The Arts Diary – November on

MORE THAN 100 VENUES ACROSS THE SOUTH AND WEST

Updated Saturday 10th October, 8.04pm

Sunday 1 November
BRISTOL,
Beacon,Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Road to Joy – The Beethoven Symphonies, Beethoven: The Man, cond Mark Wigglesworth, John Suchet, Samuel West, percussionist Evylyn Glennie, Jonathan Dimbleby with BSO principals string quartet, from 1.30pm.
Old Vic, Celya Ab in We Must Stop Meeting Like This, comedy, 7.30.
EXETER,
Northcott, Chance to Dance, local dance schools’ showcase, 4.45.
University Great Hall, Tom Davis, Spudgun, comedy, 7.30.
FROME,
Merlin, Manon, from the Royal Ballet, 2pm.
SALISBURY,
City Hall, The Stylistics.
SOUTHAMPTON,
Mayflower, Richard Ayoadae, Afterthoughts, comedy.
Turner Sims, Mystery Ensemble plays Max Richter’s Recomposing of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, 6.30.

Monday 2 November
SOUTHAMPTON,
Mayflower Studio, Alpaqa in Jeezus!, set in Peru, queer play with music, and Tues.

Tuesday 3 November
EXETER,
University Great Hall, The Archers: Live at 75, with stars of the radio show.
Northcott, The Hofesh Schechter Company In the Brain, dance, 7.30.
KINGSBURY EPISCOPI,
Village Hall, The Christophers. MOVIOLA
POOLE,
Lighthouse, Harold Gordon-Smith, guitar, 1pm: Lost Dog in Juliet and Romeo, dance, 7.45.
SALISBURY,
Playhouse, East is East, to 14 Nov, 7.30, Thurs/Sat mats 2.15
City Hall, Leo Sayer.|
SANDFORD ORCAS,
Village Hall, Hannah Scott, Americana, 7.30.  AR
SOUTHAMPTON,
Mayflower, The Choir of Man, to Sat.
Mayflower Studio, Larry Dean, Hellbent, comedy.
Turner Sims, Soumik Datta, 19-stringed sarod, with Sumesh Narayanan, mridangam, Sayee Rakshith, violin, Debjit Patitundi, tabla,   Melodies in Slow Motion – biological soundscapes, 7.30
YETMINSTER,
Village Hall, Tuner.  MOVIOLA

Wednesday 4 November
BOURTON, Village Hall, My Mother’s Wedding.  MOVIOLA
CHURCHINFORD,
Village Hall, The Christophers. MOVIOLA
CODFORD ST PETER,
Woolstore Theatre, Savage House. MOVIOLA
FROME,
Merlin, Powell and Pressburger’s A Matter of Life and Death, 1946, restored, 8pm.
Tree House, Rocketsuit Rogue.
IBBERTON, Village Hall, Hannah Scott, Americana, 7.30.  AR
POOLE,
Lighthouse, BSO, cond Wigglesworth, Boris Giltburg, piano, Sunshine Symphonies, Prokofiev, Schumann and Beethoven, 7.30: Thomas Green, Brainstorm, Australian comic, 8pm.
SOUTHAMPTON,
Mayflower Studio, The Undercover Detective – The Making of a Murderer.
SOUTH PETHERTON,
David Hall, Trio Paradis, What’s In a Name – Who is Sylvia and other muses,  FREE, 11am.
WARMINSTER,
Athenaeum, The Shepherd and the Bear, film, 7.30.
WIMBORNE,
Tivoli Theatre, Steeleye Span.
YEOVIL, Swan Theatre, Cinematheque, Eagles of the Republic, 7.30.
Westlands, My Life in Football and Beyond with Harry Rednapp, 7.30.

