Wednesday 1 April
BRISTOL, St George’s,  Kevin Figes’ Wallpaper Music, jazz, 7.30.
CHURCHINFORD, Village Hall, The Choral. MOVIOLA
CODFORD ST PETER, Woolstore Theatre, The Choral. MOVIOLA
WINCHESTER, Theatre Royal, Geoff Norcott, Basic Bloke 2, comedy.

Thursday 2 April
BRISTOL, St George’s, Antoine Preat, Franco-Belgian pianist, Haydn, Schumann, Prokofiev, 1pm: Manu Delago, hand pan, and Maxz ZT, hammered dulcimer, global collaboration by new duo, 8pm.
FERNDOWN, Barrington Centre, Scarlet Oak Theatre in The Zoo that Comes To You, 11am and 2pm.
SALISBURY, City Hall, Nigel Havers, Talking B*ll*cks, comedy and memories, 7.30.

Friday 3 April
BEAULIEU, Abbey, Come Sing Stainer’s Crucifixion, with the Nova Foresta Singers, 7pm.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Eliza Carthy and special guests, The Songs of Martin Carthy.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Happy Mondays: Lantern, Gigspanner Big Band.
EXETER, University Great Hall, Chris McCausland, Yonks, comedy, 8pm.
Phoenix, Mad Dog Mcrea and Skinny Lister, and Sat.
FROME, Cheese and Grain, Fabio and Groove Rider, jungle and drum’n’bass.
THEALE, Village Hall, Mr Punch’s Folk Club, open session, 8pm.

Saturday 4 April
BRISTOL, Beacon, Lantern, Eliza Carthy and special guests, The Songs of Martin Carthy.
FAWLEY, Village Hall, Nuremberg. MOVIOLA
FERNDOWN, Barrington Centre, Afternoon Tea with the Land Girls, music and tea, 2pm.
FROME, Cheese and Grain, The Wurzels.
Tree House, The Beatles Dub Club.

Sunday 5 April
FROME, Merlin, Siegfried, screened live from the Royal Opera House, 2pm.
SALISBURY, City Hall, Cafe Mambo Ibiza, Easter Sunday Classics, 6pm.

Monday 6 April
BRISTOL, Beacon, Symphonic Ibiza, electronica.

Tuesday 7 April
BATH, Theatre Royal, BODA in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, to Sat, 7.30, Wed/Thurs/Sat mats 2.30.
BLANDFORD, Bryanston School, Coade Hall, Wagner’s Siegfried, from the Royal Opera, 5.15.
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Tall Stories in The Gruffalo, to 18 April, various day times.
Beacon, Diversity, Soul 2026, and Wed.
EXETER, Barnfield Theatre, Ha Um Ah Theatre in Making a Killing, to Thurs.
KINGSBURY EPISCOPI, Village Hall, I Swear. MOVIOLA

Wednesday 8 April
BRANSGORE, Village Hall, The Choral. MOVIOLA
CHARLTON MARSHALL, Village Hall, Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning. MOVIOLA
EXETER, Phoenix, The Undercover Hippie.
FROME, Merlin, Plan 75, Frome Film Club, 8pm.
MILBORNE PORT, Village Hall, Milborne Port Opera in Betty Blue Eyes, to Sat, 7.30.
SWINDON, Arts Centre, Alasdair Beckett-King, The King of Crumbs, comedy.
WOOKEY, nr Wells, Pheasant Inn, Mr Punch’s folk, 8pm.
YEOVIL, Swan Theatre, Cinematheque, All We Imagine as Light, 7.30.

Thursday 9 April
BATH, Bird Hotel, Death Comes to Elsinore, a Moonstone Murder Mystery, noon, with lunch..
BRISTOL, Beacon, Fisherman’s Friends.
St George’s, Samrat Majumder, Indian classical guitar, A Musical Journey Through Spain, 1pm: Andy Sheppard Trio, jazz, 8pm.
FROME, Cheese and Grain, K-Pop Superstars, tribute.
NETHER WALLOP, Village Hall, Nuremberg. MOVIOLA
PEWSEY, Bouverie Village Hall, The Choral. MOVIOLA
SALISBURY, City Hall, Chuckles Comedy Club, 8pm.
Arts Centre, Alasdair Beckett-King, The King of Crumbs, comedy.
TAUNTON, Wyndham Hall, Wyndham Picture House, Bread and Tulips, 7.30.
TRENT, Village Hall, Nuremberg. MOVIOLA

