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Updated Monday 28th September, 7.55pm
Tuesday 29 September
BATH, various venus, Bath Children’s Literature Festival, to 4 Oct.
Theatre Royal, BLOG in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, 70th anniversary show, to Sat, 7.30, Wed/Sat mats 2.30.
Forum, Emma Kenny, Killer Couples.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Imperial Classical Ballet in Swan Lake, 7.30.
BRISTOL, Tobacco Factory, Aftermirth, comedy for new parents, 11am: Opera Project in Mozart’s Don Giovanni, to Sat, various dates and times.
Old Vic, Weston Studio, The Big House in Blaze FM, political theatre with music, to Sat, various times.
St George’s, Sara Pascoe, Riot Act – The Birthday Show, madcap cabaret, 7.30.
Beacon, Joe Jackson, The Hope and Fury Tour.
Redgrave Theatre, James Phelan, The Man Who Was Magic, 7.30.
CIRENCESTER, Barn Theatre, Yes, Prime Minister, to Sat.
CLEVEDON, Theatre Shop, Living Spit in The Tragedy of Omlet, Prince of Henmark, to 10 Oct.
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, Drum Studio, James Rowland, Team Viking, comedy and storytelling, and Wed.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Heathers – The Musical, to Sat, various times: Cinema, NT Screening, The Misanthrope, with Sandra Oh, and Fri various times: Bad Apples, to Thurs.
SALISBURY, Playhouse, The Haunting of Hill House, to Sat.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, The Friend, film, 2pm.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower, Moulin Rouge! – The Musical, to 24 Oct.
Mayflower Studio, Sam Harrison in PG Wodehouse’s Jeeves Takes Charge, to Sat.
Turner Sims, Claire Fuller, novelist, and her son musician Henry Ayling talk about the novel and its relationship to music, 7.30.
SWANAGE, Mowlem Theatre, Pressure, film, to Thurs, 7.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Bitter Christmas, film, 1 and 7pm: The Dog Stars, film, 4pm, and Wed 1pm.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Don’t Forget Me – Eddie Cochran official documentary film, 7.30.
Wednesday 30 September
BATH, Forum, Nish Kumar, Angry Humour from a Really Nice Guy.
Rondo, Watson’s House in Queer Eyes on Queer Lives, three original plays, 7.30.
Komedia, The Spirit of Comedy, with Tom Ward, showcase for rising stars.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Paddington Trio, Part, Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky, 1pm: Broken English, Marianne Faithfull film, 7.30.
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Richard Marsh in Top Gunchained, celebrating 40th anniversary of Top Gun, to Sat, 7.30.
St George’s, Ensemble Augelletti in Jewels that Brightly Burn, music by Bach’s students, 7.30.
Beacon, Lantern, Adam Wakeman, Jazz Sabbath.
Redgrave Theatre, Banff Mountain Film Festival, blue programme.
EAST KNOYLE, Village Hall, The Devil Wears Prada 2. MOVIOLA
EXETER, Barnfield Theatre, Jazz Emu in The Pleasure Is All Yours, comedy, 7.45.
POOLE, Lighthouse, BSO, cond Wigglesworth, Wagner, Beethoven, 7.30pm.
SWANAGE, Mowlem Theatre, Philip Clouts and the SoundCellar 3, jazz, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Southern Sinfonia, Inside the Orchestra, 6pm.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Super Nature, documentary film, 4pm: La La Land, film, 10th anniversary, 7pm.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Celebrating Celine : A New Day.
YEOVIL, Swan Theatre, Cinematheque, It Was Just An Accident, 7.30.
Westlands, Paul Zerdin, Shut Your Mouth, comedy puppetry, 7.30.