs 4pm.

Wednesday 13 May
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Jethro Tull – The Curiosity Tour.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Shakespeare’s Othello on screen.
BRANSGORE, Village Hall, H is for Hawk. MOVIOLA
BRIDGWATER, McMillan Theatre, Bridgwater Operatic Society in Me and My Girl, to Sat, 7.30.
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Weston Studio, In Bed With My Brother in Philosophy of the World, comedy, to Sat, 8pm, Sat mat 3pm.
Beacon, Karli Pearce, Americana, 7pm: Lantern, Skinshape, electronic, funk and reggae, 8pm.
The Croft, Really Good Time, art rock and post punk, 7pm.
CHARLTON MARSHALL, Memorial Hall, H is for Hawk. MOVIOLA
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Top Gun, 40th anniversary, 7.30.
EXETER, Barnfield Theatre, Exeter College Musical Theatre Students in Sussical the Musical, to Fri, 7.30, Fri mat 11am.
FROME, Merlin Theatre, Frome Film Club, Memoire of a Snail, 8pm.
Memorial Theatre, Country Hits Live, 7.30.
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, Fastlove – George Michael tribute.
POOLE, Lighthouse, BSO  and Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, cond Wigglesworth, Copeland Appalachian Spring and Tippett A Child of Our Times, Talise Trevigne soprano, Anita Monserrat mezzo, Joshua Stewart tenor, Roderick Williams baritone, 7.30.
SALISBURY, Arts Centre, Wiltshire Creative Academy students in Henrik Ibsen’s Peer Gynt, new version by Frank McGuiness, and Thurs, 7pm.
TAUNTON, Tacchi Morris Arts Centre, The SPACE Company in Romeo and Juliet – A Dance Story, and Thurs, 7pm.
WARMINSTER, Athenaeum, Dead of Winter, film, 7.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Top Gun, 40th anniversary, 4pm: Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition, film, 7pm.
College, Bay Theatre, The Addams Family, and Thurs, 7.30, Thurs mat 1.30.
WOOKEY, nr Wells, Pheasant Inn, Mr Punch’s folk, 8pm.

Thursday 14 May
BATH, Theatre Royal, The Egg,  Bath Theatre Academy students in Lorca’s Blood Wedding, to Sat, 7pm, Sat mat 2pm.
Forum, Haircut 100.
BOURNEMOUTH, Palace Court Theatre, AUB students in Moonfleet, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.30.
Pavilion, Postmodern Jukebox.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Blue Moon, film, 7.30.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Beth Hart, rock and pop, 7pm: Lantern, Submotion Orchestra, dub and electronica, 7pm.
St George’s, Emma Rawicz, saxophone, Gwilym Simcock, piano, originals and arrangements from the Americal Songbook, 8pm.
Tobacco Factory, Kendall Mountain, adventure films, 2.30 and 7.30.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Seven Drunken Nights, Dubliners tribute, 7.30.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Elizabeth Blake in solo play Fossil Mary, the story of Mary Anning, 7.30.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, John Boden and the Remnant Kings, folk, 7.30.
NETHER WALLOP, Village Hall, Rental Family. MOVIOLA
NEW MILTON, Forest Arts, Paul McCaffrey, What A Time to Be Alive, comedy, 7.30.
PEWSEY, Bouverie Hall,  Song Sung Blue. MOVIOLA
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, Sky Full of Stars, Coldplay tribute.
POOLE, Lighthouse, John Smith, folk, 8pm.
SHEPTON MONTAGUE, Village Hall,  Hamnet. MOVIOLA
SOUTHAMPTON, Turner Sims, Stephen Hough, piano, Schoenberg, Stockhausen, Beethoven, Schumann, Mary Poppins music -arr Stephen Hough, 7.30.
Mayflower Studios, Freckle in ZOG, by Julia Donaldson, to Sun, various day times.
STREET, Strode Theatre, DJ Ahmet, film, 7.45.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, Neil Sands, Remember When, 2pm.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Ballet Cymru in Sleeping Beauty, 7.30.
WELLS, Cedars Hall, Martin Taylor, jazz guitar.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, They Will Kill You, film, 7pm.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Wimborne Drama in Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.30.
YEOVIL, Westlands, The Legend of Barry White: Let The Music Play, with William Hicks and Soul Unlimited, 7.30.

