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Updated Thursday 5 March, 9.24pm
Friday 6 March
BATH, Theatre Royal, Operation Mincemeat – the Musical, to 14 March, 7.30, Wed/Sat mats 2.30.
Mission Theatre, Stagecoach Bath in Chicago (teen edition), and Sat, 7.30.
Chapel Arts, The Lost Trades, West Country folk Americana trio.
Rondo, Amy Mason, Behold!, comedy, 7.30.
Komedia, Ultimate R ‘n’ B.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion Dance, Mapdance in mixed bill, 7.30.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Josienne Clarke sings Sandy Denny, Across the Evening Sky, 7.30.
BRENTOR, Village Hall, Just Some Theatre in Eyes Down, bingo and murder comedy thriller, 7.30. ViA
BRIDGWATER,Arts Centre, Fleetwood Mac Songbook, tributes, 7.30.
McMillan Theatre, Made in Tennessee, country music, 7.30.
BRIDPORT, Lyric Theatre, The Bodies on the Beach, performance storytelling by Steph Brittain and Ben Haggarty, 7.30.
BRISTOL, Tobacco Factory, Macbeth, to 28 March.
Old Vic, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, to 21 March, various times.
Redgrave Theatre, Clifton High School in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, 7pm.
The Station, Silver Street, BOVTS in Days of Significance – The War Is Out There, The War Is Here, play by Roy Williams, and Sat, 7pm, Sat mat 2pm.
St George’s, Lucy Rose, folk, 7pm.
Beacon, Randy Feltface, Gimmick, comedy: Lantern, John Bramwell, indie rock.
Alma Tavern, Andrew Frost, The Greatest Card Magician in the World, comedy and magic, 7.30.
Hen and Chicken Bedminster, Ian Stone is Looking for the Wow, comedy.
Wardrobe Theatre, Pam Anderson Party with Barb Wire, 7pm.
BROADMAYNE, Village Hall, The Mark Harrison Band, blues, roots and folk, 7.30. AR
CHETNOLE, Village Hall, Sarah Hagen, piano, Wonderwomen, female composers of the 18th and 19th centuries, 7.30. AR
CHRISTCHURCH,Regent Centre, The Comedy Store Players, improv, 7.30.
CIRENCESTER, Barn Theatre, Men Behaving Badly: The Play, and Sat.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Hudson and Hudson, Married At First Sleight, magic and comedy, 7.30.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, The Ed Viney Company in Stolen Ram, and Sat, 7.30.
EXETER, Corn Exchange, Paul Merton and Sukie Webster’s Improv Show.
Barnfield Theatre, Maynard School in Les Miserables school edition, 1 and 7pm.
EXMOUTH, Pavilion, Twist and Shout, The Ultimate 60s Show, 7.30.
FROME, Memorial Theatre, Denise van Outen, Songs, Stories and All That Jazz.
HIGHCLIFFE, Community Centre, The Ballad of Wallis Island. MOVIOLA
HONITON, Beehive, The Alter Eagles, 7.30.
HULLAVINGTON, Village Hall, Pagoda Project with Karen Wimhurst, clarinets, Hannah Cumming, fiddle and voice, Paul Hutchinson, accordion, new folk and improvisation, 7.30. RAW
ILMINSTER, Arts Centre, La Vie en Rose, gypsy jazz, 7.30.
Warehouse, Wadham School students in Grease, The Musical, 7pm.
LAMYATT, Village Hall, Good Habits, folk duo, 7.30.TA
NEW MILTON, Forest Arts, Brave Rival and Revenant, blues, 7.30.
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, The Carpenters StoryL: Drum Studio, Small Town Boy, play about drag artist by Brenda Callis.
Quad Theatre, Alasdair Beckett-King, The King of Crumbs, comedy.
POOLE, Lighthouse, The Best of Tubular Bells I, II and III, with Robin Smith and band, 7.30: Cloudbusting, the music of Kate Bush, 7.45: Sentimental Value, film, and Tues, 11am: Wuthering Heights, 2026 film, and Tues-Thurs.
SALISBURY, Cathedral, Buxtehude, Membra Jesu Nostri, choral music by candlelight, 8pm.
Arts Centre, Huey Morgan, Fun Lovin’ Criminal, 7.30.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower, Fawlty Towers, the Play, and Sat.
MAST, Opera Up Close in Gianni Schicchi, or Where There’s a Will, new English version, and Sat.
Turner Sims, Kathryn Tickell and The Darkening, 8pm.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, Nuremberg. MOVIOLA
TAUNTON, Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre, Spring Forward, multi-genre dance showcase by Somerset schools, youth groups, dance schools etc, and Fri 20th 7pm.
THEALE, Village Hall, Mr Punch’s Folk Club, Jenny Mcnamara, and open session, 8pm.
TRURO, Hall for Cornwall, BSO, cond Tom Fetherstonhaugh, Plinio Fernandes, guitar, Classic FM Hall of Fame, inc Rossini, Rodrigo, Chabrier, Mussorgsky, Borodin, 7.30pm.
WELLS, Cedars Hall, Wells Cathedral School Session Orchestra, jazz.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, The Big Yellow Tambourine Man Band.
WINTERBORNE STICKLAND, Pamela Hambro Hall, Gavin Robertson and Dyad Theatre in General Medical Emergency Ward 10, comedy, 7.30. AR
YEOVIL, Westlands, Somerset Choirs in A Festival of Song, 7pm.
Saturday 7 March
ALTON BARNES, Coronation Hall, Louise Jordan, Behind Enemy Lines, the Women of SOE in words and music, 7.30. RAW
BALTONSBOROUGH, Village Hall, Good Habits, folk duo, 7.30. TA
BATH, Theatre Royal, The Egg, The Last Baguette in A Woodland Wonder, playalong adventure for 2 to 6 year olds, and Sun, and 23 March, 10am, 11.30 and 1.30pm.
Forum, Bath Symphony Orchestra, Hollywood Nights.
Rondo, The Blackheart Orchestra, multi instrumental duo, 7.30.
Komedia, Krater Comedy Club.
BOURNEMOUTH, BIC, The Gypsy Kings.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, IG4, jazz quartet inc Claire Martin and Nikki Iles, jazz classics and the American Songbook, 7.30.
BRIDGWATER, McMillan Theatre, Daniel O’Reilly, Let’s Have It, comedy, 8pm.
Arts Centre, Sound of the Sirens, female folk duo from Exeter, 8pm.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Everyman Theatre in Nick Wilkes’ play When Vincent Met John, 7.30.
Electric Palace, Bridport Youth Dance, Revelations and Dance Snippets, 25th anniversary showcase, 2 and 7.30pm.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Franz Ferdinand: Lantern, Couch, funk and r’n’b.
St George’s, Clive Deamer, drummer, and JOW, electronica, etc, 5.30.
1532, Alasdair Beckett-King, The King of Crumbs, comedy.
Alma Tavern, Grace Mulvey, Did You Hear We’re All Going to Die?, comedy, 7.30.
Redgrave Theatre, Lance Corporal Richard Jones, The Sound of Magic, military illusionist, 7.30.
Wardrobe Theatre, Daliso Chaponda, Topical Storm, comedy, 7.30.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Waterloo, ABBA tribute, 7.30.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, The Rheingans Sisters, folk, 7.30.
EXETER, Cathedral, Exeter Cathedral Choir by Candlelight.
Northcott, Forever Young, jukebox musical, to 15 March, various times.
Barnfield Theatre, Smalltown Boy, play about grief, community and drag, 7.45.
Cygnet Theatre, Jude Coram is the Greatest Magician (in his immediate family).
Phoenix, Bella Hardy, folk.
EXMOUTH, Pavilion, Oasish, tribute, 7.30.
FAWLEY, Village Hall, The Choral. MOVIOLA
FERNDOWN, Barrington Centre, Phoenix Musical Theatre 40th anniversary concerts, 2.30 and 7.30.
FROME, Memorial Theatre, Huey Morgan, The Fun Lovin’ Criminal.
