Friday 1 May
BATH, Theatre Royal, Emma Rice Co in Malory Towers, to 9 May (not Sun), various times.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Roland Gift, 40 Years of Songs by Fine Young Cannibals.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective with Ben Goldscheider.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Zubieta and the Suaves, Afro-Brazilian samba and jazz, 8pm.
Electric Palace, Midwinter Break, film, 7.30, and Thurs 2pm.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Clinton Baptiste, Spectral Intercourse, comedy, 7.30: Lantern, Hamish Hawk, Celebrating Ivor Cutler, 7.30.
Folk House, Bristol Folk Festival, Tamsin Elliot.
CHRISTCHURCH, Priory, Beethoven’s Fifth, BSO, cond Wigglesworth, BSO Benevolent Fund Concert, Mozart, Bach, Handel and Beethoven, 7.30.
Regent Centre,Milton Musical Society, Funny Girl, and Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2pm.
CUCKLINGTON, Village Hall, The Choral. MOVIOLA
DARTMOUTH, The Flavel, Our Star Theatre in The Invisible Man, comedy thriller based on HG Wells, 7.30.
FROME, The Tunnels, Thrash and Burn fest, from 7pm.
Rook Lane Chapel, Pete the Temp, Romantics, Mystics and Revolutionaries, music, comedy and poetry telling story of Wordsworth and Coleridge, 7pm.
Cheese and Grain, Lucy Spraggan, singer songwriter, 7.30.
HONITON, Beehive, Elvis Through the Decades with Steve Halliday, 7.30.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Cinema, Hamnet, and 15/19 May, 11am: The North, and Wed/Thurs.
SALISBURY, Arts Centre, The Hundred Watt Club, burlesque, comedy, circus and cabaret, 7.30.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, Chicken Town, film, 7.30.
SHERBORNE, Abbey, Festival, Sherborne School Chamber Ensembles, 1.30: Julian Bliss clarinet, Juventus Chamber Orchestra, cond Thomas Hull, Rossini, Mozart, Schubert, 7pm.
Sherborne School big schoolroom, Festival, Sherborne School Swing Band, 5pm.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, H is for Hawk, film.
STREET, Strode Theatre, The Magic Faraway Tree, film, 7.30, Sat 2.30 and 7.45, Tues 7pm: Project Hail Mary, film, 7.45, and Sat 2.45 and 7.30.
SWANAGE, Mowlem, The Drama, film, and Sat and Mon-Thurs, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Lucy Porter, Let Yourself Go, comedy, 7.30.
WELLS, Cedars Hall, Roderick Williams, baritone,  with Christopher Glynn.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Supreme Queen, tribute, 7.30.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Funny Girl, with Sheridan Smith,  screening, and Sat, 2.30 and 7pm.

Saturday 2 May
BATH, Theatre Royal, The Egg, Goofus Theatre in All In a Wonderous Night, puppets and storytelling, and Sun 11.30am and 3pm.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion Dance, Blackwell Dance Academy, Let’s Dance, and Sun.
BRIDPORT, Electric Palace, The Magic Faraway Tree, 2pm: Kane Brown, Crowd Work King, comedy, 8pm.
BRISTOL, Beacon, The Unthanks, Ye Vagabonds and The Breath, folk, 7pm: Lantern, Belle Chen, piano, classical, contemporary and electronic, 8pm.
St George’s, Bristol Folk Festival, Sam Sweeny Trio with Robbie Cavanagh and Aellinm, 1.30: John Smith and Ellie Gowers, 7.30.
EXETER, Barnfield Theatre, John Smith, Comedy without Barriers (with BSL), 7.45.|
FROME, Cheese and Grain, Taylor Swift tribute with Xenna, 7pm.
Tree House, John Bramwell, the voice of I Am Klute.
POOLE, Lighthouse, The Music of Led Zeppelin, a rock symphonic experience, BSO, cond Richard Sidwell, with singers and rock band, 7.30: Lucid Cabaret, 8pm: Cinema, The Magic Faraway Tree, and Wed/Thurs: The Stranger, and Tues/Wed.
SALISBURY, Arts Centre, Bare Jams, punk, soul, pop, jazz and rock, 7.30.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, Time to Shine, music and drama youth theatre open evening, 6.30.
SHERBORNE, Abbey, Festival, Sherborne School Chamber Choir, 11am: Solomon’s Knot, Bach cantatas, 7pm.
Cheap Street Church, Festival, Wessex Strings, Parry, Ireland, Elgar, 1.30pm.
Sherborne School for Girls Gransden Hall, Festival, Ruth Rogers violin, Simon Callaghan piano, Beethoven, Faure, Elgar, Saint Saens, 3.30pm.
SIDMOUTH, Manor Pavilion, Our Star Theatre in The Invisible Man, comedy thriller based on HG Wells, 7.30.
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.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, The Simon and Garfunkel Story, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, An Evening of Burlesque, 7.30.

Sunday 3 May
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Aljaz and Janette, Let’s Face the Music and Dance.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Lua Noah, singer, songwriter and guitarist.
BRISTOL, St George’s, Bristol Folk Festival, Ranagri, Vulva Voce, folk jazz string quartet, Amadou Diagne, kora and griot, 1.30pm: Rioghnach Connolly and Honeyfeet, swampy jazz, blues and folk, and Kit Hawes and Aaron Cutlow, 7.30.
Beacon, Al Murray, All You Need is Guv, comedy, 7.30: Lantern, Warsi Brothers, Sufi and Qawwali music, 8pm.
Strange Brew, Milkweed, folk. 8pm.
The Gaffe, Susie McCabe, Best Behaviour, comedy.
Folk House, Bristol Folk Festival, Malin Lewis.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, The Super Mario Galaxy Movies, 2pm, and Mon 11.30am: Cleanin’ Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters, with Q and A, 4.30pm: Ghostbusters [1984], 7pm.
EXETER, Northcott, Clinton Baptiste, Spectral Intercourse, comedy, 7.30.
FROME, Cheese and Grain, EMF, with Bis.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Haircut 100, 7.30.
SHERBORNE, Abbey, Festival, Festal Eucharist with Abbey Choir, Victoria, Byrd, Tallis, 9.30am: Abbey Choir, Wood, Howells, Harris, Stanford, 6pm.
Castleton Church, Festival, The Beckett Consort, Bairstow, Ayleward, Ireland and Phillips, 11.15am.
Sherborne School for Girls Gransden Hall, Festival, Sense and Musicality, Penelope Appleyard soprano, Jonathan Delbridge piano, music from Jane Austen’s time, 3.30.
Sherborne School big schoolroom, Festival, James Pearson Trio, A Portrait of Oscar Peterson, 7.30.

Monday 4 May
BRISTOL, Beacon, Ludovico Einaudi, piano, 7.30: Lantern, Lucrecia Dalt, electronic and experimental music, 8pm.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Project Hail Mary, film, and Wed: Wuthering Heights, 2026, 1pm: David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet, film, to Thurs, various times.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Mad4Dance in The Wonder of You, 1.30 and 6pm.
SHERBORNE, Abbey, Festival, David Bednall, organ, Bach, Vierne, Howells, Jackson etc, 1.30pm: Abbey Choir, dir James Henderson, Charlie Gurnham organ, Howells, Palestrina, Purcell, Byrd, Wood, Rutter, etc, 7pm.
St Aldhelm and the Sacred Heart Church, Festival, Leweston School Chamber Ensemble, 4pm.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Hoppers, 2025 animated film, 11am: Splitsville, film, 1pm.

