Tuesday 1 July
KINGSBURY EPISCOPI, Village Hall, Juror No 2. MOVIOLA
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, Tina – The Tina Turner Musical, to 12 July, 7.30, Thurs/Sat mats 2.30.
ST AUSTELL, Wheal Martyn Clayworks, Festival Players in As You Like It, 7.30pm.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, A League of Their Own, film, 2pm.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, London Classic Theatre in Alan Ayckbourn’s Just Between Ourselves, and Wed, 7.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Exhibition on Screen, Van Gogh – Poets and Lovers, 6.30.
YETMINSTER, Jubilee  Hall, Wicked. MOVIOLA

Wednesday 2 July
BATH, Hoburn Museum Gardens, Garden Theatre Festival, to 20 July.
Romeo and Juliet, to 10 July, 7pm
BRIDGWATER, McMillan Theatre, ACTS Theatre School in The Addams Family, to Fri, 7pm, Sat mat 2pm.
CODFORD, Woolstore Theatre, Bridget Jones (Mad About the Boy). MOVIOLA
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, A Real Pain, film, 11am and 7.30pm.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Dorchester Piano Quartet, Suk and Dvorak, FREE   11.30am.
ILMINSTER, Warehouse Theatre, Ilminster Youth Theatre in Matilda, to Fri, 7pm, Sat 2.30.
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, The Lab, Down to Chance, play about 1964 Alaska earthquake, to Fri, 7pm.
WELLS, Bishop’s Palace, Pantaloons in Sense and Sensibility.
YEOVIL, Westlands,  Centre Stage :  This is Me, primary and secondary school showcase, 7pm.

Thursday 3 July
BRADFORD ABBAS, Mill Farm, The Rude Mechanicals in Gentle Harry’s Farm.
BRISTOL, Tobacco Factory, Bristol School of Acting in The Crucib*tch, to Sat, 7.30.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Nosferatu, 2024 film, 11am and 7.30pm.
HIGHCLIFFE, Castle, Pantaloons in Robin Hood.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Matt Chorley, Making a Meal of It, politics and comedy, 7.30.
OGBOURNE MAIZEY, nr Malborough, Village Festival, Rain or Shine in The Rivals.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, AC Music and Drama Group in The Sound of Music, to Sat and 10-12 July, 7.30, Sat mats 2.30.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, SNADS in Legally Blonde, the musical, Jnr, to Sat, 7pm, Sat mat 2pm.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Johnny Cash Roadshow, 7.30.
Tacchi-Morris, Carlton Kirby’s True Tales of the Tour de France, 7.30.

Friday 4 July
BECKINGTON, nr Frome,  Memorial Hall, Pantaloons in Robin Hood.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, John Law’s Re-Creations, jazz, 8pm.
Electric Palace, The Cheryl and Kitty Show, cabaret and campery, 8pm.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Lantern Hall, Bristol Pride Ceilidh, 8pm.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Mark Thomas, Ordinary Decent Criminal, comedy work in progress, 7.30.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Dorchester Drama in Not for Keeps, and Sat, 7.30.
FROME, Festival, various venues, to 13 July.
Christ Church, Frome Festival, Charles Wiffen, piano, Water – A Piano Recital for a Summer’s Day, 1pm: Damian Knollys, Bach Cello Suite No 1, FREE, 9pm.
Tin Church at Brokerswood, Frome Festival, Buffalo Gals on 4th July, 7pm.
Cheese and Grain, Frome Festival, The Hackney Colliery Band, launch party event from 7pm.
Tree House, Frome Festival, Gary Stringer of Reef.
Rook Lane Chapel, Frome Festival, Guy Chambers, singer songwriter, 7pm.
Memorial Theatre, Frome Festival, Warminster Military Choir, in aid of Purple Elephant Family Support, 7pm.
HIGHCLIFFE, Community Hall, Bridget Jones (Mad About the Boy). MOVIOLA
HONITON, Beehive, Candlelight Murder Mystery Company in Murder at the Speakeasy, with supper, Roaring 20s dress, 7pm.
SALISBURY, Studio Theatre Ashley Road, Noises Off, to 12 July.
Bishop Wordsworth School, Rain or Shine in The Rivals.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower Studios, The Feeling.
STOURPAINE, Village Hall Field, The Rude Mechanicals in Gentle Harry’s Farm.
SWANAGE, Mowlem Theatre, Mission:Impossible – The Final Reckoning, film, and Sat and Mon-Thurs, and 14-16 July, 7pm, Mon mats 2pm: Music, Mayhem and a Mezzo, with Juliette Pochin and James Morgan, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Absolute Britney, tribute, 7.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Jason Manford, A Manford All Seasons, comedy, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Genesis Connected.

Saturday 5 July
BEAULIEU, Abbey, Music at Beaulieu, Glyndebourne at Beaulieu, 7pm.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Go Your Own Way, Fleedwood Mac Legacy: Ballroom, LOL Comedy Club, 8pm, 8 Aug, 6 Sept, 3 Oct and 7 Nov.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, P Burton-Morgan, Explaining being Pan to Nan, comedy, 8pm.
Electric Palace, The Phoenician Scheme, new Wes Anderson film, 7.30.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Rumours of Fleetwood Mac.
BRUTON, Quaperlake Street Club, Spitz and Co in Elvis in Blue Hawaii. TA
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, The Bookshop Band, 7.30.
FAWLEY, Village Hall, Conclave. MOVIOLA
FROME, Holy Trinity Church, Frome Festival, Come and Sing Handel’s Messiah, from 10am.
Cattle Market Car Park, Frome Festival Food Feast, 5 to 10pm.
Rook Lane Chapel, Frome Festival, Bert Jansch Foundation concert, with Chris Brain, contemporary folk, 7pm.
Christ Church, Frome Festival, Charles Wiffen, piano, Brahms, Wolf, Tchaikovsky, 7.30.
Assembly Rooms, Frome Festival, Robin Ince, Normally Weird and Weirdly Normal, comedy, 7.30.
Tree House, Frome Festival, EDM Alive.
HELSTON, Coronation Park, Illyria in The Merry Wives of Windsor, 7.30pm.
HONITON, Beehive, Borrowed Time: Lennon’s Last Decade, new documentary film, 7.30.
ILMINSTER, Barrington Court, Pantaloons in Robin Hood.
PUDDLETON, Athelhampton House, Bournenouth Sinfonietta Choir, cond David Gostick, Athelhampton: A Musical Portrait, musical journey through house, gardens and history, 5.30pm.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, Ranagri.
STREET, Strode Theatre, Mid Somerset Orchestra, A Festival of British Light Music, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, The Carpenters, Voice of the Heart, 7.30: Airswimming, 7.30.
Tacchi-Morris, Stagestruck Theatre School summer show, 6.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Gracie and Pedro: Mission Impossible, film, 10am: F1, film, and Mon/Tues, various times.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Purple Zeppelin.

Sunday 6 July
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Bristol Pride comedy night.
Tobacco Factory, Bet’n Lev Theatre in Re-mythed, 6pm.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, South Coast Dance and Arts in Finding Neverland, noon and 5.15pm.
DORCHESTER, Maumbury Rings, Pantaloons in Robin Hood, 6.30.
FROME, Merlin Theatre, Frome Festival, Lou Sanders, No Kissing in the Bingo Hall, comedy, 7.30.
Tree House, Frome Festival, Miki Berenyi Trio, alt rock.
REDRUTH, Carn Marth Amphitheatre, Sun and Moon Theatre in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, Mr Burton, film, 5pm, and Tues 2pm.
TAUNTON, Tacchi-Morris, Bluebirds Theatre in The Magic Flute, with puppets and opera singers, 3pm.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, The Dad’s Army Radio Show, 3pm.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Yeovil Together, celebrating cultural diversity, noon to 5pm.