Friday 15 May
BATH, Theatre Royal,  The Writer and the Traitor, Graham Greene, Kim Philby and The Great Betrayal, talk by Robert Verkaik, noon.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Radio Ga Ga: Ballroom, Gary Delaney, Gary On Laughing.
Pavilion Dance, 99ArtCompany, Kontemporary Korea in Burnt Offering.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Jon Boden and the Remnant Kings.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Concerts in the West, Greenwich Piano Trio, 11.30: Grace and Growl, Bridport-based mature dance company showcase, 7pm.
Electric Palace, The Comedy Store, 7.30.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Emmylou Harris, European farewell tour, 7.30.
St George’s, Stephen Hough, piano, Schubert, Brahms, Schoenberg, Stockhausen, Beethoven, Schumann, Sherman/Hough Mary Poppins Suite, 7.30.
Tobacco Factory, Rock the 80s, 8pm.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Jethro – Whatever Happened to Denzil Penberthy, with Mike Osman, 7.30.
CRANBORNE, Cecil Memorial Hall, Diyet and The Love Soldiers, First Nation and Canadian folk roots, 7.30. AR
DARTMOUTH, The Flavel, Ha Um Ah Theatre in Making a Killing.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, La Vie en Rose, gypsy jazz and swing, 8pm.
EDINGTON (Somerset), Village Hall,  H is for Hawk. MOVIOLA
EXETER, Northcott, Matt Forde, Defying Calamity, political comedy, 7.30.
FROME, Cheese and Grain, China Crisis, 7.30.
Tree House, Ghosts of Seattle, grunge, 7pm.
HONITON,Beehive, The Jam’d, tribute, 7.30.
ILMINSTER, Arts Centre, Concerts in the West, Greenwich Piano Trio, 7.30.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Haunted Shadows: The Gothic Tales of Edith Nesbit, solo show with Claire Louise Amias, 7.30.
NEW MILTON, Forest Arts, Mark Harrison band, Americana, 7.30.
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, Legend – The Music of Bob Marley.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Believe in Bingo, with Shell Suit Cher, comedy, 7pm: Locomotive For Murder, the improvised whodunnit, 7.45: Cinema, The Devil Wears Prada 2, and Sat, Tues-Thurs.
SALISBURY, City Hall, Simon Reeve, To the Ends of the Earth, 7.30.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, One Battle After Another, film, 7.30.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, Plumhall, folk duo, 8pm.
STREET, Strode Theatre, The Drama, film, 7.45, Sat 7.30pm: Fuze, film, 7.30 and Wed 7.45.
SWANAGE, Mowlem, Fossil Mary, The Legend of Mary Anning, written and performed by Elizabeth Blake, 7.30: Midwinter Break, film, and Mon/Wed, 7.30, Mon mat 2.30.
TAUNTON, Tacchi Morris Arts Centre, Simon and Garfunkel Through the Years, 7.30.
TINCLETON, Gallery, Adrien Brandeis, jazz piano, music from his album Resurgence,  and Sat, 8pm.
WARMINSTER, Athenaeum, The Biggest Night of Musicals, charity fundraiser, and Sat, 7pm.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Money for Nothing, Dire Straits tribute, 7.30.
WINTERSLOW, Village Hall,  Song Sung Blue. MOVIOLA
YEOVIL, Westlands, Spice Girls – the theatre show, tribute, 7.30.