Tuesday 5 May
BLANDFORD, Bryanston School, Coade Hall, Eugene Onegin, screened from the Metropolitan Opera, 6pm.
BRIDPORT, Electric Palace, Foyer Sessions, Kirsty McGee, folk, 7pm.
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Weston Studio, Fag Packet in Dyke Systems Ltd, to Sat, 8, Sat mat 3pm.
Beacon, Lantern, Lyr, indie post punk, 8pm.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Mother’s Pride, film, and 6/7/11/12 May, various times: Eugene Onegin from the Metropolitan Opera, 6pm.
HONITON, Beehive, Eugene Onegin from the Metropolitan Opera, 6pm.
KINGSBURY EPISCOPI, Village Hall, Rental Family. MOVIOLA
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, The Last Laugh – Morcambe, Cooper and Monkshouse, to Sat.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Hannah Shilvock, bass clarinet, Viola Lenzi, piano, Debussy, Tozzola, Sturt, etc, 1pm: Cinema, Eugene Onegin from the Metropolitan Opera, 6pm.
SALISBURY, Playhouse, Spitfire Birls, to Sat, 7.30, Thurs/Sat mats 2.15.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, Eugene Onegin from the Metropolitan Opera, 6pm.
SHERBORNE, Abbey, Festival, Sherborne Girls Madrigal Society, 1.30pm: The Tallis Scholars, dir Peter Phillips, Palestrina, Morales, Festa, Allegri, Desprez, 7pm.
Sherborne School for Girls Gransden Hall, Festival, chamber ensembles, 4.30.
Plume of Feathers, Festival, Opera at the Plume, with Lynsey Docherty soprano, Anthony Flaum tenor, Philip Smith baritone and Caroline D’Cruz, piano, opera and musical delights with dinner, and Thurs, 7pm.
STREET, Strode Theatre, Eugene Onegin from the Metropolitan Opera, 6pm.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, I Swear, film, 11am: Eugene Onegin from the Metropolitan Opera, 6pm
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, The Undercover Detective, The Makings of a Murderer, 7.30.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Project Hail Mary, film, and Wed, 11am, 2.30 and 7pm.
YETMINSTER, Village Hall, One Battle After Another. MOVIOLA

Wednesday 6 May
BOURTON, Village Hall,  Song Sung Blue. MOVIOLA
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Astatine Trio, 1pm: Eugene Onegin from the Metropolitan Opera.
CODFORD, Woolstore Theatre, H is for Hawk. MOVIOLA
POOLE, Lighthouse, Celestial Symphony, BSO cond Enyi Okpara, Martin James Bartlett, piano, Bax, Beethoven, Vaughan Williams. 7.30: Kaia Kater, Grenadian-Canadian jazz singer, 8pm.
SHERBORNE, Abbey, Festival, Leweston School choral concert, dir Rachel Milestone, 1pm: The Gryphon School with University Music Bournemouth Choir and Orchestra, cond Ian Davis, Danny Mitchell horn, Mozart, Purcell, Chilcott, 7pm.
Cheap Street Church, Festival, Venice to Versailles, music of the Italian and Spanish Renaissance and the French Baroque, Amy Whittlesea recorder, Matthew Wadsworth theorbo, 11am.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower Studio, Noughts and Crosses, to Sat.
STREET, Strode Theatre, Craig Revel Horwood, Revelations – Songs Boys Don’t Sing, dance, songs and comedy, 7.30: The Love That Remains, film, 7.45.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Helen Mirren in The Audience, NT screening from 2013, 7pm.
WESTON SUPER MARE, Blakehay Theatre, Emily Davis in Blodwen Rocks the Boat, a Welsh woman’s journey from spreadsheets to self-discovery, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Richard Digance, 7.30.
YEOVIL, Swan Theatre, Cinematheque, A Yak in the Classroom, 7.30.

Thursday 7 May
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, L’Atalante, 1934 French film, 7.30.
BRISTOL, St George’s, Julius Asal, piano, Schubert, Prokofiev, Beethoven, 1pm.
Exchange, Great Lake Swimmers.
Electric Bristol, Nubiyan Twist, 7pm.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, NT Screening, All My Sons, repeat.
EXETER, Northcott, NT Screening, All My Sons, 7pm.
Barnfield Theatre, Exeter College Acting Students in Jeckyll and Hyde, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.30.
FROME, Memorial Theatre, Frome Music Theatre Co, The Wizard of Oz, to Sat.
HONITON, Beehive, Midwinter Break, film, 2 and 7.30.
ILMINSTER, Arts Centre, Christian Garrick and the Budapest Cafe Orchestra.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Ha Um Ah Theatre in Making a Killing,
POOLE, Lighthouse, Roald Dahl’s The Enormous Crocodile, to Sun, 11am, Fri 4.30, Sat/Sun 2.30: Michael starring Ben, 7.30: Krapp’s Last Tape, with David Westhead, directed by Stockard Channing, 8pm: Cinema, Blue Velvet, 1986 David Lynch film, 7.30.
SALISBURY, Arts Centre, Darren Walsh: Do You Like Puns?, 7.30.
SHERBORNE, Abbey, Festival, Sherborne Young Musician competition winners, 1pm.
Sherborne Girls School Gransden Hall, Festival, Music for the Stage, from Baroque to Broadway, music-making day for children aged 7 and older, with Arturo Serna cello – workshop 11am, concert 2.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Our Star Theatre in The Invisible Man, comedy thriller based on HG Wells, 7.30.

Friday 8 May
BATH, Theatre Royal, The Egg, Bath Theatre Academy students in two plays, Tom Fowler’s katzenmusik, 6pm and Sat 8pm: Titas Halder’s Replica, 8pm, and Sat 6pm.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Queen of the Night, tribute to Whitney Houston.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion Dance, RONiN, with Yukiko Masui.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Cara Dillon.
BRIDPORT, Electric Palace, Mike Wozniak, The Bench, comedy, 8.
BRISTOL, Cathedral, Harry Crook Grand Opening Recital, celebrating restoration of catheral organ, with David Briggs, Bossi, Bach, Berveiller, Dupre and Briggs, 7pm.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Michael, new Jackson biopic, to Thurs, various times: Tribute to The Carpenters, 7.30.
EXETER, Northcott, Stewart Lee Versus the Man-Wulf, comedy, 7.30.
HANGING LANGFORD, Village Hall,  Hamnet. MOVIOLA
HONITON, Beehive, Christian Garrick and the Budapest Cafe Orchestra.
PLYMOUTH, Barbican Theatre, Ha Um Ah Theatre in Making a Killing.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Studio Jazz with the Pete Roth Trio with drummer Bill Bruford, 7.45: Cinema, Rose of Nevada, and Tues/Wed: Michael,(Jackson biopic) and Sat and Tues-Thurs.
SALISBURY, Playhouse, Salberg Studio, Stories in the Dust, 4pm, and Sat 11am and 2pm.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, Hamnet. MOVIOLA
STREET, Strode Theatre, Splitsville, film, 7.30 and Sat 7pm: Midwinter Break, film, 7.45 and Thurs 7.30.
SWANAGE, Mowlem, Glenrothan, film, and Sat, and Mon-Thurs, 7.30, Mon mat 2.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, The Take That Experience, tribute, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Feast of Fiddles, 7.30.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Hello Again: 60 Diamond Years, Neil Diamond tribute, 7.30.

Saturday 9 May
BEAULIEU, Abbey, Caroline Taylor, soprano, Sebastian Issler, piano, Schubert, Rachmaninov, Liszt and Rebecca Clarke, 7pm.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Night Sky Show.
Pavilion Dance, ceilidh with Monkey See, Monkey Do and Phil Bassindale.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Bath Choral Society, Baroque Masterpieces by Purcell and Handel.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Eugene Onegin from the Metropolitan Opera, 5pm.
Electric Palace, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, 11am.
Lyric Theatre, Boilerhouse, acapella group from Cornwall, and storytelling by Annamaria Murphy (Kneehigh), 7.30.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Stephen Sanchez, rock and pop, 7pm: Lantern, Melody Makers Choir, Stars and Stories, 6.30pm.
Cathedral, David Briggs, organ, Phantom of the Opera, 7pm.
St George’s, Bristol Classical Players, Kirsten Jenson, cello, Brahms, Dvorak, 7.30.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Celebrating Celine – A New Day, 7.30.
DORCHESTER, Borough Gardens, Something OUTTA Nothing, dance theatre, 6pm. AR
EXETER, Northcott, CompanySHE in Crown, classical Persian contemporary dance and Sufi whirling, 7.30.
FROME, Cheese and Grain, Livewire, AC/DC tribute.
HONITON, Beehive, BSO in  West End to Hollywood, 7.30.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Rumours of Fleetwood Mac, 7.30: Coastal Comedy with Andrew Bird, Paul F Taylor, Joe Foster, 8pm.
SALISBURY, Arts Centre, All Floyd: The Best of Pink Floyd, 7.30.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, When Judas met John, songs of Dylan and Lennon, with Brothers Broke, 7pm.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, Gaz Brookfield, folk, 8pm.
STREET, Strode Theatre, Mid Somerset Orchestra cond Hitoshi Suzuki, Barber, Rachmaninov, 7.30.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, Tiny Tim’s Family Adventures, 2.30 and 7.30.
St Mary’s Church, Schubert Mass in C, Rossini Stabat Mater, Sturminster Choral Society, cond Annemarie Lees, accompanist Caroline D’Cruz , 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Money for Nothing, Dire Straits tribute.