Cheese and Grain, The London African Gospel Choir, celebrating 40th anniversary of Paul Simon’s Graceland.
HONITON, Beehive, Father and Son, Ben Waters, piano, Tom Waters, saxophone, boogie, blues and soul, 7.30.
LITTON CHENEY, Village Hall, Sarah Hagen, piano, Wonderwomen, female composers of the 18th and 19th centuries, 7.30. AR
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Mark Steel, The Leopard in My House, comedy, 8pm.
MARNHULL, St Gregory’s, Music at St Greg’s, The Phantom of the Opera , 1925 film, with organ improvisation by Devaid Bednall, 7pm.
MINEHEAD, Regal Theatre, The Animal Guyz, Amazing Animals, 2.30.
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, That’ll Be the Day.
POOLE, Lighthouse, BSO, cond Tom Fetherstonhaugh, Plinio Fernandes, guitar, Classic FM Hall of Fame, inc Rossini, Rodrigo, Chabrier, Mussorgsky, Borodin, 7.30pm: Holmes and Watson, the Curious Case of the Masked Magician, with Peter Clifford and The Great Baldini, 11am and 2.30pm: Tap Factory, 7.45: Cinema, Giselle, live from the Royal Ballet, 7.15pm: EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert, 5pm, and Thurs 7.30.
SALISBURY, City Hall, Salisbury Dance Studios, Our World, showcase, 6.30 and Sun 2pm.
Arts Centre, Steve Knightley’s Sanctuary, Songs in Sacred Places, 7.30.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, Ticket to Ride with The Fourmost, 7.30.
SHILLINGSTONE, Portman Hall, The Mark Harrison Band, blues, roots and folk, 7.30. AR
SOUTHAMPTON, Turner Sims, Lady Nade sings Nina Simone, 8pm.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, Christina Alden and Alex Patterson, multi instrumentalist songwriters, 8pm.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, Alice, The Sounds of Smokie (Robinson), 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, The Ciderhouse Rebellion, folk 7.45.
WARMINSTER, Athenaeum, All Floyd, tribute, 7.30.
WILTON, St Mary and St Nicholas Church, Salisbury Chamber Chorus, Rossini’s Petite Messe Solonnelle, 6pm.
WIMBORNE,Tivoli, The Sooty Show, 11am.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Jason Donovan, Doin’ Fine Encore, 7.30.
Sunday 8 March
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Ute Lemper sings Marlene Dietrich, music and storytelling, 7.30.
BRIDPORT, Electric Palace, Giselle, screened live from the Royal Ballet, 2pm.
BRISTOL, Redgrave Theatre, Buddy Holly and the Cricketers, 7.30.
Wardrobe Theatre, Sam Lake, You’re Joking? Not Another One!, comedy, 7pm.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Giselle from the Royal Ballet,2pm: St Elmo’s Fire, 1985 film, 7.30.
COLYTON, Feoffees Hall, Axe Vale Orchestra, cond Walter Brewster, Rossini, Doppler, Dvorak and Schubert, 3pm.
CORFE CASTLE, Village Hall, The Mark Harrison Band, blues, roots and folk, 7.30. AR
DORCHESTER, Thomas Hardye School Theatre, Susie Dent, Word Perfect, 3.30pm.
FROME, Merlin, Giselle, screened live from the Royal Ballet, 2pm.
LITTON, Village Hall, Good Habits, folk duo, 7.30. TA
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, Adventures in Science, comedy, 2pm.
STREET, Strode Theatre,The Explosive Light Orchestra, tribute, 7pm.
WINFRITH NEWBURGH, Church, Sarah Hagen, piano, Wonderwomen, female composers of the 18th and 19th centuries, 3pm. AR
YEOVIL, Westlands, The Wonder of Stevie, tribute, 7.30.
Monday 9 March
BEAMINSTER, Public Rooms, The Choral. MOVIOLA
BRISTOL, Redgrave Theatre, Kyla Cobbler, Gone Rogue, comedy, 8pm.
CHILTHORNE DOMER, Village Hall, The Choral. MOVIOLA
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Crime 101, film, to Thurs, various times: Don’t Be Prey, documentary film and Q & A, 7.30.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Rock the Tots, Space, 11am.
ODCOMBE, Village Hall, The Salt Path. MOVIOLA
SALISBURY, Playhouse, Murder at Midnight with Jason Durr and Susie Blake, to Sat, 7.30, Thurs/Sat mats 2.15.
SHERBORNE, Studio Theatre, Pack of Lies, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.3o.
SHREWTON, Village Hall, The Choral. MOVIOLA
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Crime 101, film, 7.30 and Tues 2.30.
YEOVIL, Westlands, H is for Hawk, film, and 30/31 March, 11am, 2.30pm and 7pm.
Tuesday 10 March
BATH, Forum, Mike Oldfield’s Tubular Bells, I, II and III, 7.30pm.
Mission Theatre, Baroque ‘n’ Roll, Bristol Ensemble, Bach, Vivaldi, Queen, Metallica, etc, 7.30.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Peter’s Field, folk, 7.30.
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Weston Studio, All the Happy Things, play by Naomi Denny, to Sat, various times.
Redgrave Theatre, LiveWire Theatre in Our Little Hour, new musical about Walter Tull, 7pm.
Wardrobe Theatre, Late Shift Theatre in In Hysterics, new play exploring womens’ experiences of medical misogyny, and Wed, 7.30.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Exhibition on Screen, Turner and Constable, from Tate Britain, 7.30pm: Wuthering Heights, 2026 film, 4.15 and Wed 2pm.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Exhibition on Screen, Turner and Constable, from Tate Britain, 7pm.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Exhibition on Screen, Turner and Constable, from Tate Britain, 7pm.
EXETER,Barnfield Theatre, Exeter Little Theatre Co in A Streetcar Named Desire, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.30.
FROME, Memorial Theatre, Seven Drunken Nights – the Story of the Dubliners.
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, Aaron Sorkin’s adaptation of To Kill a Mockingbird, to Sat: Drum Studio, Richard Chappell Dance in Bloom.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Miro Treharne, mezzo, and Curtis Vetter, piano, Debussy, Schumann, Mahler, 1pm: Tunde, the Voice of Lighthouse Family, 7.45: Cinema, Exhibition on Screen, Turner and Constable, from Tate Britain, 7.45pm and 17 March noon.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower, Matthew Bourne’s The Red Shoes, to Sat.
MAST, Rose Theatre in The Boy at the Back of the Class, to Sat.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Giselle, from the Royal Ballet, 7.15.
Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre, Taunton Thespians in Terry Pratchett’s Guards! Guards!, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.30.
WELLS, Little Theatre, The 39 Steps, to Sat, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, James Acaster, Cinemagoers Welcome, film of live gigs, 7.30.
WINSFORD, Village Hall, The Roses. MOVIOLA
YEOVIL, Westlands, Saipan, football film, 11am, 2.30 and 7pm, and Wed, 3 and 7pm.
Wednesday 11 March
BATH, Theatre Royal, Ustinov Studio, Ed Viney Co in Stolen Ram, to Sat, 7.30.
Mission Theatre, Mid Somerset Festival, drama, music, dance and creative writing competitions, to Fri.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Ellen Kent’s farewell opera tour, Opera International Kyiv in Carmen, 7.30.
BRANSGORE, Village Hall, The Roses. MOVIOLA
BRIDGWATER, McMillan Theatre, The Young Musical Theatre Company in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.30.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Lantern, Andrew Wasylyk, electronica.
St George’s, Hysterical!, with Harriet Dyer, Evan Bindeman, Jasmine Darling and Dani Johns, comedy, in aid of One25, Bristol charity supporting women, 7.30.
CHARLTON MARSHALL, Village Hall, The Roses. MOVIOLA
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Hamnet, film, and 16 and 19 March, various times.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, One Battle After Another, film, 11am and 7.30pm.
FERNDOWN, Barrington Centre, Ferndown Drama in Outside Edge, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.30.
FROME, Merlin, Santosh, film, Frome Film Club, 8pm.
