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Updated Wednesday 1st July, 7pm.
Thursday 2 July
ALRESFORD, The Grange Festival, The Soul of Opera, with WNO Orchestra cond Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser, Innocent Masuku, Melody Wilson and Jah’Mila, The Shared DNA of Opera, Soul and Gospel, from Puccini to Aretha Franklin, and Fri.
BATH, Hoburne Museum Gardens, Garden Theatre Festival, Sense and Sensibility, The Importance of Being Earnest and The Big Bad Wolf, to 26 July.
Theatre Royal, Maureen Lipman in Allegra, new comedy by Peter Quilter, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.30: The Egg, The Secret Garden, to 26 July, various times.
Forum, The Musical Box, And then there was … Phil.
Rondo, WhimsiCo in Grimm, and Fri, 7.30.
BEAMINSTER, St Mary’s Church and other venues, Festival, to Sun.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Luke Combs UK, tribute, 7.30.
BRADFORD ABBAS,Mill Farm, Rude Mechanicals in The Wife, 7.30.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Amelie, 2001 film, 7.30.
BRISTOL, Hippodrome, Amber Davies in Legally Blonde, to Sat.
Old Vic, Horrible Histories – Terrible Tudors and Awful Egyptians, to Sun, various times.
St George’s, No More All Male Line-Ups summer party, 5pm.
Tobacco Factory, Bristol School of Acting in Enemy!, inspired by Ibsen, to Sat, 7.30.
CIRENCESTER, Barn Theatre, Million Dollar Quartet, to 22 Aug.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Sentimental Value, film, 11am and 7.30pm.
DORCHESTER,Corn Exchange, Hotbuckle Theatre in The Return of the Native, and Fri, 7.30.
EXETER, Cygnet Theatre, Shake on the Exe in Romeo and Juliet, to Sun, 7.30, Sat mat 2.30.
FROME, Festival, various venues, to 12th July.
Merlin, Frome Festival, Kairos Theatre in King of Fools, new musical by Martin Dimery, 7pm.
ILMINSTER, Warehouse Theatre, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and Fri, 7pm, Sat mat 2.30pm.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, The Handlebards in Macbeth, 7pm.
PLAITFORD, nr Romsey, New Forest Folk Festival, to Sun.
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, Opperation Mincemeat – the Musical, to Sat.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Kimberley Nixon in Baby Brain, comedy, 8pm: Cinema, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, NT Screening, 7.30 and Fri 4.30, 11 July 3pm, 22 July 7pm: Disclosure Day, and 11/14/15 July, various times.
SALISBURY, Studio Theatre Ashley Road, Noel Coward double bill, Hands Across the Sea and Still Life, to Sat, 7.30.
City Hall, Chuckles Comedy Club, 8pm.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, AC Drama Group in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, to Sat, and 9-11 July, 7.30, Sat mats 2.30.
SIDMOUTH, Manor Pavilion, Sidmouth Summer Play Festival, Alan Ayckbourn’s Neighbourhood Watch, to Sat, 8pm.
STREET, Strode Theatre, Studio, Madfabulous, film, and Fri.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, All My Sons, NT Screening, 7pm.
TAVISTOCK, Library, Out Loud in the Library, live poetry and spoken word celebrating LGBTQ+ voices, 7.30. ViA
TORQUAY, Fougou Music, Sarah McQuaid, singer songwriter.
WARMINSTER, Athenaeum, Warminster School in SIX – the Musical, teen edition, 7.30.
WELLS, Cathedral, Wells Cathedral School, Echoes of the North, Sibelius, Rachmaninov, Vaughan Williams, 7pm.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, The Balloonists, documentary film, 1pm: Power Ballad, film, 4pm: My Mother’s Wedding, film, 7pm.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Katie Hopkins – Free Range.
YEOVIL, Westlands, It’s Not A Game, illusionists Jay and Joss, 7.30.
Friday 3 July
ABBOTSBURY, Tithe Barn and environs, Tree of Strings Festival, to Sunday.
BALTONSBOROUGH, Village Hall Field, Rude Mechanicals in The Wife, 7.30.
BATH, Theatre Royal, SAS: The Great Train Raid, talk by Damien Lewis, noon.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion Dance, Hong Kong based TS Crew in No Sugar No Milk, dance, physical theatre, martial arts, circus and street art, 7.30.
BRIDGWATER, Arts Centre, The Reduced Opera Company in Carmen, 7pm.
McMillan Theatre, The Simon and Garfunkel Story, 7.30.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, B Sharp, Harbour Music, 7.30.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Lantern, Bristol Pride ceilidh.
Old Vic, Weston Studio, Jonny Woo in Suburbia, drag, performance art and storytelling, and Sat, 8pm, Sat mat 3pm.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Beyond the Barricade, West End hits, 7.30: Disclosure Day, film, and Sun-Tues and Thurs.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Ed Patrick, Numb and Number, comedy work in progress, 7.30.
EXETER, Cathedral, The music of Bowie by candlelight, 7.30.
FROME, Festival, 25th anniversary, to 12 July.
Town Hall, Really Truly Theatre Co in Your Move, new play by Polly Lamb, to Sun, 7.30.
Archangel, Frome Drama in Jean Genet’s The Maids, 9pm, and Sat 6pm and 9pm, Sun 5pm.
Christ Church, Peter King, Bath Abbey organist, recital, Bach Mendessohn, etc, 1pm: Bach by Candlelight, Easter Cantata etc, 9pm.
Cheese and Grain, Afriquoi X BCUC, contemporary music from Africa.
Rook Lane Chapel, Kiki Dee and Carmelo Luggeri, 7.30.
Tree House, The Monochrome Set, post punk indie, 7.30.
The Tunnels, Laura Jurd, trumpet and voice, 100 Years of Miles Davis, 7.30.
HONITON, Beehive, Tuner, film, 2 and 7.30.
ILMINSTER, Arts Centre, Joanna Eden Trio, Sondheim and Me, 7.30.
Barrington Court, Pantaloons in The (almost) Complete History of Britain, 7pm.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Rich Hall, Chin Music, Canadian comedian and singer, 8pm.
PENZANCE, Penlee Park, Illyria in As You Like It, 7.30.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Poole Academy of Dance in a Musical, and Sat, 7, Sat mat 2pm: Cinema, Madfabulous, and 7/8 July: 500 Miles, and 7-9 July, 24/29 July, various times.
Upton Country Park, Festival. Tribute bands, and Sat, Country Music Sunday.
PUDDLETOWN, Athelhampton House, Bournemouth Sinfonietta Choir, cond David Gostick, Ghosts of Athelhampton, 7pm.
REDRUTH, Carn Marth Amphitheatre, Sun and Moon Theatre in Twelfth Night, 7pm.
SALISBURY, Bishop Wordsworth School, Rain or Shine in The Pickwick Papers, 7pm.