Friday 10 April
BATH, Theatre Royal, The Egg, TRB Theatre School in The Tempest, reimagined by Terence Patrick Hughes, and Sat, 2 and 6pm: TRB Theatre School in The Aquarium of Impossible Things, devised production, and Sat, noon and 4pm.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Concerts in the West, Ensemble Augelletti, recorders, violin, cello, lutes, keyboard, 11.30.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Spanish Galicia Symphony Orchestra, cond Roberto Gonzalez-Monjas, Thibaut Garcia, guitar, inc de Falla, Rodrigo, Ravel, Turina, 7pm.
CHARD, Guildhall, The Choral. MOVIOLA
DARTMOUTH, The Flavel, Ha Um Ah Theatre in Making a Killing.
EXETER, Cygnet Theatre, Temple of Shibboleth perform Days of the Week, prog jazz pop improv.
Phoenix, Creeper, goth rock.
FROME, Merlin, The Ultimate Bubble Show, noon.
Cheese and Grain, Lindisfarne.
HIGHCLIFFE, Community Centre,  The Choral. MOVIOLA
ILMINSTER, Arts Centre, Concerts in the West, Ensemble Augelletti, recorders, violin, cello, lutes, keyboard, 7.30.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, Hackney Colliery Band, 7.30pm.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, I Swear. MOVIOLA
TOTNES, St Mary’s Church, Steve Knightley’s Sanctuary, Songs in Sacred Places.
WATCHET, Community Cinema, Nuremberg. MOVIOLA

Saturday 11 April
BRISTOL, Beacon, Tori Amos, In Times of Dragons: Lantern, Jane Weaver, alt folk.
CREWKERNE, Dance House, Concerts in the West, Ensemble Augelletti, recorders, violin, cello, lutes, keyboard, 7.30.
EXETER, Cygnet Theatre, Temple of Shibboleth perform In the Shadow, prog jazz pop improv.
Phoenix, Ist Ist, post-punk: Leisure Society, band.
FROME, Cheese and Grain, Wham! Duran, tribute.
SALISBURY, Medieval Hall, This Is My Theatre in Jane Eyre, 5 and 7.30pm.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, Chantel McGregor, prog rock guitarist and singer songwriter, 8pm.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, ABBA Gold, tribute, 7.30.

Sunday 12 April
SALISBURY, City Hall,  The Wonder of Stevie, tribute, 7.30.

Monday 13 April
BRISTOL, Beacon, Akala, State of the Nation, hip hop: Lantern, Evgeny Grinko, pianist and composer.
CHILTHORNE DOMER, Village Hall, I Swear. MOVIOLA
EXETER, Phoenix, Arthur Brown, fundraiser for community radio station Phonic FM.
HAWKCHURCH, Village Hall, Nuremberg. MOVIOLA
ODCOMBE, Village Hall, The Choral. MOVIOLA
SHREWTON, Village Hall, I Swear. MOVIOLA

Tuesday 14 April
BATH, Theatre Royal, SIX, to 25 April, Tues to Thurs 8pm, Fri 17th 6 and 8.30, Sats 4 and 8, Sun 19th 2pm, Wed 22nd and Fri 24th 6 and 8.30. 
BOURNEMOUTH, Little Theatre Club Jameson Road,Ayckbourn’s Neighbourhood Watch, to Sat.
BRISTOL, St George’s, Imelda May, 7pm.
EXETER, Phoenix, The Mexico Mission, comedy inspired by Frida Kahlo, 1.30.
Corn Exchange, Banff Mountain Film Festival, red programme.
SALISBURY, City Hall, Taylor Mania, with Katy Ellis, 7.30.
WINSFORD, Village Hall, The Return. MOVIOLA.

Wednesday 15 April
BRISTOL, Beacon, Lantern, Colin Stetson, indie rock.
EXETER, Phoenix, Joshua Idehen, spoken word and poetry.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, SAC Drama Group in The Unfriend, to Sat, 7.30.

Thursday 16 April
BRISTOL, Beacon, Judi Love, All About the Love, comedy: Lantern, Yin Yin, electronic and funk.
St George’s, Bristol University Singers, Music inspired by Creation, 1pm.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Hurn Court Opera, La Traviata, 7pm.
FROME, Merlin, Frome Drama in Jack Absolute Flies Again, to Sat, 7.30.
HORTON, nr Ilminster, Village Hall, Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere. MOVIOLA
SALISBURY, City Hall,  The ELO Experience.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, Police Dog Hogan, 8pm.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, Christian Garrick and the Budapest Cafe Orchestra, 7.30.

Friday 17 April
BATH, Theatre Royal, The Egg, TRB Theatre School in The Odyssey, adapted by Hattie Naylor, and Sat, 2 and 6pm.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Laura Ramoso, The Calm Down Tour, comedy,
St George’s, Brodsky Quartet with William Barton, didgeridoo, inc Purcell, Janacek, Stravinsky, tradtional Irish music and Barton, 7.30.
CHEDDON AND WEST MONKTON, Village Hall, The Roses. MOVIOLA
CREWKERNE, Wadham School, Film Crew, Sing Sing.
DITCHEAT, Jubilee Hall, Nuremberg. MOVIOLA
EDINGTON, Somerset, Village Hall, The Choral. MOVIOLA
EXETER, Phoenix, Salam and Holohan in Team Viking, storytelling, 7pm:  Bear Jams, soul funk and jazz.
FROME, Cheese and Grain, This Flight Tonight, The Songs of Joni Mitchell.
ILMINSTER, Arts Centre, From Bechet to Bird,  Trevor Whiting and Craig Milverton, clarinet and sax, 7.30.
ROYAL WOOTTON BASSETT, RWB Academy, The Choral. MOVIOLA
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, Ocean. MOVIOLA
THEALE, Village Hall, Mr Punch’s Folk Club, open session, 8pm.
TINCLETON, Gallery, Joe Houston, piano, Debussy, Bartok, Beethoven,  and Sat, 8pm