KILMINGTON, Devon, Community Cinema, The Choral. MOVIOLA
LANGPORT, All Saints Church, This Is My Theatre in Jane Eyre, 7pm.
LYMPSTONE, Village Hall, Farnham Maltings in All For Your Delight, celebrating variety and live entertainment, 7.30. ViA
POOLE, Lighthouse, BSO, cond Mark Wigglesworth, Alexandre Tharaud, piano, Bridge, Ravel, Rachmaninov, 7.30: LiveWire in Our Little Hour, new musical about Walter Tull, 8pm: Cinema, Banff Mountain Film Festival, blue programme, 7.30.
SALISBURY, City Hall, Nigel Kennedy, Virtuoso, with Alec Dankworth, double bass and Peter Adams, cello, classical, jazz and contemporary, 7.30.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, Exchange, BSO Teatime Trio, cake concert, 11am. AR
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Geoff Norcott, Basic Bloke 2, comedy, 8pm.
WOOKEY, nr Wells, Pheasant Inn, Mr Punch’s folk, 8pm.
Thursday 12 March
BATH, Theatre Royal, The Egg, Bath Spa University students in All Honey, and Fri, 7.30, Sat 2.30.
Rondo, Luna Theatrics in The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.30.
Komedia, Ardal O’Hanlon, Not Himself, comedy.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Ellen Kent’s farewell opera tour, Opera International Kyiv in Madama Butterfly, 7.30.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Exhibition on Screen, Turner and Constable, 250th anniverary of their births Tate Britain exhibition, 7.30. Electric Palace, The Audience (2013), with Helen Mirren, NT Screening, 2pm.
BRISTOL, Beacon, BSO, cond Mark Wigglesworth, Alexandre Tharaud, piano, Bridge, Ravel, Rachmaninov, 7pm.
Hen and Chicken Bedminster, Ray O’Leary, Laughter? I Hardly Know Her, comedy.
Redgrave Theatre, Neil Brand, Celebrating 100 years of Laurel and Hardy, 7.30.
Wardrobe Theatre, Andrew Doherty in Sad Gay Aids Play, horror pastiche, 7.30.
St George’s, Chloe Piano Trio, Haydn, Esmail and Ravel, 1pm: Harry Baker in Tender, poetry slam, 7.30.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Comedy Club with Mark Thomas, 7.30.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Urchin, film, 7.30.
DONHEAD ST MARY, Village Hall, The Choral. MOVIOLA
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, LiveWire in Our Little Hour, new musical about Walter Tull, 7.30.
EXETER, Phoenix, Ferocious Dog, farewell tour.
EXMOUTH, Pavilion, The History of Rock, 7.30.
FROME, Merlin, Othello, NT Screening, with David Harewood and Toby Jones, 7pm.
HONITON, Beehive, Exhibition on Screen, Turner and Constable, from TATE Britain, 2 and 7pm.
HUISH EPISCOPI, Rose and Crown (Eli’s) Scarlett Smith in Any Objections, harpist and comedian, 8pm. TA
IBBERTON, Village Hall, Three Cane Whale, Hibernacula, multi instrumental acoustic chamber folk trio, 7.30. AR
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, The Shanty Sessions with The Chantry Buoys, FREE, 7.30.
NETHER WALLOP, Village Hall, The Choral. MOVIOLA
POOLE, Lighthouse, Ross Noble, Cranium of Curiosities, comedy, 7.45: Stevie Martin, Clout, comedy, 8pm: Cinema, Song Sung Blue, film, and 20/24 March.
PORTLAND, Royal Manor Theatre, Shon Dale-Jones in The Duke, storytelling, 8pm. AR
St George’s Church, Reforne, This Is My Theatre in Jane Eyre, 7pm.
SALISBURY, Arts Centre, Kevin Precious, The Reluctant Teacher, comedy, 7.30.
TRENT, Village Hall, The Choral. MOVIOLA
WELLS, Cedars Hall, Sparks Recitals, Anton and Jazz Combo.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Michael, starring Ben, Jackson tribute, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, 50 Years of Fender – The Stratocaster Story.
YEOVIL, Westlands, The Last Man Standing with Sir Geoff Hurst, 7.30.
Friday 13 March
BATH, Abbey, The Fulltone Orchestra, cond Anthony Brown, Verdi Requiem, Fiona Harrison-Wolfe soprano, Mae Heydom mezzo, Gareth Dafydd Morris tenor and Williams Stevens bass baritone and Fulltone Chorus, 7.30.
Forum, The Glam Rock Show.
Chapel Arts, Bella Hardy Trio, folk.
Komedia, The Style Councillors, tribute.
BOTHENHAMPTON, Holy Trinity Church, This Is My Theatre in Jane Eyre, 7pm.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Nigel Kennedy, classical, jazz and contemporary music, 7.30.
Pavilion Dance, Screams by the Sea Festival, international horror film festival, and Sat.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Concerts in the West, Geirbrudur Anna Gudmundsdottir, cello, Antoine Preat, piano, 11.30: Django Chutney, gypsy jazz, 7.30.
Electric Palace, Is This Thing On? film, 7.30.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Echo and the Bunnymen: Lantern, Svaneborg Kardyb, hypnotic jazz folk.
St George’s, Tori Freestone and Alcyona Mick duo, freestyle jazz, 1pm.
Redgrave Theatre, Scott Bennett in Stuff, comedy, 8pm.
Alma Tavern, Joz Norris, You Wait. Time Passes. comedy, 7.30.
Hen and Chicken Bedminster, Zoltan Kaszas, Hungarian comedian: Rachel Harrington, Goth Americana from Oregon.
CHARD, Guildhall, The Roses. MOVIOLA
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Sugar Pie Honey Bunch, celebration of the Four Tops, 7.30.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Raphael Weinroth-Browne, cello, metal and Middle Eastern music, 7.30.
CURRY MALLET AND BEER CROCOMBE, Village Hall, Scarlett Smith in Any Objections, harpist and comedian, 7.30pm. TA
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, The Blackheart Orchestra, multi instrumental duo, 7.30.
EXETER, Cygnet Theatre, Three Hands Theatre in Talisman.
Corn Exchange, Sara Pascoe, I Am A Strange Gloop, and Sun, comedy.
Phoenix, Cut Capers, acid jazz.
EXMOUTH, Pavilion, The Kast Off Kinks, tribute, 7.30.
FROME, Cheese and Grain, Los Pacaminos and Paul Young.
Tree House, Forever Oasis.
HONITON,Beehive, Alex McAleer, mind reader and comedian, 7.30.
ILMINSTER, Arts Centre, Concerts in the West, Geirbrudur Anna Gudmundsdottir, cello, Antoine Preat, piano 7.30.
LUSTLEIGH, Village Hall, Farnham Maltings in All For Your Delight, celebrating variety and live entertainment, 7.30. ViA
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Dave Rowntree, from Blur, talking about his book No One You Know, 8pm.
NEW MILTON, Forest Arts, Rainey’s Revue, the music of Ma Rainey, 7.30.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Beyond the Barricade, songs from the musicals, 7.30: Studio Jazz, The Breath, 8pm: Cinema, The Secret Agent, and Sat/Tues/Wed: Mother’s Pride, and 14/17/18/19/25 and 26 March.
POWERSTOCK, Hut, Three Cane Whale, Hibernacula, multi instrumental acoustic chamber folk trio, 7.30. AR
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, Young Mothers (Jeunes Meres), film, 7.30.pm.
SOUTHAMPTON, Turner Sims, BSO After Dark, mixtape of light, sound and discovery, 7.30.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, The Clean Up, funk and soul, and Jack Cookson, roots guitar, 8pm.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, An Audience with Edward Fox, talk and questions, 7.30.
SWANAGE, Mowlem, Veronique Joly and Rob Palmer, Jazz in the Showbar, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Neil Brand, Centenary celebration of Laurel and Hardy, 7.30pm.
TINCLETON, Gallery, Mike Denham, jazz piano, Tom “Spats” Langham, guitar, voice and banjo, and Sat, 8pm.