Arts Centre, Jam Night.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower Studios, Bon Jovi Experience.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, Sarah Yeo, The Music of Joan Baez, 8pm.
STOURHEAD, near Mere, Dirty Dancing, open air film, 7.30.
STREET, Strode Theatre, Savage House, film.
SWANAGE, Mowlem, Finding Emily, film, and Sat, Mon-Thurs, 7.30, Mon mat 2.30.
TAUNTON, Hestercombe Gardens, The Handlebards in Macbeth, and Sat, 6pm.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Limehouse Lizzie, 8pm: Savage House, film, 1pm, Mon 4.15, Wed 1pm.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Hit Me Hard and Soft – The Billie Eilish Tour on screen.
WINTERBORNE STICKLAND, Sports Club, Ha Hum Ah in The Scarlett Pimpernel, 7pm. AR
Saturday 4 July
ALRESFORD, The Grange, BSO cond Lidiya Yankovskaya, Eugene Onegin, Grange Opera, and 10/12 July.
BATH, Forum, Miss Americana, Taylor Swift tribute with Xenna.
BEAULIEU, Abbey, Opera Evening with four members of Glyndebourne Opera and pianist, 7pm.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, The Overtones, Juke Box Idols of the 50s and 60s.
Pavilion Dance, ceilidh with Bo and Box, caller Andy Helson, 7pm.
BRIDPORT, Electric Palace, Savage House, film, 7.30.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Fusion Fest 2026, youth music takeover, and Sun.
St George’s, Ilana Glazer, comedy, 5.30 and 8.45.
Tobacco Factory, Spielman Studio, Scary Little Girls in Queenagers, the funny side of the menopause, 8pm.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Jack Dee, Jack’s Joke Show (work in progress) comedy, 7.30.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Anna Pancaldi, singer songwriter, 7.30.
EXETER, Northcott Theatre, Daphne – The Secret Lives of Daphne du Maurier, new play by Rosie Race, and Mon-Sat 11 July, 7.30, Wed/Sat 11th mats 2.30
Cathedral, The Music of Coldplay by Candlelight.
FAWLEY, Jubilee Hall, Song Sung Blue. MOVIOLA
FROME, Christ Church, Quorum Chamber Ensemble with Charles Wiffen, Ravel, Bartok, 7.30.
Rook Lane Chapel, opera and heartsong with Annie Bourne, voice, James Watts, oboe and duduk and Jackie Bevan, piano, 5.30.
St John’s Church, Strings of Light, secrets of the harp guitar with Jon Pickard, 7.30.
Sun Inn, The Ravens of Gallis Row, folk rock alchemy, 8pm.
The Ship, Bellatrix, indie punk and rock, 8.30.
HALSTOCK, Village Hall field, Ha Hum Ah in The Scarlett Pimpernel, 7pm. AR
HONITON, Beehive, The Sheep Detectives, film, 4pm.
LAMYATT, Village Hall, Festival Players in The Comedy of Errors, 7pm.
LANGPORT, Midleney Manor, Pantaloons in The (almost) Complete History of Britain, 7pm.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, The Christophers, film, 7.15.
LYTCHETT MATRAVERS, Village Hall, Opera in a Box in The Pirates of Penzance, 7.30.
POOLE, Lighthouse, John Hegley, New and Selected Potatoes, comedy, 8pm.
SALISBURY, City Hall, Anything for Love, Meatloaf tribute with Steve Steinman, 7.30.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower Studios, Sound Pop Academy, Illusion, 2 nd 7pm.
STEEPLE LANGFORD, Cricket Ground, Illyria in The Three Musketeers, 7pm.
STOURHEAD, near Mere, Baz Lurhmann’s EPiC – Elvis Presley in Concert, open air film, 7.30.
STOURPAINE, Village Hall Field, Rude Mechanicals in The Wife, 7.30.
STREET, Strode Theatre, Mid Somerset Orchestra, cond Hitoshi Suzuki, Harry Jordan, cello, Elgar, Schumann, Borodin, 7.30: Studio, Mystery Movie Night, 7.45.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, Bye Bye Baby – Celebrating Frankie Valli, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Bournemouth Youth Theatre in We Will Rock You.
YELVERTON, The Garden House, Illyria in As You Like It, 7pm.
YEOVIL, Westlands, The Simon and Garfunkel Story, 7.30.
Sunday 5 July
ALRESFORD, The Grange Festival, BSO cond Richard Farnes, Grange Opera Festival, La Boheme, and Sat.
BODMIN, Cardinham Woods Cafe, Sun and Moon Theatre in Twelfth Night, 4pm.
BRIDPORT, Electric Palace, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, with Lesley Manville and Aiden Turner, NT Screening, 2pm.
BRISTOL, St George’s, Celebrating Nat King Cole with the Down for the Count Swing Orchestra, 6pm.
BUDE, Ebbingford Manor, The Handlebards in Macbeth, 6.30.
DORCHESTER, Maumbury Rings, Plandits in The Big Bad Wolf, 3pm.
FROME, Merlin Theatre, Nigel Planer in Young Once – A Life Less Heavy, 7.30.
The Tunnels, Afro Fiesta, live music dance, etc, noon to 10pm.
The Blue House, New Academic Feetwarmers, trad jazz, 2pm.
Masonic Hall, The Epic of Everest, film, with Tashi Lhunpo Monks, 7pm
Christ Church, Love and Sorrow, Nicola Meecham, piano, Claudia Huckle, contralto, Schubert and Wagner, 7.45.
KINGSCLERE, Village Club, Festival Players in The Comedy of Errors, 2pm.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Marine Youth Theatre in Extraordinary, 2 and 6pm.
PLAITFORD, New Forest Folk Festival, inc Steve Knightley.
STOURHEAD, near Mere, Pride and Prejudice, 2005 film partly shot at Stourhead, screebing in the open air, 7.30.
SWINDON, Town Gardens Bowl, Pantaloons in The (almost) Complete History of Britain, 2pm.
TORQUAY, Cockington Court, Illyria in As You Like It, 6.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Just Dance Dorchester, Heroes and Villains, showcase, 2.30 and 6.30pm.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, The Drifters.
Monday 6 July
BATH, Theatre Royal, Paul Nicholas in Fawlty Towers, the play, to Sat, 7.30, Wed/Thurs/Sat mats 2.30.
Forum, Jenson Button.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Samara Joy, American jazz singer, 7.30.
BRISTOL, Hippodrome, Jersey Boys, The Musical, to Sat.
Old Vic, Ruby Wax, Absolutely Famous, and Tues, 7.30.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Mother’s Pride, film, 10.30am: Exhibition on Screen, Frida Kahlo, 5pm.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Rock the Tots – Seaside, 11am.