Monday 7 July
BRISTOL, St Georges, Sing for Bristol Pride, 7.30.
FROME, Merlin Theatre, Frome Festival, Andy Zaltzman, The Zaltgeist, comedy, 7.30.
Chantry Church, Frome Festival, Brodsky Quartet, Bach, Beethoven, Ravel, 7.30.
PENZANCE, Penlee Park Theatre, Illyria in The Merry Wives of Windsor, 7.30pm.
SIDMOUTH, Manor Pavilion, Paul Taylor Mills summer rep, Quartet by Ronald Harwood, to Sat, 8pm.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower, The Magic of Motown.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, The Salt Path, film, 11am and 7pm.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Hallow Road, to Wed.

Tuesday 8 July
BRISTOL, Tobacco Factory, Degrees of Error in Murder He Didn’t Write, and Wed, 7.30.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre,  Dead Poets Society, 1989 film, 7.30.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, The Last Musician of Auschwitz, documentary, 7.30.
FROME, Merlin Theatre, Frome Festival, Dirty Laundry Poetry, storytelling and poems, in collaboration with the Crysse Morrison Prize for Poetry, 8pm.
Memorial Theatre, Frome Festival, The Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club Soho Songbook, 7.30.
Cheese and Grain, Frome Festival, Rainbow Paradiso, cabaret night, 7.30.
FILLIEGH, Castle Hill Estate, Illyria in The Merry Wives of Windsor, 6.30pm.
SALISBURY, Playhouse, John Sergeant, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Albert Lee.

Wednesday 9 July
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, The Illegal Eagles.
BRANSGORE, Village Hall, Conclave. MOVIOLA
BRISTOL, Beacon, FitkinWall, folk.
CHARLTON MARSHALL, Village Hall, Bridget Jones (Mad About the Boy). MOVIOLA
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Julieta Iglesias, Argentinian pianist and arranger, Piazzolla etc, 1pm.
FROME, Merlin, Frome Film Club, Made in England, Martin Scorcese tribute to Powell and Pressburger,  8pm.
Holy Trinity Church, Frome Festival, Oakfield Choir, dir Neil Moore, orchestra and soloists, Handel’s Messiah – The Best Bits, 6pm.
St Leonards Church, Marston, Frome Festival, The Daisy Chapman Duo, piano, violin and voice, Dark Historical Stories, 7.30.
Rook Lane Chapel, Frome Festival, Amy Webber, Wannabe, comedy and music, 7.30.
KILMINGTON, (Devon) Community Cinema, Bridget Jones (Mad About the Boy). MOVIOLA
SALISBURY, Playhouse, Show Stopper, the Improvised Musical, 7.30.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower, By Royal Appointment, with Caroline Quentin and Anne Reid, to Sat.
Mayflower Studios, Children of Eden, to Sat.
WARMINSTER, Athenaeum, Conclave, film, 7.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Guenther Steiner, Formula 1 memories, 7.30.

Thursday 10 July
BRIDGWATER, McMillan Theatre, Re:ACT in Grease, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.30.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, The Ghost and Mrs Muir, 1947 film, 11am: Oh My Goodness, film, 7.30.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Lantern Hall, Take Me to the River, Allstars Memphis Soul Revue.
BUCKFASTLEIGH, Village Hall, From Devon With Love Summer Scratch, Moor Imagination Collective, dance and spoken word, 7pm.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Strange But True Crime with Jennifer Rees, 7.30.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, A Complete Unknown, film, 11am and 7.30pm.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, The Sunset Cafe Band with singer Marlene Hill, 7.30.
FROME, Merlin Theatre, Frome Festival, Prof Kate Williams, Queen, Palaces and Behind Closed Doors, 7pm.
Arcangel, Frome Festival, Sian M Williams and friends in Bohemia – Somewhere between Rome and Shepton Mallet, folk music and stories, 7.30.
Town Hall, Frome Festival, Stephen Moffat’s The Unfriend, to Sat, 7.30.
Rook Lane Chapel, Frome Festival, Tom Moth, harp and electronica, 7.30.
HONITON, Beehive, The Salt Path, film, 2 and 7.30.
ILMINSTER, Warehouse Theatre (indoors) Rain or Shine in The Rivals.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Ben and Tom Water, father and son play boogie woogie and rock’n’roll, 8pm.
MINCHINHAMPTON, Horsfall House, Festival Players in As You Like It, 7pm.
PEWSEY, Bouverie Hall, Bridget Jones (Mad About the Boy). MOVIOLA
SALISBURY, Playhouse, Money for Nothing, Dire Straits tribute, 7.30.
SHEPTON MONTAGUE, Village Hall, Maria, Callas film. MOVIOLA
SOUTHAMPTON, Turner Sims, Welsh National Opera Orchestra Summertime Soiree, 7pm.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Rumours of Fleetwood Mac, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, The Don Williams Experience.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Guenther Steiner Live: Unfiltered Formula 1 stories, 7.30.

Friday 11 July
BATH, Hoburn Museum Gardens, Garden Theatre Festival, Pride and Prejudice, to 20 July, 6pm.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, The Rev Richard Coles, Borderline National Trinket, comedy.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Concerts in the West, Colin Scobie, violin, Jams Coleman, piano, Beethoven, Elgar, 11.30am.
BRISTOL, St Georges, Acid Zone, cosmic grooves.
Tobacco Factory, Samantha Groans in Bingo and the City, comedy,  and Sat, 7.30.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Reginald D Hunter, comedy, 7.30.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Cinderella, Ashton choreography, from the Royal Ballet, 7pm.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Luz and Mannion in Blue Ghost, contemporary flamenco, 7.30.
FROME, Merlin Theatre, Frome Festival, Music of Trees, Geoff Robb, classical, jazz, celtic and Spanish guitar, 7pm.
Tree House, Frome Festival, Heathen Apostles, gothic Americana.
Christ Church, Frome Festival, Nicola Meecham, piano, Janacek, Chopin, 1pm: Midsummer Moon, violin and piano duo, Britten, Bridge, Vaughan Williams and Rebecca Clarke, 7.30.
Assembly Rooms, Frome Festival, Frome Drama in One Million Tiny Plays about Britain, by Craig Taylor, and Sat, 7.3opm, Sat mat 2.30.
Rook Lane Chapel, Frome Festival, Reem Kelani, British Palestinian singer, Songs from the Middle East and Contemporary Jazz, 7.30.
HANGING LANGFORD, Village Hall, Anora. MOVIOLA
HONITON, Beehive, Honiton Comedy Club with Andrew Maxwell, 7.30.
ILMINSTER, Arts Centre, Concerts in the West, Colin Scobie, violin, Jams Coleman, piano, Beethoven, Elgar, 7.30pm.
NEW MILTON, Forest Arts, The Revolvers, music of the 1960s, 8pm.
SALISBURY, Playhouse, Country Roads, 7.30.
SOUTHAMPTON, Turner Sims, Jane Austen – Home and Away, 6pm.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, Banter.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, The Simon and Garfunkel Story, 7.30.
TOTNES, Barrel House, From Devon With Love Summer Scratch, theatre and comedy, 7pm.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Lost in Music – One Night at the Disco, 8pm.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Kossoff: The Band Playes On  presents All Right Now.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Project Play in The Vicar of Dibly, to Sun, various times.

Saturday 12 July
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Waterloo – Tribute to ABBA.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, OmniVerse Other Voices, 10am, 2.30 and 7pm.
Electric Palace, Lilo and Stitch, Disney film, 11am: The Ballad of Wallis Island, 7.30.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Lantern, James Morton Groove Den, feat Dennis Rollins.
Windmill Hill Farm, Plandits in The Big Bad Wolf, 2 and 6pm.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Jon Udry’s Having a Ball, comedy and juggling, 7.30.
CREWKERNE, Dancehouse, Concerts in the West, Colin Scobie, violin, Jams Coleman, piano, Beethoven, Elgar, 7.30pm.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Tom Glover in Did You Watch That Reel I Sent You?  comedy, 7pm.
DURSLEY, Lister Hall, (indoors) Rain or Shine in The Rivals.
FROME, Merlin Theatre, Frome Festival, Jellyfish Theatre in The Elves and the Shoemaker, 11am: The Nettle Dress, film, 5pm.
Tree House, Frome Festival, Praying for the Rain.
Christ Church, Frome Festival, Christ Church Singers, cond Alan Burgess, Mozart and Kodaly, 1pm: John Law, The Laws of (E)motion, John Law, piano and Ant Law (no relation) guitar, 7.30.
HONITON, Beehive, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, 7.30.
MARLBOROUGH, Priory Gardens, Festival Players in As You Like It, 7.30pm.
SALISBURY, Playhouse, Comedy Club with Sara Barron, 7.30.
STREET, Strode Theatre, South West School of Dance in Chicago (teen edition), and Sun, 3.30 and 7.30.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, The History of Rock, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Genesis Connected, tribute, 7.30.
WELLS, Cedars Hall, The Nick Costley-White Quartet, jazz, 7.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Let’s Dance, Broadcast to Broadway, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, P*issed Up Panto – Sleeping Beauty, and 19 July. Over 16s only.