Thursday 5 November

BATH, Forum, The Archers: Live at 75, with stars of the radio show.
BRISTOL, Beacon, BSO, cond Wigglesworth, Boris Giltburg, piano, Sunshine Symphonies, Prokofiev, Schumann and Beethoven, 7pm.
EXETER, Cathedral, Voices of Valjean, John Owen Johns and other West End Stars, 7.30.
Northcott, Thomas Green in Brainstorm, comedy, 7.30.
Barnfield Theatre, Ignacio Lopez, Nada, comedy, 7.45.
FROME, Cheese and Grain, Hothouse Flowers.
Tree House, Ben Poole, blues, rock and soul guitar.
HAVANT,
The Spring, Living Spit in The Tragedy of Omlet, Prince of Henmark.
HONITON, Beehive, Josh O’Connor in Clifford Odets’ Golden Boy, from the Almeida Theatre, 7pm.
POOLE,
Lighthouse, Horrible Histories – The Tudors, to Sun, various day times: The Furrow Collective, folk, 8pm.
SALISBURY,
City Hall, Stewart Lee versus the Man Wulf, comedy. 7.30.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower Studio, Stitches Comedy Club with Chris McCausland, Michael Fabbri and Harriet Dyer with James Alderson.
STREET,
Strode Theatre, Conn Artists in Jane Eyre.
SWANAGE, Mowlem Theatre, NT Screening, Josh O’Connor in Clifford Odets’ Golden Boy, from the Almeida Theatre, 7pm.
WARMINSTER, Athenaeum, Josh O’Connor in Clifford Odets’ Golden Boy, from the Almeida Theatre, 7pm.
YEOVIL,
Westlands, The ELO Show, 7.30
Swan Theatre, NT Screening, Golden Boy, 7pm.

Friday 6 November
BATH, Theatre Royal, Ustinov Studio, Donald, new play by Stefano Massini, to 5 Dec, 7.30, Wed/Sat mats 2.30.
BOURNEMOUTH,
Pavilion Dance, Company Chameleon in Obscura, double bill, 7.30.
BRIDPORT,
Arts Centre, Concerts in the West, Fenella Humphreys, violin, Gary Pomeroy, viola, Cara Berridge, cello, Sam Armstrong, piano, 11.30.
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Weston Studio,  Side eYe in Off-Key, and Sat, 8pm, Sat mat 3pm.
EXETER,
Northcott, Time of Death – More Unnatural Causes with forensic pathologist Dr Richard Shepherd, 7.30.
FROME, Merlin, Marina Sossi in Black Box: A Poetic Investigation.
Rook Lane, Moscow Drug Club, 7.30.
Cheese and Grain, The Bluetones, Expecting to Fly 30th anniversary tour.
Tree House, Zion Train.
HONITON, Beehive, The George Michael Legacy with Wayne Dilks, 7.30.
ILMINSTER,
Arts Centre, Concerts in the West, Fenella Humphreys, violin, Gary Pomeroy, viola, Cara Berridge, cello, Sam Armstrong, piano, 7.30.
LYME REGIS,
Marine Theatre, Baka Beyond, Afro Celtic fusion, 8pm.
NEW MILTON,
Forest Arts, Martin Harley, slide guitar.
POOLE,
Lighthouse, Studio Jazz with Claire Martin and the Jim Mullen Group, 7.45.
SHAFTESBURY,
Arts Centre, Everybody to Kenmure Street, documentary film, 7.30.
SIDMOUTH,
Manor Pavilion, The New Jersey Boys, O What a Night, 7.30.
SOUTHAMPTON,
Mayflower Studio, The Glam Rock Show.
SOUTH PETHERTON,
David Hall, Tuner.  MOVIOLA
STURMINSTER NEWTON,
The Exchange, Living Spit in The Tragedy of Omlet, Prince of Henmark, and Sat.
WOODLANDS,
nr Verwood, Village Hall, Hannah Scott, Americana, 7.30.  AR