WATCHET, Community Cinema, The Choral. MOVIOLA
WEST STAFFORD, Village Hall, Shon Dale-Jones in The Duke, storytelling, 7.30. AR
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, What’s Love Got to Do With It, Tina Turner tribute with Holly Bannis, 7.30.
YEOVIL, Westlands, A Sky Full of Stars, Coldplay tribute, 7.30.
Saturday 14 March
BATH, Forum, Boyzlife.
Chapel Arts, The Bootleg Shadows.
Komedia, Krater Comedy Club.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Punk Off: The Sound of Punk and New Wave.
BRIDGWATER, Arts Centre, People and Places – Sounds of Sedgemoor, album launch, 1.30pm.
BRIDPORT, Electric Palace, African Head Charge Sound System, 8pm.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Gene.
The Station, Silver Street, BOVTS in Paradise – An Ancient Hero, A Modern Hell, reimagining of Sophocles’ tragedy Philoctetes by Kae Tempest, and Mon- Sat, 7pm, Sat 21st mat 2pm.
St George’s, Brandon Hill Chamber Orchestra, cond Douglas Boyd, with James Way, tenor, Lauren Reeve-Rawlings, French horn, Ravel, Britten, Mozart, 7.45.
Redgrave Theatre, Alfie Moore, Acopalypse Now, comedy, 7.30.
Alma Tavern, Corinne Harragin, Troubled Waters, tales from the waterways, 8pm.
BURTON BRADSTOCK, Village Hall, Shon Dale-Jones in The Duke, storytelling, 7.30. AR
CHIPPENHAM, St Andrew’s Church, This Is My Theatre in Jane Eyre, 7pm.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, ELO Again, 2.30 and 7.30.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Moscow Drug Club, 7.30.
CREWKERNE, Dance House, Concerts in the West, Geirbrudur Anna Gudmundsdottir, cello, Antoine Preat, piano, 7.30.
EXETER, Corn Exchange, Hometown Glory, candlelight concert, Adele tribute with Natalie Black.
Cygnet Theatre, Stratford Theatre Co in Magic Mayhem.
EXMOUTH, Pavilion, The Dublin Legends, Irish folk, 7.30.
FROME, Merlin, Frome Writers’ Collective in Balancing Acts, script-in-hand performances by local actors, 7.30.
Cheese and Grain, the Phogues, St Patrick’s Day celebration.
LANGPORT, All Saints Hall, Raphael Weinroth-Browne, cello, 7.30. TA
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Fleetwood Mac Songbook, tribute.
MINEHEAD, Regal Theatre, The Kast Off Kinks, 7.30.
NEW MILTON, Forest Arts, Dyad and Company Gavin Robertson in General Emergency Medical Ward 10, 7.30.
PENSELWOOD, Village Hall, Scarlett Smith in Any Objections, harpist and comedian, 7.30pm. TA
POOLE, Lighthouse, The 80s Show, 7.30: Ardal O’Hanlon, Not Himself, comedy, 7.45: Coastal Comedy, with Tom Ward, Prakash Jirjadhun and Peter Brush, with Adrienne Coles, 8pm: Cinema, Savages, animated film, 11.30.
PORT ISAAC, St Endellion Church, Steve Knightley’s Sanctuary, Songs in Sacred Places.
SALISBURY, Cathedral, Monteverdi Vespers of 1610, Bournemouth Bach Choir, The Sixteen, Bournemouth Symphony Youth Chorus and QuintEssential Sackbut and Cornett Ensemble, 7.30.
Arts Centre, Pronghorn’s Psycho Ceilidh, 6pm.
St Martin’s Church, Salisbury Chamber Chorus, Rossini’s Petite Messe Solonnelle, 7.30.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, Christian Garrick and the Budapest Cafe Orchestra, 8pm.
SWANAGE, Mowlem, Nigel Price and Neil Burns, jazz guitarists, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, The History of Rock, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, The Dazzling Diamonds drag show, 7.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Beautiful Crazy – the Luke Combs Collection, 7.30.
WOODLANDS, Village Hall, Three Cane Whale, Hibernacula, multi instrumental acoustic chamber folk trio, 7.30. AR
YEOVIL, Westlands, Sara Pascoe, I Am a Strange Gloop, comedy, 7.30.
Sunday 15 March
BATH, Theatre Royal, Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain, 3pm and 7.30pm.
Komedia, Scott Bennett, Stuff, comedy.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Katrin Finch, harp, Notes to Self, 7.30.
BRIDGWATER, McMillan Theatre, Taylor Mania, featuring Katy Ellis, 6pm.
BRISTOL, Hippodrome, The Greatest Showman, to 10 May.
Beacon, The Renewal Choir, Handel’s Messiah soulful celebration, 5.30pm: Lantern, Greg Osby, saxophone, with Florian Arbenz Quartet, jazz.
Old Vic, Jessica Fostecue, Iconic Breath, comedy, 7.30.
Folk House, Hannah James and Toby Kuhn.
Wardrobe Theatre, Katie Norris, Go West, Old Maid, comedy, 7pm.
Redgrave Theatre, Lieven Scheire, Belgian comedian, Artificial Intelligence, comedy, 7.30.
BRUTON, At the Chapel, Holly McNish, performance poet, on her new book Virgin, 7pm.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Othello, with David Harewood and Toby Jones, NT Screening, 2pm: I Swear, film, and Mon/Thurs, various times.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Holmes and Watson: The Curious Case of the Masked Magician, Peter Clifford and the Great Baldini, 2.30pm.
EXETER, Barnfield Theatre, Riona O’Connor and Olga Thompson, This Is All Too Much, Irish-Greek comedy duo, 6pm.
EXMOUTH, Pavilion, Heaven Can Wait, Meatloaf tribute with Lee Brady, 7.30.
FROME, Tree House, The Emerald Dawn, prog rock and folk.
SHEPTON MALLET, The Art Bank, Raphael Weinroth-Browne, cello, 7.15. TA
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower, The Billy Joel Songbook, with Elio Pace.
Turner Sims, SU Chamber Choir and Sinfonietta, cond Ben Qureshi, Beethoven, Schubert, Mozart, 3pm.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, An Afternoon of Laurel and Hardy, centenary celebration with Neil Brand, 2.30pm.
Monday 16 March
BATH, Theatre Royal, Murder at Midnight, comedy thriller, to Sat, 7.30, Wed/Sat mats 2.30: Ustinov Studio, Panos Kandunias in I Bought a Flip Phone, comedy, to Wed, 7.30.
BRISTOL, Redgrave Theatre, Flabbergast in Macbeth, 7pm.
Folk House, The Woolverstones, alt folk duo.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, The Housemaid, film, 1pm.
FROME, Cheese and Grain, The Snuts, Scottish guitar band.
POOLE, Lighthouse, The Talented Mr Ripley, to Sat, 7.45, Thur/Sat mats 2.30.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower, Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, to Sat.
Turner Sims, Nina Guo and Joseph Houston, songs by Matthew Shlomowitz, Charles Ives and Jennifer Walshe, 1pm.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Exhibition on Screen, Turner and Constable, celebrating their 250th anniversary, 7.30.
WELLS, Cedars Hall, The Next Generation, School of Rock – the Musical, to Wed.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Wuthering Heights, 2026 film, and Tues 7.30, Tues mat 2.30, Thursday 2pm.
YEOVIL, Swan Theatre, Pressure, by David Haigh, to Sat, 7.45.
Tuesday 17 March
BATH, Forum, photographer Don McCullin in conversation with Mariella Frostrup, complementing McCullin exhibition at the Hoburne Museum, 7pm.
BRADNINCH, nr Exeter, Folk Club, Pagoda Project with Karen Wimhurst, clarinets, Hannah Cumming, fiddle and voice, Paul Hutchinson, accordion, new folk and improvisation, 7.30.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Lily Allen.
Old Vic, Weston Studio, Hijinx in Meet Fred, puppetry and comedy, to Sat, various times.