Sunday 13 July
BATH, Hoburn Museum Gardens, Garden Theatre Festival, Plandits in The Secret Garden, 1pm.
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Le Gateau Chocolat, black, bearded, bass-singing drag icon, in Musicals Mayhem, 5pm.
CANNINGTON, Walled Garden, Quantum Theatre in The Tale of Jemima Puddleduck.
FROME, Christ Church, Frome Festival, Jackdaws Songbirds, free, 2.30.
Archangel, Frome Festival, Kate Fox, Bigger on the Inside, comedy, 4pm.
Rook Lane Chapel, Frome Festival, Rokia Kone, griot from Mali, Mohamed Errebbaa, trance vocals and guembri, 7pm.
Cheese and Grain, Frome Festival, Frome Symphony Orchestra, cond Mark Gateshill, Arabella Thornton, violin, Shostakovich, Mozart, Prokofiev, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Puppet Spectacular Glow Show, 2pm.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, 200% Wolf, film, 10am.

Monday 14 July
BOURNEMOUTH, BIC, Tim Minchin, Songs the World Will Never Hear.
CIRENCESTER, Barn Theatre, Friends!, the Musical Parody – The One Where they Sing!, to 23 Aug.
SIDMOUTH, Manor Pavilion, Paul Taylor Mills summer rep, Timd and Time Again by Alan Ayckbourn, to Sat, 8pm.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower, Big Girls Don’t Cry, Frankie Valli tribute.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Mission Impossible: the Final Reckoning, to Thurs.

Tuesday 15 July
BISHOP’S HULL, Miligan, Taunton Thespians in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 7.30.
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Ad Infinitum in Last Rites, to Sat, 7.30: Weston Studio, Chalk Line Theatre in The Chaos That Has Been and Will, No Doubt, Return, to Sat, 8pm, Sat mat 3pm.
Tobacco Factory, Cyril Blake in Bonding, The Myth, Legend and Legacy of Bond, solo show, and Wed, 7.30.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Ernest Cole: Lost and Found, documentary film about the South African photographer, 7.30.
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, Carrie Hope Fletcher in Calamity Jane, to Sat, 7.30, Wed/Thurs/Sat mats 2.30.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, Joyride, film, 2pm.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower, Legend – The Music of Bob Marley.
TORQUAY, Cockington Court, Illyria in Pride and Prejudice, 6.30pm.

Wednesday 16 July
BRYMPTON D’EVERCY, Brympton House, Taunton Thespians in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 7.30.
CALNE, Village Hall, Bridget Jones (Mad About the Boy). MOVIOLA
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Behind the Door Theatre in Extra Ordinary, 7.30.
EXETER, Killerton House, Illyria in Pride and Prejudice, 7pm.
MOTCOMBE, Village Hall, Bridget Jones (Mad About the Boy). MOVIOLA
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower, Fastlove, George Michael tribute.
STREET, Strode Theatre Studio, Street Theatre in 5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche, to Sat, 7.45.
SWANAGE, Mowlem Theatre, Comedy Club, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Tacchi-Morris, The Space Company in Oliver!, to Sat, 7.30, Thurs mat 2.30.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Jason Manford, A Manford All Seasons, comedy, 6.30 and 9pm.

Thursday 17 July
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Broadway Showtunes, to Sat.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, The Brutalist, film, 11am and 7pm.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Declan Duffy in Call Yourself an Irishman?, comedy and songs, 7.30.
EXETER, Poltimore House, Miracle Theatre in Twelfth Night, 7.30pm.
FROME, Merlin Theatre, Come from Away, Merlin 50th anniversay event, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2pm.
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, Drum Studio, Our Space in Domestication, to Sat, 7pm.
SHERBORNE, House gardens, Illyria in Pride and Prejudice, 7pm.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower, Lost in Music – One Night at the Disco.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, film, 7pm.
WARMINSTER, Athenaeum, Limelight Players in Alice in Wonderland, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Rhod Gilbert and the Giant Grapefruit, comedy, 8pm.
WIMBORNE, Kingston Lacy, The Lord Chamberlain’s Men in Twelfth Night, and Fri, 7pm.

Friday 18 July
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, From Rosin to Reed, Bethan Cheshire, Liz Lawrence Award Winner,  bassoon, cello and piano, with friends, 7.30.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Harbour Records, emerging talent showcase, 7.30.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Lantern Hall, Eddie Parker’s Airborn, jazz.
CHARD, Guildhall, Bridget Jones (Mad About the Boy). MOVIOLA
CORFE CASTLE, Purbeck Film Festival Cinema under the Stars, Time Team: Secrets of Wytch Farm.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Rodreguez King-Dorset, I Am The Greatest, Edinburgh preview solo drama, 7.30.
CROYDE, Baggy Point, Sun and Moon Theatre in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
EDINGTON (Somerset), Village Hall, Bridget Jones (Mad About the Boy). MOVIOLA
FROME, Tree House, Eminem tribute with Michael Mathers.
HONITON, Beehive, White Light, festival anthems celebrating The Killers, 7.30.
MUCHELNEY, Abbey, Taunton Thespians in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 7.30.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, Shaftesbury Fringe, Blue Murder at Gallows Bottom, 5.30pm, AND Comfortable, 6.45pm: CODA – The Ultimate West End Musicals Experience, 8pm, and Sunday, noon and 6pm.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower, Cirque – The Greatest Show Re-imagined, and Sat.
SWANAGE, Mowlem Theatre, Thunderbolts, film, and Sat, Mon-Thurs, 7pm, Mon mat 2.30pm.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, The Sound of Springsteen, tribute, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, All Or Nothing 2025.
YELVERTON, The Garden House, Illyria in The Merry Wives of Windsor, 7pm.

Saturday 19 July
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Scarlet Oak Theatre in The Zoo that Comes to You, family show, 2pm.
CERNE ABBAS, St Mary’s Church, CA Music Festival, The Hyde Clarinet Quartet, Beethoven, Borodin, etc, 3pm: Gaudier and Friends, Russian composers, Weber and Dvorak, 6pm.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Avalon Comedy Network, with Tom Rosenthal, Roger Monkhouse, Maia Tasslini and Andrew White, 7.30.
DORCHESTER, St Mary’s, The Music of Rick Birley with Victoria Sayles, violin, Duncan Honeybourne, piano, Damien Knollys, cello, Abbi Temple, soprano and Sam Hanson, piano, 7.30.
FILLEIGH, Castle Hill Estate, Sun and Moon Theatre in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
FROME, Cheese and Grain, The Devout, Depeche Mode tribute.
PENZANCE, Penlee Park Theatre, Illyria in HMS Pinafore, 7.30pm.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, Shaftesbury Fringe, Belle Street in Glitter, Guilt and Good Intensions, cabaret brunch, 11am, and Sunday: Leading Ladies, Charlie Hamilton and Katie Underhay, 5pm: Navy Larks – Sea Shanties and Songs of the Sea, 9pm.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, Town of Cats, chance to dance.
STREET, Strode Theatre, Bath Opera in La Traviata, 7.30.
The Grange, Taunton Thespians in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 7.30.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, The Counterfeit Sixties, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Solve-Along-a-Murder-She-Wrote, 7.30.
TETBURY, Hookshouse Pottery Gardens, Pantaloons in Robin Hood.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Razzamataz Theatre School in As Seeen on Screen, showcase, 2 and 7.30pm, and Sun 11am and 6pm.
WRAXALL, Tyntesfield House, The Lord Chamberlain’s Men in Twelfth Night, 7pm.