Sunday 10 May
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, That’ll Be the Day 40th anniversary.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Bassekou Kouyate and Amy Sacko.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Jethro Tull, 7.30: Lantern, Dur-Dur Band, Somali funk, 8pm.
St George’s, Mini-Beats in Krazy Keyboards, 10.30 and 12.30: Lucy Spraggan, singer songwriter, 7pm.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Exciting Science, film, 11.30am.
FROME, Cheese and Grain, Party at the End of the World, celebration of the life of Phil Moakes, 4.30pm.
PENZANCE, Minack Theatre, Ha Um Ah Theatre in Making a Killing, to Fri.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Michael McIntyre’s Charity Show, in aid of Julia’s House, 8pm.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, Adventures in Science, science and comedy for children, 2pm.
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.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Lantern, Joshua Burside, folk, 7.30.
CHILTHORNE DOMER, Village Hall,  Song Sung Blue. MOVIOLA
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Hamnet, film, 1pm.
FROME, Merlin, Memoire of a Snail, stop motion Australian, Frome Film Club, 8pm.
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, Country Roads.
SALISBURY, Studio Theatre Ashley Road, Desdemona: A Play about a Handkerchief, to Sat.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Mother’s Pride, film, 11am.
WELLS, Little Theatre, Guys and Dolls, to Sat.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Glenrothan, film, and Tues, 7.30, Wed mat 2pm.

Tuesday 12 May
BRISTOL, Beacon, Nick Mohammed is Mr Swallow: Show Pony, comedy, 7.30.
St George’s, Hindley Street Country Club, Australian quartet, music of 70s and 80s, 7pm.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Spielberg at 80: The Sugarland Express [1974], 7.30.
EXETER, Northcott, Reduced Shakespeare Company in The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged), and Wed, 7.30.
FROME, Merlin Theatre, Merlin Youth Theatre in An Evening of Shakspeare, inc an abridged Macbeth, 7pm.
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, Radio Ga Ga.
SOMERTON, Parish Rooms, The Choral. MOVIOLA
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Steeleye Span, 7.30.

Wednesday 13 May
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Jethro Tull – The Curiosity Tour.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Shakespeare’s Othello on screen.
BRANSGORE, Village Hall, H is for Hawk. MOVIOLA
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Weston Studio, In Bed With My Brother in Philosophy of the World, comedy, to Sat, 8pm, Sat mat 3pm.
Beacon, Karli Pearce, Americana, 7pm: Lantern, Skinshape, electronic, funk and reggae, 8pm.
The Croft, Really Good Time, art rock and post punk, 7pm.
CHARLTON MARSHALL, Memorial Hall, H is for Hawk. MOVIOLA|
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Top Gun, 40th anniversary, 7.30.
EXETER, Barnfield Theatre, Exeter College Musical Theatre Students in Sussical the Musical, to Fri, 7.30, Fri mat 11am. FROME, Merlin Theatre, Frome Film Club, Memoire of a Snail, 8pm.
Memorial Theatre, Country Hits Live, 7.30.
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, Fastlove – George Michael tribute.
POOLE, Lighthouse, BSO  and Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, cond Wigglesworth, Copeland Appalachian Spring and Tippett A Child of Our Times, Talise Trevigne soprano, Anita Monserrat mezzo, Joshua Stewart tenor, Roderick Williams baritone, 7.30.
SALISBURY, Arts Centre, Wiltshire Creative Academy students in Henrik Ibsen’s Peer Gynt, new version by Frank McGuiness, and Thurs, 7pm.
WOOKEY, nr Wells, Pheasant Inn, Mr Punch’s folk, 8pm.

Thursday 14 May
BATH, Theatre Royal, The Egg,  Bath Theatre Academy students in Lorca’s Blood Wedding, to Sat, 7pm, Sat mat 2pm.
BOURNEMOUTH, Palace Court Theatre, AUB students in Moonfleet, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.30.
Pavilion, Postmodern Jukebox.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Blue Moon, film, 7.30.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Beth Hart, rock and pop, 7pm: Lantern, Submotion Orchestra, dub and electronica, 7pm.
St George’s, Emma Rawicz, saxophone, Gwilym Simcock, piano, originals and arrangements from the Americal Songbook, 8pm.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Seven Drunken Nights, Dubliners tribute, 7.30.
NETHER WALLOP, Village Hall, Rental Family. MOVIOLA
PEWSEY, Bouverie Hall,  Song Sung Blue. MOVIOLA
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, Sky Full of Stars, Coldplay tribute.
POOLE, Lighthouse, John Smith, folk, 8pm.
SHEPTON MONTAGUE, Village Hall,  Hamnet. MOVIOLA
STREET, Strode Theatre, DJ Ahmet, film, 7.45.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, Neil Sands, Remember When, 2pm.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Ballet Cymru in Sleeping Beauty, 7.30.
WELLS, Cedars Hall, Martin Taylor, jazz guitar.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Wimborne Drama in Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.30.
YEOVIL, Westlands, The Legend of Barry White: Let The Music Play, with William Hicks and Soul Unlimited, 7.30.

Friday 15 May
BATH, Theatre Royal,  The Writer and the Traitor, Graham Greene, Kim Philby and The Great Betrayal, talk by Robert Verkaik, noon.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Radio Ga Ga: Ballroom, Gary Delaney, Gary On Laughing.
Pavilion Dance, 99ArtCompany, Kontemporary Korea in Burnt Offering.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Jon Boden and the Remnant Kings.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Concerts in the West, Greenwich Piano Trio, 11.30: Grace and Growl, Bridport-based mature dance company showcase, 7pm.
Electric Palace, The Comedy Store, 7.30.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Emmylou Harris, European farewell tour, 7.30.
St George’s, Stephen Hough, piano, Schubert, Brahms, Schoenberg, Stockhausen, Beethoven, Schumann, Sherman/Hough Mary Poppins Suite, 7.30.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Jethro – Whatever Happened to Denzil Penberthy, with Mike Osman, 7.30.
CRANBORNE, Cecil Memorial Hall, Diyet and The Love Soldiers, First Nation and Canadian folk roots, 7.30. AR
DARTMOUTH, The Flavel, Ha Um Ah Theatre in Making a Killing.
EDINGTON (Somerset), Village Hall,  H is for Hawk. MOVIOLA
EXETER, Northcott, Matt Forde, Defying Calamity, political comedy, 7.30.
FROME, Cheese and Grain, China Crisis, 7.30.
Tree House, Ghosts of Seattle, grunge, 7pm.
HONITON,Beehive, The Jam’d, tribute, 7.30.
ILMINSTER, Arts Centre, Concerts in the West, Greenwich Piano Trio, 7.30.
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, Legend – The Music of Bob Marley.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Believe in Bingo, with Shell Suit Cher, comedy, 7pm: Locomotive For Murder, the improvised whodunnit, 7.45: Cinema, The Devil Wears Prada 2, and Sat, Tues-Thurs.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, One Battle After Another, film, 7.30.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, Plumhall, folk duo, 8pm.
STREET, Strode Theatre, The Drama, film, 7.45, Sat 7.30pm: Fuze, film, 7.30 and Wed 7.45.
SWANAGE, Mowlem, Fossil Mary, The Legend of Mary Anning, written and performed by Elizabeth Blake, 7.30: Midwinter Break, film, and Mon/Wed, 7.30, Mon mat 2.30.
TINCLETON, Gallery, Adrien Brandeis, jazz piano, music from his album Resurgence,  and Sat, 8pm.
WINTERSLOW, Village Hall,  Song Sung Blue.MOVIOLA
YEOVIL, Westlands, Spice Girls – the theatre show, tribute, 7.30.