Saturday 18 April
BLANDFORD, Bryanston School Coade Hall, Hurn Court Opera, La Traviata, 4pm.
BRISTOL, Beacon, James B Partridge, Primary School Bangers: Lantern, Vidura Bandara Rajapaksa, Paradise Gothic, comedy.
FROME, Memorial Theatre, Andrew Bourns Crooner Revolution.
Cheese and Grain, The Dualers, Jamaican style RnB.
NETHERBURY, Village Hall, Nuremberg. MOVIOLA
SALISBURY, City Hall, Singalona The Greatest Showman, 7pm.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, Suntou Susso, griot kora player and singer, 8pm.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, Lipstick on Your Collar, hits from the 1950s and 60s, 7.30.
WELLS, Cedars Hall, Gigspanner Big Band.

Sunday 19 April
BRISTOL, Beacon, Blue, 25th anniversary tour: Lantern, Jasper Hoiby’s 3Elements, jazz.
EXETER, Phoenix, Shakatak, jazz funk.
FROME, Merlin, Las Theatre in The Littlest Yak, 11am and 2pm.

Monday 20 April
BRISTOL, Beacon, Lantern, The Fureys farewell tour.
BRISTOL, St George’s, Tim Smit in conversation with Mary Colwell, 7.30.
WINCHESTER, Theatre Royal, Hurn Court Opera, La Traviata, 7pm.

Tuesday 21 April
BLANDFORD, Bryanston School, Coade Hall, The Magic Flute, screened from the Royal Opera, 6.45.
BRISTOL, Old Vic, The Woman in Black, to Sat, 7.30, Thurs/Sat mats 2.30.
Beacon, John Mulaney, Mister Whatever, comedy.

Wednesday 22 April
ANSFORD, Caryford Hall, Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere. MOVIOLA
BRISTOL, Beacon, London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, cond Pappano, Emily D’Angelo, mezzo, David Butt Philip, tenor, William Thomas, bass, Elgar, Dream of Gerontius, 7pm.
St George’s, Katherine Priddy, folk, 7.30: Ben Waghorn, saxophone, and the Adam Stokes Trio, Tribute to Dexter Gordon, jazz, 7.30.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Banff Mountain Film Festival, red programme.
STREET, Strode Theatre, Glastonbury and Street Musical Comedy Society in Calendar Girls – the Musical, to Sat.
YEOVIL, Swan Theatre, Cinematheque, Green Border, 7.30.

Thursday 23 April
BRISTOL, Beacon, Chris Ramsey, Here Man, comedy: Lantern, Smerz, electronic indie.
St George’s, Maxim Calver, cello, Debussy, Schumann, Shostakovich, 1pm: Lindisfarne, folk, 7.30.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Banff Mountain Film Festival, blue programme.
IDMISTON, All Saints Church, This Is My Theatre in Jane Eyre, 7pm.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, The Ballad of Wallis Island, film, 7pm.

Friday 24 April
AXBRIDGE, The Old Methodist Church, Pea Bien Theatre in Last Wednesday’s Work Shirt, comedy, 7.30. TA
BISHOPSTONE, nr Salisbury, Village Hall, Nuremberg. MOVIOLA
BRISTOL, Beacon, Nurse John, The Short-Staffed Tour, comedy.
St George’s, Zoe Rachman, jazz piano, Rowland Sutherland, flute, jazz, 1pm.
EXETER, Cathedral, Radiohead Reimagined by Candlelight.
FROME, Merlin, New Old Friends in Pick and Mix, 7.30.
Memorial Theatre, That’ll Be the Day, 40th anniversary show.
Tree House, Whitesnake UK.
MERE, Lecture Hall, The Choral. MOVIOLA
SALISBURY, City Hall, Damien Lewis, SAS: Who Dares Wins, 7.30.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, Good One, film, 7.30pm.
WATCHET, Community Cinema, The Golden Spurtle. MOVIOLA
WEST CAMEL, Davis Hall, The Choral. MOVIOLA
WINTERSLOW, Village Hall, The Choral.MOVIOLA

Saturday 25 April
BRIDGWATER, Arts Centre, A Head Full of Coldplay, 7.30.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Ashling Bea, Older than Jesus, comedy.
EXETER, Phoenix, Showhawk duo, classical guitar and electronica.
FERNDOWN, Barrington Centre, The Neil Diamond Story with Bob Drury, 7.30.
FROME, Merlin, Mark Simmons, Jest to Impress, comedy, 7.30.
HALSTOCK, Village Hall, Nuremberg. MOVIOLA
ILMINSTER, Arts Centre, Ruth Notman Trio, folk, 7.30.
MARTOCK, Village Hall, I Swear. MOVIOLA
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, Noble Jacks, Americana, 8pm.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, The Soul and Swing Big Band, 7.30.