Saturday 16 May
BIGBURY, Memorial Hall, Company SHE in Crown, combining classical Persian and contemporary dance, and Sufi whirling, 7pm. ViA
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Ben Portsmouth – This is Elvis.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Lucie Jones,|fundraiser for West Wilts Radio.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Angela Barnes, Angst, comedy, 8pm.
Electric Palace, Gary Delaney, Gary On Laughing, 7.30.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Max Cooper Live, electronica, 7.30.
St George’s, Brandon Hill Chamber Orchestra, cond William Conway, Sweeney, Mahler, Brahms, 7.45.
Tobacco Factory, New Works Ballet Theatre, open class 12.30, triple bill 7pm: Spielman Studio, Emmerson and Ward, RUM, 7.30.
BROADWINDSOR, Comrade’s Hall, Diyet and The Love Soldiers, First Nation and Canadian folk roots, 8pm. AR
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Luther UK, with Harry Cambridge, 7.30.
CREWKERNE, Dance House, Concerts in the West, Greenwich Piano Trio, 7.30.
DAWLISH, Shaftesbury Theatre, Our Star Theatre in The Invisible Man, comedy thriller based on HG Wells, 7.30.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, The Tannahill Weavers, 7.30.
EXETER, Northcott, Tim Key, Loganberry, comedy and poetry, 8pm.
Cygnet Theatre, Pilot’s Thumb in Touched.
FROME, Merlin Theatre, All England Theatre Festival, Western Area final, 2 and 7pm.
Memorial Theatre, Susie Dent, Word Perfect.
Cheese and Grain, Doreen Doreen, 7pm.
HONITON, Beehive, The Magic Faraway Tree, film, 4pm.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, LR Comedy Club with Ahir Shah, 8pm.
NEW MILTON, Forest Arts, Moscow Drug Club, 7.30.
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, Thank You for the Music,  ABBA tribute.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Skinshape, funk reggae, 7.45: The Charlotte Carrivick Band, folk and bluegrass, 8pm: Cinema, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, 3.30, and 23 May 11.30am.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, Christian Garrick and the Budapest Cafe Orchestra.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, Three Daft Monkeys, Celtic and Eastern world folk, 8pm.
STREET, Strode Theatre, Orwell: 2+2=5, film, 7.45.
TAUNTON, Tacchi Morris Arts Centre, Holmes and Watson: The Curious Case of the Masked Magician, with Peter Clifford and The Great Baldini, 2.30.
WELLS, Cedars Hall, Steps in Snow dance showcase.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Little Amelie, animated film, 10.30am: UK Pink Floyd Experience, 7.30.
WOOTON COURTENAY, Village Hall, Pea Bien Theatre in Last Wednesday’s Work Shirt, comedy, 7.30. TA
YEOVIL, Westlands, Barry Steele, The Roy Orbison Story, 7.30.

Sunday 17 May
BOURNEMOUTH, University, Kimmeridge Hall, Bournemouth Chamber Music Society, Ensemble Augelletti, BBC New Generation Baroque artists, The Library of a Prussian Princess, music from the personal collection of Anna Amalia, Princess of Prussia 1723-87, inc music by Handel, JS and CPE Bach, Anna Amalia, 3pm.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Ukraine, Within and Beyond, charitable concert in aid of Ukraine organised by Friends of Oleksandriya, music and cinema, 3pm.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Tricky, hip hop post rock, 7.30: Lantern, Robert Mitchell’s Little Black Book, jazz, 8pm.
St George’s, The Fantasy Orchestra, This Woman’s Work, celebrating Kate Bush, 7.30.
Tobacco Factory, Mark Watson, Before it Overtakes Us, comedy, 7.30.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, The Spice Girls Theatre Show, 7.30.
FROME, Cheese and Grain, Pop Will Eat Itself.
Tree House, The Bob Villains, Dylan tribute, 7pm.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Jazz by the Sea, Django Chutney, 8pm.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Max Cooper Live, music, theatre, soundscape and art, 7.30.
SOUTHAMPTON, Turner Sims, Bassekou Kouyate, kora and ngoni, and Amy Sacko, griot, 8pm.
STREET, Strode Theatre, Angie and Nya, tributes to Whitney Houston and Celine Dion, 7pm: Father, Mother, Sister, Brother, film, 6.30pm.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Bippo’s Circus Adventure, 2.30: Michael, Jackson biopic, to Wed various times.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Bournemouth University Dance Society, showcase, 5pm.