Sunday 20 July
BIDEFORD, Tapeley Park, Sun and Moon Theatre in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
BRISTOL, St Georges, Evergreen Chorus, Songs of Home, 5pm.
CERNE ABBAS, Ashton Farm, CA Music Festival, Gaudier and Friends, Scandinavian and Scottish folk tunes and South American dance music, 3pm.
COMBEINTEIGNHEAD, Hearn Field, Illyria in HMS Pinafore, 6.30pm.
FROME, Merlin Theatre, Buffalo Gals Bluegrass String Band, Sunday Social, 2.30.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Marine Youth Theatre in Disney’s The Little Mermaid Jr, 2 and 6pm.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, Shaftesbury Fringe, Rock Choir Live, 8pm.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower, Queen Symphonic, A Rock and Orchestra Experience, 5pm.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, The Mad Hub, Dancing Thought the Decades, 6.45.
TISBURY, Hatch House, Troubadour Stageworks in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
WELLS, Bishops Palace, The Lord Chamberlain’s Men in Twelfth Night, 6.30pm.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Fireman Sam Live, 12.30pm.

Monday 21 July
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Heli Laughs, comedy night in aid of Great Western Air Ambulance, 7.30.
SIDMOUTH, Manor Pavilion, Paul Taylor Mills summer rep, A Foot in the Door by Richard Harris, to Sat, 8pm.
PENZANCE, Penlee Park Theatre, Troubadour Stageworks in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
YEOVIL, Swan, Jumpers for Goalposts, by Tom Wells, to Sat.

Tuesday 22 July
BLANDFORD, Bryanston, Coade Hall, Dorset Opera Festival,  Verdi’s Rigoletto, and 25/26 July 7pm, Thurs mat 2pm.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, The Girl with the Needle, film, 7.30.
EXETER, Killerton House, The Lord Chamberlain’s Men in Twelfth Night, 7pm.
HARTLAND, Abbey, Illyria in HMS Pinafore, 6.30pm.
LISKEARD, Sterts Theatre, Troubadour Stageworks in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, New Adventures in Matthew Bourne’s The Midnight Bell, to Sat, 7.30, Thurs/Sat mats 2.30.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, Evita, film, 2pm.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower, The Girl on the Train, to Sat.
TAUNTON, Museum of Somerset, Taunton Thespians in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 7.30.

Wednesday 23 July
BLAGDON, Yeo Valley Organic Gardens, Quantum Theatre in Alice Though the Looking Glass.
BLANDFORD, Bryanston, Coade Hall, Dorset Opera Festival,  Cavalleria Rusticana and Suor Angelica, and Thurs, 7pm, Sat mat 2pm.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, BSO chamber group, inc Bartok, Saint Saens, Bernstein, The Sherman Brothers, etc, 7pm.
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Mario the Maker Magician, to Thurs, various day times.
Strange Brew, Pip Blom, indie electronica.
CASTLE CARY, Caryford Hall, Bridget Jones (Mad About the Boy). MOVIOLA
DREWSTEIGNTON, Castle Drogo, Illyria in HMS Pinafore, 6.30pm.
FALMOUTH, Trebah Garden, Troubadour Stageworks in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
MILBORNE ST ANDREW, Village Hall, Taff Rapids, bluegrass from Wales, 7.30. AR
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Ira Levin’s Deathtrap, to Tues, 7.30. Part of Gilroy Theatre summer rep season to 27 Aug.
SALISBURY, Playhouse, Stage 65 in The Jungle Book, to Sat, 7pm, Sat mat 2pm.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower Studios, Nick Cope, I’ve Lost My Bobble Hat.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Go Your Own Way, Fleetwood Mac tribute, 7.30.
TOTNES, Dartington Hall, The Lord Chamberlain’s Men in Twelfth Night, 7pm.
WARMINSTER, Athenaeum, Waterloo Sunset, film, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Jim Cregan Acoustic Band.

Thursday 24 July
BATH, Theatre Royal,  London City Ballet in Momentum, to Sat.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Amadeus Orchestra, cond Felicity Cliffe, Kasparas Mikuzis, piano, Smyth, Ravel and Mahler, 7pm.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Babylon, 1980 film, 7.30.
BRISTOL, St Georges, Backyard Cinema’s Romeo and Juliet, Baz Luhrmann’s 1996 film with live choir by candlelight, to Sun, 7.30, Sat/Sun mats 2.30.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Iago Banet, The Gallician King of Acoustic Guitar, 7.30.
FROME, Cheese and Grain, Kate Nash, singer songwriter.
HALSTOCK, Village Hall, Taff Rapids, bluegrass from Wales, 7.30. AR
HIGHCLIFFE, Castle, Quantum Theatre in Alice Though the Looking Glass.
HONITON, Beehive, Lassie Come Home, 1943 film, 2pm.
PARKEND (Forest of Dean), Dean Garden Room, Pantaloons in Hamlet.
STOGURSEY, Fairfield House, The Rude Mechanicals in Gentle Harry’s Farm.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, The Makings of a Murderer 2, with The Read Manhunter, Colin Sutton, 7.30.
WINTERBOURNE, nr Bristol, Medieval Barn, Pantaloons in Sense and Sensibility.

Friday 25 July
BATH, Theatre Royal Ustinov Studio, Lily Allen in Hedda, to 23 Aug, Mon-Sat 7.30, Thurs/Sat mats 2.30.
American Museum, Pantaloons in Sense and Sensibility.
Dryham Park, nr Bath, The Lord Chamberlain’s Men in Twelfth Night, and Sat, 6.30pm.
BISHOPSTONE, nr Salisbury, Village Hall, Bridget Jones (Mad About the Boy). MOVIOLA
BRIDPORT, Electric Palace, Supersonic Queen, tribute, 8pm.
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Dinosaur World Live, to Sun, day times.
CHILD OKEFORD, Playing Field, The Rude Mechanicals in Gentle Harry’s Farm.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Buster Keaton double bill, Go West and Seven Chances, 1925 silent movies, with live score by pianist Meg Morley, 7pm.
DULVERTON, Knackershole Garden, Sun and Moon Theatre in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
EAST KNOYLE, Upper Leigh Farm, Rain or Shine in The Rivals.
EAST STOUR, Village Hall, Taff Rapids, bluegrass from Wales, 7.30.AR
FROME, Merlin Theatre, Strange-Twig Theatre in Under the Leaves, and Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2pm.
HONITON, Beehive, Jane Austen Wrecked My Life, film, 2 and 7.30.
ILMINSTER, Arts Centre, Bowie Fashion.
MONTACUTE, House, Pantaloons in Hamlet.
NORTON ST PHILIP, Village Hall, A Complete Unknown. MOVIOLA
SALISBURY, Arundells, Illyria in Pride and Prejudice, 7.30pm.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, Living the Life of Riley, comedy with Vicky Entwistle, 7.30.
SWANAGE, Mowlem Theatre, Summer of Music 25, Pop-Up Bowie with Paul Anthony, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, West End Magic, 7pm.
Tacchi-Morris, Voulez Vous, ABBA tribute, 7.30.
WEST CAMEL, Davis Hall, We Live in Time. MOVIOLA
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Amy, tribute to Amy Winehouse with Laura Jane Butler, 7.30.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Rhythm of the Dance, 7.30.

