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Updated Sunday 15 February, 7.01pm
Monday 16 February
BATH, Theatre Royal, The Egg, Little Angel in We’re Going on a Bear Hunt, to Wed, various day times.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Lantern, 13 Again: Live, comedy, 7pm.
Redgrave Theatre, Exciting Science, 11am and 2pm: James Phelan, The Man Who Was Magic, to Wed, 7.30.
Wardrobe Theatre, Tiny Planet, puppetry, folk music, 1 and 4pm, and Tues 11am and 2pm.
Hen and Chicken Bedminster, Saaniya Abbas, Hellarious, comedy.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, GOAT, animated film, to Thurs, 11m and 2pm: Wuthering Heights (2026 film), to 26 Feb various times.
CIRENCESTER, Barn Theatre, Men Behaving Badly: The Play, to 7 March.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Savages, animated film, 11am: Exhibition on Screen, Caravaggio, 7pm.
EXETER, Phoenix, Gaby Gulliver’s Travels, shadow puppetry, 11.30am and 2pm.
SALISBURY, Studio Theatre Ashley Road, Outlying Islands, to Sat.
SOUTHAMPTON, Turner Sims, Hannah Williams and the Affirmations, soul and jazz, 1pm.
SWANAGE, Mowlem, Labyrinth, 40th anniversary of David Bowie film, to Thurs, 7.30: The Spongebob Movie – Search for Squarepants, film, to Thurs, 2.30pm.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Hamnet, film, 11am and 7pm.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Escapes: Waste Man (a bold new vision of life inside) film, free, 7.30: Stitch Head, animated film, to Wed, various day times.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Fackham Hall, film, and Tues, 7.30, Wed mat 2.30.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Zootropolis 2, film, and Tues, 11am and 2.30pm: Hamnet, film, and Tues, 7pm, and 23/24 Feb 11am, 2.230 and 7pm.
Tuesday 17 February
BATH, Forum, Suede.
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Weston Studio, Cardboard Adventures in Boxville, puppetry and storytelling, to Sat, day times.
Redgrave Theatre, The Three Billygoats Gruff, and Wed, 11.30am, Tues mat 2pm.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale, film, 11am and 7.30pm.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Richard Welsh, The WOW Bubble Show, 11am.
EXETER, Northcott, Little Seeds Music in Cinderella, Ice Cream Seller, new musical, and Wed, 11am and 2pm.
Barnfield Theatre, LiveWire in Our Little Hour, new musical about Walter Tull, and Wed, 7.45.
HINTON MARTEL, Village Hall, Front Room WSM in Yara in the Wild Wood, 11am. AR
HONITON, Beehive, Honiton Community Theatre in Treasure Island, to Sat, 7, Sat mat 2pm.
LEIGH, nr Sherborne, Village Hall, The Roses. MOVIOLA
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, Miss Saigon, to 28 Feb.
POOLE, Lighthouse, New to Makin’ Projects in Out of the Box, non verbal family friendly circus comedy, and Wed, 11am and 2pm: The Woman in Black, to Sat, 7.45, Thurs/Sat mats 2.30: Cinema, Zootropolis 2, relaxed captioned screening, 3.30pm: No Other Choice, and Wed: History of Sound, and Wed.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, film, 2pm.
SOUTHAMPTON, MAST, Dance Consortium, in MAM, Irish myth, magic and music, and Wed.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, The Irish House Party, traditional songs, music and dance from Dublin.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Tap Factory, dance, percussion and acrobatics, 7.30.
Wednesday 18 February
BATH, Komedia, Maddie Grace Jepson, comedy, 8pm.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Kyan Quartet, Dutilleux and Mendelssohn, 12.30pm.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Hoglets Theatre in The Tale of the Loneliest Whale, performance and puppet workshop, 1pm.
BRISTOL, St George’s, Wild Words, myths and legends from the beginning of time, with storyteller Michael Loader and multi-instrumentalist Martin Solomon, 3.15pm: Amber Run, rock, 7.30.
Alma Tavern, Lizzie Bean, Phuckets and Rainbows, comedy, 8pm.
Wardrobe Theatre, White Noise Theatre in Squidge, new play by Tibby Bayley, 7.30.