Monday 18 May
BRISTOL, Beacon, Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, cond Krzysztof Urbanski, Alexandra Dariescu, piano, Bacewicz, Chopin, Tchaikovsky, 7pm.
St George’s, Tom Smith (of Editors), 7.30.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, EPIC: Elvis Presley in Concert, Baz Lurhmann film, 1pm.
FROME, Memorial Theatre, Simon Reeve – To the Ends of the Earth.
HAWKCHURCH, Village Hall,  Hamnet. MOVIOLA
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Midwinter Break, film, 11am.
Tacchi Morris Arts Centre, The Oak Partnership Combined Choirs, 7pm.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, You, Me and Tuscany, film, 4 and Tues 1pm.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Mother Mary, film, 7.30, and Tues mat 1pm.
YEOVIL, Swan Theatre, The Unfriend, to Sat.
Westlands, The Drama, film, 11am, 2 and 7pm, and Tues 7pm.

Tuesday 19 May
BATH, Theatre Royal, Single White Female, thriller, to Sat, 7.30, Wed/Sat mats 2.30.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Exhibition on Screen: Frida Kahlo, 7.30.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Glen Hansard, folk rock, 7.30: Lantern, Drunk Women Solving Crime, comedy, 8pm.
St George’s, Jonathan van Ness, Hot and Healed, comedy, 8pm.
Tobacco Factory, Kiss Witness in Prayers for a Hungry Ghost, and Wed, 7.30.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Exhibition on Screen: Frida Kahlo, 7.30.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Exhibition on Screen: Frida Kahlo, 7pm.
LEIGH, nr Sherborne, Village Hall, Rental Family. MOVIOLA
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, Death on the Nile, to Sat.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Cinema, Exhibition on Screen, Frida Kahlo, 7.45, and 26 May noon.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower, Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, open rehearsal Tues 4.15, performance Tues/ Wed 7.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Exhibition on Screen, Frida Kahlo, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Albert Lee.

Wednesday 20 May
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, The Ocelots, indie folk duo, and Louella Jade Eke, folk and blues, 7.30.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Christopher Cross, rock and pop, 7pm: Lantern, Jesca Hoop, indie folk, 8pm.
St George’s, Red Ink, Bristol Ensemble dir Leon Bosch, marking 50 years since the Soweto uprising, 7.30: Jake McMurchie and the Adam Stokes Trio, tribute to Sonny Rollins, 7.30.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Top Gun Maverick, film, 5.10pm.
EXETER, Northcott, Exeter College Dance Students in Once.Again., dance and storytelling, 7pm.
HARDINGTON MANDEVILLE, Village Hall,  Song Sung Blue. MOVIOLA
HARNHAM, Sports and Social Club, Song Sung Blue. MOVIOLA
POOLE, Lighthouse, P and P in We Will Rock You, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mats 11am and 3pm.
STREET, Strode Theatre, Amelie (25th anniversary screening), 7.30.
SWINDON, Arts Centre, Emily Davis in Blodwen Rocks the Boat, a Welsh woman’s journey from spreadsheets to self-discovery, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Talon, Eagles tribute, 7.30.