Wardrobe Theatre, Wardrobe Co in Itch, A Scratch Showcase, 7.30.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, The Tale of Silyan, documentary film, 7.30.
EXETER, Corn Exchange, Holly McNish, performance poet.
MARNHULL, St Gregory’s, Music at St Greg’s, Music for Lent, organ recital by Stephen Binnington, noon.
MINEHEAD, Regal Theatre, Exhibition on Screen, Turner and Constable, celebrating their 250th anniversary, 7.30.
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, Drum Studio, Sarah Agha in A Grain of Sand, solo play based in Palestine, and Wed.
SOUTHAMPTON, Turner Sims, Paul Lewis, piano, Mozart sonatas, and Poulenc, Debussy, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Flabbergast in Macbeth, puppetry, physical theatre and live music, and Wed, 7.30.
WEYMOUTH, College, Bay Theatre, The Ed Viney Company in Stolen Ram, 7.30.
YEOVIL, Westlands, YAOS on Fiddler on the Roof, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.30.
Wednesday 18 March
BATH, Forum, Zandra Rhodes, a Life in Print, in conversation with Rosmary Harden, complementing exhibition at the Hoburne Museum, 7pm.
Komedia, Hollie McNish, performance poet, 7pm.
BRISTOL, St George’s, The Craig Crofton Quartet, Tribute to John Coltrane, 7.30.
Hen and Chicken Bedminster, Emmanuel Sonubi, Life After Near Death, comedy.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Simone Alessandro Tavoni, piano, 1pm: Helen Mirren as Queen Elizabeth II in The Audience, 2013, NT Screening, 7pm.
EXETER, Phoenix, Beans on Toast.
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, Birmingham Royal Ballet in Don Quixote, to Sat.
POOLE, Lighthouse, BSO, cond Karl-Heinz Steffens, Julian Steckel, cello, Haydn, Mahler, 7pm.
SALISBURY, City Hall, Prof Brian Cox, Emergence Preview, 7.30.
SOUTHAMPTON, Turner Sims, SU Symphony Orchestra, informal family concert, 7pm.
MAST, Zoielogic Dance Theatre in Man Made, and Thurs.
STREET, Strode Theatre, Street Theatre in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, to Sat, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Go Now! The Music of the Moody Blues.
WOODLANDS, Village Hall, BSO Teatime Trio, cake concert, 11am. AR
Thursday 19 March
BATH, Theatre Royal, Ustinov Studio, Zeb Soanes in Two Halves of Guiness, play about Sir Alec, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.30.
Forum, Thank You for the Music, ABBA tribute.
Mission Theatre, Theatre Revival in Were You Anyone Before Dad’s Army?, by Nicolas Ridley (son of Arnold Ridley), to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2pm.
Chapel Arts, The Grahams, New Jersey jazz duo.
Rondo, Talking The In-Betweeners, an evening with Joe Thomas, comedy, 7.30.
BOURNEMOUTH, Palace Court Theatre, AUB students in Jeckyll and Hyde, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.30.
Pavilion, The Greatest Hits of Motown.
BRIDGWATER, McMillan Theatre, Bridgwater Comedy Club, acts tbc, 7.30
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Goodfellas, 1990 Scorcese film, 7.30.
BRISTOL, St George’s, The Villiers Quartet, with soprano Lucy Cox, Haydn, Four works by Ailsa Dixon (1932 – 2017), 1pm.
Redgrave Theatre, Jarlath Regan, Gas Man, comedy, 8pm.
Wardrobe Theatre, Su Mi in Thismotherphucker, a dysfunctional anti-clown, 7.30.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Carrie, 1976 film, 7.30.
EXETER, Barnfield Theatre, Meet Mayor Max, solo comedy show about a Golden Retriever, 8pm.
EXMOUTH, Pavilion, Let Me Entertain You, Robbie Williams tribute, 7.30.
FROME, Cheese and Grain, Chop Suey and Slip-Not.
HORTON, nr Ilminster, Village Hall, The Choral. MOVIOLA
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Every Brilliant Thing, play directed by Margie Barber, with Romla Walker, 7.30.
NEW MILTON, Forest Arts, Lucy Porter, Let Yourself Go, comedy, 7.30.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Notnow Collective in Pepper and Honey, 8pm: Cinema, The Lion King, dementia friendly screening, 2pm.
PORTESHAM, Village Hall, Swing from Paris, jazz string quartet, 7.30. AR
PORTSMOUTH, Guildhall, BSO, cond Karl-Heinz Steffens, Julian Steckel, cello, Haydn, Mahler, 7pm.
SALISBURY, City Hall, Rhod Gilbert and the Giant Grapefruit, comedy, 7.30.
Playhouse, Reduced Shakespeare Company in The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.15.
Arts Centre, James Wilton Dance and Raphael Weinroth-Browne, cello, Bach Reimagined, and Fri, 7.30.
SOUTHAMPTON, Turner Sims, Sarathy Korwar, drummer, percussionist and composer, Indian folk, jazz and minimalism, 8pm.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, Bob Fox, The Songman, folk, 8pm.
SWANAGE, Mowlem, Swanage Musical Theatre Co in Beauty and the Beast, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2pm.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Ivo Graham, Orange Crush, comedy, 7.30.
Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre, Somerset Opera in The Pirates of Penzance, 7.30.
WELLS, Cedars Hall, Elias String Quartet with Gary Pomeroy.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Taylor Fever, tribute, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Jim Davidson, Last Man Standing, comedy, 7.30.
Friday 20 March
BATH, Theatre Royal, The Cardinal: The Secret Life of Cardinal Wolsey, with historian Alison Weir, 2pm: The Egg, Sycamore Gap, NT Connections play, 7pm, and Sat 2 and 6pm.
Chapel Arts, James Kirby, folk, pop and blues singer songwriter.
Rondo, Earl Okin, Diamond Jubilee, jazz vocal cabaret, 7.30.
Komedia, Doreen Doreen.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Willard White, bass, The Brodsky Quartet, Copland, Gershwin, Barber, Britten and Hoffman, 7.30.
BRIDGWATER, Arts Centre, Sean Lakeman and Kathryn Roberts, folk, 7.30.
McMillan Theatre, Cally Beaton, Namaste Motherf*ckers, comedy, 7.30.
BRIDPORT, Electric Palace, Comedy Store, 7.30.
BRISTOL, Redgrave Theatre, The Everley Brothers by Candlelight, tribute, 7.30.
Hen and Chicken Bedminster, The Regz, soul, Motown and ska.
CHEDDON AND WEST MONKTON, Village Hall, The Choral. MOVIOLA
CHILD OKEFORD, Village Hall, Farnham Maltings in All For Your Delight, 7.30. AR
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Tease, burlesque and cabaret, 7.30.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Ian Smith, Foot Spa Half Empty, comedy, 7.30.
CRANBORNE, Cecil Memorial Hall, Swing from Paris, jazz string quartet, 7.30. AR
CREWKERNE, Wadham School, Film Crew, Radical.
DITCHEAT, Jubilee Hall, The Choral. MOVIOLA
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Dorchester Youth Theatre senior company in Heavy Weather, by Lizzie Nunnery, and Sat, 7.30.
EDINGTON, Somerset, Village Hall, The Roses. MOVIOLA
EXETER, Barnfield Theatre, David Benson in My Life with Kenneth Williams, 7.45.
Northcott, Michelle de Swarte, The Afters, comedy, 8pm.
Cygnet Theatre, The Telling and Blue Fire Theatre in Practically Imperfect.
Phoenix, Hay Tor, local singer songwriter trio.
EXMOUTH, Pavilion, The Fleetwood Mac Songbook, 7.30.
FROGHAM, Village Hall, The Choral. MOVIOLA
FROME, Cheese and Grain, Dub Pistols
Tree House, Plug-In Maybe, Muse tribute.
ILMINSTER, Warehouse Theatre, Somerset Opera in The Pirates of Penzance, 7.30.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Fire and Dust, a Woody Guthrie story with Reg Meuross, 8pm.