Strange Brew, NoSo, Korean-American singer songwriter.
CERNE ABBAS, St Mary’s Church, Front Room WSM in Yara in the Wild Wood, 2pm. AR
CHILD OKEFORD, Village Hall, Coppice Theatre in How to Catch a Book Witch, 11am. Book Witch puppet workshops, noon. AR
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Daniel Hart, pianist from Cuba, 1pm: Julian Carosi, 38 Famous People of Corsham, fund raiser for Pound Arts Trust, 7pm.
EXETER, Phoenix, Omar Perry, Tribute to his father reggae legend Lee Scratch Perry.
ILMINSTER, Warehouse, IES in Three One-Act Plays – An Actor’s Nightmare, The Promise and Knockin’ On Dave’s Door, to Sat, 7.30.
POOLE, Lighthouse, The Classic Rock Show, 7.30: Cinema, Future TX, 11.30am.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, The WOW Bubble Show, 2pm.
SOUTHAMPTON, MAST, Peppa Pig’s Big Family Show, to Sat.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Totally Tina, with Justine Riddoch, 7.30.
YEOVIL, Swan Theatre, Cinematheque, The Marching Band, 7.30.
Thursday 19 February
BATH, various venues, Bach Fest, to Sun.
Forum, Disney in Concert: The Sound of Magic, music, animation and memories.
Chapel Arts, Ian Prouse and The Fiddle of Fire, guitarist and singer songwriter.
Komedia, Tom Lucy, Golden Boy, comedy.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Swish of the Curtain, We Will Rock You – the Musical, to Sat, 2 and 7.30pm.
BRIDPORT, Electric Palace, The Spongebob Movie: Search for Squarepants, 11am: Hamnet, film, 7.30, and 25 Feb 2 and 7.30.
Arts Centre, Blue Road: The Edna O’Brien Story, film, 7.30.
BRISTOL, Tobacco Factory, Macbeth, to 28 March.
The Station, Silver Street, BOVTS in Othello and The Tempest, to Sat, 7pm, Sat mat 2pm.
Beacon, Lantern, Funky Family Gig, 10.30am and noon.
St George’s, Charlotte Spruit, violin, Angus Webster, piano, Brahms, Debussy, Ades, 1pm.
Exchange, Omar Perry and ERM, reggae, 7.30
Folk House, The Poor Box Brothers, blues, 7pm.
Wardrobe Theatre, Desiree Burch, The Golden Wrath, storytelling and comedy, 7.30
Redgrave Theatre, Frozen (film) singalong, 10am and 1pm.
Alma Tavern, Robert Lloyd Parry in Not Truly Dead: Three Ghost Stories by MR James, and Fri, 8pm.
Hen and Chicken Bedminster, My Girl The River and Serious Child, Americana and folk: Joe Bradford Quintet, jazz.
BRUTON, At the Chapel, Breaking Waves, wild swimmer Emma Simpson talks about her memoir, 7pm.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, The Last Baguette in Enchanted Forest, adventures for 2 to 6 year olds, 10am and 11.30am.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Charlie Connelly, Attention All Shipping: A Celebration of the Shipping Forecast, 7.30.
EXETER, University Great Hall, Mogwai, Scottish quartet.
Northcott, The Fifth Step, NT Screening, 7pm.
FAREHAM, Fareham Live, BSO, cond Pete Harrison, Two Giants of Hollywood: The Best of Williams and Zimmer, 7.30.
HARDINGTON MANDEVILLE, Village Hall, The Roses. MOVIOLA
HORTON, nr Ilminster, Village Hall, Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale. MOVIOLA
ILMINSTER, Warehouse Theatre, Knockin’ on Heavens Door, to Sat.
LITTON CHENEY, Village Hall, Coppice Theatre in How to Catch a Book Witch, 10.30am. Book Witch puppet workshops, 11.30am. AR
NORTH CURRY, Parish Church, Moscow Drug Club, 7.30. TA
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, Drum Studio, Toby Thompson in The Little Prince, to Sat.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Multi Story in Last Dance Saloon, 2 and 8pm: Cinema, Casablanca, 1942, dementia friendly screening, 2pm.