Saturday 16 May
BIGBURY, Memorial Hall, Company SHE in Crown, combining classical Persian and contemporary dance, and Sufi whirling, 7pm. ViA
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Ben Portsmouth – This is Elvis.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Lucie Jones,|fundraiser for West Wilts Radio.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Angela Barnes, Angst, comedy, 8pm.
Electric Palace, Gary Delaney, Gary On Laughing, 7.30.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Max Cooper Live, electronica, 7.30.
St George’s, Brandon Hill Chamber Orchestra, cond William Conway, Sweeney, Mahler, Brahms, 7.45.
BROADWINDSOR, Comrade’s Hall, Diyet and The Love Soldiers, First Nation and Canadian folk roots, 8pm. AR
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Luther UK, with Harry Cambridge, 7.30.
CREWKERNE, Dance House, Concerts in the West, Greenwich Piano Trio, 7.30.
DAWLISH, Shaftesbury Theatre, Our Star Theatre in The Invisible Man, comedy thriller based on HG Wells, 7.30.
EXETER, Northcott, Tim Key, Loganberry, comedy and poetry, 8pm.
Cygnet Theatre, Pilot’s Thumb in Touched.
FROME, Merlin Theatre, All England Theatre Festival, Western Area final, 2 and 7pm.
Memorial Theatre, Susie Dent, Word Perfect.
Cheese and Grain, Doreen Doreen, 7pm.
HONITON, Beehive, The Magic Faraway Tree, film, 4pm.
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, Thank You for the Music,  ABBA tribute.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Skinshape, funk reggae, 7.45: The Charlotte Carrivick Band, folk and bluegrass, 8pm: Cinema, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, 3.30, and 23 May 11.30am.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, Christian Garrick and the Budapest Cafe Orchestra.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, Three Daft Monkeys, Celtic and Eastern world folk, 8pm.
STREET, Strode Theatre, Orwell: 2+2=5, film, 7.45.
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
YEOVIL, Westlands, Barry Steele, The Roy Orbison Story, 7.30.

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.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Ukraine, Within and Beyond, charitable concert in aid of Ukraine organised by Friends of Oleksandriya, music and cinema, 3pm.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Tricky, hip hop post rock, 7.30: Lantern, Robert Mitchell’s Little Black Book, jazz, 8pm.
St George’s, The Fantasy Orchestra, This Woman’s Work, celebrating Kate Bush, 7.30.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, The Spice Girls Theatre Show, 7.30.
FROME, Cheese and Grain, Pop Will Eat Itself.
Tree House, The Bob Villains, Dylan tribute, 7pm.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Max Cooper Live, music, theatre, soundscape and art, 7.30.
STREET, Strode Theatre, Angie and Nya, tributes to Whitney Houston and Celine Dion, 7pm: Father, Mother, Sister, Brother, film, 6.30pm.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Bournemouth University Dance Society, showcase, 5pm.

Monday 18 May
BRISTOL, Beacon, Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, cond Krzysztof Urbanski, Alexandra Dariescu, piano, Bacewicz, Chopin, Tchaikovsky, 7pm.
St George’s, Tom Smith (of Editors), 7.30.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, EPIC: Elvis Presley in Concert, Baz Lurhmann film, 1pm.
FROME, Memorial Theatre, Simon Reeve – To the Ends of the Earth.
HAWKCHURCH, Village Hall,  Hamnet. MOVIOLA
TAUNTON,Brewhouse, Midwinter Break, film, 11am.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Mother Mary, film, 7.30, and Tues mat 1pm.
YEOVIL, Swan Theatre, The Unfriend, to Sat.
Westlands, The Drama, film, 11am, 2 and 7pm, and Tues 7pm.

Tuesday 19 May
BATH, Theatre Royal, Single White Female, thriller, to Sat, 7.30, Wed/Sat mats 2.30.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Exhibition on Screen: Frida Kahlo, 7.30.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Glen Hansard, folk rock, 7.30: Lantern, Drunk Women Solving Crime, comedy, 8pm.
St George’s, Jonathan van Ness, Hot and Healed, comedy, 8pm.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Exhibition on Screen: Frida Kahlo, 7.30.
LEIGH, nr Sherborne, Village Hall, Rental Family. MOVIOLA
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, Death on the Nile, to Sat.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Cinema, Exhibition on Screen, Frida Kahlo, 7.45, and 26 May noon.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Albert Lee.

Wednesday 20 May
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, The Ocelots, indie folk duo, and Louella Jade Eke, folk and blues, 7.30.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Christopher Cross, rock and pop, 7pm: Lantern, Jesca Hoop, indie folk, 8pm.
St George’s, Red Ink, Bristol Ensemble dir Leon Bosch, marking 50 years since the Soweto uprising, 7.30: Jake McMurchie and the Adam Stokes Trio, tribute to Sonny Rollins, 7.30.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Top Gun Maverick, film, 5.10pm.
EXETER, Northcott, Exeter College Dance Students in Once.Again., dance and storytelling, 7pm.
HARDINGTON MANDEVILLE, Village Hall,  Song Sung Blue.MOVIOLA
HARNHAM, Sports and Social Club, Song Sung Blue. MOVIOLA
POOLE, Lighthouse, P and P in We Will Rock You, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mats 11am and 3pm.
STREET, Strode Theatre, Amelie (25th anniversary screening), 7.30.
SWINDON, Arts Centre, Emily Davis in Blodwen Rocks the Boat, a Welsh woman’s journey from spreadsheets to self-discovery, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Talon, Eagles tribute, 7.30.

Thursday 21 May
BATH, Theatre Royal, The Egg, Bath Theatre Academy students in Urinetown: The Musical, to Sat, 7, Sat mat 2pm.
BOURNEMOUTH, BIC, Strictly Come Dancing, The Professionals.
BRISTOL, Old Vic,  The Wardrobe Ensemble in Party Season, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.30: Weston Studio, BOVTS summer festival, Four Play  and Meat, to Sat.
Beacon, Scott Bradlee’s Post Modern Juke Box, 7pm.
St George’s, Matteo Cimatti, violin, Nicola Eimer, piano, Brahms, Boulanger, Franck, 1pm: Brighde Chaimbeul and Nora Brown, with Stephanie Coleman, traditional folk, 8pm.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Seth Lakeman, 7.30.
EXETER, Northcott, Blackeyed Theatre in Sherlock Holmes: The Hunt for Moriarty, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2pm.
Barnfield Theatre, Squeeze Box in Boxed!, live multi media portal into joy, humour and resilience of disabled people, 3 and 7pm, and Fri 3plm.
HONITON, Beehive, Exhibition on Screen: Frida Kahlo, 2 and 7pm.
PLYMOUTH, Barbican, Our Star Theatre in The Invisible Man, comedy thriller based on HG Wells, 7.30.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Good Habits, indie folk, 8pm.
STREET, Strode Theatre, Glenrothan, film, 7.45 and Sat 7.30: Frida Kahlo – Extended Encore, film, 7.30.
TAUNTON,Brewhouse, Mark Watson, Before It Overtakes Us, comedy, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, The Puppini Sisters, 7.30.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Boyband in the Buff with Gareth Gates, 7.30.

Friday 22 May
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Camilla George, jazz.
BRIDPORT, Electric Palace, Glenrothan, film, 7.30.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Go Go Penguin, electronic jazz, 8pm: Lantern, Colin Blunstone, The Voice of the Zombies, 8pm.
St George’s, Verity Standen, Everything Slips, new music for human voices, 7.30pm.
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.
HONITON, Beehive, Miranda Sykes and Jim Causley, folk, 7.30.
MERE, Lecture Hall, The Choral. MOVIOLA
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, The Lab, Tom Denbeigh, Experiment: Work in Progress.
POOLE, Lighthouse, The Unthanks, 7.30: Studio Jazz with Dele Sosimi, Nigerian/British music, 7.45: Cinema, The Sheep Detectives, and Sat, Tues-Thurs: The Christophers, and Sat, Tues, Wed.
SIDMOUTH, Jazz Weekend, inc Kennaway House, first Villages in Action Get Together gig with Nic and Tom Eaves, 2pm. ViA
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, Good Habits, indie folk, 8pm.
STREET, Strode Theatre, The Wizard of the Kremlin, film, 7.45 and Thurs 7.30: Michael, new bio film, 7.30, and Sat 7.45.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, Bill Shannon’s Bag of Soul, 7.30.
SWANAGE, Mowlem, Swanage Drama and Friends in Another Night at the Mowlem, fundraiser, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, The Tiger Who Came to Tea, 1.30 and Sat/Sun 11am and 2pm.
WELLS, Cedars Hall, Wells Comedy Festival.
WEST CAMEL, Davis Hall,  Hamnet. MOVIOLA
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Genesis Connected, tribute, 7.30.
YEOVIL, Westlands, The Magic of Motown, 7.30.

Saturday 23 May
BATH, Rondo, Christian Garrick and the Budapest Cafe Orchestra.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Noel Brody, It’s About Time.
BRIDPORT, Electric Palace, Father, Mother, Sister, Brother, film, 7.30.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Roland Gift, 40 Years of Songs by Fine Young Cannibals, 7.30: Lantern, Jack Broadbent, blues and rock, 7.30.
FROME, Cheese and Grain, The Puppini Sisters, 7pm.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Alex McAleer, Mind Reader, 8pm.
SWANAGE, Mowlem, The Princess Bride, 1978 film, and Mon-Wed, 7pm.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Dorsetborn in Lessons from TeacherX, 7.45.
WIMBORNE, Minster, Bournemouth Sinfonietta Choir, cond David Gostick, Phibbs, Seven Songs of Nature for Choir and Brass Quintet, 7.30.
Tivoli, Very Santana, tribute, 7.30.
YEOVIL, Westlands, G4, Phantoms of the Popera, 7.30.