MERE, Lecture Hall, F1: The Movie. MOVIOLA
NEW MILTON, Forest Arts, Scaramouche Theatre in The Game’s Afoot, or Holmes for the Holidays, comedy whodunit, and Sat, 2.30 and 7.30.
POOLE, Lighthouse, K-Pop Allstars, 7.30: Martin Harley, roots guitar, 8pm: Cinema, The Bride!, and Sat and Tues-Thurs.
ROYAL WOOTTON BASSETT, RWB Academy, I Swear. MOVIOLA
SALISBURY, City Hall, Neil Brand, Celebrating 100 years of Laurel and Hardy, music, film etc, 7pm.
SOUTHAMPTON, MAST, Think Floyd.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, The Choral. MOVIOLA
STALBBRIDGE, Village Hall, Stalbridge Players Junior, The Upside Down Panto, and Sat, 7.30.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, Seriously Collins, tribute, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Beyond the Barricade, 7.30: Mia Borthwick, I Don’t Have a Maths GCSE, comedy, 7.45.
THEALE, Village Hall, Mr Punch’s Folk Club, open session, 8pm.
WELLS, Cedars Hall, The Mayor’s Concert, Rockin’ in Wells, with The Blue School.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Kossoff, The Band Plays On, tribute to Paul, 7.30.
WINTERSLOW, Village Hall, Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale. MOVIOLA
Saturday 21 March
BATH, Forum, Dead Ringers 25th anniversary tour.
Chapel Arts, St Catherine’s Child, indie, folk, Americana.
Rondo, A&E Comedy in Game of Crones, 7.30.
Komedia, Krater Comedy Club.
BOURNEMOUTH, BIC, The Very Best of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons with Peter Andre.
Pavilion, Jamie Lee Dance Academy Live, Imagination, dance and songs from musicals, 6.30 and Sun 1.30pm.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Trowbridge Symphony Orchestra, cond Phil Draisey, Vincent Ling, piano, Rautavaara, Prokofiev, Brahms Piano Concerto No 2, 7.30.
BRIDGWATER, McMillan Theatre, Dreamcoat Stars, 7.30.
BRIDPORT, Electric Palace, Neil Maya Quartet, 1959 – The Golden Year of Jazz, 3pm.
Arts Centre, Cally Beaton, Namaste Motherf*ckers, comedy, 8pm.
BRISTOL, St George’s, Bristol Bach Choir, cond David Bednall, Daisy Walford, soprano, Angharad Rowlands, alto, Kieran White, tenor, and Edmund Danon, bass, Bach Mass in D Minor, 7.30.
Redgrave Theatre, Flat and the Curves, cabaret girl band, Now That’s What I Call Feral, 8pm.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Miles Hunt of The Wonderstuff, songs and stories from 40 years in music.
CIRENCESTER, Barn Theatre, Ottilie, new play about Ottilie Patterson, the godmother of British blues, to 19 April.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Sam Lewis, country, 7.30.
EXETER, Northcott, Natural History Museum, Dinosaurs Live, 12.30 and 3.30: Moonstone Theatre Murder Mystery Dining in The Moonstone, 7.30.
Phoenix, Fish in a Dress in The City for Incurable Women, 7pm.
EXMOUTH, Pavilion, Coldplay It Again and Stereoconicks, tributes, 7.30.
FROME, Merlin, Marcus Brigstocke, Vitruvian Mango, comedy, 7.30.
HALSTOCK, Village Hall, Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere. MOVIOLA
HONITON, Beehive, Tristan and Isolde from the Metropolitan Opera, 4pm.
ILMINSTER, Warehouse, Somerset County Drama Festival, and Sun, 2 and 7pm.
Arts Centre, Into the Shadows, tribute, 7.30.
KILVE, Village Hall, Raphael Weinroth-Browne, cello, 7.30. TA
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Li Ban, Irish folk for St Patrick’s Day.
NETHERBURY, Village Hall, The Choral. MOVIOLA
NORTH CURRY, Parish Church, Somerset Opera in The Pirates of Penzance, 7.30.
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, Drum Studio, Opera Up Close in Gianni Schicchi, or Where There’s a Will, new English version of Puccini classic.
POOLE, Lighthouse, BSO, cond Pete Harrison, John Williams Blockbusters, The Greatest Film Music of All Time, 7.30: Live and Unheard, local bands, 8pm: Cinema, The Testament of Ann Lee, and Tues/Thurs.
SALISBURY, Cathedral, Salisbury Musical Society, Durufle Requiem, 7.30.
City Hall, Jason Manford, A Manford All Seasons, comedy, 7.30.
Arts Centre, Nine-Sixteenths, play by Paula Varjack (developed with Complicité), 7.30.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, Kast off Kinks, tribute, 7.30pm.
SOUTHAMPTON, MAST, Michelle de Swarte in The Afters, comedy.
Turner Sims, City of Southampton Orchestra spring concert, Nielsen and Beethoven, 7.30.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, The Often Herd, bluegrass, 8pm.
STREET, Strode Theatre, Studio, Tristan and Isolde, live from the Metropolitan Opera, 4pm.
STURMINSTER MARSHALL, Memorial Hall, Farnham Maltings in All For Your Delight, 7.30. AR
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, CODA, West End Musicals, 7.30.
TAUNTON, St James’s Church, Taunton Choral Society, cond Edward Goater, Longing and Belonging, Standford, Gardiner, Mendelssohn etc, 7.30.
WARMINSTER, Athenaeum, Warminster Comedy Club, acts TBC, 7.30.
WELLS, Cathedral, Wells Cathedral Oratorio Society, Durufle Requiem and Haydn Nelson Mass, 7pm.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Dorchester Ballet and Dance, Once Upon a Dance, a magical journey through fairytales, 2 and 6pm.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Eric Bibb, One Mississippi, blues etc, 7.30.
Sunday 22 March
BOURNEMOUTH, University, Kimmeridge Hall, Bournemouth Chamber Music Society, James Atkinson, baritone, Simon Lepper, piano, The Clock of the Years, songs about lost love and time inc Schumann’s Dichterliebe and Finzi’s Earth and Air and Rain, 3pm.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Max Richter’s Sleep, film, 7.30.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Ross Noble, Cranium, comedy.
Exchange, Buck Meek, indie rock.
Old Vic, Ania Magliano, Peach Fuzz, comedy, 7.30.
BRUTON, St Mary’s Church, Vivaldi Gloria, Stringendo Ensemble, Bruton Choral Society, St Marys Church Choir, King’s Bruton Chapel Choir, dir Ashley Marshfield, 5pm.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, The Rossers, a tribute to Sting and The Police, 7.30.
EAST STOUR, Village Hall, Swing from Paris, jazz string quartet, 7.30. AR
EXETER, Barnfield Theatre, Cally Beaton, Namaste Motherf*ckers, comedy, 7.45.
Phoenix, Chesney Hawkes: Jennifer Owens, singer, songwriter and storyteller.
EXMOUTH, Pavilion, Exmouth School of Dance and Performing Arts in Colours, showcase, 5pm.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Marcus Brigstocke, Vitruvian Mango, comedy, 8pm.
POOLE, Lighthouse, The Dubliners Encore, 7.30.
RODEWATER, Village Hall, Raphael Weinroth-Browne, cello, 3pm. TA
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower, Uncanny: Fear of the Dark, with Danny Robins.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Dorset Drum Fest, workshops, performances etc 10am to 5pm.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Jason Fox, Embrace the Chaos, ex-SAS adventurer, 7.30.
YETMINSTER, Jubilee Hall, Farnham Maltings in All For Your Delight, 7.30. AR
Monday 23 March
BATH, Theatre Royal, Ustinov Studio, Liza Pulman and Joe Stilgoe in Hooray for Hollywood, to Wed, 7.30, Wed mat 2.30.
Komedia, James Phelan, The Man Who Was Magic.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Lantern, Alfa Mist, Roulette, hip hop and jazz, and Tues.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Fackham Hall, film, 1pm.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Rock N Roll Man, play, to Sat, 7.45, Wed/Sat mats 2.30.