SALISBURY, Arts Centre, Practically Perfect Pictures in Sir Charlie Stinky Socks and the Really Big Adventure, 2 and 4pm, and Fri 11am and 2pm.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, Out of the Box, comedy and circus show, 2pm.
SOUTHAMPTON, Turner Sims, Jasmine Myra, saxphone flute and composition, jazz, 8pm.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, Exchange, Angel Heart and Rattlebox in The Misadventures of Thor, 10.30am. AR: The Roses, film, 7pm.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, The Dazzling Diamonds, drag show, 7.30.
WESTON SUPER MARE, Playhouse, The Irish House Party, traditional songs, music and dance from Dublin.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Dino Tales – Jurassic Rescue, 2.30: It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley, documentary film, 7pm.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Wimborne Drama in Von Ribbentrop’s Watch, black comedy by Laurence Marks and Morris Gran, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.30.
Friday 20 February
BATH, Theatre Royal, What the Dickens?, talk about Dickens and David Copperfield, noon: David Copperfield: A Life, new community play, to Sun, 7pm, Sat/Sun mats 2pm: The Egg, The Last Baguette in The Enchanted Forest, playalong adventure for 2 to 6 year olds, 10am, 11.30 and 1.30pm.
Chapel Arts, Around About Dusk, New Orleans jazz and blues, European folk roots, etc.
Rondo, Mr Split, comedy cabaret with Jonathan Orchard, 7.30.
BRIDGWATER, McMillan Theatre, Somerstage Musical Theatre showcase, and Sat, 7pm, Sat mat 2pm.
BRIDPORT, Electric Palace, The Unravelling Wilburys, 8pm.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Lantern, Westerman, Indian folk, 7.30.
St George’s, Lisa O’Neill, Irish folk, 8pm.
Hen and Chicken Bedminster, Robin Morgan, Let’s Overshare, comedy.
Wardrobe Theatre, Send in the Clowns in Unpopular! celebrating the magic and madness of musical theatre, and Sat 7.30.
Redgrave Theatre, The Dazzling Diamonds, comedy drag, 7.30.
BROADWINDSOR, Village Hall, Angel Heart and Rattlebox in The Misadventures of Thor, 2pm. AR
CHEDDON AND WEST MONKTON, Village Hall, The Ballad of Wallis Island. MOVIOLA
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, West End Tenors, 7.30.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, The Jane Austen Fan Club with Victoria Briggs and Lucy Mellors, comedy, dancing etc, 7.30.
CREWKERNE, Wadham School, Film Crew, Late Shift.
DITCHEAT, Jubilee Hall, The Roses. MOVIOLA
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, A Head Full of Coldplay.
EDINGTON, Somerset, Village Hall, The Ballad of Wallis Island. MOVIOLA
EXETER, Northcott, Vittorio Angelone, You Can’t Say Nothing Any More, comedy, 7.30.
Cygnet Theatre, Across the Square, 7.30.
Phoenix, Crowbar, heavy rock from New Orleans swamps.
EXMOUTH, Pavilion, Boogie Knights, 70s disco, 7.30.
FERNDOWN, Barrington Centre, Barrington Banter comedy night with Matt Richardson, Nathan Eagle, Roger Monkhouse, Luke Honnoraty, raising funds for High Mead Farm, 8pm.
FROGHAM, Village Hall, The Roses. MOVIOLA
FROME, Cheese and Grain, Coldplace, tribute.
NORTON SUB HAMDON, Village Hall, Moscow Drug Club, 7.30. TA
POOLE, Lighthouse, Youth Makes Music, with Salvation Army Territorial Youth Band and Choir, 7pm: Coastal Comedy Club with Roger Monkhouse, Matt Richardson, Biswas and Adrienne Coles, 8pm: Cinema, Marty Supreme, and Tues, 11am.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower, Bluey’s Big Play, and Sat.
Turner Sims, Spring Festival, UOS postgrad students, various works including Chinese art songs, 1pm.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, The Roses. MOVIOLA
SWANAGE, Mowlem, H is for Hawk, film, and Sat/Mon, 7.30.