Sunday 24 May
BRISTOL, Beacon, Shxtsngigs, comedy, 8pm.
Electric Bristol, Tinariwen, West African blues, rock and pop, 7pm.
SALISBURY, Festival, various venues, to 27 June.
Romeo and Juliet, location to be announced, various dates and times to 7 June.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Glenn Miller Big Band Spectacular, 4pm.

Monday 25 May
BRISTOL, Beacon, James Morrison, rock and soul, 7pm: Lantern, Puma Blue, indie jazz and rock, 7pm.

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.
BRIDPORT, Electric Palace, Foyer Sessions with Linde Nijland, Dutch folk singer, 7pm.
BRISTOL, St George’s, Skipinnish, Scottish folk, 7.30.
EXETER, Northcott, The Utterly Revolting Science Show, for kids, 11.30am and 3pm.
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, Derren Brown, Only Human Live, to Sat.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Ice Age Adventure Live, 2pm.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, Wicked: For Good, film, 2pm.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Baz Luhrmann’s EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert, film, 11am: Exhibition on Screen, Frida Kahlo, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Colin Blunstone, Believe in Miracles, 7.30.

Wednesday 27 May
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Midge Ure – A Man of Two Worlds.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Marina, rock and pop, 7pm.
St George’s, The Hansome Family, Gothic Americana, 8pm: Donny McCaslin, saxophone, Lullabye for the Lost, 8pm.
EXETER, Northcott, Ballet Cymru in Sleeping Beauty, and Thurs, 7.30, Thurs mat 2.30.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, Pauline Eyre, Anyone for Tennis, comedy, 7.30.
TAUNTON,Brewhouse, Ed Byrne and guests, comedy, 8pm.
WATCHET, East Key, Vanhulle Dance Theatre in Olive Branch, physical theatre and martial arts, 6pm. TA
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Mark Steel, The Leopard in My House, comedy, 7.30.

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.
Pavilion, Fastlove, George Michael tribute.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Pauline Eyre, Anyone for Tennis, comedy, 8pm.
Electric Palace, NT Screening, The Playboy of the Western World, 7.pm, and Sun 2pm.
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Brainiac, comedy and science, and Fri, noon and 2.30: Weston Studio, BOVTS summer festival, The Etienne Sisters and Dirty Butterfly, to Sat.
Hippodrome, James Acaster, comedy, to Sat.
St George’s, Kasparas Mikuzis, piano, Beethoven, Ravel, Godowsky, 1pm.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, NT Screening, The Playboy of the Western World, 7.pm.
EXETER, Barnfield Theatre, Joni Mitchell’s Blue: An Evening in Laurel Canyon, 7.45.
FROME, Merlin Theatre, Wicked, singalong film, 2pm.
HONITON, Beehive, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes  [1953], film, 2pm: NT Screening , The Playboy of the Western World, 7pm.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Live and Unheard local bands, 8pm: Cinema, Guys and Dolls [1955] demetia friendly screening, 2pm: NT Screening , The Playboy of the Western World, 7pm and Sat 3pm, Tues 7.30 and Frid 5 June 5pm.
STREET, Strode Theatre, NT Screening , The Playboy of the Western World, 7pm.
SWANAGE, Mowlem, NT Screening , The Playboy of the Western World, 7pm.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, K-Pop Party, 2 and 6pm: Laura Jane Wilkie, Scottish folk fiddler, 7.45.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Ben Thompson, The Ultimate Elvis Experience, 7.30.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Castaways in Annie, to Sat, 7pm, Sat mat 2.

Friday 29 May
BARNSTAPLE, Queen’s Theatre, Ballet Boyz at 25, Still Pointless, 7.30.
BISHOPSTONE, nr Salisbury, Village Hall, One Battle After Another.MOVIOLA
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Alfie Boe: Ballroom, LoL Comedy Club, 8pm.
BRIDPORT, Electric Palace, The Eras Experience, Taylor Swift tribute, with Xenna, 7pm.
BRISTOL, Beacon, London Symphony Orchestra, cond Simon Rattle, Lucy Crowe, soprano, Gerhard, Richard Strauss Four Last Songs, Mahler Symphony No 4, 7pm.
St George’s, The Harper Trio, jazz, 1pm.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, G$ in Phantoms of the Popera, 7.30.
EXETER, Northcott, Seann Walsh, This is Torture, comedy, 7.30.
HONITON, Beehive, Jo in the Water, documentary film, 2 and 7pm.
NORTON ST PHILIP, Village Hall,  H is for Hawk. MOVIOLA
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, Drum Studio, The Detective Dog, and Sat.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Hollie Rogers, Cornish singer songwriter, 8pm: Cinema, Mother’s Pride, and Tues, 11am.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, The Shepherd and the Bear. MOVIOLA
STREET, Strode Theatre, The Devil Wears Prada 2, film, and Wed/Thurs, 7.30, Sat 7pm: Rose of Nevada, film, 7.45.
SWANAGE, Mowlem, Pauline Eyre, Anyone for Tennis, comedy, 7.30: The Devil Wears Prada 2, film, and Sun-Thurs, 7.30, Mon mat 2.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Walk Right Back – The Everly Brothers Story, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Legend, tribute to Bob Marley, 7.30.

Saturday 30 May
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Unicorn Live, 1 qnd 4pm.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, El Ultimo Sueno de Frida y Diego, new opera by Gabriela Lena Frank, from Metropolitan Opera, 6pm.
Electric Palace, Michael, new biopic, 7.30 and Thurs 2pm and 5th June 7.30.
Lyric Theatre, Stuff and Nonsense with Rabbit and Rey and the Lost Things, puppetry and visual storytelling, 2.30.
BRISTOL, Beacon, The Longest Johns, folk, 7pm: Lantern, Conservatoire Folk Ensemble, folk, 8pm.
St George’s, Sing Out, Bristol’s LGBTQIA+ choir, annual concert, 7.30.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, ABBA Mia with Kerry Katona, 7.30.
FROME, Merlin Theatre, Circus Extravaganza for children, 2 and 4pm.
Tree House, Straighten Out, Stranglers tribute.
HALSTOCK, Village Hall,  H is for Hawk. MOVIOLA
HONITON, Beehive, El Ultimo Sueno de Frida y Diego, new opera by Gabriela Lena Frank, from Metropolitan Opera, 6pm.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Breakin’ Convention, celebration of hip hop dance theatre, 2.30 amd 7.30: Cinema, Jo in the Water, documentary film, 7.30.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, All My Sons, NT Screening, 7.30.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, Cara Dillon, with Sam Lakeman and band, folk, 8pm.
STREET, Strode Theatre, El Ultimo Sueno de Frida y Diego, new opera by Gabriela Lena Frank, from Metropolitan Opera, 6pm.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, London Festival Opera, singers and orchestra, Opera at the Movies, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Lady Nade sings Nina Simone, 7.30.

Sunday 31 May
BATH, Theatre Royal, Ballet Boyz at 25, Still Pointless, 7.30.
BRISTOL, Beacon, BAFTA Games in Concert, with the Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, London Voices and Adrian Ronda Sampayo, 7.30: Lantern, Valerie June, Appalachian folk and rock, 8pm.
PENZANCE, Penlee Park, Steve Knightley.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Tom Davis, Spudgun, comedy, 7.30.

Tuesday 2 June
ALRESFORD, The Grange, BSO cond Richard Farnes, Grange Opera Festival, La Boheme, various dates to 11 July.
BATH, Theatre Royal, I’m Sorry, Prime Minister, to Sat, 7.30, Wed/Thurs/Sat mats 2.30.
BOURNEMOUTH, BIC, Kraftwerk, Multimedia Tour.
BRISTOL, Hippodrome, Matilda, the Musical, to 27 June.
KINGSBURY EPISCOPI, Village Hall, The Choral .MOVIOLA
YETMINSTER, Village Hall,  Song Sung Blue. MOVIOLA

Wednesday 3 June
BOURTON, Village Hall,  Hamnet. MOVIOLA
CODFORD, Woolstore Theatre, One Battle After Another. MOVIOLA

Thursday 4 June
BATH, Theatre Royal, The Egg,  Alice Mary Cooper in The Bush, solo show, 1 and 7pm.
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Weston Studio, BOVTS summer festival, King Troll and The Crocodile, to Sat.