Thursday 21 May
BATH, Theatre Royal, The Egg, Bath Theatre Academy students in Urinetown: The Musical, to Sat, 7, Sat mat 2pm.
Forum, London African Gospel Choir, 40 Years of Graceland.
BOURNEMOUTH, BIC, Strictly Come Dancing, The Professionals.
BRISTOL, Old Vic,  The Wardrobe Ensemble in Party Season, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.30: Weston Studio, BOVTS summer festival, Four Play  and Meat, to Sat.
Beacon, Scott Bradlee’s Post Modern Juke Box, 7pm.
St George’s, Matteo Cimatti, violin, Nicola Eimer, piano, Brahms, Boulanger, Franck, 1pm: Brighde Chaimbeul and Nora Brown, with Stephanie Coleman, traditional folk, 8pm.
Tobacco Factory, Tim Key, Loganberry, to Sat, 8pm.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Seth Lakeman, 7.30.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Dorsetborne in Lessons from TeacherX, 7.30.
EXETER, Northcott, Blackeyed Theatre in Sherlock Holmes: The Hunt for Moriarty, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2pm.
Barnfield Theatre, Squeeze Box in Boxed!, live multi media portal into joy, humour and resilience of disabled people, 3 and 7pm, and Fri 3plm.
HONITON, Beehive, Exhibition on Screen: Frida Kahlo, 2 and 7pm.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Shanty Sessions with the Chantry Buoys, free, 7.30.
NEW MILTON, Forest Arts, Jim Causley and Miranda Sykes, Everthing Possible, folk, 7.30.
PLYMOUTH, Barbican, Our Star Theatre in The Invisible Man, comedy thriller based on HG Wells, 7.30.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Good Habits, indie folk, 8pm.
SALISBURY, City Hall, Nigel Kennedy, Virtuoso, classical, jazz and contemporary, 7.30.
SIDMOUTH, Manor Pavilion, A History of the Rep Theatre in Sidmouth, talk by Paul Smith, 2.30, and Fri 7.30.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower Studios, Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.30.
STREET, Strode Theatre, Glenrothan, film, 7.45 and Sat 7.30: Frida Kahlo – Extended Encore, film, 7.30.
TAUNTON,Brewhouse, Mark Watson, Before It Overtakes Us, comedy, 7.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Hello Again, The Neil Diamond Songbook, 7.30.
College, Bay Theatre, Mind over Music, 7pm.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, The Puppini Sisters, 7.30.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Boyband in the Buff with Gareth Gates, 7.30.

Friday 22 May
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Camilla George, jazz.
BRIDGWATER, Arts Centre, Phil Beer, solo, 7.30.
McMillan Theatre, Hello Again, the Neil Diamond Songbook, 7.30.
BRIDPORT, Electric Palace, Glenrothan, film, 7.30.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Go Go Penguin, electronic jazz, 8pm: Lantern, Colin Blunstone, The Voice of the Zombies, 8pm.
St George’s, Verity Standen, Everything Slips, new music for human voices, 7.30pm.
BRUTON, Show of Hands Festival, jazz, electronica and arts, inc Lady Wray, Submotion Orchestra, General Levy and The Groove Family, Steve Knightley, etc, to Sun.
CREWKERNE, Wadham School, Film Crew, members choice film and AGM.
FROME, Memorial Theatre, Walk Right Back – The Everly Brothers story.
HONITON, Beehive, Miranda Sykes and Jim Causley, folk, 7.30.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Sounds of the 80s with The Zoots, 8pm.
MERE, Lecture Hall, The Choral. MOVIOLA
NEW MILTON, Forest Arts, Simon Evans is Staring at the Sun, comedy, 7.30.
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, The Lab, Tom Denbeigh, Experiment: Work in Progress.
POOLE, Lighthouse, The Unthanks, 7.30: Studio Jazz with Dele Sosimi, Nigerian/British music, 7.45: Cinema, The Sheep Detectives, and Sat, Tues-Thurs: The Christophers, and Sat, Tues, Wed.
SALISBURY, City Hall, Clearwater Credence Revival and Ten Years After, 8pm.
SIDMOUTH, Jazz Weekend, inc Kennaway House, first Villages in Action Get Together gig with Nic and Tom Eaves, 2pm. ViA
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, Good Habits, indie folk, 8pm.
STREET, Strode Theatre, The Wizard of the Kremlin, film, 7.45 and Thurs 7.30: Michael, new bio film, 7.30, and Sat 7.45.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, Bill Shannon’s Bag of Soul, 7.30.
SWANAGE, Mowlem, Swanage Drama and Friends in Another Night at the Mowlem, fundraiser, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, The Tiger Who Came to Tea, 1.30 and Sat/Sun 11am and 2pm.
WELLS, Cedars Hall, Wells Comedy Festival.
WEST CAMEL, Davis Hall,  Hamnet. MOVIOLA
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, The Ultimate Eagles, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Genesis Connected, tribute, 7.30.
YEOVIL, Westlands, The Magic of Motown, 7.30.