THEALE, Village Hall, Mr Punch’s Folk Club, open session, 8pm.
WAREHAM, Pine Martin Grange, BSO Teatime Trio, cake concert, 11am. AR
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Barry Steele’s Roy Orbison Story – The Platinum Years, 7.30.
WINTERSLOW, Village Hall, I Swear. MOVIOLA
YEOVIL, Westlands, Emilio Santoro as Elvis, 7.30.
Saturday 21 February
BATH, Theatre Royal, The Egg, The Tale of the Lonliest Whale, deep sea adventure, and Sun 11.30am and 3pm.
Forum, Sweet and Sour, tribute to Sabrina Carpenter and Olivia Rodrigo.
Chapel Arts, Phoenix River Band, country rock, soft rock, blues, etc.
Rondo, The Magnificent AKs, comedy choir, 7.30.
Komedia, Krater Comedy Club.
BEAULIEU, Abbey, Viva Concerto, Bruch and Rachmaninov, 4pm.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Adrian Cox Trio, New Orleans jazz, 7.30.
Trinity Hall, All Floyd, tribute, 7.30.
BRIDPORT, Electric Palace, Bridget Christie, Jacket Potato Pizza, comedy, 7.30.
Arts Centre, Laurence Jones, guitar, On My Own, 7.30.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Of Monsters and Men, indie rock: Lantern, Ali Woods, Basher, comedy, 8pm.
Redgrave Theatre, Watershed in Julia Donaldson’s The Singing Mermaid, 2 and 4pm, and Sun 10.30am and 12.30pm: Comedy Store, 8pm.
Alma Tavern, Ian Smith in Foot Spa Half Empty, 4 and 7.30.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Little Seeds Music in Tales from the Lighthouse, traditional music, songs and puppetry, 11am and 2pm: Jessie Reid, indie folk, 7.30.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, The Noise Next Door, improv, 7.30.
EAST QUANTOXHEAD, Village Hall, Moscow Drug Club, 8pm. TA
EXETER, Cathedral, Exeter Recorder Orchestra, lunchtime concert.
Cygnet Theatre, The Louis and Ella Music Show.
The Mint, Exeter History Book Festival.
Phoenix, Fabio and Grooverider, drum n bass.
Barnfield Theatre, Life Before You, new play by Eva Hudson, 7.45.
EXMOUTH, Pavilion, Harry Redknapp, My Life in Football, 7.30.
FROME, Cheese and Grain, Dave Pearce, dance anthems.
MINEHEAD, Regal Theatre, Impakt in We’re Waiting in the Wings, all abilities music and theatre youth showcase, 7.30.
NETHERBURY, Village Hall, The Roses. MOVIOLA
NEW MILTON, Forest Arts, The Laurel Canyon Experience, with The DiElle Trio.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Celtic Illusion, Irish dance and illusion show, 7.30: Scarlett Smith in Any Objections, harp and comedy, 8pm: Cinema, The Chronology of Water, 2pm and Wed, 7pm: Rental Family, and Tues/Thurs.
SALISBURY, Arts Centre, The Jane Austen Fan Club, 7.30.
SIXPENNY HANDLEY, Village Hall, Angel Heart and Rattlebox in The Misadventures of Thor, 11am. AR
SOUTHAMPTON, Turner Sims, SU Jazz Band 10th anniversary concert, 6.30pm
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, SykesMartin, Miranda and Hannah, folk duo, 8pm.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, The Bootleg Shadows, 7.30.
SWANAGE, Mowlem, Jazz in the Showbar, J Fashole-Luke Trio, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Mark Thompson’s Spectacular Science Show, 2.30pm.
WARMINSTER, Athenaeum, Masqueraders in Shirley Valentine, 2.30 and 7.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Queen’s Greatest Hits with The Bohemians, 7.30.
WOOKEY HOLE, Somerset Opera in La Boheme, 7.30.
YEOVIL, Westlands, BSO On Your Doorstep – Curious Creatures and the Natural World, inc music by Elgar, Bjork, Vaughan-Williams, Mancini etc, 2pm.