Saturday 26 July
BALTONSBOROUGH, Village Hall Field, The Rude Mechanicals in Gentle Harry’s Farm.
BEAULIEU, Abbey, Music at Beaulieu, The King’s Men, 7pm.
BODMIN, Cardinham Woods Cafe Garden, Sun and Moon Theatre in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Space Cowboy, tribute to Jamiroquai.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Tom Bailey, Wild Thing!, comedy, Edinburgh preview, 7.30.
FROME, Cheese and Grain, Metallica, Re-Loaded, tribute.
Tree House, Quo-Incidence, tribute.
HALSTOCK, Village Hall, Bridget Jones (Mad About the Boy). MOVIOLA
HONITON, Beehive, The Salts and Phil Beer, sea shantys, folk songs etc, 7.30.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, Aber Valley Male Voice Choir, 2pm: Jamie and the Falcons, 8pm.
SWANAGE, Mowlem Theatre, Lilo and Stitch, film, to 3 Aug, 11.30am.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, As We Were, Oasis tribute, 7.30.
WAREHAM, Holme for Gardens, Rain or Shine in The Rivals.
WARMINSTER, Athenaeum, ABBA Revival, tribute, 7.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, The Magic of Motown, 7.30.
YELVERTON, The Garden House, Illyria in Pride and Prejudice, 7pm.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Taylormania, 7.30.

Sunday 27 July
BUDE, Ebbingford Manor, Illyria in Pride and Prejudice, 6.30pm.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Folksy Theatre in Twelfth Night, 7pm.
STOWFORD, Manor Farm, Trowbridge Festival, Miranda Sykes.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, Rokit Choir,  Legends, celebrating pop and rock icons, 6pm.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Song Fest, Quangle Wangle Choir, workshops and concert, from 1.30pm: Bye Bye Baby, Frankie Valli tribute, 7.30.
WHITCOMBE, Manor, The Music of Victoria Wood, with Paulus, in aid of Dorchester Arts, from noon.

Monday 28 July
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, James Bond Concert Spectacular, 7.30.
CROYDE, Baggy Point, Illyria in Pride and Prejudice, 6.30pm.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, SummerMT in Dr Dolittle Jr, summer school, to Fri.
SIDMOUTH, Manor Pavilion, Paul Taylor Mills summer rep, Neville’s Island by Tim Firth, to Fri, 8pm.

Tuesday 29 July
BATH, Theatre Royal, John Godber’s Do I Love You?, to Sat
BRIDPORT, Electric Palace, Rude Science, 11.30am and 3.3opm.
CHARD, Forde Abbey, Folksy Theatre in Twelfth Night, 7pm.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Bring Them Down, film, 7.30.
LISKEARD, Sterts Theatre, Illyria in Pride and Prejudice, 7pm.
SHERBORNE, House Garden, Illyria in HMS Pinafore, 7pm.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower, Dinosaur World Live, and Wed.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Maisie Adam, Kate Lucas and Alex Kealy, comedy, 7.30.

Wednesday 30 July 2025
BARNSTAPLE, Marwood Hill Gardens, Folksy Theatre in Twelfth Night, 7pm.
BRIDPORT, Millennium Green, Circus Raj, 3pm.
BRISTOL, The Mount Without, Kevin Figes, jazz.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Alan Ayckbourn’s A Brief History of Women, to Tues, 7.30. Part of Gilroy Theatre summer rep season to 27 Aug.
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, Hamilton, to Saturday 6 September, Mon-Sat 7.30, Thurs/Sat mats 2.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Jimmy Carr, Laughs Funny, comedy, 7pm.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Band of Friends.

Thursday 31 July
AXMINSTER, Burrow Farm Gardens, Folksy Theatre in Twelfth Night, and Fri, 7pm.
EXETER, Rougemont Gardens, Sun and Moon Theatre in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, to Sun.
Killerton House, Illyria in HMS Pinafore, 7pm.
HONITON, Beehive, How to Train Your Dragon, film, 2pm.
IBBERTON, Village Hall, Miracle Theatre in Twelfth Night, 7pm. AR
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Mathew Horne, Gavin and Stacey star, 7.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Luke Combs UK, country, 7.30.

Friday 1 August
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Fidelio, from the Royal Opera House, 7pm.
DORCHESTER, Maumbury Rings, Illyria in HMS Pinafore, 7pm.
HONITON, Beehive, Sladist, tribute.
ILMINSTER, Arts Centre, Alex Clark and the Craig Milverton Trio.
KIMMERIDGE BAY, Miracle Theatre in Twelfth Night, 7pm. AR
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, This is Floyd, tribute.
PORTSMOUTH, Guildhall, BSO, John Williams: the Master – Symphonic Spectacular.
SIDMOUTH, Folk Festival, to 8 Aug, inc Richard Thompson, Sharon Shannon, Dervish, Steve Knightley and Friends, Talisk, Peatbog Fairies, Seth Lakeman Band, Martin and Eliza Carthy, John Tams, Jon Boden, Phil Beer, Rheingans Sisters, Sam Sweeney, Lady Maisery, Reg Meuross, etc.
STROUD, The Museum in the Park, Festival Players in As You Like It, 7.30pm.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Arrival, The Hits of ABBA, 7.30.
Tacchi-Morris, Summer Musical Theatre School Showcase, 3pm.
Hestercombe Gardens, Folksy Theatre in Robin Hood, 5pm.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, The 80s Live.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Barry Steele in The Roy Orbison Story.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Tom Gates Epic Stage Show, based on books of Liz Pichon, 12.30 and 3.30pm.

Saturday 2 August
BATH, American Museum, Immersion Theatre in The Wind in the Willows, 6.30.
BRISTOL, Boiling Wells Amphitheatre, Folksy Theatre in Twelfth Night, 7pm.
FAWLEY, Village Hall, Juror No 2. MOVIOLA
FROME, Cheese and Grain, CODA, Led Zep tribute.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Folksy Theatre in Robin Hood, 2pm.
PLYMOUTH, The Quad Theatre, ReBels Young Company in The Witching Hour, 7.30.
PORTSMOUTH, Guildhall, BSO, ABBA Symphonic Spectacular.
ST AUSTELL, Wheal Martyn Clayworks, Illyria in The Merry Wives of Windsor, 7pm.
SANDFORD ORCAS, Higher Orchard, Miracle Theatre in Twelfth Night, 7pm. AR
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Whole Lotta Shakin’, The Shakin’ Stevens Story, 7.30.
WELLS, Bishop’s Palace, Illyria in HMS Pinafore, 7.30pm.

Sunday 3 August
BARNSTAPLE, Marwood Hill Gardens, Folksy Theatre in Robin Hood, 2pm.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Glenn Miller Orchestra.
CHARD, Forde Abbey, Folksy Theatre in Robin Hood, 2pm.
CORSLEY, The Elizabethan Evening at Manor Farm, Illyria in The Merry Wives of Windsor.
SWINDON, Lydiard Park, Immersion Theatre in The Wind in the Willows, 4pm.
TAUNTON, Hestercombe Gardens, Folksy Theatre in Twelfth Night, 5pm.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Beautiful Trauma – The Live Pink Experience, 7.30

Monday 4 August
SWANAGE, Mowlem Theatre, Summer of Music 25, Supersonic Queen, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Sex Bomb – the Music of Tom Jones.

Tuesday 5 August
BATH, Theatre Royal, Death Comes to Pemberley, to Sat.
EXETER, Powderham Castle, Festival Players in As You Like It, 7pm.
FROME, Merlin ECOS Amphitheatre, Illyria in Pride and Prejudice, 7pm.
ILFRACOMBE, Watermouth Harbour, Folksy Theatre in Twelfth Night, 7pm.
KINGSBURY EPISCOPI, Village Hall, Bridget Jones (Mad About the Boy). MOVIOLA
TORQUAY, Cockington Court, Illyria in The Merry Wives of Windsor, 6.30pm.