Saturday 23 May
BATH, Rondo, Christian Garrick and the Budapest Cafe Orchestra.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Noel Brody, It’s About Time.
BRIDPORT, Electric Palace, Father, Mother, Sister, Brother, film, 7.30.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Roland Gift, 40 Years of Songs by Fine Young Cannibals, 7.30: Lantern, Jack Broadbent, blues and rock, 7.30.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Voodoo Room, The music of Clapton, Hendrix and Queen, 7.30.
FROME, Cheese and Grain, The Puppini Sisters, 7pm.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Rose of Nevada, film, 7.15.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Alex McAleer, Mind Reader, 8pm.
SIDMOUTH, Manor Pavilion, Woodbury Dance Studio in The Harvest, English Dances and La Boutique Fantastique, 7 and Sun 2.30pm.
SOUTHAMPTON, Turner Sims, Three Acres and a Cow, story of land rights and protest in folk song and story, 7pm.
SWANAGE, Mowlem, The Princess Bride, 1978 film, and Mon-Wed, 7pm.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Dorsetborn in Lessons from TeacherX, 7.45.
WEYMOUTH,Pavilion, K-Pop Forever, live on stage, 2 and 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Minster, Bournemouth Sinfonietta Choir, cond David Gostick, Phibbs, Seven Songs of Nature for Choir and Brass Quintet, 7.30.
Tivoli, Very Santana, tribute, 7.30.
YEOVIL, Westlands, G4, Phantoms of the Popera, 7.30.

Sunday 24 May
BRISTOL, Beacon, Shxtsngigs, comedy, 8pm.
Electric Bristol, Tinariwen, West African blues, rock and pop, 7pm.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Bassekou Kouyate, kora and ngnoi and Amy Sacko, griot singer, 7.30.
SALISBURY, Festival, various venues, to 27 June.
Romeo and Juliet, location to be announced, various dates and times to 7 June.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, G4 – Phantoms of the Popera, 7.30.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Glenn Miller Big Band Spectacular, 4pm.

Monday 25 May
BRISTOL, Beacon, James Morrison, rock and soul, 7pm: Lantern, Puma Blue, indie jazz and rock, 7pm.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Land of Sometimes, film, 11am and Wed 1.30pm: The Magic Faraway Tree, film, and Wed, 4pm: Mortal Kombat II, film, and Wed/Thurs various times.

Tuesday 26 May
BATH, Theatre Royal, Mischief Theatre in Thespians, Greece the Musical (but not that one), to Sat, 7.30, Wed/Thurs/Sat mats 2.30.
Forum, Dinosaurs Live, noon.
BRIDPORT, Electric Palace, Foyer Sessions with Linde Nijland, Dutch folk singer, 7pm.
BRISTOL, St George’s, Skipinnish, Scottish folk, 7.30.
EXETER, Northcott, The Utterly Revolting Science Show, for kids, 11.30am and 3pm.
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, Derren Brown, Only Human Live, to Sat.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Ice Age Adventure Live, 2pm.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, Wicked: For Good, film, 2pm.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Baz Luhrmann’s EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert, film, 11am: Exhibition on Screen, Frida Kahlo, 7.30.
Tacchi Morris Arts Centre, Taunton Festival of the Arts Dance Gala, classes and performances, to Sat.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Stand By Me, film, 40th anniversary, 4pm: Escapes: Power Ballad, film, 7pm.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Colin Blunstone, Believe in Miracles, 7.30.

Wednesday 27 May
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Midge Ure – A Man of Two Worlds.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Marina, rock and pop, 7pm.
St George’s, The Hansome Family, Gothic Americana, 8pm: Donny McCaslin, saxophone, Lullabye for the Lost, 8pm.
Tobacco Factory, Spielman Studio, Daniel Kitson, work in progress, comedy, to Sat 8pm, Sun 4pm.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Magic Gareth, balloonatic magic show, 11am.
EXETER, Northcott, Ballet Cymru in Sleeping Beauty, and Thurs, 7.30, Thurs mat 2.30.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, Pauline Eyre, Anyone for Tennis, comedy, 7.30.
TAUNTON,Brewhouse, Ed Byrne and guests, comedy, 8pm.
WARMINSTER, Athenaeum, Masqueraders in Shrek, to Sat, 7pm, Sat mat 2pm.
WATCHET, East Key, Vanhulle Dance Theatre in Olive Branch, physical theatre and martial arts, 6pm. TA
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Mark Steel, The Leopard in My House, comedy, 7.30.