Sunday 22 February
ANSFORD, Caryford Hall, Village Hall, Moscow Drug Club, 4pm. TA
BATH, Komedia, Jimeoin, Pandemonium, comedy.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Mogwai, indie rock: Lantern, Five Way Split, jazz, 8pm.
St George’s, MiniBeats, Wonderful Woodwind with presenter Laura Tanner, music and storytelling, 10.30am and 12.30pm.
Folk House, Baz Warne, (ex The Stranglers), music and storytelling.
Wardrobe Theatre, Lily Phillips, Crying, comedy, 7pm.
Redgrave Theatre, Attention All Shipping: A Celebration of The Shipping Forecast with Charlie Connelly, 7.30.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Hamnet, film, various times.
SHERBORNE, Girls School Gransden Hall, Dorset Chamber Orchestra, cond Walter Brewster, Fiona Brockhurst, horn, Michael Aitkenhead, tenor, Schubert Symphony No 5, Britten Serenade for tenor, horn and strings, Mozart Symphony No 4o, 3pm.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower, The Simon and Garfunkel Story.
Turner Sims, Fretwork, Celebrating John Dowland at 400, 7.30.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, Exchange, The Ridgeway Singers and Band, Tea with William Barnes, 3pm. AR
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, The Unicorn Live, pop and musical theatre songs, 1 and 4pm.
Monday 23 February
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Amy Mason, Behold!, comedy, 7.30.
Redgrave Theatre, Jalan Kita, a Malaysian-Singaporean night production, songs, stories and dance, and Tues, 7.15.
Hen and Chicken Bedminster, Peter Case and Sid Griffin, American songwriters.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, The Choral, film, 1pm.
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, Drum Studio, HiJinx Theatre in Meet Fred, and Tues.
SALISBURY, City Hall, The Classic Rock Show, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Marty Supreme, film, 11am: Vincent Simone, Tango Passions, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Hamnet, film, 7.30, Tues mat 2.30.
Tuesday 24 February
BATH, Theatre Royal, Jodie Comer in Prima Facie, to Sat. SOLD OUT: Ustinov Studio, Crick Crack Club in Orpheus Dismembered, and Wed, 7.30.
Forum, Michael Portillo, A Life of Two Halves.
Komedia, John Kearns, Tilting at Windmills, comedy.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Romeo and Juliet, 7.30.
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Andy Zaltzman, The Zaltgeist – A Second Thwack, comedy, 7.30: Weston Studio, The Last Picture, to Sat, various times.
Beacon, Ocean (Attenborough film) with Welsh National Opera orchestra cond Robert Ziegler, 7.30.
St George’s, Max Balegde and George Clark, The Useless Hotline, hit podcast on tour, 8pm.
Wardrobe Theatre, Creepy Boys in Slugs, techno-punk clowns, to Thurs, 7.30.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Stand by Me, film, Steven King season, 7.30.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, local poet Joel Conrad, 7.30.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Across the Square, play about Lady Ottoline Morrell and the Suffragettes, 7.30.
EXETER, Northcott, Jimeoin, Pandemonium, comedy, 7.30.
FROME, Tree House, Chloe Foy, singer songwriter.
POOLE,Lighthouse, Lisa O’Neill, folk, 7.45.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, The Boat that Rocked, film, 2pm.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower, Legally Blonde, the Musical, with Amber Davies, to Sat.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Simon Evans, Staring at the Sun, comedy, 7.30.
Wednesday 25 February
ANSFORD, Caryford Hall, The Roses. MOVIOLA
BATH, Forum, The Undercover Detective, The Makings of a Murderer.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Film Club, Set the Piano Stool on Fire, documentary about Alfred Brendel, 7.30.
BRISTOL, Old Vic, John Kearns, Tiltling at Windmills, comedy, 7.30.
Beacon, Talking Sopranos with Steve Schirripa, Michael Imperioli and Joey Kola, comedy, 7.30: Lantern, Eydis Evensen, Icelandic pianist and composer, 7.30.
St George’s, An Evening with Alex O’Connor, host of Within Reason podcast, 7.30.
Redgrave Theatre, Leo Houlding, Exposed, mountaineering memories and film, 7.30.
Hen and Chicken Bedminster, Tales from the Wasteland, post-apocalyptic improvised comedy.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Bugonia, film, 7.30.