Sunday 26 April
ANSFORD, Caryford Hall, Pea Bien Theatre in Last Wednesday’s Work Shirt, comedy, 7.30.TA
BOURNEMOUTH, University, Kimmeridge Hall, Bournemouth Chamber Music Society, Sophie Rosa, violin, Ian Buckle, piano, Mendelssohn, Beethoven, Clara Schumann and Grieg, 3pm.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Out with the Buckleys, comedy.
EXETER, Phoenix, Ruth Notman, folk.
FROME, Merlin, The Magic Flute, screened live from the Royal Opera House, 2pm.
SALISBURY, City Hall, An Evening with Aggers, cricketing memories, 6.30.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, The Magic Flute, streamed from the Royal Opera, 2pm.

Monday 27 April
BRISTOL, St George’s, An Evening with Aggers, cricketing memories, 7.30.

Tuesday 28 April
BRISTOL, Beacon, Lantern, Mammal Hands, electronic folk.
Old Vic, Weston Studio, Jade Franks, Eat the Rich (but maybe not me matesx), to Sat, various times.
EXETER, Phoenix, Party Cannon and Internal Bleeding, death metal.
HYTHE, Village Hall, The Choral. MOVIOLA

Wednesday 29 April
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Kiss of the Spider Woman, the musical, to 16 May, various times.
St George’s, Hejira, folk, A Celebration of Joni Mitchell, 8pm.
EAST KNOYLE, Village Hall, Four Mothers. MOVIOLA
SALISBURY, City Hall, The Mersey Beatles, 7.30.

Thursday 30 April
BRISTOL, Beacon, YES plays the whole album Fragile (1971).
St George’s, NOVO Quartet with Oleg Shebeta-Dragan, clarinet, Shaw and Brahms, 1pm: Paddington Trio, French Impressions, Lili Boulenger, Debussy, Ravel, 7.30.
EXETER, Cathedral, Music of Westlife by Candlelight.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, Eabhal, music, 7.30.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, Kid Hyena, punk, funk jazz, 8pm.

 

Friday 1 May
BATH, Theatre Royal, Emma Rice Co in Malory Towers, to 9 May  (not Sun), various times.
WELLS, Cedars Hall, Roderick Williams, baritone,  with Christopher Glynn.

Saturday 2 May
BATH, Theatre Royal, The Egg, All In a Wonderous Night, puppets and storytelling, and Sun 11.30am and 3pm.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, John Jones of Oysterband, with Ray Cooper and Al Scott, folk rock, 8pm.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, Ninebarrow, Dorset folk duo, 7.30.

Tuesday 5 May
BLANDFORD, Bryanston School, Coade Hall, Eugene Onegin, screened from the Metropolitan Opera, 6pm.
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Weston Studio, Fag Packet in Dyke Systems Ltd, to Sat, 8, Sat mat 3pm.

Wednesday 6 May
YEOVIL, Swan Theatre, Cinematheque, A Yak in the Classroom, 7.30.

Thursday 7 May
FROME, Memorial Theatre, Frome Music Theatre Co, The Wizard of Oz, to Sat.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Ha Um Ah Theatre in Making a Killing,

Friday 8 May
PLYMOUTH, Barbican Theatre, Ha Um Ah Theatre in Making a Killing.

Saturday 9 May
BEAULIEU, Abbey, Caroline Taylor, soprano, Sebastian Issler, piano, Schubert, Rachmaninov, Liszt and Rebecca Clarke, 7pm.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, Gaz Brookfield, folk, 8pm.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, Tiny Tim’s Family Adventures, 2.30 and 7.30.

Sunday 10 May
PENZANCE, Minack Theatre, Ha Um Ah Theatre in Making a Killing, to Fri.
WELLS, Cedars Hall, Swing into Spring with the Wells City Band.

Monday 11 May
BATH, Theatre Royal, The Constant Wife, with Kara Tointon and Sara Crowe, to Sat, 7.30, Wed/Sat mats 2.30.
FROME, Merlin, Memoire of a Snail, stop motion Australian, Frome Film Club, 8pm.
SALISBURY, Studio Theatre Ashley Road, Desdemona: A Play about a Handkerchief, to Sat.

Wednesday 13 May
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Weston Studio, In Bed With My Brother in Philosophy of the World, comedy, to Sat, 8pm, Sat mat 3pm.
WOOKEY, nr Wells, Pheasant Inn, Mr Punch’s folk, 8pm.

Thursday 14 May
BOURNEMOUTH, Palace Court Theatre, AUB students in Moonfleet, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.30.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, Neil Sands, Remember When, 2pm.
WELLS, Cedars Hall, Martin Taylor, jazz guitar.