Thursday 28 May
BATH, Theatre Royal, The Egg, Let’s All Dance Ballet Co in Alice in Wonderland, to Sun, 11.30am, 2 and 4pm.
BLANDFORD, Bryanston School, Coade Hall, The Playboy of the Western World, NT Screening, 7pm.
BOURNEMOUTH, Palace Court Theatre, AUB students in Grimm Tales, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.30.
Pavilion, Fastlove, George Michael tribute.
BRIDGWATER, Arts Centre, Lost the Plot in The Three Little Pigs, 11.30am and 2pm.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Pauline Eyre, Anyone for Tennis, comedy, 8pm.
Electric Palace, NT Screening, The Playboy of the Western World, 7.pm, and Sun 2pm.
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Brainiac, comedy and science, and Fri, noon and 2.30: Weston Studio, BOVTS summer festival, The Etienne Sisters and Dirty Butterfly, to Sat.
Hippodrome, James Acaster, comedy, to Sat.
St George’s, Kasparas Mikuzis, piano, Beethoven, Ravel, Godowsky, 1pm.
Tobacco Factory, Bristol School of Acting in The Master and Margarita, to Sat, 7.30.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, NT Screening, The Playboy of the Western World, 7.pm.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Mark Farrelly in The Silence of Snow: The Life of Patrick Hamilton, (author of Gaslight), 7.30.
EXETER, Barnfield Theatre, Joni Mitchell’s Blue: An Evening in Laurel Canyon, 7.45.
FROME, Merlin Theatre, Wicked, singalong film, 2pm.
HONITON, Beehive, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes  [1953], film, 2pm: NT Screening , The Playboy of the Western World, 7pm.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Seann Walsh, This is Torture, comedy, 8pm.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Live and Unheard local bands, 8pm: Cinema, Guys and Dolls [1955] demetia friendly screening, 2pm: NT Screening , The Playboy of the Western World, 7pm and Sat 3pm, Tues 7.30 and Frid 5 June 5pm.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower Studios, Fun for Little Ones, A Tribute to Ms Rachel, noon and 3pm.
STREET, Strode Theatre, NT Screening , The Playboy of the Western World, 7pm.
SWANAGE, Mowlem, NT Screening , The Playboy of the Western World, 7pm.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, K-Pop Party, 2 and 6pm: Laura Jane Wilkie, Scottish folk fiddler, 7.45.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, NT Screening , The Playboy of the Western World, 7pm.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Ben Thompson, The Ultimate Elvis Experience, 7.30.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Castaways in Annie, to Sat, 7pm, Sat mat 2.

Friday 29 May
BARNSTAPLE, Queen’s Theatre, Ballet Boyz at 25, Still Pointless, 7.30.
BATH, Forum, Al Murray, All You Need is Guv, comedy.
BISHOPSTONE, nr Salisbury, Village Hall, One Battle After Another. MOVIOLA
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Alfie Boe: Ballroom, LoL Comedy Club, 8pm.
BRIDGWATER, McMillan Theatre, Somerstage Musical Theatre School in Showtime, and Sat 7, Sat mat 2pm.
BRIDPORT, Electric Palace, The Eras Experience, Taylor Swift tribute, with Xenna, 7pm.
BRISTOL, Beacon, London Symphony Orchestra, cond Simon Rattle, Lucy Crowe, soprano, Gerhard, Richard Strauss Four Last Songs, Mahler Symphony No 4, 7pm.
St George’s, The Harper Trio, jazz, 1pm.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, G$ in Phantoms of the Popera, 7.30.
DORCHESTER,Corn Exchange, Opera Anywhere, Cosi fan Tutte, 7.30.
EXETER, Northcott, Seann Walsh, This is Torture, comedy, 7.30.
HONITON, Beehive, Jo in the Water, documentary film, 2 and 7pm.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, The Playboy of the Western World, NT Screening, 7.30.
NEW MILTON, Forest Arts, The Unravelling Wilburys, and Sat, 7.30.
NORTON ST PHILIP, Village Hall,  H is for Hawk. MOVIOLA
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, Drum Studio, The Detective Dog, and Sat.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Hollie Rogers, Cornish singer songwriter, 8pm: Cinema, Mother’s Pride, and Tues, 11am.
SIDMOUTH, Manor Pavilion, The Fleetwood Mac Songbook, tribute, 7.30.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, The Shepherd and the Bear. MOVIOLA
STREET, Strode Theatre, The Devil Wears Prada 2, film, and Wed/Thurs, 7.30, Sat 7pm: Rose of Nevada, film, 7.45.
SWANAGE, Mowlem, Pauline Eyre, Anyone for Tennis, comedy, 7.30: The Devil Wears Prada 2, film, and Sun-Thurs, 7.30, Mon mat 2.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Walk Right Back – The Everly Brothers Story, 7.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Toddler Time: The Snail and the Whale, and Superworm (films), 11am: The Jersey Beats, O What a Nite, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Legend, tribute to Bob Marley, 7.30.