EAST KNOYLE, Village Hall, Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale. MOVIOLA
EXETER, University Great Hall, Mo Gilligan, The Mo You Know, comedy, 8pm.
Northcott, Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club: The Soho Songbook, 7.30.
Phoenix, Mapdance, contemporary dance showcase.
MILBORNE ST ANDREW, Village Hall, BSO Teatime Trio, cake concert, 11am. AR
POOLE, Lighthouse, BSO, cond Mark Wigglesworth, Clara-Jumi Kang, violin, Beethoven and Elgar, 7.30: Jimeoiwn, Pandemonium, comedy, 7.45: Cinema, H is for Hawk.
RINGWOOD, The Barn, The Jane Austen Fan Club, words, music and comedy, 3.30pm.
SWANAGE, Mowlem, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Swanage School tenth anniversary production, to Sat, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, The Wonder of Stevie, tribute, 7.30.
WARMINSTER, Athenaeum, The Ballad of Wallis Island, film, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Coleen Nolan, This is Me, 7.30.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Marty Supreme, film, 3 and 7pm, and Thurs 11am, 2.30 and 7pm.
Thursday 26 February
BATH, Theatre Royal, The Egg, Daryl & Co in A Square World, and Fri, 10am and 1pm, Sat/Sun 11.30am and 3pm.
Forum, Russell Howard, Don’t Tell the Algorithm, comedy.
Mission Theatre, Bath University Student Theatre in Blue Stockings, by Jessica Swale, to Sat, 7.30.
Chapel Arts, SykesMartin, (Miranda and Hannah), folk duo.
Komedia, Mark Watson, Before It Overtakes Us, comedy.
BOURNEMOUTH, BIC, The Kaiser Chiefs.
Pavilion, The Ultimate Boy Band Party Show.
BRIDGWATER, McMillan Theatre, Justin Moorhouse, The Greatest Performance of My Life, comedy, 7,.30.
BRIDPORT, Electric Palace, Bad Manners 50th anniversary tour, 8pm.
BRISTOL, Beacon, BSO, cond Mark Wigglesworth, Clara-Jumi Kang, violin, Beethoven and Elgar, 7pm.
St George’s, Jonathan Rees, cello, and Helen Reid, piano, As Deep as the Sea, Nadia Boulenger: A Musical Portrait, 1pm: Polar Bear’s Seb Rochford, Finding Ways, with Adrian Utley, jazz, 8pm.
Old Vic, Mike Wozniak, The Bench, comedy, to Sat, 7.30.
Redgrave Theatre, The Audience, NT Screening of 2013 West End hit with Helen Mirren, 7pm.
Hen and Chicken Bedminster, Melanie Bracewell, A Little Treat, New Zealand comedy.
Alma Tavern, John Tothill, This Must Be Heaven, comedy, 7.30: Gideon Tazelaar, tenor sax and the Arnie Somogye Quintet, jazz.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, The Story of Swing, 7.30.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, The Choral, film, 11am and 7.30pm.
DEVIZES, Library, The Jane Austen Fan Club, words, music and comedy, 6pm.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Mike Denham Speakeasy with jazz violinist Emma Fisk, 7.30.
EXETER, University Great Hall, The Eternal Shame of Sue Perkins, comedy, 7.30.
Northcott, John Kearns, Tilting at Windmills, comedy, 7.30.
Barnfield Theatre, Leo Houlding, Exposed, mountaineering memories, 7.45.
EXMOUTH, Pavilion, Ben Thompson, Elvis – The Ultimate Experience, 7.30.
FROME, Merlin, The Audience, NT Screening of 2013 West End hit with Helen Mirren, 7pm.
Cheese and Grain, Jason Manford, A Manford All Seasons, comedy, 6.30 and 8.30.
HONITON, Beehive, The Time Machine, 1960 film, 2pm: Helen Mirren as Queen Elizabeth II in The Audience, recorded in 2013, 7pm.
MINEHEAD, Regal Theatre, Helen Mirren as Queen Elizabeth II in The Audience, recorded in 2013, 7pm.