Friday 5 June
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion Dance, Just Us Apprentice Company in A Night of Hip Hop.
CREDITON, Arts Centre, Sarah McQuaid, singer songwriter.
FROME, Cheese and Grain, Limehouse Lizzy, 7.30.
GLASTONBURY, Abbey, The Lord Chamberlain’s Men, Othello, 7pm.
POOLE, Lighthouse, BSO in 80s Classical with Nik Kershaw, Johnny Hates Jazz and Carol Decker, singalong to Queen, ABBA etc, and party anthems, 7.30.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall,  Song Sung Blue. MOVIOLA
WEST LYDFORD, Village Hall,  Hamnet. MOVIOLA

Saturday 6 June
BATH, Theatre Royal, The Egg, Teatro4Garoupas in Bloom, dance theatre, and Sun, 11.30am and 3pm, and Mon/Tues 10am and 1pm.
BEAULIEU, Abbey, Awards Concert for Music at Beaulieu, 7pm.
CATTISTOCK, Savill Hall, The Choral. MOVIOLA
FAWLEY, Jubilee Hall,  Hamnet. MOVIOLA
FROME, Merlin Theatre, Tri.Art Dance and Performing Arts in senior showcase, 3 and 6pm.
Tree House, Next Stop Nashville.
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
BEAMINSTER, Public Hall,  H is for Hawk. MOVIOLA
CHILTHRONE DOMER, Village Hall, One Battle After Another.MOVIOLA
SHERBORNE, Studio Theatre, Our Country’s Good, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.3o.
SHREWTON, Village Hall, H is for Hawk. MOVIOLA

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.
SOMERTON, Parish Rooms, Hamnet. MOVIOLA

Wednesday 10 June
BRANSGORE, Village Hall, Rental Family.MOVIOLA
CHARLTON MARSHALL, Village Hall,  Hamnet. MOVIOLA
FROME, Merlin, Four Mothers, Ireland, Frome Film Club, 8pm.
KILMINGTON, Devon, Community Cinema, Hamnet. MOVIOLA
WOOKEY, nr Wells, Pheasant Inn, Mr Punch’s folk, 8pm.
YEOVIL, Swan Theatre, Cinematheque, On Falling, 7.30.

Thursday 11 June
BATH, Theatre Royal, The Egg, Unicorn Theatre in Tim Crouch’s Toto Kerblammo!, 7pm, Fri 10am and 1pm, Sat 2pm.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion Dance, AUB, Springboard 2026, and Fri.
BRIDPORT, Lyric Theatre, Corine Harragin, storyteller, Troubled Waters, ancient river lore and tales, 7.30.
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Weston Studio, BOVTS summer festival, Island Town and Blackthorn, to Sat.
FROME, Merlin Theatre, Theatre North in The Luxurious Time, a queer love story, 7.30.
Cheese and Grain, Newton Faulkner.
NETHER WALLOP, Village Hall,  H is for Hawk. MOVIOLA
PEWSEY, Bouverie Hall,  Hamnet. MOVIOLA
SHEPTON MONTAGUE,  Village Hall, One Battle After Another. MOVIOLA

Friday 12 June
BATH, Theatre Royal, Tank Command: How the Tank the Changed the Face of Battle, talk by author and former tank commander Hamish de Bretton-Gordon, noon.
American Museum, The Lord Chamberlain’s Men, Othello, 7pm.
CHARD, Guildhall, Song Sung Blue. MOVIOLA
EXETER, Cygnet Theatre, Corinne Harragin, Troubled Waters, legends and myths.
FROME, Cheese and Grain, Vernon Kay, Dance Sounds of the 90s, 7pm.
HANGING LANGFORD, Village Hall, One Battle After Another.MOVIOLA
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, Katie Spencer, singer, songwriter and guitarist, 8pm.
WESTWARD HO!, Holy Trinity Church, Sarah McQuaid, singer songwriter.
WINTERSLOW, Village Hall,  Hamnet. MOVIOLA

Saturday 13 June
FROME, Merlin Theatre, Rob Rouse, Funny Bones, comedy, 7.30.
Cheese and Grain, Frome Comedy Club, with Russell Kane, 7pm.
Tree House, Class of ’79, punk and nu-wave.
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 msuical comedy featuring Henry VIII, 7.30.
WIMBORNE MINSTER, Folk Festival,  inc Steve Knightley, and Sun.

Sunday 14 June
FROME, Cheese and Grain, Drowning Pool and Snot, American punks from Santa Barbara, 7pm
Tree House, Ben Ottewell, front man of Gomez, 7pm.

Monday 15 June
CIRENCESTER, Barn Theatre, Million Dollar Quartet, to 22 Aug.
HAWKCHURCH, Village Hall,  Song Sung Blue.MOVIOLA
STURMINSTER MARSHALL, Red Lion, Pub Grub with performance poet Luke Wright, 7pm. AR
SWINDON, Wyvern Theatre, Ballet Boyz at 25, Still Pointless, 7.30.

Tuesday 16 June
BATH, Theatre Royal, Noel Coward’s The Marquise, with Juliet Aubrey, Simon Shepherd and Tristan Gemmill, to Sat, 7.30, Wed/Thurs/Sat mats 2.30.
FROME, Cheese and Grain, Maximo Park, indie rock, 7pm.
LEIGH, nr Sherborne, Village Hall,  Hamnet. MOVIOLA
SALISBURY, Festival, Playhouse, Jonathan Freedland with Matthew Stadlen. 7.45.

Wednesday 17 June
BOURNEMOUTH, BIC, Sparks.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Mighty Organ, BSO, cond Chloe van Soeterstede, Anna Lapwood, organ, Saint Saens, Poulenc, Lili Boulenger, 7pm.
HARNHAM, Sports and Social Club, Hamnet. MOVIOLA
SALISBURY, Festival, St Thomas;s Church, Continuum: Shakespeare in Song, 7.30.
Festival, Playhouse, Fergal Keane, 7.45.
YEOVIL, Westlands, The Irish House Party, traditional songs, music and dance from Dublin.
Swan Theatre, Cinematheque, Holy Cow,  and AGM, 7.30.

Thursday 18 June
BOURNEMOUTH, BIC, UB40.
FROME, Merlin Theatre, Woolf Women: Now or Never, screened performance of all female skateboard documentary, 7pm.
HARDINGTON MANDEVILLE, Village Hall, One Battle After Another. MOVIOLA

Friday 19 June
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Ballroom, LoL Comedy Club, 8pm.
EDINGTON, Somerset, Village Hall,  Hamnet. MOVIOLA
EXETER, Cygnet Theatre, South Devon Players in Scarlet Pimpernel.
FROME, Merlin Theatre, Prof Slug’s House of Bugs, interactive show, 4pm.
Tree House, Joshua Burnside, experimental folk singer songwriter, 7pm.
PARRACOMBE, Village Hall, Sarah McQuaid, singer songwriter.
SALISBURY, Festival, Playhouse, Be a Lady, The Life and Wit of Jane Austen, with Rachel Parris, 7.30.
Festival, Arts Centre, Sh!t Theatre in Or What’s Left of Us, 8pm.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, Gnoss, traditional Scottish folk, 8pm.
WEST CAMEL, Davis Hall,  H is for Hawk. MOVIOLA
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.
FROME, Cheese and Grain, Electric Six, Detroit-based garage rock disco punk, 7.30.
Tree House, Jim Ghedi, experimental folk singer from Sheffield.
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.
SALISBURY, Festival, Playhouse, Family Fiesta, 11am to 3pm: T’Pau, Be Wonderful, 7.30.
Festival, Arts Centre, Little Bulb in Listen Dance, 8pm.

Sunday 21 June

Monday 22 June
BATH, Theatre Royal, Tamzin Outhwaite in Abigail’s Party, to Sat, mats Thurs/Sat 2.30.
EXETER, Northcott Theatre, Ballet Boyz at 25, Still Pointless, and Tues, 7.30.

Tuesday 23 June
FROME, Merlin Theatre, ECOS Amphitheatre, Miracle in Peer Gynt, 7pm.
SALISBURY, Festival, Playhouse, London City Ballet in Rebirth, 7.30: Salberg Studio, Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, 7.45.