SALISBURY, Studio Theatre Ashley Road, Outside Edge, to Sat.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Hamnet, film, and Tues, 7.30, Mon mat 2.30.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Wuthering Heights, 2026 film, and Tues 11am, 2.30 and 7pm, and Wed 3 and 7pm.
Tuesday 24 March
BATH, Theatre Royal, The Choir of Man, juke box musical, to Thurs and Sat, 7.30, Fri 8pm, Wed/Sat mats 2.30, Friday 4pm.
Komedia, Mariella Frostrup, Cracking the Menopause, 7.30.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Emma Kenny’s Killer Couples.
BRISTOL, Beacon, 10cc, And Another Bloody Greatest Hits Tour.
Old Vic, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged), to Sat, various times.
Redgrave Theatre, BAOS in Rock of Ages, The Musical, to Fri, 7.30, Sat 1.30 and 6.30pm.
EXETER, University Great Hall, David Walliams, 6.30.
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, Here and Now, the STEPS Musical, to Sun.
SALISBURY, Playhouse, The Beekeeper of Aleppo, to Sat, 7.30, Thurs/Sat mats 2.15.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower, Aaron Sorkin’s To Kill a Mockingbird, to Sat.
MAST, Ivo Graham in Orange Crush, comedy.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Ukranian National Opera in Madama Butterfly, 7.30.
Wednesday 25 March
ANSFORD, Caryford Hall, The Choral. MOVIOLA
BATH, Rondo, Rondo Theatre in Underdog: The Other Other Bronte, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.30.
Komedia, Mark Simmons, Jest To Impress, comedy.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, 10cc, And Another Bloody Greatest Hits Tour.
Pavilion Dance, New Waves, scratch night, professional artists showing works in progress, 6.30.
BRISTOL, Beacon, The Halle, cond Kahchun Wong, Viktoria Mullova, violin, Wagner, Brahms, Bartok.
St George’s, Cara Dillon with Sam Lakeman and band, Coming Home, folk, 8pm: Elly Hopkins and the Adam Stokes Trio, Tribute to Hoagy Carmichael, jazz, 7.30.
Wardrobe Theatre, Fish in a Dress in The City for Incurable Women, true story of medical misogyny, to Fri, 7.30.
Victoria Rooms, Banff Mountain Film Festival, red programme, and Fri.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, The Mastermind, film, 11am and 7.30pm.
EAST KNOYLE, Village Hall, The Choral. MOVIOLA
EXETER, Northcott, Lieven Scheire, Artificial Intelligence, science and comedy, 7.30.
Phoenix, Game of Crones, feminist comedy.
FERNDOWN, Barrington Centre, P and P Players in The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, to Sat, 7pm.
FROME, Merlin, Selwood Academy students in Oliver! Jr, to Sat, various times.
Cheese and Grain, John Power, Cast, The LAs and me.
POOLE, Lighthouse, BSO, cond Mark Wigglesworth, Boris Giltburg, piano, Beethoven, Prokofiev, Sibelius, 7.30: Cerys Hafana, composer and multi instrumentalist, 8pm.
SALISBURY, City Hall, Ben Fogle, Wild, explorer and broadcaster, 7.30.
SWANAGE, Mowlem, Comedy Club, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Marcus Trescothick, cricketer, 8pm.
WELLS, Cedars Hall, Wellls Cathedral School Symphony Orchestra, Walton’s Henry V score, and Thurs.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Toyah, Songs and Stories, 7.30.
Thursday 26 March
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Man in the Mirror, Michael Jackson tribute.
BRIDGWATER, McMillan Theatre, Toyah, Songs and Stories, 7.30.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Phil Beer Trio, blues and beyond, 7.30.
BRISTOL, Beacon, The Brand New Heavies, acid jazz.
St George’s, Delphine Trio, Brahms, Sieber, Pepin, Schnyder, 1pm.
Alma Tavern, Bennett Arron, I Regret This Already, comedy, 7.30.
Victoria Rooms, Banff Mountain Film Festival, blue programme.
EXETER, University Great Hall, BSO, cond Mark Wigglesworth, Boris Giltburg, piano, Beethoven, Prokofiev, Sibelius, 7.30.
Corn Exchange, Fairport Convention.
Phoenix, Hollie Cook, reggae.
EXMOUTH, Pavilion, Ben Fogle, Wild, explorers’ stories, 7.30.
HONITON,Beehive, Brigadoon, 1954 film, 2pm.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Mama’s Gun, soul and funk.
MINEHEAD, Regal Theatre, Barnstormers in Noel Coward’s Easy Virtue, to Sat, 7.30.
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, Drum Studio, Rabble Theatre in Glitch, The True Story of the Post Office scandal, to Sat.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Connor Burns, Gallus, Scottish comedy, 8pm.
SALISBURY, City Hall, Choose George, celebrating George Michael, with Steve Mitchell, 7.30.
Arts Centre, Nick Harper, singer songwriter, 58 Fordwych Road, song cycle, 7.30.
SANDFORD ORCAS, Village Hall, Klezmer Foygl, 7.30. AR
SOUTHAMPTON, MAST, Stitches Comedy Club with James Alderson, Harriet Dyer, Milton Jones and Josh Pugh.
STOGUMBER, Village Hall, Somerset Opera in The Pirates of Penzance, 7.30.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, The Choral, film, 7pm.
SWANAGE, Mowlem, Helen Mirren as Queen Elizabeth II in The Audience, recorded in 2013, 7pm.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Hamlet, NT Screening, 7.30.
WEYMOUTH, College, Bay Theatre, Coastland College students’ Easter music show, 7pm.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Mark Simmons, Jest to Impress, comedy, 7.30.
YEOVIL, Westlands, The Eternal Shame of Sue Perkins, comedy, 7.30.
Friday 27 March
BATH, Forum, Fairport Convention.
Chapel Arts, The Haar, folk.
BISHOPSTONE, nr Salisbury, Village Hall, The Choral. MOVIOLA
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Daniel O’Reilly, Let’s Have It, comedy.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Eric Bibb, One Mississippi, blues, folk and Americana, 7.30.
BRIDGWATER, McMillan Theatre, Iconic 80s, 7.30.
BRIDPORT, Electric Palace, Jess Upton Soul Band, One More Time, 7.30.
Arts Centre, In The Nguyen Kitchen, French film, 7.30.
BRISTOL, Beacon, BSO, cond Pete Harrison, John Williams Blockbusters, The Greatest Film Music of All Time, 7pm: Lantern, Misty in Roots, 50th anniversary show.
St George’s, Aynur Dogan, Kurdish singer, 8pm.
Hen and Chicken Bedminster, The Brit-Pop Show, with Marc Burrows, comedy.
Alma Tavern, Holly Spillar, Tall Child, comedy, 7.30.
Strange Brew, Joan Shelley, folk.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Highcliffe Charity Players in Aladdin, An Easter Pantomime, daily to 2 April, various times.
COLLINGBOURNE DUCIS, Village Hall, Louise Jordan, Behind Enemy Lines, the Women of SOE in words and music, 7pm. RAW
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Corrine Harragin, Troubled Waters, comedy and storytelling about rivers, 7.30.
EAST STOUR, Village Hall, The Choral. MOVIOLA
EDINGTON, Village Hall, Somerset Opera in The Pirates of Penzance, 7.30.
EXETER, Northcott, Whose Line Is It Anyway Live, improv comedy, 7.30.
Barnfield Theatre, Mark Simmons, Jest to Impress, comedy, 7.45.
Corn Exchange, Comedy Club.
Cygnet Theatre, Select Society Theatre in Divorced, Beheaded, Died: An Audience with King Henry VIII.
FROME, Tree House, The Emperials, Bristol ska band.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, LR Comedy Club, Esther Manito, Aisha Amanduri, Vlad Ilich and Tom Glover, 8pm.
NEW MILTON, Forest Arts, The Otis Jay Blues Band.