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, Drum Studio, Life Before You, new play by Eva Hudson, to Sat.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Nick Harper, singer songwriter, 7pm: The Band of His Majesty’s Royal Marines, 7.30: Cinema, Helen Mirren as Queen Elizabeth II in The Audience, 2013 West End, NT Screening, 7pm, and Sat.
PORTSMOUTH, New Theatre Royal, Alasdair Beckett-King, The King of Crumbs, comedy.
SALISBURY, Arts Centre, Susannah Ruth sings the Greatest Lovesongs, 7.30.
SOUTHAMPTON, Turner Sims, Eliza Carthy and special guests, The Songs of Martin Carthy, folk, 8pm.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, The Roving Crows, Irish folk rock.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, Cabaret with Balls, (re-scheduled date) with Charlie Bicknell and Louise Innes, 7.30 AR
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Burlesque Cabaret, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, The Wonder of Stevie, tribute, 7.30.
YEOVIL, Swan Theatre, Helen Mirren as Queen Elizabeth II in The Audience, recorded in 2013, 7.30.
Friday 27 February
AXBRIDGE, Town Hall, Just Some Theatre in Eyes Down, bingo comedy, 7.30. AR
BARNSTAPLE, Queens Theatre, The Eternal Shame of Sue Perkins, comedy, 7.30.
BATH, Theatre Royal, Ustinov Studio, Box Tale Soup in 1984, and Sat, 7.30.
Chapel Arts, Taff Rapids, bluegrass from Wales.
Rondo, Francis Dunnery, England’s Tales of the Council House Kid, storytelling, comedy, etc, 7.30.
BISHOPSTONE, nr Salisbury, Village Hall, The Roses. MOVIOLA
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, The Rolling Stones Story.
Pavilion Dance, Divija Melally and Saili Katebi in One Foot in the Dark, dance double bill, 7.30.
BRIDPORT, Electric Palace, Matt Forde, Defying Calamity, comedy, 8pm.
Arts Centre, Encore in The 39 Steps, and Sat, 7.30.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Mo Gilligan, The Mo You Know, comedy, 8pm: Lantern, Courtney Marie Andrews, Americana, 8pm.
St George’s, Pavel Haas Quartet, with Dana Zemtsov, viola, Suk, Beethoven, Dvorak, 7.30.
Alma Tavern, Kettle of Fish, Bristol acappella group, 8pm.
Hen and Chicken Bedminster, Schalk Bezuidenhout, Hey, Hey, Divorce, comedy.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Leo Houlding, Exposed, mountaineering memories.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Rob Auton, Can, comedy and storytelling, 7.30.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Game of Crones, feminist comedy, 7.30.
EAST STOUR, Village Hall, The Roses. MOVIOLA
EXETER, Cathedral, Music of Queen by Candlelight.
Northcott, The Wonder of Stevie, tribute, 8pm.
Cygnet Theatre, A Knight of Terror.
Corn Exchange, Comedy Club.
Phoenix, Kesia Gill.
EXMOUTH, Pavilion, Omid Djalili, Namaste, comedy, 7.30.
FROME, Merlin, Alasdair Beckett-King, The King of Crumbs, comedy.
Memorial Theatre, The Mersey Beatles.
Cheese and Grain, Bootleg Blondie.
HONITON, Beehive, Cole Stacey, folk blues, Postcards from Lost Places, 7.30.
ILMINSTER, Arts Centre, Emma Fisk, swing violin, and Mike Denham, jazz piano, 7.30.
MERE, Lecture Hall, The Ballad of Wallis Island. MOVIOLA
POOLE, Lighthouse, Tom Davis, Spud Gun, comedy, and Sat, 7.45: Studio Jazz, Sound of Bluenote, featuring guitarist Nigel Price, 7.45.
SALISBURY, Arts Centre, Jazz Social with The Terry Hill Ensemble, 2.30.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, Between the Temples, 7.30pm.
SOUTHAMPTON, Turner Sims, Tim Garland, saxophone, and Geoffrey Keyser, piano, jazz, 8pm.
TAUNTON, Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre, Pete Firman, Tricks and Giggles, magic and comedy, 7.30.