Wednesday 24 June
CASTLE CARY, Caryford Hall, Rental Family.MOVIOLA
FROME, Merlin, The Playboy of the Western World, NT Screening, 7pm.
SALISBURY, Festival, Playhouse, Yolanda Brown: The Bob Marley Songbook, 7.30.

Thursday 25 June
BLANDFORD, Bryanston School, Coade Hall, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, with Lesley Manville and Aiden Turner, NT Screening, 7pm.
BRIDPORT, Lyric Theatre, Titania: an Hour and Fifteen with the Fairy Queen, new solo show by DR Hood with actress Nia Gwynne, 7.30.
EXETER, Powderham Castle, Live at Powderham with Teddy Swims and Freak Freely, with special guests.
FROME, Merlin, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, with Lesley Manville and Aiden Turner, NT Screening, 7pm.
SALISBURY, Festival, Cathedral, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, cond Wigglesworth, Jennifer Pike, violin, Tchaikovsky, Vaughan Williams, Beethoven, 7.30.

Friday 26 June
ALRESFORD, The Grange, BSO cond Lidiya Yankovskaya, Eugene Onegin, Grange Opera, various dates to 12 July.
BISHOPSTONE (nr Salisbury) Village Hall,  H is for Hawk.MOVIOLA
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Concerts in the West, Shiry Rashkovsky, viola, Lana Suran, piano, 11.30.
CHARLTON MACKRELL, Charlton House, Nell! – The Musical, and Sat, 7pm.
EXETER, Powderham Castle, Live at Powderham with Alanis Morissette.
FROME, Merlin Theatre, Dirty Laundry : Summer Spectacular, cabaret, spoken word, music etc, 8pm.
ILMINSTER, Arts Centre, Concerts in the West, Shiry Rashkovsky, viola, Lana Suran, piano, 7.30.
NORTON ST PHILIP, Village Hall,  Song Sung Blue. MOVIOLA
SALISBURY, Festival, Playhouse, Alfie Moore: Acopalypse Now, the antidote to fake news, 7.30.
Festival, Cathedral Rack Close, The Lord Chamberlain’s Men, Othello, and Sat, 7pm, Sat mat 2pm.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, Nouvelle Vague. MOVIOLA
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.
EXETER, Powderham Castle, Live at Powderham with Lewis Capaldi, and Sun.
FROME, Cheese and Grain, Gary Davies, Summer 80s Day party, from 1pm.
HALSTOCK, Village Hall,  Song Sung Blue. MOVIOLA
SALISBURY, Festival, Playhouse, The Spooky Men’s Chorale, 7.30: Salberg Studio, Graham Gooch, 2pm: P Burton Morgan, Running Commentary, poetry, 7.45.
Festival, SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, Sheelanagig, folk, 8pm.

Sunday 28 June
FROME, Merlin Theatre, Starcast in Hadestown – teen edition, 2 and 7pm.
Cheese and Grain, Scouting for Girls.

Monday 29 June
BATH, Theatre Royal, The Egg, Maureen Lipman in Allegra, new comedy by Peter Quilter, to Sat, 7.30, Wed/Sat mats 2.30.

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

Wednesday 1 July
CODFORD, Woolstore Theatre, Hamnet. MOVIOLA

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.
TORQUAY, Fougou Music, Sarah McQuaid, singer songwriter.

Friday 3 July
BALTONSBOROUGH, Village Hall Field, Rude Mechanicals in The Wife, 7.30.
BATH, Theatre Royal, SAS: The Great Train Raid, talk by Damien Lewis, noon.
FROME, Town Hall, Really Truly Theatre Co in Your Move, new play by Polly Lamb, to Sun, 7.30.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, Sarah Yeo, The Music of Joan Baez, 8pm.
WINTERBORNE STICKLAND, Sports Club,  Ha Hum Ah in The Scarlett Pimpernel, 7pm. AR

Saturday 4 July
BEAULIEU, Abbey, Opera Evening with four members of Glyndebourne Opera and pianist, 7pm.
FAWLEY, Jubilee Hall,  Song Sung Blue. MOVIOLA
HALSTOCK, Village Hall field, Ha Hum Ah in The Scarlett Pimpernel, 7pm. AR
LYTCHETT MATRAVERS, Village Hall, Opera in a Box in The Pirates of Penzance, 7.30.
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, Paul Nicholas in 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.
Playhouse, Musical Theatre Salisbury in Jekyll and Hyde, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.15.

Tuesday 7 July
KINGSBURY EPISCOPI,  Village Hall,  H is for Hawk. MOVIOLA
YETMINSTER, Village Hall,  H is for Hawk. MOVIOLA

Wednesday 8 July
BRANSGORE, Village Hall,  Hamnet. MOVIOLA
BUCKLAND NEWTON, Gaggle of Geese, Pub Grub with performance poet Luke Wright, 8pm. AR
CHARLTON MARSHALL, Village Hall, One Battle After Another.MOVIOLA
FROME, Merlin, How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies, Thailand, Frome Film Club, 8pm.
KILMINGTON (East Devon) Community Cinema, H is for Hawk. MOVIOLA

Thursday 9 July
PEWSEY, Bouverie Hall,  H is for Hawk. MOVIOLA
POOLE,  Lighthouse, Cinema,  All My Sons, NT Screening.
SHEPTON MONTAGUE, Village Hall,  H is for Hawk. MOVIOLA

Friday 10 July
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Concerts in the West, Ceruleo, period vocal and musical ensemble, 11.30.
HANGING LANGFORD, Village Hall,  Song Sung Blue. MOVIOLA
ILMINSTER, Arts Centre, Concerts in the West, Ceruleo, period vocal and musical ensemble, 7.30.

Saturday 11 July
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Ballroom, LoL Comedy Club, 8pm.
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.
SHREWTON, Village Hall, One Battle After Another. MOVIOLA

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).
SALISBURY, Playhouse, Our Man in Havana, to Sat, 7.30, Wed/Thur/Sat mats,

Thursday 16 July
SALISBURY, Arts Centre, Living Spit in Too Many Greek Myths, and Fri 7.30, Fri mat 2.15.
WIMBORNE, Kingston Lacy, The Lord Chamberlain’s Men, Othello, and Fri, 7pm.

Friday 17 July
CHARD, Guildhall, H is for Hawk. MOVIOLA
EXETER, Powderham Castle, Comedy at the Castle with Paul Smith, Al Murray, Joanne McNally, Hal Cruttenden, Scott Bennett, Angela Barnes and more, to Sun.
ROYAL WOOTTON BASSETT, RWB Academy, Song Sung Blue. MOVIOLA

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.
SALISBURY, Arts Centre, Groove Junction, 7pm.
STUDLAND, Village Hall, Rachael McShane and Cartographers, folk, 7.30. AR

Sunday 19 July
DRIMPTON, Royal Oak, If We Just Keep Going, with performance poet Jonny Fluffypunk, 7.30. AR
MARNHULL, Village Hall, Rachael McShane and Cartographers, folk, 7.30. AR
WELLS, Bishop’s Palace,  The Lord Chamberlain’s Men, Othello, 6.30.

Monday 20 July
STURMINSTER MARSHALL, Red Lion, If We Just Keep Going, with performance poet Jonny Fluffypunk, 7pm. AR
YEOVIL, Swan Theatre, Home, I’m Darling, to Sat.

Tuesday 21 July
BLANDFORD, Bryanston School, Coade Hall, Dorset Opera Festival, L’Elisir D’Amore, and Fri/Sat 7pm, Thurs mat 2pm.
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

Wednesday 22 July
BLANDFORD, Bryanston School, Coade Hall, Dorset Opera Festival, Sampson et Dalila, and Thurs, 7pm, Sat mat  2pm.
CASTLE CARY, Caryford Hall,  Hamnet. MOVIOLA
TOTNES, Dartington Hall, The Lord Chamberlain’s Men, Othello, 7pm.

Thursday 23 July
STREET, Shoemaker’s Museum Grounds, Street Theatre Company in Agatha Christie’s Towards Zero, to Sat.

Friday 24 July
BATH, Dyrham Park, The Lord Chamberlain’s Men, Othello, and Sat, 6.30pm.
BISHOPSTONE, nr Salisbury, Village Hall,  Hamnet. MOVIOLA
MERE, Lecture Hall,  Song Sung Blue. MOVIOLA
STOGURSEY, Fairfield House, Rude Mechanicals in The Wife, 7.30.
WEST CAMEL, Davis Hall, Rental Family. MOVIOLA

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

Tuesday 28 July
BATH, Theatre Royal, Teechers, updated version by John Godber, to Sat, 7.30, Wed/Sat mats 2.30.