Saturday 7 November
BATH,
Forum,  Harry Enfield, And No Chums, comedy.
BOURNEMOUTH,
BIC, Prof Brian Cox, Emergence, exploring the wonders of science, and Sun, 7.30.
CREWKERNE,
Dance House, Concerts in the West, Fenella Humphreys, violin, Gary Pomeroy, viola, Cara Berridge, cello, Sam Armstrong, piano, 7.30.
EXETER, Northcott, The Story of Guitar Heroes, 7.30.
FAWLEY,
Jubilee Hall, Tuner.  MOVIOLA
FROME, Merlin, Andy Parsons in Please #@!$ Off to Mars, comedy.
Memorial Hall, Copacabana Magic, the music of Barry Manilow, with Martyn James.
HONITON,
Beehive, Sound of the Sirens, folk rock, and Fieldlily, Devon-based sisters folk duo, 7.30.
LYME REGIS,
Marine Theatre, Los Pacaminos with Paul Young, 8pm.
NEW MILTON,
Forest Arts, Eleanor McEvoy, Irish singer.
POOLE,
Lighthouse, BSO, with Lee Memphis King, Elvis: Viva Las Vegas!, 7.30.
POWERSTOCK,
Hut, Jack Brownridge-Kelly and Danny Frost, The No.1 Holiday Destination, 7.30.  AR
SALISBURY,
City Hall, Steeleye Span.
Arts Centre, Stuff and Nonsense Theatre in Rabbit and Rey and the Lost Things, 11.30am and 2.30pm: Michael Spicer, Hope All’s Well, satire and comedy, 7.30.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, An Evening with Jack the Ripper, 7.30.
SHERBORNE,
Abbey, Matt Walton, Reductio Concert, 7pm.
SIDMOUTH,
Parish Church, Sidmouth Music, Paddington Trio, Ellen Lindquist, Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky, 3pm
SOUTHAMPTON,
Mayflower Studio, Showstopper! – The Improvised Musical.
SOUTH PETHERTON,
David Hall, The Churchfitters, folk.
STREET,
Strode Theatre, Fleetwood Mac Songbook.
SWANAGE,
Mowlem Theatre, Hoglets in The Tale of the Lonliest Whale, 11am and 2pm.
TIVERTON
, New Hall, Exeter Opera Group in Saint Saens’  Sampson et Dalila, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Minster, Bournemouth Bach Choir, 7.30.
YEOVIL, Westlands, The Gary Moore Blues Experience, 7.30.

Sunday 8 November
BRADFORD ON AVON,
Wiltshire Music Centre, A4 Brass Quartet, principal players from leading brass bands, 2pm:  Fergus McCreadie, piano, and the Scottish Ensemble, jazz, folk and classical, 7.30pm.
BRIANTSPUDDLE,
Village Hall, Jack Brownridge-Kelly and Danny Frost, The No.1 Holiday Destination, 3pm.  AR
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Morgan Rees in What a Bummer, comedy, 7.30.
FROME,
Merlin, Jenny Talia, Australian comedy rock star, Without Adult Supervision.
Cheese and Grain, Peter Cox of Go West, music and memories.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Bossa Definitiva, jazz, 8pm.
POOLE,
Lighthouse, Richard Ayoade, Afterthoughts, comedy, 7.30.
SALISBURY,
City Hall, Festival of Remembrance with Treorchy Male Choir and Royal Marines Association Concert Band, 3pm.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower, Bill Bailey, Vaudevillean.
Turner Sims, Thibaut Garcia, guitar, Marais, Bach, Lopez Quiroga, 7.30.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, Animal Guyz – Amazing Animals, 12.30 and 4pm.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Emerald Storm, where Riverdance and Stomp collide, sometimes with Adam Garcia, 7.30.

Monday 9 November
BEAMINSTER, Public Hall, Midwinter Break. MOVIOLA
SHREWTON,
Village Hall, My Mother’s Wedding. MOVIOLA
SOUTHAMPTON,
Mayflower, Harry Enfield and No Chums, comedy.
SWANAGE,
Mowlem Theatre, Hadestown, recorded on Broadway, 2pm  and Thurs 7pm: No 1 Holiday Destination, with Jack Brownridge Kelly and Danny Frost, 7.30.  AR

Tuesday  10 November
BATH, Theatre Royal, David Suchet in Murder in the Cathedral, to 21 Nov, Thurs/Sat mats 2.30.
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Weston Studio, Papatango Theatre in Tom Howell’s The Silence and the Noise, to Sat, various times.
EXETER,
Cathedral, G4 at Christmas, 7.30.
Northcott, NT Screening, The Misanthrope with Sandra Oh, 7pm.
FROME, Merlin, Carmen from the Royal Opera, 7pm.
HONITON,
Beehive, Carmen from the Royal Opera, 7pm.
POOLE,
Lighthouse, Cinema, Carmen from the Royal Opera, 7pm, and 15 Nov 2pm.
SOUTHAMPTON,
Mayflower Studio, Kathakali Indian Dance.
STREET,
Strode Theatre, Carmen from the Royal Opera.
WINSFORD, Village Hall, The Christophers. MOVIOLA