Friday 15 May
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Concerts in the West, Greenwich Piano Trio, 11.30.
DARTMOUTH, The Flavel, Ha Um Ah Theatre in Making a Killing.
ILMINSTER, Arts Centre, Concerts in the West, Greenwich Piano Trio, 7.30.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, Plumhall, folk duo, 8pm.
TINCLETON, Gallery, Adrien Brandeis, jazz piano, music from his album Resurgence,  and Sat, 8pm.

Saturday 16 May
CREWKERNE, Dance House, Concerts in the West, Greenwich Piano Trio, 7.30.
EXETER, Cygnet Theatre, Pilot’s Thumb in Touched.
FROME, Memorial Theatre, Susie Dent, Word Perfect.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, Three Daft Monkeys, Celtic and Eastern world folk, 8pm.
WELLS, Cedars Hall, Steps in Snow dance showcase.
WOOTON COURTENAY, Village Hall, Pea Bien Theatre in Last Wednesday’s Work Shirt, comedy, 7.30. TA

Sunday 17 May
BOURNEMOUTH, University, Kimmeridge Hall, Bournemouth Chamber Music Society, Ensemble Augelletti, BBC New Generation Baroque artists, The Library of a Prussian Princess, music from the personal collection of Anna Amalia, Princess of Prussia 1723-87, inc music by Handel, JS and CPE Bach, Anna Amalia, 3pm.

Monday 18 May
FROME, Memorial Theatre, Simon Reeve – To the Ends of the Earth.
YEOVIL, Swan Theatre, The Unfriend, to Sat.

Tuesday 19 May
BATH, Theatre Royal, Single White Female, thriller, to Sat, 7.30, Wed/Sat mats 2.30.

Thursday 21 May
BRISTOL, Old Vic,  The Wardrobe Ensemble in Party Season, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.30.

Friday 22 May
BRUTON, Show of Hands Festival, jazz, electronica and arts, inc Lady Wray, Submotion Orchestra, General Levy and The Groove Family, Steve Knightley, etc, to Sun.
CREWKERNE, Wadham School, Film Crew, members choice film and AGM.
FROME, Memorial Theatre, Walk Right Back – The Everly Brothers story.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, Good Habits, indie folk, 8pm.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, Bill Shannon’s Bag of Soul, 7.30.
WELLS, Cedars Hall, Wells Comedy Festival.

Saturday 23 May
WIMBORNE, Minster, Bournemouth Sinfonietta Choir, cond David Gostick, Phibbs, Seven Songs of Nature for Choir and Brass Quintet, 7.30.

Tuesday 26 May
BATH, Theatre Royal, Mischief Theatre in Thespians, Greece the Musical (but not that one), to Sat, 7.30, Wed/Thurs/Sat mats 2.30.

Wednesday 27 May
WATCHET, East Key, Vanhulle Dance Theatre in Olive Branch, physical theatre and martial arts, 6pm. TA

Thursday 28 May
BATH, Theatre Royal, The Egg, Let’s All Dance Ballet Co in Alice in Wonderland, to Sun, 11.30am, 2 and 4pm.
BLANDFORD, Bryanston School, Coade Hall, The Playboy of the Western World, NT Screening, 7pm.
BOURNEMOUTH, Palace Court Theatre, AUB students in Grimm Tales, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.30.
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Brainiac, comedy and science, and Fri, noon and 2.30.
Hippodrome, James Acaster, comedy, to Sat.
FROME, Merlin Theatre, The Full Monty – the play, to Sat.

Friday 29 May
BARNSTAPLE, Queen’s Theatre, Ballet Boyz at 25, Still Pointless, 7.30.

Saturday 30 May
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, Cara Dillon, with Sam Lakeman and band, folk, 8pm.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, London Festival Opera, singers and orchestra, Opera at the Movies, 7.30.

Sunday 31 May
BATH, Theatre Royal, Ballet Boyz at 25, Still Pointless, 7.30.
PENZANCE, Penlee Park, Steve Knightley.

Tuesday 2 June
BATH, Theatre Royal, I’m Sorry, Prime Minister, to Sat, 7.30, Wed/Thurs/Sat mats 2.30.
BRISTOL, Hippodrome, Matilda, the Musical, to 27 June.

Friday 5 June
GLASTONBURY, Abbey, The Lord Chamberlain’s Men, Othello, 7pm.

Saturday 6 June
BEAULIEU, Abbey, Awards Concert for Music at Beaulieu, 7pm.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, John McCusker Trio, folk, 8pm.

Sunday 7 June
SWINDON, Wyvern Theatre, The Irish House Party, traditional songs, music and dance from Dublin.

Monday 8 June
SHERBORNE, Studio Theatre, Our Country’s Good, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.3o.

Tuesday 9 June
BATH, Theatre Royal, Midsomer Murders: The Killings at Badger’s Drift, to Sat, 7.30, Wed/Thurs/Sat mats 2.30.
BOURNEMOUTH, Little Theatre Club Jameson Road, Bracken Moor, a ghost story, to Sat.