FROME, Christ Church, Ivory and Gold – music for flute and piano, Jane Osmani-Pearce and David Turner, in Reinecke and Debussy, 1pm: Masters of Baroque, a journey through the 17th and 18th centuries with Ebble Baroque, 7.30.
St John’s Church, Kanekt, Indian and western classical jazz folk, with Karen Wimhurst, John Robertson, Ricky Romain, Sudhi Salooja and Stu Steadman, 6pm.
Masonic Hall, song, dance and ritual from Mongolia and Tibet, 7.30.
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, The Bodyguard with Adam Garcia and Sidonie Smith, to Sat.
SALISBURY, Playhouse, Musical Theatre Salisbury in Jekyll and Hyde, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.15.
SIDMOUTH, Manor Pavilion, Sidmouth Summer Play Festival, Sweet Revenge by Francis Durbridge, to Sat, 8pm.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Tuner, film, to Wed.
YEOVIL, Westlands, The South Somerset Singing Festival, local schools, and Tues, 6pm.
Tuesday 7 July
BATH, Forum, Rhythm of the Dance.
FROME, Christ Church, Julian String Quartet, Beethoven, 1pm: Musicke in the Ayre, silver sounds of the Roman Seicento, 6pm.
Cheese and Grain, Tony Robinson, The Bob Morris Lecture, 7pm.
Archangel, poetry night with the Crysse Morrison Prize awards, with Kate Fox.
HARTLAND, Abbey, The Handlebards in Macbeth, 6.30.
KINGSBURY EPISCOPI, Village Hall, H is for Hawk. MOVIOLA
PAIGNTON, Library, Out Loud in the Library, live poetry and spoken word celebrating LGBTQ+ voices, 7.30. ViA
POOLE, Lighthouse, Cinema, The Devil Wears Prada 2, 12.30 and Wed 3pm.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, Truth and Treason, film, 2pm.
YETMINSTER, Village Hall, H is for Hawk. MOVIOLA
Wednesday 8 July
ALRESFORD, The Grange Festival, Ballet Black, 25th anniversary programme, and Thurs.
BATH, Forum, Wiltshire Young Musicians, Songs from Around the World, 7pm.
Kingswood Theatre, Zenith Youth Theatre in HadesTown, to Sat.
BIDEFORD, Tapeley Manor, The Handlebards in Macbeth, 7pm.
BRANSGORE, Village Hall, Hamnet. MOVIOLA
BRIDGWATER, McMillan Theatre, MADE Community Youth Theatre in Matilda, Jnr, to Fri, 7.30, Sat mat 2pm.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Jinkx Monsoon, Speaking of Witch, comedy.
St George’s, Sing For Bristol Pride, fundraising concert with Bristol Gay Men’s Chorus and Sing Out Bristol, 7.30.
BUCKLAND NEWTON, Gaggle of Geese, Pub Grub with performance poet Luke Wright, 8pm. AR
BUDE, Ebbingford Manor, Illyria in As You Like It, 6.30.
CHARLTON MARSHALL, Village Hall, One Battle After Another. MOVIOLA
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Aida on Sydney Harbour, recorded, 7.30.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Richard Leigh Harris, piano, 1pm: Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough, autobiographical documentary film, 7.30.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Milly Riquelme, Cuban pianist, composer and singer, 7.30.
EXETER, Barnfield Theatre, Northcott Young Creatives in The Albatross, to Sat, 7.30.
FROME, Merlin, How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies, Thailand, Frome Film Club, 8pm.
Christ Church, How Love Came In, tribute to Britten and Pears with Richard Pinnock, tenor, and Gareth Burgess, piano, 1pm.
Cheese and Grain, Three Remarkable Women of Frome with David Heath, and Thurs/Fri, 6pm: Buena Bristol Social Club, Cuban music, 7.30.
St John’s Church, Haydn Jeugd Strijk Orkest, youth string ensemble from the Netherlands, Purcell, Elgar, Mendelssohn, etc, 7pm.
Rook Lane Chapel, Jackie Oates and Belinda O’Hooley, 7.30.
Tree House, Heathen Apostles, gothic Americana, 7.30.
KILMINGTON (East Devon) Community Cinema, H is for Hawk. MOVIOLA
SHERBORNE, The Sherborne, Illyria in The Three Musketeers, and Thurs, 7pm.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower Studios, SOS in Okelahoma!, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.30.
TAUNTON, Tacchi Morris Arts Centre, The SPACE Co in Chicago, to Sat, 7.30, Thurs mat 2.30.
WARMINSTER, Athenaeum, All We Imagine as Light, film, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Absolute Benson.
Thursday 9 July
BATH, Forum, Bitham Brook Primary School, Lights, Camera, Dance, showcase, 5.30.
Rondo, Improv Wolves, 7.30.
BRIDPORT, Electric Palace, Tuner, film, 7.30.
BRISTOL, Old Vic, The Roald Dahl Story Co in The Enormous Crocodile – the Musical, to Sun, 10.30am and 2.30pm: Bristol Pride comedy night with Jayde Adams, Morgan Rees, Dane Buckley, Olga Koch and Sophie Duker, 7.30.
Beacon, Rumours of Fleetwood Mac.
Tobacco Factory, Bristol School of Acting in Lulu, Angela Carter adaptation of Wedekind play, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.30.
CERNE ABBAS, St Mary’s Church, Music Festival, and Fri, 6pm, Sat, 3pm.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, T-Rextasy, I Love to Boogie, 50th anniversary tour.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, H is for Hawk, film, 11am and 7.30pm.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Non Vaughan-O’Hagan in I, Dido, play about Dido Elizabeth Belle, 7.30.
EXETER, Cygnet Theatre, The Wheel in Antigone Rising, to Sat, 7.30.
FROME, Merlin Theatre, Xuefei Yang, guitar, and Maria Vega, flamenco, 7.30.
Rook Lane Chapel, Spafford Campbell, fiddle and guitar, 7.30.
Cheese and Grain, T’Pau, 7.30.
Archangel, Mr and Mrs Dickens, with Peter Clark and Annie Elliot, 7.30.
Holy Trinity Church, The Cabinet of Dr Caligari, 1920 film with organ improvisation by David Bednall, 9pm.
Memorial Theatre, DanceWorks showcase double bill, 5pm, (Fri-Sun SOLD OUT)
LAMYATT, The Handlebards in Macbeth, 7pm.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Rebecca Vaughan in A Room of One’s Own, 7.30.
NEW MILTON, Forest Arts, Mark Thomas, 40 in Stand Up Years, Edinburgh warmup, 7.30.
PEWSEY, Bouverie Hall, H is for Hawk. MOVIOLA
POOLE, Lighthouse, P Burton-Morgan in Running Commentary, comedy, 8pm: Cinema, The Sheep Detectives, 11.30am: All My Sons, NT Screening, 7pm.
SHAFTESBURY, St Peter’s Church, Wessex Baroque, 7.30.