Friday 31 July
EDINGTON, Somerset, Village Hall,  Song Sung Blue.MOVIOLA
NORTON ST PHILIP, Village Hall,  Hamnet. MOVIOLA
SIDMOUTH, Folk Festival, incl Steve Knightley, Kate Rusby, Blowzabella, Spooky Men’s Chorale, Gigspanner Big Band, Kathryn Tickell and The Darkening, etc.

Saturday 1 August
FAWLEY, Jubilee Hall, Rental Family. MOVIOLA

Monday 3 August
CANFORD,  School, Brownsea Open Air Theatre at Canford, The Tempest, to 15 Aug.

Tuesday 4 August
BATH, Theatre Royal, Our Man in Havana, to Sat, 7.30, Wed/Thurs/Sat mats 2.30.
BRISTOL, Hippodrome, Waitress – The Musical, 10th anniversary tour, to Sat.
KINGSBURY EPISCOPI, Village Hall,  Song Sung Blue. MOVIOLA

Wednesday 5 August
CODFORD, Woolstore Theatre, The Shepherd and the Bear. MOVIOLA
IBBERTON, Village Hall Field, Miracle in Peer Gynt, 7pm. AR

Thursday 6 August
SANDFORD ORCAS, Higher Orchard, Miracle in Peer Gynt, 7pm. AR
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.

Saturday 8 August
HALSTOCK, Village Hall,  Hamnet. MOVIOLA

Monday 10 August
SHREWTON, Village Hall,  Song Sung Blue. MOVIOLA

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.
SALISBURY, The Wardrobe, Rifles Museum, Quantum Theatre in  The Tale of Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny, 3pm.
WINGFIELD, Church Farm, If Opera, Opera della Luna in Oscar Straus’s The Chocolate Soldier, and 13/14 Aug.

Wednesday 12 August
BRANSGORE, Village Hall,  Song Sung Blue.MOVIOLA
BUCKLAND NEWTON, Gaggle of Geese, John Osborne in To Make People Happy, poetry and comedy, 8pm. AR
CHARLTON MARSHALL, Village Hall,  Song Sung Blue. MOVIOLA

Thursday 13 August
CORFE CASTLE, Quantum Theatre in  The Tale of Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny, 7pm.
DRIMPTON, Royal Oak, John Osborne in To Make People Happy, poetry and comedy, 7.30pm. AR
MAWGANPORTH, Cornwall, Bedruthen Hotel, Quantum Theatre in Treasure Island.
PEWSEY, Bouverie Hall, Rental Family. MOVIOLA
SHEPTON MONTAGUE, Village Hall, Nouvelle Vague. MOVIOLA

Friday 14 August
CHARD, Guildhall, Hamnet. MOVIOLA
DORCHESTER, Maumbury Rings, Quantum Theatre in  The Tale of Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny.
HANGING LANGFORD, Village Hall,  H is for Hawk. MOVIOLA
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.
LEIGH, nr Sherborne, Village Hall,  H is for Hawk. MOVIOLA

Thursday 20 August
KIMMERIDGE BAY, Three Inch Fools in King Arthur and the Holy Fail, 6.30pm. AR

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

Saturday 22 August
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Ballroom, LoL Comedy Club, 8pm.

Sunday 23 August
BUCKLAND NEWTON, Village Hall, Rachael McShane and Cartographers, folk, 7.30. AR
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.
HYTHE, Parish Hall, Wuthering Heights (2026). MOVIOLA

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
BATH, Theatre Royal, Tracy-Ann Oberman in Noel Coward’s Present Laughter, to 5 Sept, various times, Thurs/Sat mats 2.30.
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.

Friday 28 August
CIRENCESTER, Barn Theatre,  Yes, Prime Minister to 3 Oct.
WEST CAMEL, Village Hall,  Song Sung Blue. MOVIOLA

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.

Friday 11 September
BATH, Theatre Royal, Emma Rice and Kneehigh’s Tristan and Yseult, to 19 Sept.
SALISBURY, Playhouse, The Haunting of Hill House, to 3 Oct.

Saturday 12 September
BATH, Theatre Royal, The Egg, Half a String in Tiny Planet, family puppetry, and Sun, 11.30am and 3pm.
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
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Ballroom, LoL Comedy Club, 8pm.
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.

Sunday 20 September
BATH, Theatre Royal, rugby referee Nigel Owens, 7.30.

Monday 21 September
BATH, Theatre Royal, Guy Masterson in Under Milk Wood, solo show, and Tues, 7.30, Tues mat 2.30.

Thursday 24 September
BATH, Theatre Royal, London City Ballet in Firebird, to Sat, 7.30, Fri/Sat mats 2.30.

Tuesday 29 September
BATH, Theatre Royal, BLOG in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, 70th anniversary show, to Sat, 7.30, Wed/Sat mats 2.30.

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.

Tuesday 6 October
BATH, Theatre Royal, Yes, Prime Minister, to Sat, 7.30, Wed/Thurs/Sat mats 2.30.

Wedenesday 7 October
BATH, Theatre Royal, The Egg, Adventures in Hidden History, to Fri, 1pm, and Thurs 10am.

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

Tuesday 13 October
BATH, Theatre Royal, Martin Shaw in A Man for All Seasons, to Sat, 7.30, Wed/Thurs/Sat mats 2.30.

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.

Thursday 22 October
BATH, Theatre Royal, Jennifer Saunders in Edward Bond’s The Sea, to 7 Nov, Mon-Sat, Thus/Sat mats 2.30.

Friday 23 October
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Ballroom, LoL Comedy Club, 8pm.|
EXETER, Barnfield Theatre, The Comedy Store 2026.

Friday 30 October
BATH, Theatre Royal, The Egg, M6 Theatre in All the Small Things, puppetry and storytelling, 10am and 1pm, Sat-Sun  11.30am and 3pm.

Saturday 31 October
SHAFTESBURY, Port Regis Farrington Hall, Shaftesbury Chamber Music Series, Howard Shelley, piano, and strings of London Mozart Players, Dvorak and Schumann, 5pm.

Friday 6 November
BATH, Theatre Royal, Ustinov Studio, Donald, new play by Stefano Massini, to 5 Dec, 7.30, Wed/Sat mats 2.30.
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
BATH, Forum,  Harry Enfield, And No Chums, comedy.
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, Thurs/Sat mats 2.30.

Wednesday 11 November
STREET, Strode Theatre, Street Theatre Company in A Monster Calls, to Sat.

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

Saturday 14 Novemer
BEAULIEU, Abbey, Emma Johnson, clarinet,  7pm.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Ballroom, LoL Comedy Club, 8pm.

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

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

Thursday 19 November
BATH, Theatre Royal, The Egg, Polka Theatre in Arthur, to 3 Jan, various dates and times.

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.

Friday 27 November
EXETER, Barnfield Theatre, The Comedy Store 2026.

Saturday 28 November
SALISBURY, Playhouse, Beauty and the Beast, to 10 January 2027, various dates and times.

Tuesday 1 December
BATH, Theatre Royal, Paranormal Activity, to Sat, various times.

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
SHAFTESBURY, Port Regis Farrington Hall, Shaftesbury Chamber Music Series, Aquinus Piano Trio, Rachel Roberts viola, Saint Saens, Brahms, Boulanger and Beach, 5pm.
TINCLETON, Gallery, Duncan Honeybourne, piano, Exploring British Musical History,  and Sat, 8pm.

Monday 14 December
BATH, Theatre Royal, Guy Masterson in A Christmas Carol, and Fri, 2 and 7pm.

Friday 18 December
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Ballroom, LoL Comedy Club, 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.

Tuesday 9 February
BATH, Theatre Royal, James Graham’s Punch, to Sat, 7.30, Wed/Thurs/Sat mats 2.30

Saturday 20 February
SHAFTESBURY, Port Regis Farrington Hall, Shaftesbury Chamber Music Series, Joanna McGregor, piano, Alexei Watkins, horn, Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra principals, Beethoven, Shostakovich, Brahms, 5pm.

Saturday 3 April
SHAFTESBURY, Port Regis Farrington Hall, Shaftesbury Chamber Music Series, Ruth Rogers, Simon Callaghan and Thomas Carroll, Beethoven’s Archduke Trio, 5pm.

Saturday 5 June
SHAFTESBURY, Port Regis Farrington Hall, Shaftesbury Chamber Music Series, Guy Johnston, cello,  pianist to be announced, recital, 5pm.

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