Wednesday 10 June
FROME, Merlin, Four Mothers, Ireland, Frome Film Club, 8pm.
WOOKEY, nr Wells, Pheasant Inn, Mr Punch’s folk, 8pm.
YEOVIL, Swan Theatre, Cinematheque, On Falling, 7.30.

Friday 12 June
BATH, American Museum, The Lord Chamberlain’s Men, Othello, 7pm.
EXETER, Cygnet Theatre, Corinne Harragin, Troubled Waters, legends and myths.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, Katie Spencer, folk jazz guitar, 8pm.

Saturday 13 June
SALISBURY, City Hall, The Irish House Party, traditional songs, music and dance from Dublin.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, Mike Farley in Good King Hal – A comedy featuring Henry VIII, 7.30.
WIMBORNE MINSTER, Folk Festival,  inc Steve Knightley, and Sun.

Monday 15 June
SWINDON, Wyvern Theatre, Ballet Boyz at 25, Still Pointless, 7.30.

Tuesday 16 June
BATH, Theatre Royal, Noel Coward’s The Marquise, to Sat, 7.30, Wed/Thurs/Sat mats 2.30.

Wednesday 17 June
YEOVIL, Westlands, The Irish House Party, traditional songs, music and dance from Dublin.
Swan Theatre, Cinematheque, Holy Cow,  and AGM, 7.30.

Friday 19 June
EXETER, Cygnet Theatre, South Devon Players in Scarlet Pimpernel.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, Gnoss, traditional Scottish folk, 8pm.
WORTH MATRAVERS, Square and Compass, Rude Mechanicals in The Wife, 7.30.

Saturday 20 June
ABBOTSBURY, Abbey House, Rude Mechanicals in The Wife, 7.30.
MARNHULL, St Gregory’s, Music at St Greg’s, The Great Hymnathon, and Sunday, organists from St Gregory’s and guests will play all 829 hymns in the Ancient and Modern hymn book.

Monday 22 June
EXETER, Northcott Theatre, Ballet Boyz at 25, Still Pointless, and Tues, 7.30.

Wednesday 24 June
FROME, Merlin, The Playboy of the Western World, NT Screening, 7pm.

Thursday 25 June
BLANDFORD, Bryanston School, Coade Hall, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, with Lesley Manville and Aiden Turner, NT Screening, 7pm.
FROME, Merlin, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, with Lesley Manville and Aiden Turner, NT Screening, 7pm.

Friday 26 June
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Concerts in the West, Shiry Rashkovsky, viola, Lana Suran, piano, 11.30.
ILMINSTER, Arts Centre, Concerts in the West, Shiry Rashkovsky, viola, Lana Suran, piano, 7.30.
SALISBURY, Cathedral, Rack Close, The Lord Chamberlain’s Men, Othello, and Sat, 7pm, Sat mat 2pm.
TINCLETON, Gallery, Mike Denham, Ida Pelliccioli, piano, Rameau, Albeniz and Debussy,  and Sat, 8pm.

Saturday 27 June
CREWKERNE, Dance House, Concerts in the West, Shiry Rashkovsky, viola, Lana Suran, piano, 7.30.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, Sheelanagig, folk, 8pm.

Tuesday 30 June
BRISTOL, Hippodrome, Amber Davies in Legally Blonde, to Sat.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Ballet Boyz at 25, Still Pointless, 7.30.

Thursday 2 July
BATH, Theatre Royal, The Egg, The Secret Garden, to 26 July, various times.
BRADFORD ABBAS, Mill Farm, Rude Mechanicals in The Wife, 7.30.

Friday 3 July
BALTONSBOROUGH, Village Hall Field, Rude Mechanicals in The Wife, 7.30.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, Sarah Yeo, The Music of Joan Baez, 8pm.

Saturday 4 July
BEAULIEU, Abbey, Opera Evening with four members of Glyndebourne Opera and pianist, 7pm.
STOURPAINE, Village Hall Field,  Rude Mechanicals in The Wife, 7.30.

Sunday 5 July
PLAITFORD, New Forest Folk Festival, inc Steve Knightley.

Monday 6 July
BATH, Theatre Royal, Fawlty Towers, the play, to Sat, 7.30, Wed/Thurs/Sat mats 2.30.
BRISTOL, Hippodrome, Jersey Boys, The Musical, to Sat.
SALISBURY, Studio Theatre Ashley Road,  Noel Coward’s Hands Across the Sea and Still Life, to Sat.

Wednesday 8 July
FROME, Merlin, How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies, Thailand, Frome Film Club, 8pm.

Friday 10 July
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Concerts in the West, Ceruleo, period vocal and musical ensemble, 11.30.
ILMINSTER, Arts Centre, Concerts in the West, Ceruleo, period vocal and musical ensemble, 7.30.

Saturday 11 July
CREWKERNE, Dance House, Concerts in the West, Ceruleo, period vocal and musical ensemble, 7.30.