Saturday 30 May
BATH, Forum, Murder Trial Tonight VI – Death of a Landlord,  the audience is the jury, 2.30.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Unicorn Live, 1 qnd 4pm.
BRIDGWATER, Arts Centre, The Jim Cregan New Acoustic Band.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, El Ultimo Sueno de Frida y Diego, new opera by Gabriela Lena Frank, from Metropolitan Opera, 6pm.
Electric Palace, Michael, new biopic, 7.30 and Thurs 2pm and 5th June 7.30.
Lyric Theatre, Stuff and Nonsense with Rabbit and Rey and the Lost Things, puppetry and visual storytelling, 2.30.
BRISTOL, Beacon, The Longest Johns, folk, 7pm: Lantern, Conservatoire Folk Ensemble, folk, 8pm.
St George’s, Sing Out, Bristol’s LGBTQIA+ choir, annual concert, 7.30.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, ABBA Mia with Kerry Katona, 7.30.
FROME, Merlin Theatre, Circus Extravaganza for children, 2 and 4pm.
Tree House, Straighten Out, Stranglers tribute.
HALSTOCK, Village Hall,  H is for Hawk. MOVIOLA
HONITON, Beehive, El Ultimo Sueno de Frida y Diego, new opera by Gabriela Lena Frank, from Metropolitan Opera, 6pm.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Jah Wobble and The Invaders of the Heart, 8pm.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Breakin’ Convention, celebration of hip hop dance theatre, 2.30 amd 7.30: Cinema, Jo in the Water, documentary film, 7.30.
SALISBURY, City Hall, G4 – Phantoms of the Popera, 7.30.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, All My Sons, NT Screening, 7.30.
SOUTHAMPTON, Turner Sims, Roopa Panesar Trio, Indian classical trio, 7.30.
Mayflower Studios, Welsh National Opera, Play Opera Live, Shipwrecked!, 3pm.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, Cara Dillon, with Sam Lakeman and band, folk, 8pm.
STREET, Strode Theatre, El Ultimo Sueno de Frida y Diego, new opera by Gabriela Lena Frank, from Metropolitan Opera, 6pm.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, London Festival Opera, singers and orchestra, Opera at the Movies, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Lady Nade sings Nina Simone, 7.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Virtuoso, Nigel Kennedy concert, 7.30.

Sunday 31 May
BATH, Theatre Royal, Ballet Boyz at 25, Still Pointless, 7.30.
BRISTOL, Beacon, BAFTA Games in Concert, with the Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, London Voices and Adrian Ronda Sampayo, 7.30: Lantern, Valerie June, Appalachian folk and rock, 8pm.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Fionn Regan, Irish poet and singer-songwriter, 8pm.
PENZANCE, Penlee Park, Steve Knightley.
SALISBURY, City Hall, Jasper Carrott and Strictly ABBA, 7.30.
SOUTHAMPTON, Turner Sims, the Mystery Ensemble, The Music of the Lord of the Rings: tribute to Howard Shore, 6.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, The Sheep Detectives, film, and Mon/Wed, various day times: The Devil Wears Prada 2, film, to Wed, various times.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Tom Davis, Spudgun, comedy, 7.30.