WATCHET, Community Cinema, Four Mothers. MOVIOLA
WESTBURY SUB MENDIP, Village Hall, The Choral. MOVIOLA
WEST CAMEL, Davis Hall, The Roses. MOVIOLA
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, From Gold to Rio, Spandau Ballet and Duran Duran tribute.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Man in the Mirror, Michael Jackson tribute, 7.30.
Saturday 28 February
BATH, Theatre Royal, The Egg, Box Clever in Macbeth, and Sun 11.30am and 3pm, Mon 10am and 1pm.
Forum, Tom Gates’ Epic Stage Show, 12.30pm: The Eternal Shame of Sue Perkins, comedy, 7.30.
Chapel Arts, Year of the Dog, brass house soul.
Rondo, Pete Firman, Tricks and Giggles, comedy and magic, 7.30.
Komedia, Krater Comedy Club.
BOURNEMOUTH, BIC, Russell Howard, Don’t Tell the Algorithm, comedy.
Pavilion, Stagecoach Charity Gala, 6pm.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Gesualdo Six and Josephine Knight, cello, Nachtmusik, inc Dowland, Monteverdi, Brahms, etc, 7.30.
BRIDGWATER, McMillan Theatre, Purple Zeppelin, The Ultimate Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin tribute, 7.30.
BRIDPORT, Electric Palace, The Audience (2013), with Helen Mirren, NT Screening, 7pm, and 12 March, 2pm.
BRISTOL, St George’s, Exultate Singers and Bristol Ensemble Baroque, Bach St Matthew Passion, 7pm.
Beacon, Vittorio Angeloni, You Can’t Say Nothing Any More, comedy, 7.30: Lantern, Buster Shuffle, ska punk, 8pm.
The Station, Silver Street, BOVTS in Days of Significance – The War Is Out There, The War Is Here, play by Roy Williams, and Mon-Sat, 7pm, Sat 7th mat 2pm.
Folk House, Paul Jones and Dave Kelly, blues.
Wardrobe Theatre, Olaf Falafel’s Stupidist Super Stupid Show, comedy for ages 5+, 3pm.
Redgrave Theatre, Luisa Omielan, God is a Woman: The Musical, comedy, 7.30.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, The Kastoff Kinks, tribute, 7.30.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Rachel Newton, Scottish harpist and singer, 7.30.
DORCHESTER, Thomas Hardye School Theatre, Beatles Complete, tribute, 7.30.
EXETER, Northcott, Hamlet, NT Screening, 7pm.
EXMOUTH, Pavilion, Hal Cruttenden Can Dish It Out, but Can’t Take It, comedy, 7.30.
FERNDOWN, Barrington Centre, Changing Colours Jazz Orchestra, Broadway to Hollywood, 3pm.
FROME, Cheese and Grain, Everything, Everything.
The Tin Church at Brokerswood, Thieves.
HALSTOCK, Village Hall, The Choral. MOVIOLA
HONITON, Beehive, Feast of Fiddles, 7.30.
MARTOCK, Village Hall, The Roses. MOVIOLA
MINEHEAD, Regal Theatre, Comedy with Ignazio Lopez, David Tsonos, Ben Docs and Josh Elton, 7.30.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Rob Auton, Can, storyteller, poet etc, 8pm.
RINGWOOD, Library, The Jane Austen Fan Club, words, music and comedy, 3.30pm.
SALISBURY, Arts Centre, Jazz Dynamos with Lucy Randell, 7.30.
SOUTHAMPTON, Turner Sims, Ruby’s Worry, music, song, puppetry and physical theatre for 3 to 7 year olds, 11am and 2pm.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, The Roving Crows, Irish folk rock, 8pm.
STALBRIDGE, Village Hall, Just Some Theatre in Eyes Down, 7.30. AR
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, Coldplace, tribute, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre, Lemn Sissay, poet, reading from Let The Light Pour In, 7.30.
WELLS, Cathedral School Cedars Hall, The Event in the Halls, musical extravaganza with food, fundraiser for the Sierra Leone Project Charity, from 5pm.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Thank You for the Music, ABBA tribute, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Brave Rival, Portsmouth-based Americana band, 7.30.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Too Much Too Young, the music of 2-tone and beyond, 7.30.