Monday 13 July
BRISTOL, Hippodrome, The Rocky Horror Show, with Jason Donovan, to Sat.

Tuesday 14 July
BATH, Theatre Royal, Peter Shaffer’s Equus, dir Lindsay Posner, to 25 July, 7.30, Wed/Sat mats 2.30 (not Sunday or Monday).

Thursday 16 July
WIMBORNE, Kingston Lacy, The Lord Chamberlain’s Men, Othello, and Fri, 7pm.

Saturday 18 July
BEAULIEU, Abbey, The King’s Men, from the Middle Ages to current chart hits, 7pm.
FEOCK, nr Truro, Trelissick Garden, Quantum Theatre in  The Tale of Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny, 4.30.

Sunday 19 July
WELLS, Bishop’s Palace,  The Lord Chamberlain’s Men, Othello, 6.30.

Monday 20 July
YEOVIL, Swan Theatre, Home, I’m Darling, to Sat.

Tuesday 21 July
BLANDFORD, Bryanston School, Coade Hall,  Dorset Opera Festival, to Sat.
BRISTOL, Hippodrome, Miss Saigon, to 1 Aug.
EXETER, Killerton House, The Lord Chamberlain’s Men, Othello, 7pm.

Wednesday 22 July
TOTNES, Dartington Hall, The Lord Chamberlain’s Men, Othello, 7pm.

Friday 24 July
BATH, Dyrham Park, The Lord Chamberlain’s Men, Othello, and Sat, 6.30pm.
STOGURSEY, Fairfield House, Rude Mechanicals in The Wife, 7.30.

Saturday 25 July
CHILD OKEFORD, Queen Elizabeth II Playing Field, Rude Mechanicals in The Wife, 7.30.

Friday 31 July
SIDMOUTH, Folk Festival, incl Steve Knightley, Kate Rusby, Blowzabella, Spooky Men’s Chorale, Gigspanner Big Band, Kathryn Tickell and The Darkening, etc.

Tuesday 4 August
BRISTOL, Hippodrome, Waitress – The Musical, 10th anniversary tour, to Sat.

Thursday 6 August
WINGFIELD, Church Farm, If Opera, Carmen, and 8/12/15 Aug.

Friday 7 August
WINGFIELD, Church Farm, If Opera, Vache Baroque Band, A Toast to the Tavern.Tuesday 11 August
BATH, Theatre Royal, The Spy Who Came in From the Cold, to 22 Aug, 7.30, (not Sun/Mon), Wed/Thurs/Sat mats 2.30.
BRISTOL, Hippodrome, The Bodyguard, the musical, to Sat.
WINGFIELD, Church Farm, If Opera, Opera della Luna in Oscar Straus’s The Chocolate Soldier, and 13/14 Aug.

Tuesday 11 August
SALISBURY, The Wardrobe, Rifles Museum, Quantum Theatre in  The Tale of Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny, 3pm.

Thursday 13 August
CORFE CASTLE, Quantum Theatre in  The Tale of Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny, 7pm.
MAWGANPORTH, Cornwall, Bedruthen Hotel, Quantum Theatre in Treasure Island.

Friday 14 August
DORCHESTER, Maumbury Rings, Quantum Theatre in  The Tale of Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny.
PENZANCE, Penlee Park Open Air Theatre, Quantum Theatre in Treasure Island.

Saturday 15 August
BEAULIEU, Abbey, Summer Jazz with the Sarah Bolter Quintet, 7pm.

Sunday 16 August
WINGFIELD, Church Farm, If Opera, Picnic Prom.

Tuesday 18 August
BEDMINSTER, Windmill Hill City Farm, Quantum Theatre in  The Tale of Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny, 3.30.

Friday 21 August
BEDMINSTER, Windmill Hill City Farm, Quantum Theatre in Treasure Island, 3.30.

Sunday 23 August
MARNHULL, St Gregory’s, Music at St Greg’s, Flute and Piano concert with  Su Dutch and Louise Cousins, and guests, 3pm.

Tuesday 18 August
BRISTOL, Hippodrome, Annie – the Musical, to Sat.

Thursday 20 August
HIGHCLIFFE, Castle, Quantum Theatre in  The Tale of Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny,

Friday 21 August
BREAMORE, House, The Lord Chamberlain’s Men, Othello, 7pm.

Tuesday 25 August,|
BRISTOL, Hippodrome, BLOC in We Will Rock You, to Sat.

Wednesday 26 August
BATH, Theatre Royal,  Noel Coward’s Present Laughter, with Tracy-Ann Oberman as Gerry Essendine, to 5 Sept.
FALMOUTH, Trebah Garden, Quantum Theatre in  The Tale of Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny, 5pm.

Thursday 27 August
BLACKWATER, The Cornish Craft Barn, Quantum Theatre in  The Tale of Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny.
WADEBRIDGE, Cornwall Folk Festival, inc Steve Knightley and the Winter Yards, True Foxes, Flats and Sharps, etc, to Mon.