SHEPTON MONTAGUE, Village Hall, H is for Hawk. MOVIOLA
STREET, Strode Theatre, Studio, Aida on Sydney Harbour, film.
STROUD, Horsfall House, Festival Players in The Comedy of Errors, 6.30pm.
TAUNTON,Brewhouse, Kai in Evolution, dance, 7.30.
WELLS, Cathedral, Paul Griffiths, organ, 1pm.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Rhythm of the Dance, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, The Don Williams Experience.
Friday 10 July
BATH, Forum, James Bond Concert Spectacular.
Rondo, Robert Lloyd Parry in Hide, Watson!, two adventures by Arthur Conan Doyle, 7.30.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, The Chicago Blues Brothers celebrating 45 years of blues, brass and unholy fun.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Concerts in the West, Ceruleo, period vocal and musical ensemble, 11.30: Kate Griffin and Matchume Zango, banjo and timbile, folk fusions, 7.30.
BRISTOL, St George’s, Darius Brubeck Quartet, 8pm.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Jacob’s Ladder, 199o film.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Avalon Comedy Network with Morgan Rees, Davina Bentley and Muhsin Yesilado, 7.30.
FROME, Rook Lane Chapel, Timmy Mallett, 7pm.
Christ Church, Charles Wiffen, piano, Bach, Mozart, Chopin, Paul McCartney etc, 7.30.
Merlin Theatre, Nicholas Shakespeare in Spies and Lies, new book, 7.30.
Chantry Church, Sam Sweeney and Grace Smith, folk fiddles, 7.30.
HANGING LANGFORD, Village Hall, Song Sung Blue. MOVIOLA
HONITON, Beehive, Mad Dog Mcrea, 7.30.
ILMINSTER, Arts Centre, Concerts in the West, Ceruleo, period vocal and musical ensemble, 7.30.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Broken English, Marianne Faithfull documentary film, 7pm.
POOLE, Lighthouse, David Sedaris, 7.30: Cinema, Glenrothan, and Tues, 11am: The Fall of Sir Douglas Weatherford, abd 15/16/18 July, various times: Virginia Woolf’s Night & Day, and Wed-Fri, various times.
PRIDDY, Folk Festival, to Sun.
ROMSEY, Mottisfont Abbey, Immersion Theatre in Romeo and Juliet, 7pm.
ST AUSTELL, Trewithen Gardens, Festival Players in The Comedy of Errors.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, Heathen Apolstles, Gothic Outlaw tour.
STREET, Strode Theatre, Tuner, film, to Thurs.
SWANAGE, Mowlem and Sandpit Field Marquees, jazz festival, to Sun.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Coldplace, tribute, 7.30.
WELLS, Cathedral, The Leon Fleisher Academy from New York, 1pm.
Cedars Hall, Scummy Mummies, Hot Mess, comedy, 7.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Kai in Evolution, dance, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, All or Nothing – The Story of the Small Faces.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Keri Hill Dance in All-Stars 2026, 7pm.
Saturday 11 July
BATH, Forum, The Rocket Man, a celebration of Elton John.
Rondo, Mark Thomas, 40 in Stand Up Years, Edinburgh warmup comedy, 8pm.
BIDEFORD, Clovelly Court Gardens, Festival Players in The Comedy of Errors, 7pm.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Dinosaurs Live, 12.30pm: Ballroom, LoL Comedy Club, 8pm.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, BACbeat, local bands summer showcase, 7pm.
Electric Palace, Oas-Is, tribute, 8pm.
BRISTOL, Beacon, David Sedaris, spoken word and comedy, 7.30.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, the George Michael Legacy with Wayne Dilks, 7.30.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Juliette Nicholson, social historian talking about her new book, 7.30.
CREWKERNE, Dance House, Concerts in the West, Ceruleo, period vocal and musical ensemble, 7.30.
EXETER, Cathedral, Exeter Festival Chorus with Devon Baroque, The English Cornet and Sackbutt Ensemble, Monteverdi Vespers 1610, 7.30.
FROME, Christ Church, O Radiant Dawn, sacred and secular songs, noon.
Holy Trinity Church, Festival Silver Anniversary Chorus, with Jacqui Dankworth and All Star Big Band, Duke Ellington’s sacred concert, and 2 and 5pm.
Merlin Theatre, Cara Dillon with Sam Lakeman, Festival special concert, 7.30.
Rook Lane Chapel, Sura Susso, kora, Amadou Diagne, percussion, 7.30.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, The Upbeat Beatles, 8pm.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Centre Stage in Alice in Wonderland: A World of Wonder Awaits, 12.30 and 6.30: Bournemouth Symphony Chorus and Bath Minerva Choir with the Salomon Orchestra, cond Gavin Carr, A Sea Symphony, in aid of RNLI, 7.30: Coastal Comedy with Andy Askin, Duncan Adam, James Ellis and Adrienne Coles, 8pm.
PUDDLETOWN, Athelhampton House, Immersion Theatre in Romeo and Juliet, 7pm.
SALISBURY, Cathedral Close, Arundells, This is My Theatre in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, 5pm.
City Hall, Silver, celebrating 25th years of Louise Vincent School of Dance, 6pm and Sun 2pm.
STREET, Strode Theatre, South West School of Dance, Elevate, showcase, and Sun, 2 and 7pm.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, Codebreakers – the Story of Enigma, with Dr Mark Baldwin, 3pm.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Go Your Own Way, Fleetwood Mac tribute, 7.30.
WELLS, Cathedral, Wells Cathedral Youth Choir, Leon Fleisher Academy, WOWFest Community Chorus and Bristol Classical Players, Carmina Burana, 7pm.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Let’s Dance Performing Arts School, Icons, dance, 7pm.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Totally Blondie.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Miss Natasha Dance School in Just Dance 2026, tenth anniversary show, 3.30 and Sun 2.30.
Sunday 12 July
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Gretchen Parlato Quartet, jazz, 7.30.
BRISTOL, St George’s, Bristol and Cheltenham Show Choirs, West End musicals, etc, 2 and 7.30pm.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Coldplace, tribute, 7.30.
EXETER, Cygnet Theatre, Katy’s Singers, rock, jazz and musicals, 5pm.
FROME, Christ Church, Jackdaws Songbirds, songs from the Arctic to the Equator, 2.30.
The Tunnels, Jazz, Made in Frome, with John Law and local jazz musicians, 3pm.
Cheese and Grain, Eliza Carthy and special guests including Martha Tilston, The Songs of Martin Carthy, 7.30.
Merlin Theatre, Phil Ellis, Bath Mat, comedy, 7.30.
Holy Trinity Church, Frome Symphony Orchestra, cond Mark Gateshill, Ezra Herring, piano, Butterworth, Schumann, Vaughan Williams, 7.30.
Rook Lane Chapel, Boubacar Samake, ngoni, and Aloka, 7.30.