Wednesday 6 August
BUDE, Ebbingford Manor, Illyria in The Merry Wives of Windsor, 6.30pm.
CANNINGTON, Walled Gardens, Folksy Theatre in Twelfth Night, 7pm.
CHARD, Forde Abbey, Folksy Theatre in Robin Hood, 5pm.
CODFORD, Woolstore Theatre, Anora. MOVIOLA
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Exhibition on Screen, Vermeer – The Greatest Exhibition, 7pm.
EXBURY, Gardens, Illyria in The Wind in the Willows, 7pm.
FROME, Merlin ECOS Amphitheatre, Immersion Theatre in The Tempest, 7pm.
ILMINSTER, Warehouse Theatre, The Children, to Sat, 7.30.
ST MAWES, Tresanton Hotel, Quantum Theatre in The Tale of Jemima Puddleduck.
SWANAGE, Mowlem Theatre, Summer of Music 25, ABBA Stars UK, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, The Science Museum Live, 12.30 and 3.30.
WARMINSTER, Athenaeum, A Complete Unknown, film, 7.30.

Thursday 7 August
AXMINSTER, Burrow Farm Gardens, Folksy Theatre in Robin Hood, 2pm.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Taylormania, All Eras.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, The Titfield Thunderbolt, 1953 film, 11am: Bob Marley: One Love, film, 7.30.
CORFE CASTLE, Illyria in Pride and Prejudice, 7pm.
FALMOUTH, Trebah Gardens, Quantum Theatre in The Tale of Jemima Puddleduck.
FROME, Memorial Theatre, Spellbound in We Will Rock You, to Sat, 7pm, Sat mat 2pm.
HONITON, Beehive, Honiton Community Theatre in Agatha Christie’s A Murder is Announced, to Sat, 7pm.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Brian Clemens’ Strictly Murder, to Weds, 7.30. Part of Gilroy Theatre summer rep season to 27 Aug.
PENZANCE, Penlee Park Theatre, Festival Players in As You Like It, 7.30pm.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, The Museum of Marvellous Things, 11.30 and 2.30.
WIMBORNE, Kingston Lacy, Illyria in The Wind in the Willows, 7pm.
WINGFIELD, Church Farm, IfOpera,Verdi’s Rigoletto, and 9th/14th/16th August, 7pm.

Friday 8 August
BATH, Abbey, Antic Disposition in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, to 29th Aug, various times.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Dino Tales – Jurassic Rescue, 4pm.
Meyrick Park Proms, BSO, Classical Extravaganza, 8pm.
CHARD, Guildhall, We Live in Time. MOVIOLA
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Don Giovanni from the Royal Opera, 7pm.
HANGING LANGFORD, Village Hall, Juror No 2. MOVIOLA
HINTON AMPNER, Estate, Quantum Theatre in Alice Though the Looking Glass, and Friday 15 Aug.
SHERBORNE, House Garden, Illyria in The Wind in the Willows, 7pm.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower Studios, The Last Rose of Summer, a musical journey through Jane Austen’s life, and Sat.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, An Audience with John Cleese, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Roy Orbison and the Travelling Wilburys, tribute, 7.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Dinosaurs Live, 12.30 and 3.30pm.
WINGFIELD, Church Farm, IfOpera, Offenbach’s Orpheus in the Underworld, and 12th/15th August, 7pm.

Saturday 9 August
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Cirque: The Greatest Show – re-imagined, 2 and 7.30pm.
Meyrick Park Proms, BSO, Symphonic Smash Hits – the 80s!, 8pm.
BREAMORE, House, The Lord Chamberlain’s Men in Twelfth Night, 7pm.
BURTON BRADSTOCK, Music Festival, and art exhibition, to 19 Aug.
CANNINGTON, Walled Gardens, Folksy Theatre in Robin Hood, 2pm.
CREDITON, Lapford Mill, Quantum Theatre in The Tale of Jemima Puddleduck.
FROME, Merlin ECOS Amphitheatre, Folksy Theatre in Twelfth Night, 2pm.
Cheese and Grain, Teenage Fanclub.
SOUTH ZEAL, Dartmoor Folk Festival, Miranda Sykes and Jim Causley.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, Jerry Lee Lewis Songbook with Peter Gill and band, 7.30.
SWANAGE, Mowlem Theatre, Summer of Music 25, The UpBeat Beatles, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Fireman Sam – The Great Camping Adventure, 12.30 and 3.30pm.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Queen Rhapsody, tribute, 7.30

Sunday 10 August
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, The Princess Proms, 1.45.
BRIDGWATER, Fyne Court, Quantum Theatre in The Tale of Jemima Puddleduck.
BURTON BRADSTOCK, Rectory Gardens, Music Festival, Tea Party with Music.
St Mary’s Church, Festival Evensong, organist Paul Cheater and Litton Cheney Choir, 6pm.
SHILLINGSTONE, Portman Hall, Treehouse Theatre in Treasure Island, 11am. AR
SIXPENNY HANDLEY, Village Hall, Treehouse Theatre in Treasure Island, 11am. AR
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Nicola Keen in Tea with Joyce Grenfell, 4.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Cirque – The Greatest Show Re-imagined, 3 and 7pm.
WINCHESTER, Avington Quarry, Pantaloons in Robin Hood, 3pm and 7pm.
WINGFIELD, Church Farm, IfOpera, Picnic Prom with Clare Teal, from 5.30pm.

Monday 11 August
BURTON BRADSTOCK, St Mary’s Church, Music Festival, Castaway, accordionist Milos Milivojevic in conversation with David Juritz, 11.30am: Jaywalkers, Americana and folk, 7pm.
SHREWTON, Village Hall, A Real Pain. MOVIOLA
SIDMOUTH, Manor Pavilion, Paul Taylor Mills summer rep, Dial M for Murder by Frederick Knott, to Sat, 8pm.
SWANAGE, Mowlem Theatre, Summer of Music 25, Tina Live, 7.30.
Prince Albert Gardens, Rain or Shine in The Rivals.

Tuesday 12 August
BIDEFORD, Tapeley Park, 44o Theatre in Much Ado About Nothing and Macbeth, double bill.
BURTON BRADSTOCK, St Mary’s Church, Music Festival, Natalia Lomeiko, violin, Yuri Zhislin, viola, Anya Zhislin, violin and piano, Bach, Mozart, Ravel, Grieg, noon: Ewan Stevenson, piano, Adam King, bass, Joe Dessauer, drums, Peter Horsfall, trumpet and vocals, Yuri Zhislin, violin, From Ellington to Evans, jazz, 7pm: Craig Ogden, guitar, David Juritz, violin, Part, Satie and Bach, 9.45pm.
HONITON, Beehive, Lilo and Stitch, film, 2.30.
WAREHAM, Holme for Gardens, Folksy Theatre in Robin Hood, 2pm.

Wednesday 13 August
BRANSGORE, Village Hall, Wicked. MOVIOLA
BUDE, Ebbingford Manor, Pantaloons in Robin Hood.
BURTON BRADSTOCK, St Mary’s Church, Music Festival,  festival musicians, Wagner, Beethoven, Satie, Ravel, 7pm: Anja Petkovic, violin, Milos Milivojevic, accordion, David Gordon, piano, Rachmaninov, Franck, Saint Saens, Milosevic, 9.45pm.
CHARLTON MARSHALL, Village Hall, Juror No 2. MOVIOLA
CHELTENHAM, Tuckwell Amphitheatre, Plandits in Plandits in The Big Bad Wolf, 2.30 and The Secret Garden, 7.30.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Exhibition on Screen, Sunflowers – The Mysteries of Van Gogh’s Greatest Masterworks, 7pm.
GLASTONBURY, Abbey, Illyria in The Wind in the Willows, 7pm.
SWANAGE, Mowlem Theatre, Summer of Music 25, Nothing But a Good Time, Rock Hits of the 80s and 90s, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, 44o Theatre in Much Ado About Nothing and Macbeth, double bill, and Thurs.
WELLS, Bishops Palace, Three Inch Fools in The Most Perilous Comedie of Elizabeth I.