POOLE, Lighthouse, The Eternal Shame of Sue Perkins, comedy, 7.30: Studio Jazz with the Jeremy Stacey Quartet, 7.45pm: Cinema, Hoppers, animated film, and Sat and 1/2/8/9 April, various day times.
SALISBURY, Arts Centre, Barnstormers Comedy Club, 8pm.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, Satu – Year of the Rabbit, film, 7.30pm.
SOUTHAMPTON, MAST, John Kearns, Tilting at Windmills, comedy.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman, folk, 8.
SWANAGE, Mowlem, Klezmer Foygl, 7.30. AR
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Diana and Lionel, Endless Love, tribute to Ross and Richie, 7.30.
Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre,The All Seasons Life, tribute to Frankie Valli etc, 7.30.
WELLS, Cathedral, Armonico Consort, dir Christopher Monks, Bach St Matthew Passion, Nathan Vale, evangelist, Alex Jones Christus, 7pm.
WESTBURY SUB MENDIP, Village Hall, Nuremberg. MOVIOLA
WEST CAMEL, Davis Hall, I Swear. MOVIOLA
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Strong Enough, ultimate tribute to Cher, 7.30: Ocean Room, That’s So 90s – 90s nostalgia show, 8pm.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, A Night to Remember, Motown, 7.30.
Saturday 28 March
BATH, Theatre Royal, The Egg, Box Clever in Macbeth, and Sun, 11.30am and 3pm.
Forum, Paul Merton and Sukie Webster’s Improv Show.
Chapel Arts, Young Martyrs, Americana.
Komedia, Krater Comedy Club.
BEAULIEU, Abbey, Choralia Milford, Rutter etc, with Hetti Russell-Hayward, 7pm.
BISHOP’S LYDEARD, Village Hall, Somerset Opera in The Pirates of Penzance, 7.30.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Mark Kavuma, trumpet, jazz, 7.30.
BRIDGWATER, Arts Centre, John Power, singer songwriter, 7.30.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Tristan and Isolde from the Metropolitan Opera, 4pm.
Lyric Theatre, Ivor Cutler and the Shinytribe, a tribute by Tim Dalling, 7.30.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Bristol Choral Society, Bach St John Passion, 7.30: Lantern, Eric Bibb, One Mississippi, Americana and blues.
Folk House, Dana Robinson, guitar and old time fiddle from Vermont.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Lamphouse in War of the Worlds (on a budget), comedy, 7.30.
DRIMPTON, Village Hall, Klezmer Foygl, 7.30. AR
EXETER, Northcott, TRextasy, tribute, 7.30.
Cygnet Theatre, Cilla and the Swinging 60s.
FROME, Tree House, Sabbotage, Black Sabbath tribute.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Mama’s Gun, soul funk.
MARTOCK, Village Hall, The Choral. MOVIOLA
NEW MILTON, Forest Arts, Laurence Jones, blues and rock, 7.30.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Bournemouth Symphony Chorus and Youth Chorus and the Salomon Orchestra, cond Gavin Carr, with Sian Dicker, soprano, and Felix Kemp, baritone, Vaughan Williams, Elgar and The Black Lake, new work by Richard Blackford, 7.30: Daoiri Farrell, Irish folk, 8pm: Cinema, James Acaster, Cinemagoers Welcome, film of live gigs, 7.30.
PORTSMOUTH, King’s Theatre, The Eternal Shame of Sue Perkins, comedy, 7.30.
SALISBURY, Arts Centre, Groove Junction with DJ Emma, 7pm.
SOUTHAMPTON, MAST, Suzi Ruffell, The Juggle, comedy.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, The Real Thing, 7.30.
Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre, Mark Simmons, Jest to Impress, comedy, 8pm.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, David Benson, My Life with Kenneth Williams, 2.30.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Country West Fest, country music, from noon.
Sunday 29 March
BATH, Komedia, Ferocious Dog.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, The Drifters.
Pavilion Dance, Spring Revue, celebration of Pavilion Dance weekly classes, 6pm.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Mark Simmons, Jest to Impress, comedy, 8pm.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Lantern, Poppy Ackroyd, pianist and composer, and friends.
Old Vic, Michelle de Swarte, The Afters, comedy, 7.30.
St George’s, Shashank Subramanyam, carnatic flautist, and Prattyush Banerjee, sarod, Indian classical music, 7.30.
Redgrave Theatre, Little Angel in Julia Donaldson’s A Squash and A Squeeze, 3.30 and Mond 10.30am and 4.30pm.
Folk House, Roswell Road, Americana duo.
EXETER, Phoenix, The Billy Walton Band.
EXMOUTH, Pavilion, Starting Pointe Dance and Performing Arts in Lights, Camera, Dance, showcase.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Jazz by the Sea with the Andy Nowak Trio, 8pm.
MILTON ABBAS, Milton Abbey Church, Bournemouth Sinfonietta Choir, with Wessex Baroque Collective, cond David Gostick, Bach St John Passsion, 3pm.
SALISBURY, City Hall, The Sound of Springsteen, 7.30.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, Hamlet, NT Screening, 7pm.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower, BSO, cond Pete Harrison, John Williams Blockbusters, The Greatest Film Music of All Time, 7pm.
WARMINSTER, Athenaeum, A Unicorn Called Sparkle, favourite songs, 1 and 3.30pm.
YEOVIL, Westlands, That’ll Be the Day, 40th anniversary show and Trevor’s farewell tour, 7pm.
Monday 30 March
BATH, Forum, Harry Enfield, And No Chums, comedy.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Thundercat, r’n’b: Lantern, Mario Adrion, comedy.
Wardrobe Theatre, Jenny Foulds, Life Learnings of a Nonsensical Human, poetry, 7.30.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, The Last Baguette in A Woodland Wonder, storytelling, puppetry and theatre for 2 to 6 year olds, 10am, and 11.30am.
MINEHEAD, Regal Theatre, Somerset Opera in The Pirates of Penzance, 7.30.
Tuesday 31 March
BATH, Theatre Royal, The Beekeeper of Aleppo, to Sat, 7.30, Wed/Sat mats 2.30.
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Childrens’ Theatre Partnership in The Boy at the Back of the Class, to Sat.
St George’s, Samin Nosrat, recipes and rituals, 7.30.
Wardrobe Theatre, Angeline Morrison, folk, 7.30.
Alma Tavern, Alma Theatre Co in JB Priestley’s I Have Been Here Before, and Wed, 8pm.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Buster Keaton classic The General (1926) with live piano score from Meg Morley, 7.30.
EXETER, Northcott, Exeter Musical Society in Annie, The Musical, to Sat, 7pm, Fri/Sat mats 2pm.
Phoenix, The Jasmin Vardimon Company, contemporary dance triple bill.
HONITON, Beehive, Siegfried, from the Royal Opera, 5.15.
MARNHULL, St Gregory’s, Music at St Greg’s, The King of Kings, 1927 film with organ improvisation by David Briggs, 7pm.
MINEHEAD, Regal Theatre, Wagner’s Siegfried, live from the Royal Opera, 5.15pm.
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, Drum Studio, Stuff and Nonsense in The Enormous Turnip, to 18 April, various day times.
POOLE, Lighthouse, The Eras Experience, Taylor Swift tribute, by Xenna, 7pm.: Cinema, Chicken Run, 11.30am: Wagner’s Siegfried, live from the Royal Opera, 5.15pm.
PORTSMOUTH, Wedgwood Rooms, Geoff Norcott, Basic Bloke 2, comedy.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower, Sounds of the 60s Live, with Tony Blackburn.
MAST, Little Angel Theatre in Julia Donaldson’s A Squash and a Squeeze, to Sat.
Turner Sims, Fairport Convention, 7.30.
STREET, Strode Theatre, Wagner’s Siegfried, live from the Royal Opera, 5.15pm.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Brewhouse Youth Theatre in Alexandra Wood’s Britney’s Lock, part of NT Connections, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Hamlet, NT Screening, 7.30.
SWANAGE, Mowlem, Othello, with David Harewood and Toby Jones, NT Screening, and 2nd April, 7pm.