The Tunnels, The Frome Jazz Jam, 7.30.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Jazz by the Sea, Julie Dunn sings The Jazz Divas, with Charles Mason, guitar, 8pm.
MELLS, (Frome Festival) St Andrew’s Church, Mells Summer Opera, Monteverdi, Purcell, Rameau and Handel, 6pm.
SWINDON, Town Gardens Bowl, This is My Theatre in The Great Gatsby, 7pm.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, James Bond Concert Spectacular, 7.30: Tom and Jerry: Forbidden Compass, film, 10.30am.
Monday 13 July
BRISTOL, Hippodrome, The Rocky Horror Show, with Jason Donovan, to Sat.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, The Magic Faraway Tree, film, 10.30am.
SALISBURY, City Hall, Jools Holland and his Rhythm and Blues Orchestra and Guests, 7.30.
SHREWTON, Village Hall, One Battle After Another. MOVIOLA
SIDMOUTH, Manor Pavilion, Sidmouth Summer Play Festival, The Good Life, adapted by Jeremy Sands, to Sat, 8pm.
SWANAGE, Mowlem, Madfabulous, to Thurs, 7.30, Mon mat 2.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, The Sheep Detectives, film, to Wed.
Tuesday 14 July
BATH, Theatre Royal, Toby Stephens, Amanda Abbington and Noah Valentine in Peter Shaffer’s Equus, dir Lindsay Posner, to 25 July, 7.30, Wed/Sat mats 2.30 (not Sunday or Monday).
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Boiler Room Six: A Titanic Story, play by Tom Foreman, 7.30.
FROME, Cheese and Grain, Later with Frome College, showcase, 6.30.
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, Matthew Bourne’s The Car Man, to Sat.
SALISBURY, Playhouse, Our Man in Havana, to Sat, 7.30, Wed/Thur/Sat mats.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, Good Fortune, film, 2pm.
TAUNTON, Museum of Somerset, Taunton Thespians in Twelfth Night, 7.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Tuner, film, 1pm, and Wed 7pm.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Disclosure Day, film to Fri, various times.
Wednesday 15 July
BATH, Rondo, Ebb & Flow, new play by Gabrielle Finnegan, to Sat, 7.30.
BRIDGWATER, Arts Centre, Astor Palm Court ensemble, in aid of St Margaret’s Hospice, 2pm.
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Black is the Colour of My Voice, with Apphia Campbell, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.30.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, No Other Choice, film, 7.30.
EXETER, Northcott Theatre, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, NT Screening, 7pm.
FROME, Merlin, Leigh on Mendip School in The Wizard of Oz, 5.30pm.
IPPLEPEN, Devon, Great Ambrook Italian Garden, Wild Thyme in Macbeth, to Sat, 2pm and 6pm, Sun 2pm. ViA
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, The Lab, Meat Mayor Max, comedy documentary, to Fri, 7pm.
SALISBURY, City Hall, Public Image Ltd, This is Not the Final Tour, 7.30.
STREET, Shoemakers Museum at The Grange, Taunton Thespians in Twelfth Night, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, NT Screening , 7pm.
Thursday 16 July
AXBRIDGE, Compton House Hotel, Taunton Thespians in Twelfth Night, 7.30.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Big Little Theatre School in Broadway Showtunes, 30th anniversary show, to Sat, 7.30.
BRIDGWATER, McMillan Theatre, Re:Act Theatre School, The Addams Family, school edition, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.30.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Wuthering Heights, 2025 film, 11am and 7.30pm.
CULLOMPTON, Music Festival, The Walronds, Exeter Opera Group in Bizet’s Carmen, 7.30
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Dorchester Piano Quartet, Suk and Mozart, 11.30am.
FROME, Cheese and Grain, Billy Joel tribute, 7pm.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Shanty Sessions with The Chantry Buoys, free, 7.30.
MINSTEAD, Furzey Gardens, The Handlebards in Macbeth, and Fri, 7pm.
NEW MILTON, Forest Arts, Moscow Drug Club, 7.30.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Cinema, To Sir With Love, 1967, 7pm.
SALISBURY, Arts Centre, Living Spit in Too Many Greek Myths, and Fri 7.30, Fri mat 2.15.
STREET, Strode Theatre, Studio, The Balloonist, film.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, The Playboy of the Western World, NT Screening 7pm.
WELLS, Cathedral, Queen by Candlelight, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Kingston Lacy, The Lord Chamberlain’s Men, Othello, and Fri, 7pm.
Tivoli, The Hits of Motown with Roy G Hemmings.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Verdi’s Aida on Sydney Harbour, film, 2.30 and 7pm.
Friday 17 July
BATH, Forum, Austentatious – improvised Jane Austen novel, 7.30.
American Museum, Pantaloons in The Hound of the Baskervilles, 7pm.
BRIDGWATER, Arts Centre, The Robbie McIntosh Band, 7.30.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Leonian Dream, indie, funk and rock, 7pm.
CHARD, Guildhall, H is for Hawk. MOVIOLA
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Rave On, The Ultimate 50s and 60s Experience, 7.30.
COMBWICH, Village Green, manoAmato in Kinematos, aerial acrobatics from Argentina, 7pm. TA
CORSHAM,Pound Arts, Pagoda Project, folk, contempoary and improvisation, 7.30.
DULVERTON, Knackers Hole Garden Theatre, Sun and Moon Theatre in Twelfth Night, 7pm.
EXETER, Powderham Castle, Comedy at the Castle with Paul Smith, Al Murray, Joanne McNally, Hal Cruttenden, Scott Bennett, Angela Barnes and more, to Sun.
Killerton House, Illyria in The Pirates of Penzance, 7pm.
Northcott Theatre, Dial Medicine for Murder, with Dr Andrew Johns and Dr Harry Brunjes, stories of Harold Shipman and John Bodkin Adams, 7.30.
EXMOUTH, Library, Out Loud in the Library, live poetry and spoken word celebrating LGBTQ+ voices, 7.30. ViA
FROME, Tree House, Parker Barrow, southern rock revival.
GODNEY, Gathering, and Sat.
HONITON, Beehive, Flats & Sharps, bluegrass from Cornwall, 7.30.
ILMINSTER, Arts Centre, Will Edmunds, guitar, Kings of the Blues, from the Delta to the modern day, 7.30.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, LR Comedy Club with Tom Ballard, Su Mi and Andrew White, 8pm.
MUCHELNEY, Abbey, Taunton Thespians in Twelfth Night, 7.30.
NEW MILTON, Forest Arts, Sam Nicoresti in Baby Doomer, comedy, 7.30.
POOLE, Lighthouse, LEAF in Roaring On, end-of- year showcase, and Sat, 7pm: Super Nova with Nikita Kuzmin and Nadiya Bychkova, dance and circus, 7.30: Cinema, The Invite, and Sat/Tues/Thurs various times: A Private Life, French film, and Tues/Wed, various times.