Thursday 14 August
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, RudeBoy:  The Story of Trojan Records, film, 7.30.
BURTON BRADSTOCK, St Mary’s Church, Music Festival, Atea Quintet with David Gordon, piano, Saint Saens, Dukas, Wood, noon: Film and Television music with the Festival Orchestra, 7pm: David Gordon, piano, Paul Cavaciuti, drums and percussion, Richard Pryce, bass, UnRavel, 9.45pm.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Liz Jones, singer songwriter, 7pm.
HIGHCLIFFE, Castle, Three Inch Fools in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Jane Austen’s Persuasion, to Wed, 7.30. Part of Gilroy Theatre summer rep season to 27 Aug.
PEWSEY, Bouverie  Hall, Wicked. MOVIOLA
SHEPTON MONTAGUE, Village Hall, Bridget Jones (Mad About the Boy). MOVIOLA
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, The Rocket Man, Elton John tribute, 7.30.
WINTERBOURNE, nr Bristol, Court Farm Barn, Festival Players in As You Like It, 7pm.

Friday 15 August
BATH, Theatre Royal, Harriet Walter and Gloria Obianyo in As You Like It, to 30 Aug.
BURTON BRADSTOCK, St Mary’s Church, Music Festival, Gala Concert, Festival Orchestra, Mozart, Farrenc, Bizet, Vivaldi, Peterson, Ravel, 7pm.
CALNE, Bowood House, Dukes Theatre in Macbeth, 7pm.
COMBEINTEIGHHEAD, Hearn Farm, Three Inch Fools in The Most Perilous Comedie of Elizabeth I.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Handel’s Theodora, from the Royal Opera House, 7pm.
FRAMPTON ON SEVERN, Frampton Court, Festival Players in As You Like It.
FROME, Cheese and Grain, Heaven 17.
HONITON, Beehive, Forever Queen, tribute, 7.30.
ILMINSTER, Arts Centre, Voices Amici.
SOUTHAMPTON, Itchen Valley Country Park, Plandits in The Big Bad Wolf, 5pm.
TORQUAY, Torre Abbey, 44o Theatre in Much Ado About Nothing and Macbeth, double bill, and Sat.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Showaddywaddy, 7.30.
WINTERBORNE STICKLAND, Sports Club, Three Inch Fools in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 7pm. AR

Saturday 16 August
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, A Country Night in Nashville.
BUDE, Ebbingford Manor, Three Inch Fools in The Most Perilous Comedie of Elizabeth I.
DUNSTER, Castle, Three Inch Fools in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
LANGHAM WINE ESTATE, Purbeck Film Festival Cinema under the Stars, Shakespeare in Love.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, The Kate Bush Experience, 8pm.
PUDDLETOWN, Athelhampton House, Plandits in The Big Bad Wolf, 6pm.
SWANAGE, Mowlem Theatre, Summer of Music 25, Sounds of the 60s with The Zoots, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Mercury, Queen tribute, 7.30.
TETBURY, Goods Shed Arts Centre, Festival Players in As You Like It, 7pm.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Taylormania with Katy Ellis, 6pm: The Boy George Experience, 8pm.

Sunday 17 August
BEAMINSTER, Meerhay Manor, Festival Players in As You Like It, 3pm.
BUCKLERS HARD, Master Builder’s House, Dukes Theatre in Macbeth, 5pm.
BUDE, Ebbingford Manor, Three Inch Fools in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
COLEFORD (Glos), Scarr Bandstand, Pantaloons in Robin Hood, 5pm.
WINGFIELD, Church Farm, IfOpera, Baroque double bill of Carissimi’s Historia Jonae and Monteverdi’s Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda, performances at 3pm and 7pm.

Monday 18 August
LITTON CHENEY, Community Hall, Scratchworks Theatre in The Mushroom Show, 2pm. AR
SIDMOUTH, Manor Pavilion, Paul Taylor Mills summer rep, See How They Run by Philip King, to Sat, 8pm.
SWANAGE, Mowlem Theatre, Summer of Music 25, New Jersey Boys, 7.30.

Tuesday 19 August
ALDERHOLT, Village Hall, Scratchworks Theatre in The Mushroom Show, 11am. AR
BEAWORTHY, Badock Gardens, Plandits in The Secret Garden.
CHEW VALLEY, Yeo Valley Organic Garden, Illyria in The Merry Wives of Windsor, 7pm.
CREDITON, Lapford Mill, 44o Theatre in Much Ado About Nothing and Macbeth, double bill. 

Wednesday 20 August
BRISTOL, Cornwallis Crescent Clifton, Festival Players in As You Like It, 7.15pm.
CHAGFORD, Stone Lane Gardens, Three Inch Fools in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Exhibition on Screen, Frida Kahlo, 7pm.
CULLOMPTON, The Corn Barn, Rain or Shine in The Rivals.
FILLEIGH, Castle Hill, Plandits in The Big Bad Wolf, 5pm.
PENZANCE, Pentillie Castle, Three Inch Fools in The Most Perilous Comedie of Elizabeth I.
SHERBORNE, Castle Gardens, Illyria in The Merry Wives of Windsor, 7.30pm.
SWANAGE, Mowlem Theatre, Summer of Music 25, This Carpenters Masquerade, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, The Dinosaur that Pooped, 12.30 and 3.30.
TRURO, Trelissick Gardens, Quantum Theatre in Alice Though the Looking Glass.

Thursday 21 August
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, The Harder They Come, 1972 film, 7.30.
BUDE, Castle Gardens, 44o Theatre in Much Ado About Nothing and Macbeth, double bill.
CORFE CASTLE, Illyria in The Merry Wives of Windsor, 7pm.
FROME, Merlin Theatre, Tri.Art Theatre Academy in Guys and Dolls, to Sat, 7pm, Sat mat 2pm.
HIGHCLIFFE, Castle, Three Inch Fools in The Most Perilous Comedie of Elizabeth I.
HONITON, Beehive, The Acoustic Summer Showcase, local musicians, free, 7pm.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Noel Coward’s Fallen Angel, to Wed, 7.30. Part of Gilroy Theatre summer rep season.
PENZANCE, Penlee Park Theatre, Quantum Theatre in Alice Though the Looking Glass.
POOLE, Harbour, Brownsea Island, Three Inch Fools in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Fri.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Tiddlygigs, Jack and the Beanstalk, musical storytelling, 10.15am: Goldilocks and the Three Bears, 1pm.
TORRINGTON, RHS Garden Rosemoor, Plandits in The Secret Garden, 3pm.

Friday 22 August
BATH, Theatre Royal, The Egg, TRBTS Summer Company in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Sat, 2 and 6pm: Lantern Hall, BBC Proms Late Junction, 9pm.
BRISTOL, Beacon, BBC Proms  – Charles Hazelwood’s ParaOrchestra and The Breath, folk, 6pm.
BUDE, Falcon Hotel, Plandits in The Big Bad Wolf, 5pm.
CANNINGTON, Walled Garden, Quantum Theatre in Alice Though the Looking Glass.
CORFE CASTLE, Purbeck Film Festival Cinema under the Stars, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, The Wizard of Oz, 1925 silent film with live piano accompaniement by Meg Morley, 7pm.
DULVERTON, Knackershole Garden Theatre, Rain or Shine in The Rivals.
FROME, Cheese and Grain, Vicky Jackson as Pink.
NEW MILTON, Forest Arts, Fleetwood Collective, tribute, 7.30.
PENZANCE, Penlee Park Theatre, 44o Theatre in Much Ado About Nothing and Macbeth, double bill.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower, Grease, school edition, and Sat.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, John Cleese, 2 and 8pm.

Saturday 23 August
BEAULIEU, Abbey, Music at Beaulieu, Spiral Jazz, 7pm.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Britten Sinfonia, Mozart, Part, Gavin Higgins, 5.30pm.
St George’s, BBC Proms, Danish National Vocal Ensemble, A Choral Dialogue Across the Centuries, 2pm.
CORFE CASTLE, Purbeck Film Festival Cinema under the Stars, Paddington in Peru.
CORSHAM, Alms Houses, The Last Baguette in Bin Rat, 11am and 2pm.
FALMOUTH, Trebah Garden, Plandits in The Big Bad Wolf, 4pm.
The Poly, 44o Theatre in Much Ado About Nothing and Macbeth, double bill.
HONITON, Beehive, The Mojo Workin’ Band, blues.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, Peter Howarth, from The Hollies, 8pm.
SWANAGE, Mowlem Theatre, Summer of Music 25, From Gold to Rio, greatest hits of Spandau Ballet and Duran Duran, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Tom Gates, The Epic Stage Show, music and drawing, 12.30 and 3.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Jim Davidson, The New Chapter, comedy, 7.30.