Tuesday 1 September
BRISTOL, Hippodrome, Matthew Bourne’s The Car Man, to Sat.

Friday 4 September
TINCLETON, Gallery, Phillip Clouts, piano, Ron Phelan, bass, Django Reinhardt, George Gershwin, Duke Ellington and Thelonius Monk, and Sat, 8pm.

Sunday 6 September
MARNHULL, St Gregory’s, Music at St Greg’s, Holst’s Planets Suite, transcribed and played by organist Sam Hanson, 3pm.

Tuesday 8 September
BRISTOL, Hippodrome, Mean Girls, the Musical, to Sat.

Saturday 12 September
BEAULIEU, Abbey, Ellen Baumring-Gledhill, cello, with Dafydd Chapman, piano, Debussy and Poulenc, 7pm.

Monday 14 September
YEOVIL, Swan Theatre,  Steel Magnolias, to Sat.

Tuesday 15 September
BRISTOL, Hippodrome, Kevin Bridges, Here If You Need Me, comedy, to Sat.

Friday 18 September
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Concerts in the West, Sophie Rosa, violin, Ian Buckle, piano, 11.30.
ILMINSTER, Arts Centre, Concerts in the West, Sophie Rosa, violin, Ian Buckle, piano, 7.30.

Saturday 19 September
CREWKERNE, Dance House, Concerts in the West, Sophie Rosa, violin, Ian Buckle, piano, 7.30.

Thursday 1 October
DEVON, Two Moors Festival, to 11 Oct.

Saturday 3 October
BEAULIEU, Abbey, The Magic of Mozart, Emme Hensel, flute, Nova Foresta Philharmonic, Mozart, Mendelssohn, 7pm.

Sunday 4 October
MARNHULL, St Gregory’s, Music at St Greg’s, Wonders of Wood and Wire, Jon Pickard, harp guitar, 3pm.

Thursday 8 October
BRISTOL, Hippodrome, Back to the Future – the Musical, to 21 Nov.

Friday 16 October
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Concerts in the West, Oliver Wass, harp, Gabriela Opacka, violin, 11.30.
ILMINSTER, Arts Centre, Concerts in the West, Oliver Wass, harp, Gabriela Opacka, violin, 7.30.
TINCLETON, Gallery, Alberto Dalgo, pianist from Milan, Northern Landscapes, Schumann, Liszt, Grieg and Chopin, and Sat, 8pm.

Saturday 17 October
CREWKERNE, Dance House, Concerts in the West, Oliver Wass, harp, Gabriela Opacka, violin, 7.30.
SALISBURY, City Hall, Banff Mountain Film Festival, red programme.

Friday 6 November
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Concerts in the West, Fenella Humphreys, violin, Gary Pomeroy, viola, Cara Berridge, cello, Sam Armstrong, piano, 11.30.
ILMINSTER, Arts Centre, Concerts in the West, Fenella Humphreys, violin, Gary Pomeroy, viola, Cara Berridge, cello, Sam Armstrong, piano, 7.30.

Saturday 7 November
CREWKERNE, Dance House, Concerts in the West, Fenella Humphreys, violin, Gary Pomeroy, viola, Cara Berridge, cello, Sam Armstrong, piano, 7.30.

Tuesday  10 November
BATH, Theatre Royal, David Suchet in Murder in the Cathedral, to 21 Nov.

Friday 13 November
BATH, various venues, Mozartfest, to 21 Nov.

Saturday 14 Novemer
BEAULIEU, Abbey, Emma Johnson, clarinet,  7pm.

Monday 16 November
YEOVIL, Swan Theatre, Much Ado About Nothing, to Sat.

Wednesday 18 November
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Banff Mountain Film Festival, blue programme.

Friday 20 November
TINCLETON, Gallery, John Law, jazz piano, 8pm.

Saturday 21 November
CIRENCESTER, Barn Theatre, Honk!, to 3 Jan.
TINCLETON, Gallery, John Law and Ant Law, jazz pianos, The Laws of  (E)motion, 8pm.

Tuesday 24 November
BATH, Theatre Royal, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, to Sat, 7.30, Wed/Thurs/Sat mats 2.30.
BRISTOL, Hippodrome, CATS, to Sat.

Saturday 5 December
BEAULIEU, Abbey,  Festive Joy, Peter Roper-Curzon and friends, piano works and festiva delights, 4pm.
BRISTOL, Hippodrome, Sleeping Beauty, to 3 Jan 2027.

Thursday 10 December
BATH, Theatre Royal, Beauty and the Beast, to 10 Jan 2027

Friday 11 December
TINCLETON, Gallery, Duncan Honeybourne, piano, Exploring British Musical History,  and Sat, 8pm.

 

 

2027

Thursday 4 February 2027
BATH, Theatre Royal, Ustinov Studio, Blackbird, with John Simm, to 6 March, 7.30, Thurs/Sat mats 2.30.

Thursday 14 October
BRISTOL, Hippodrome, Alan Carr, Have I Said Too Much?, comedy, to Sat.