PORTSMOUTH, Guildhall Square, BSO, cond Pete Harrison, The Best of Williams and Zimmer, 7.30.
ROYAL WOOTTON BASSETT, RWB Academy, Song Sung Blue. MOVIOLA
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, and many other venues, Shaftesbury Fringe, to Sun.
Arts Centre, Stranger on the Shore, Acker Bilk tribute, 5pm.
STREET, Strode Theatre, The Fall of Sir Douglas Weatherford, film, and Sat, various times: Virginia Woolf’s Night and Day, film, to Wed, various times.
SWANAGE, Mowlem, Supergirl, film, and Mon-Thurs, 7.30, Mon mat 2.30.
TOLPUDDLE, Martyrs Festival, to Sun.
WELLS, Cathedral, The Music of Westlife by Candlelight, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, The Floyd Effect.
Saturday 18 July
APPLEDORE, Skern Lodge, Sun and Moon Theatre in Twelfth Night, 7pm.
BATH, Forum, Nikita Kuzmin, dance, 7.30.
BEAULIEU, Abbey, The King’s Men, from the Middle Ages to current chart hits, 7pm.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Heather Alexander in Becoming Mrs Danvers, solo show, 7.30.
Electric Palace, The Sound of Blue Note, jazz, 3pm.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, The Jim Cregan New Acoustic Band, 7.30.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Sammie Longhorn, Wild Wisdom – Learning Foraging though Folklore, 7.30.
DORCHESTER, Maumbury Rings, Illyria in The Pirates of Penzance, 7pm.
EXETER, Cathedral, The Music of Bruce Springsteen by candlelight.
FEOCK, nr Truro, Trelissick Garden, Quantum Theatre in The Tale of Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny, 4.30.
FROME, Tree House, the music of Eminem with Michael Mathers.
HONITON, Beehive, The Christophers, film, 7.30.
ILMINSTER, Barrington Court, Pantaloons in The Hound of the Baskervilles, 7pm.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Funk and Soul Party, 8pm.
NEW MILTON, Forest Arts, BOY Theatre in Three Gays Try to Fix the Economy, Edinburgh warmup, 6.45.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Steve Steinman’s Anything for Love, Meatloaf tribute, 7.30: Cinema, Exhibition on Screen David Hockney at the RA, 3pm, and Tues 7pm.
PORTSMOUTH, Guildhall Square, BSO, cond Pete Harrison, Symphonic Smash Hits – The 80s, 7.30.
SALISBURY, Arts Centre, Groove Junction, 7pm.
SHEPTON MALLET, Market Place, manoAmato in Kinematos, aerial acrobatics from Argentina, 11.30am: Pirates of the Carabina, On the Shoulders, 1pm. TA
STUDLAND, Village Hall, Rachael McShane and Cartographers, folk, 7.30. AR
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, Unplug’d, The Story of MTV, 7.30.
SWANAGE, Mowlem, Tony Christies, The Farewell Tour, 7.30.
TAUNTON,Brewhouse, Scary Little Girls in Queenagers, cabaret, 7pm.
WASHFORD, Cleeve Abbey, Taunton Thespians in Twelfth Night, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Live/Wire, The AC/DC Show.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Thank ABBA for the Music, 7.30.
Sunday 19 July
BATH, Garden Theatre Festival, Plandits in The Big Bad Wolf, 10am and 2pm.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Maxim Calver cello, Kumi Matsuo piano, Debussy, Bridge, Schumann, Nadia Boulanger and Beethoven, 3pm.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, K-POP Fantasy, live show, 3pm.
DORCHESTER, Whitcombe Manor, Liza Pulman with pianist Gareth Williams, A Summer Sunday, fundraiser for Dorchester Arts, from 1pm.
DRIMPTON, Royal Oak, If We Just Keep Going, with performance poet Jonny Fluffypunk, 7.30. AR
DURLEY, Wintershill Hall, Illyria in The Three Musketeers, 7.30pm.
EXETER, Northcott Theatre, Moonstone Theatre in Death and Darjeeling – An Afternoon Tea Tragedy, with tea, 3pm.
MARNHULL, Village Hall, Rachael McShane and Cartographers, folk, 7.30. AR
MINEHEAD, Blenheim Gardens, manoAmato in Kinematos, aerial acrobatics from Argentina, 1am. TA
WELLS, Bishop’s Palace, The Lord Chamberlain’s Men, Othello, 6.30.
YELVERTON, The Garden House, Illyria in The Pirates of Penzance, 7pm.
Monday 20 July
SIDMOUTH, Manor Pavilion, Sidmouth Summer Play Festival, Neil Simon’s Plaza Suite, to Sat, 8pm.
STURMINSTER MARSHALL, Red Lion, If We Just Keep Going, with performance poet Jonny Fluffypunk, 7pm. AR
WELLS, Cathedral, Robin Hood Youth Orchestra and Jugenorchester Stadt Karlsruhe, A Summer Afternoon of Music, inc Dvorak, Billie Eilish, ABBA, Prokofiev, 2.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, The Christophers, film, and Tues.
YEOVIL, Swan Theatre, Home, I’m Darling, to Sat.
Westlands, The Sheep Detectives, film, to Wed, various day times: Our Land, documentary film, and Tues, 7pm, Thurs 11am and 2.30pm.
Tuesday 21 July
BARNSTAPLE, Arlington Court, Illyria in The Pirates of Penzance, 6.30pm.
BLANDFORD, Bryanston School, Coade Hall, Dorset Opera Festival, L’Elisir D’Amore, and Fri/Sat 7pm, Thurs mat 2pm.
BOURNEMOUTH, BIC, Dance Promotors Association Summer Festival, ballroom and Latin American, to Sun, from 8am daily.
BRIDGWATER, McMillan Theatre, Bridgwater College arts student summer showcase, 6pm.
BRISTOL, Hippodrome, Miss Saigon, to 1 Aug.
EXETER, Killerton House, The Lord Chamberlain’s Men, Othello, 7pm.
LEIGH, nr Sherborne, Village Hall, Song Sung Blue. MOVIOLA
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, The Terminal, film, 2pm.
TAUNTON, Museum of Somerset, Taunton Thespians in Twelfth Night, 7.30.
Wednesday 22 July
BLANDFORD, Bryanston School, Coade Hall, Dorset Opera Festival, Sampson et Dalila, and Thurs, 7pm, Sat mat 2pm.
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Weston Studio, Firebird Theatre in The Tempest, adapted by Stephanie Kempson, and Thurs, 1pm, Fri/Sat 7pm.
St George’s, The Spooky Men’s Chorale, 8pm.
CANNINGTON, Blackmore Farm, Taunton Thespians in Twelfth Night, 7.30.
CASTLE CARY, Caryford Hall, Hamnet. MOVIOLA
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Comedy Club with Red Richardson, 7.30.