Sunday 24 August
BARNSTAPLE, Arlington Court, Illyria in The Wind in the Willows, 6pm.
BRISTOL, Beacon, BBC Proms, Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera, cond Rizzi, Avery Amereau, mezzo soprano, Rossini, Puccini, Berio, Verdi, Respighi and Elgar, 7pm.
PENZANCE, Penlee Park Theatre, Plandits in Plandits in The Big Bad Wolf, 2pm, and The Secret Garden, 6.30.
TEWKESBURY, Lessex House Field, Festival Players in As You Like It, 7pm.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, The Magic of the BeeGees, 7.30.

Monday 25 August
SIDMOUTH, Manor Pavilion, Paul Taylor Mills summer rep, Murder in the Dark by Torben Betts, to Sat, 8pm.
SWANAGE, Mowlem Theatre, Summer of Music 25, Elvis from Memphis to Vegas, 7.30.

Tuesday 26 August
BIDEFORD, Tapeley Park, Illyria in HMS Pinafore, 6pm.

Wednesday 27 August
BRIDPORT, Electric Palace, BMTC in Shrek-the Musical, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.30.
BUDE, Ebbingford Manor, Illyria in HMS Pinafore, 6.30pm
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Exhibition on Screen, David Hockney at the Royal Academy, 7pm.
EGGESFORD, The Lodge, Pantaloons in Hamlet.
SALISBURY, Arundells, Plandits in The Secret Garden.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower, Mary Poppins, to 20 September.

Thursday 28 August
BRIDPORT, Millennium Green, Squashbox in The Sea Show, 3pm.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Prof Alice Roberts – The Rise and Fall of an Empire.
DORCHESTER, Maumbury Rings, Rain or Shine in The Rivals.
FILLIEGH, Castle Hill, Pantaloons in Hamlet.
FROME, Tree House, China Bears.
HONITON, Beehive, Aladdin, 1992 Disney film, 2pm.
LISKEARD, Sterts Theatre, Illyria in HMS Pinafore, 7pm.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Breathless, tribute to The Corrs, 7.30.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Project Dance in BUSK, and Fri, 7.30.

Friday 29 August
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Don Quixote from the Royal Ballet, 7pm.
FROME, Merlin ECOS Amphitheatre, Illyria in HMS Pinafore, 7pm.
Cheese and Grain, Johnny2Bad, the UB 40 show.
LANGPORT, Midelney Manor, Pantaloons in Hamlet.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Turin Brakes, acoustic, 8pm.
STUDLAND, Knoll House Hotel,  Purbeck Film Festival Cinema under the Stars, Wicked.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Frankie, The Concert, tribute, 7.30.
WEST CAMEL, Davis Village Hall, Juror No 2. MOVIOLA
WELLS, Cedars Hall, Graham Gooch, cricketer, 7.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Country Superstars, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Pop Gods of the 80s and 90s – the Ultimate Tribute Show.

Saturday 30 August
FROME, Merlin Theatre, Black Hound Theatre in At the Edge, 2 and 7.30pm, Sun 2pm.
HONITON, Beehive, Absolute Oasis, tribute, 7.30
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Ninebarrow and Friends, folk, 8pm.
NEW MILTON, Forest Arts, Dee Anderson, Growing Up with Thunderbirds, tribute to TV show, 8pm.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, Mud, 7.30.
WAREHAM, Careys Secret Garden,  Purbeck Film Festival Cinema under the Stars, A Complete Unknown.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, The Ed Sheeran Experience with Jack Shepherd, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, The Bohemians.

Sunday 31 August
BERKELEY, Castle, Three Inch Fools in The Most Perilous Comedie of Elizabeth I, and Mon.
BRISTOL, St Georges, The Drifters, 7.30.
CHURCHINFORD, Cricket Ground, Pantaloons in Hamlet, 3pm.
HAM HILL, Country Park, Chill on the Hill with Take Art.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Spooky Men’s Chorale, 8pm.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Give Me Moore, tribute to Gary Moore, 7.30.

Monday 1 September
CIRENCESTER, Barn Theatre, Haywire, new play by Tim Stimpson to celebrate 75th anniversary of The Archers, to 11 Oct.
SIDMOUTH, Manor Pavilion, Paul Taylor Mills summer rep, A Song at Twilight by Noel Coward, to Sat, 8pm.

Wednesday 3 September
TAUNTON, Museum of Somerset, Three Inch Fools in The Most Perilous Comedie of Elizabeth I.
TRURO, Trelissick Gardens, Dukes Theatre in Macbeth, 6.30pm.
WELLS, Bishop’s Palace, Pantaloons in Hamlet.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Degrees of Error in Murder, She Didn’t Write, 7.30.

Thursday 4 September
ANDOVER, The Lights, Pantaloons in Hamlet.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Three Inch Fools in The Most Perilous Comedie of Elizabeth I.
REDRUTH, Scorrier House, Dukes Theatre in Macbeth, 7pm.

Friday 5 September
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, That’ll Be the Day 40th anniversary, and Sat.
MAWNAN SMITH, Trebah Garden, Dukes Theatre in Macbeth, and Sat 6.30pm.
WAREHAM, The Blue Pool,  Purbeck Film Festival Cinema under the Stars,  Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Ben Portsmouth – This is Elvis, 7.30.

Saturday 6 September
TROWBRIDGE, Heywood House, Illyria in HMS Pinafore, 5pm.
WAREHAM, The Blue Pool,  Purbeck Film Festival Cinema under the Stars, Moulin Rouge.
YEOVIL, Westlands, The Haunting of Blaine Manor, and Sun, 7.30.

Sunday 7 September
WINCHESTER, Theatre Royal, Anton Lesser, Lucia Bonbright and the Orchestra of the Swan, A Beautiful Thread, Thomas Hardy in words and music, 3pm.

Monday 8 September
PORTHCURNO, Minack Theatre, Dukes Theatre in Macbeth, to Thurs, 7.30, some mats.
SHERBORNE, Studio Theatre, APS in John Godber’s Bouncers, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.30.
SIDMOUTH, Manor Pavilion, Paul Taylor Mills summer rep, The Cottage by Sandy Rustin, to Sat, 8pm.

Thursday 11 September
BATH, Theatre Royal, Emma, to 20 Sept.

Friday 12 September
YEOVIL, Westlands, What’s Love Got to Do With It?, Tina Turner tribute, 7.30.

Saturday 13 September
BEAULIEU, Abbey, Music at Beaulieu, Nova Clarinet Quintet, 7pm.
ST AUSTELL, Wheal Martyn Clayworks, Illyria in HMS Pinafore, 7pm.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Stewart Lee vs The Man-Wulf, comedy, and Sun, 7.30.

Tuesday 23 September
BATH, Theatre Royal, BLOG in The Addams Family, to Sat.

Friday 26 September
EXETER, Barnfield Theatre, The Comedy Store Exeter, and 28 Nov.
YEOVIL, Westlands, James Phelan, The Dreamer, magic, 7.30.

Saturday 27 September
YEOVIL, Westlands,  Paul Zerdin, Jaw Drop Tour, ventriloquism, 7.30.

Wednesday 1 October
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Al Stewart, The Farewell Tour.
NEW MILTON, Forest Arts, Pantaloons in Hamlet.

Thursday 2 October
CLEARBROOK, Village Hall, Pantaloons in Hamlet.
DEVON, Two Moors Festival,  to Sun and 9th to 12th October

Friday 3 October
BATH, Theatre Royal,  Ralph Fiennes in Small Hotel to 18 Oct.
IVYBRIDGE, The Watermark, Pantaloons in Hamlet.

Sunday 5 October 2025
CARDIFF, Utilita Arena, Simply Red, 40th anniversary tour.