STREET, Strode Theatre, Studio, A Flooded Mind, new play by Strode College’s Braydon Smythe, and Thurs.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, TBT Academy in Achievements (and other great things), showcase, 7pm.
TOTNES, Dartington Hall, The Lord Chamberlain’s Men, Othello, 7pm.
WARMINSTER, Athenaeum, The Choral, film, 7.30.
WATCHET, East Quay, Pirates of the Carabina, On the Shoulders, 2pm. TA
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, David Graham and the Eskimo Brothers, with Ben Waters.
Thursday 23 July
BRISTOL, St George’s, Jimmy Nail, Stories and Songs, 7pm.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Timeless Voices of Jazz, musicians from Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club, 7.30.
EXETER, Cathedral, Libera Boys Choir, 7.30.
GLASTONBURY, Abbey, Pantaloons in The (almost) Complete History of Britain, 7pm.
HIGHCLIFFE, Castle, Illyria in As You Like It, 7pm.
HONITON, Beehive, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, 1971 film, 2pm: My Mother’s Wedding, film, 7.30.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, summer play season, The Late Edwina Black, by William Dinner and William Morum, and Fri, Mon-Wed, 7.30.
NESTON PARK, nr Corsham, WOMAD festival, to Sun.
NORTH CURRY, sports field, Taunton Thespians in Twelfth Night, 7.30.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Cinema, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, 1971, dementia friendly screening, 2pm.
ROMSEY, Mottisfont Abbey, Pantaloons in The Hound of the Baskervilles, 7pm.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower Studios, Little Angel Theatre in Toto the Ninja Cat and The Great Snake Escape, to Sat, 10.30am, Thurs/Fri 1.30pm.
STREET, Shoemaker’s Museum Grounds, Street Theatre Company in Agatha Christie’s Towards Zero, to Sat.
Strode Theatre, A Private Life, film, to Sat.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, Exchange, SNADS in All Over Lovely and Easy Access (for the boys), double bill, and Fri, 7pm.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, The Radiohead Project, tribute, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, The Americana Revue with Ben Mills.
Friday 24 July
BATH, Forum, Lost in Music, One Night at the Disco.
Dyrham Park, The Lord Chamberlain’s Men, Othello, and Sat, 6.30pm.
BIDEFORD, Clovelly Court, Pantaloons in The (almost) Complete History of Britain, 7pm.
BISHOPSTONE, nr Salisbury, Village Hall, Hamnet. MOVIOLA
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Mark Jardine in The First Men in the Moon, comic ride through HG Wells sci-fi classic, 7.30.
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Simon Anstell, I Love It Here, comedy, to Sun, 7.30.
CHAGFORD, Stone Lane Gardens, Miracle in Peer Gynt – A Comedy of Terrors, 7.30
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, The Big Yellow Tambourine Man Band, tribute to Bob Dylan and Joni Mitchell, 7.30.
CORFE, near Taunton, Corfe Barton, Taunton Thespians in Twelfth Night, 7.30.
CORFE CASTLE, Summer Nights at the Castle, BSO String Ensemble, West End to Hollywood, Harry Potter, James Bond, Chocolat etc, 7.30.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Field:Folk, environmental documentary film, 7.30.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Unearthed (Women of Dorset), new play by Stephanie Dale, and Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.30.
EAST KNOYLE, Upper Leigh Farm, Rain or Shine in The Pickwick Papers, 7.30pm.
EXETER, Northcott Theatre, Devon Opera in Carmen, and Sat, 7pm.
Cygnet Theatre, Four of Swords in Peter Pan Returns, and Sat, 7.30.
FROME, Cheese and Grain, Eric Johnson.
Tree House, Hold the Line, Toto tribute.
HONITON, Beehive, Virginia Woolf’s Night & Day, film, 2 and 7.30.
MERE, Lecture Hall, Song Sung Blue. MOVIOLA
NEW MILTON, Forest Arts, Fleetwood Collective, tribute, 7.30.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Cinema, Project Hail Mary, and Tues, 11am.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, Eve Appleton Band with Ro Clark and Miles Stringer.
STOGURSEY, Fairfield House, Rude Mechanicals in The Wife, 7.30.
STREET, Strode Theatre, 500 Miles, film, to Thurs, various times: Studio, Time and Water, film.
SWANAGE, Mowlem, Toy Story 5, film, parents and toddlers screening, 10am: Break the Rules, Status Quo tribute, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Purple Zeppelin, tribute, 7.30.
Tacchi Morris Arts Centre, The Chris Grabham Pop Orchestra, and Sat, 7.30.
WELLS, Bishop’s Palace, Plandits in The Big Bad Wolf, 5.30pm.
WEST CAMEL, Davis Hall, Rental Family. MOVIOLA
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Foreigners Journey, tributes, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Bon Giovi, tribute.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Rhythm of the Dance, 7.30.
Saturday 25 July
BATH, Mission Theatre, Kairos Theatre in King of Fools, new musical, 7.30.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Kid Carpet and the Noisy Animals, Jack and the Beanstalk (sort of), 2pm.
BRIDGWATER, McMillan Theatre, Fox King Dance Academy in FK World Tour, 1 and 6pm, Sun 1pm.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, The Closet Freaks, music from alternative 70s and 80s scene, 8.30pm.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Michelle Wolf, Best Job in the World, comedy.
Tobacco Factory, Opus 18 in Black Wall Street, the Dreamland, storytelling, spirituals and jazz, 7.30: Spielman Studio, Sandcastles in Pyg, new play, 7pm.
CHILD OKEFORD, Queen Elizabeth II Playing Field, Rude Mechanicals in The Wife, 7.30.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Rhythm of the Dance, 2.30 and 7.30.
CORFE CASTLE, Summer Nights at the Castle, BSO String Ensemble, with band and singers, Smash Hits 80s, 7.30.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Three Bad Men, 1926 silent movie, live piano score by Meg Morley, 7.30.
CORSLEY, Manor Farm, Illyria in The Three Musketeers, 5pm.
CROWCOMBE HEATHFIELD, Hartwood House, Taunton Thespians in Twelfth Night, 7.30.
FROME, Cheese and Grain, The Guns and Roses Experience.
HOLSWORTHY, Badock Gardens, Pantaloons in The (almost) Complete History of Britain, 7pm.
HONITON, Beehive, Don’t Go Into the Cellar Theatre in Scotland Yard Investigates, 7.30.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Dire Streets, tribute, 8pm.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Strictly Stage Theatre School in Beyond Broadway, 2 and 7pm: Cinema, Toy Story 5, and Thurs, 12.30, Tues 2.30: Aida on Sydney Harbour, 4 and Wed 7pm.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, The Playboy of the Western World, NT Screening, 7pm.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, Iago Banet – the Galician King of Acoustic Guitar.
STREET, Strode Theatre, The Last Viking, film.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, ROKiT! Choir, From the Musicals, 7.30.
SWANAGE, Mowlem, Toy Story 5, film, and Mon-Thurs, 2.30.
SWINDON, Lydiard Park, Immersion Theatre in Romeo and Juliet, 6.30pm.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Rory Bremner and Guests, 5 and 8.30pm.
WAREHAM, Holme for Gardens, Rain or Shine in The Pickwick Papers, 7.30pm.
WELLS, Cathedral, Southampton Youth Orchestra, Rachmaninov, 7pm.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, The Johnny Cash Roadshow: The Prison Era Unleashed, with Clive John and Ashley Cavell, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Savage House, film, to Tues.
Sunday 26 July
BRISTOL, Beacon, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and The Bootleg Beatles, For You Blue, celebrating the best of The Beatles, 1967 to 1970: Lantern, Burum Jazz.
St George’s, Mystery Ensemble, Hayao Miyazaki’s Dreams, celebrating Japanese film director, 5pm.
Tobacco Factory, Nurse Even’s The Bank Shift Show, comedy, 6pm.
BUDE, Ebbingford Manor, Pantaloons in The (almost) Complete History of Britain, 6.30pm.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Spielberg at 80, Empire of the Sun, 1987 film, 6pm.
CORFE CASTLE, Summer Nights at the Castle, BSO String Ensemble, Curious Creatures and the Natural World, family classics, Hollywood favourites and light show, 7.30.
SALISBURY, City Hall, Rumours of Fleetwood Mac, 7.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, The Bowie Experience, 7.30.
Monday 27 July
SIDMOUTH, Manor Pavilion, Sidmouth Summer Play Festival, Charles Dickens’ The Haunting, by Hugh Janes, inspired by Dickens ghost stories, to Sat, 8pm.
STREET, Strode Theatre, Summer School Showcase.
Tuesday 28 July
BATH, Theatre Royal, Teechers, updated version by John Godber, to Sat, 7.30, Wed/Sat mats 2.30.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Mamma Mia, to Sat, 7.30, Sat/Sun mats 2.30.
BRISTOL, St George’s, Comedy! Bang! All-Stars, improv, 8pm.
BUDE, Ebbingford Manor, Illyria in Pinocchio, 6.30pm.
CALNE, Pocket Park, This is My Theatre in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, 7pm.
CHARD, Forde Abbey, Folksy Theatre in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 7pm.
EXETER, Northcott Theatre, Little Theatre Co in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, to Sat, 7.30, Wed/Fri/Sat mats 2.30.
FROME, Cheese and Grain, Alien Ant Farm.
GLOUCESTER, Cathedral, Festival Players in The Comedy of Errors, 12.30 and Wed 1.30.
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, Fame – The Musical, to 15 Aug.
POOLE, Lighthouse, The Tiger Who Came to Tea, to Thurs, 2pm, Wed/Thurs 11am: Cinema, Wham! 10 Days in China, 7pm.
SALISBURY, City Hall, Rude Science, 11.30am and 3pm.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, Green Book, film, 2pm.
Wednesday 29 July
BARNSTAPLE, Marwood Hill Gardens, Folksy Theatre in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 7pm.
ROMSEY, Mottisfont Abbey, Immersion Theatre in The Jungle Book, 6pm.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Dinosaur Adventure Live – Danger on T Rex Mountain, 2 and 4.30pm.
TORQUAY, Cockington Court, Illyria in Pinocchio, 6.30pm.
WARMINSTER, Athenaeum, Odyssey Theatre in Little Shop of Horrors, to Sat, 7.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Rude Science, 11.30am and 3pm.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Rock for Heroes.
YEOVIL, Westlands, K-Pop All Stars, concert, 7pm.
Thursday 30 July
AXMINSTER, Burrow Farm Gardens, Folksy Theatre in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Fri, 7pm.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, From Dusk to Dawn, BSO relaxed concert, 3pm.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Basically, Johnny Moped, 2013 film, part of Punk Bridport, 7.30.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Laughing Matters, charity comedy night with Bridget Christie, Elis James, Rose Matafeo, Mark Thomas, Priya Hall, Athena Kugblenu and Daniel Kitson, 7.30.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Bournemouth Musical Theatre in Legally Blonde – the Musical, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.30.
DORCHESTER, Maumbury Rings, This Is My Theatre in The Great Gatsby, 7pm.
EXETER, Rougemont Gardens, Sun and Moon Theatre in Twelfth Night, to 2 Aug, 7pm, Sun mat 2pm.
Killerton House, Illyria in Pinocchio, 7pm.
Cygnet Theatre, Blue Vanguard, jazz, 7.30.
FROME, Cheese and Grain, 10CC’s Graham Gouldman, A Heart Full of Songs.
HONITON, Beehive, The Summer Acoustic Showcase, local performers, 7pm.
LULWORTH, Castle, Camp Bestival, to Sun.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, summer play season, Alan Ayckbourn’s Communicating Doors, and Fri, Mon-Wed, 7.30.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Cinema, Top Gun, 40th anniverary screening, 7.30: The Odyssey, and Sat amd Tues-Thurs various times.
STREET, Strode Theatre, Studio, Blue Heron, film.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, H is for Hawk, film, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, The Ultimate Commitments and Blues Brothers Experience.
YEOVIL, Westlands, The Spooky Men’s Chorale, 7.30.
Friday 31 July
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Garlic Theatre in The Three Billy Goats Gruff, 2pm.
Electric Palace, Tony Christie, The Great Farewell, 7.30.
CHEW MAGNA, Valleyfest, to Sun.
EDINGTON, Somerset, Village Hall, Song Sung Blue. MOVIOLA
HONITON, Beehive, 500 Miles, film, 2 and 7.30pm.
NORTON ST PHILIP, Village Hall, Hamnet. MOVIOLA
POOLE, Harbour Festival, to Sun.
Lighthouse, Unearthed, Dorchester Community Production, and Sat, 7.30.
SALISBURY, Cathedral Close Arundells, This is My Theatre in The Great Gatsby, 7pm.
SIDMOUTH, Folk Festival, incl Steve Knightley, Kate Rusby, Blowzabella, Spooky Men’s Chorale, Gigspanner Big Band, Kathryn Tickell and The Darkening, etc. to 7 Aug.
STROUD, Museum in the Park, Festival Players in The Comedy of Errors, 7pm.
STREET, Strode Theatre, Toy Story 5, film, to Thurs: Studio, Star Wars: Mandalorian and Groku, film, and Sat.
SWANAGE, Mowlem, Minions and Monsters, film, to Thurs, and 21/25/27 Aug, 2.30pm.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain, summer concert, 2pm.
WESTON SUPER MARE, Various venues, Sea Shanty and Folk Music Festival FREE, to Sun.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Supreme Queen, tribute, 7.30.