Wednesday 11 November
BRADFORD ON AVON,
Wiltshire Music Centre, Carmen on screen from the Royal Opera, 6.30.
BRANSGORE,
Village Hall, The Christophers.MOVIOLA
BRISTOL,
Old Vic, Sh*t Theatre in Evita TOO, to Sat, 7.30.
CHARLTON MARSHALL,
Village Hall, My Mother’s Wedding.  MOVIOLA
EXETER,
Northcott, T-Rextasy, Greatest Hits Tour, 7.30.
FROME,
Merlin, The Secret Agent, film, 8pm.
Cheese and Grain, Ferris and Sylvester, folk rock.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Harry Redknapp, 7.30: Judi Love, All About the Love, comedy, 7.45: Louise Jordan in Behind Enemy Lines, solo show about the women of SOE, 8pm.
SHAFTESBURY,
Arts Centre, Of Mice and Men, 1.30 and 7.30.
SOUTHAMPTON,
Mayflower, Welsh National Opera, schools and family concerts.
Mayflower Studio, SUP Theatre in The Unfriend, to Sat: Maisie Adam, Whatsherface, comedy.
STREET, Strode Theatre, Street Theatre Company in A Monster Calls, to Sat.
SWANAGE, Mowlem Theatre, Comedy Club, with Gavin Webster, Jenny Collier and Joe Foster, 7.30.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club, 7.30.

Thursday 12 November
BOURNEMOUTH,
BIC, Suede and  The Manic Street Preachers.
DONHEAD ST MARY,
Village Hall, Midwinter Break. MOVIOLA
DORCHESTER,
Corn Exchange, Living Spit in The Tragedy of Omlet, Prince of Henmark.
EXETER, Barnfield Theatre, Christopher Hall, Pizazz, comedy, 7.45.
GILLINGHAM,
School, BSO Wind Ensemble, Mozart, Dvorak, Debussy, Beethoven, etc, 6pm. AR
HONITON,
Beehive, Moscow Drug Club.
ILFRACOMBE
, Landmark Theatre, Steeleye Span.
NETHER WALLOP, Village Hall, The Christophers. MOVIOLA
POOLE,
Lighthouse, The Noise Next Door, improv comedy, 8pm.
SALISBURY,
Arts Centre, Louise Jordan, Behind Enemy Lines – the story of women agents in WW2, 7.30pm.
City Hall, The Illegal Eagles, Hotel California tour.
SHEPTON MONTAGUE, Village Hall, Savage House. MOVIOLA
SIDMOUTH,
Manor Pavilion, Variety by the Sea, cabaret, circus tricks, etc, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2pm.
SOUTHAMPTON,
Mayflower, Welsh National Opera, Bartok’s Bluebeard’s Castle and Stravinsky’s Oedipus Rex, 7.30.
Mayflower Studio, Daniel Foxx in How Lovely, comedy.
Wyndham Hall, Wyndham Picture House, Still Life, 7.30.
TOTTON, Hanger Farm Arts Centre, On A Role Theatre in Emmeline Pankhurst – Angel or Anarchist?, 7.30.
WELLS, Cedars Hall, Clare Teal, jazz, 7pm.

Friday 13 November
BATH,
various venues, Mozartfest, to 21 Nov.
BOURNEMOUTH, Palace Court Theatre, AUB in Frankenstein: The Making of a Monster, and Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.30.
Pavilion Dance, National Dance Company Wales in Blue I Glas, double bill, Ordinary Courage and Untamed, 7.30.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Andy Sheppard Trio with Evan Parker, jazz, 7.30.
BRIDPORT,
Arts Centre, Living Spit in The Tragedy of Omlet, Prince of Henmark.
CHARD,
Guildhall, Midwinter Break. MOVIOLA
CRANBORNE,
Cecil Memorial Hall, Inn Echo, Celtic folk from Canada, 7.30. AR
CREWKERNE,
Wadham School, FilmCrew, L’Etranger.
EXETER, Northcott, The Rachel Parris Songbook, comedy with singalong, 7.30.
FROME,
Memorial Hall, The Unravelling Wilburys.
Merlin, Charlie Baker, Go Get It, comedy.
Cheese and Grain, Skids and Theatre of Hate.
Tree House, Liz Jones and Broken Windows, roots and blues.
HONITON, Beehive, Mick Jogger and the Stones Experience.
LYTCHETT MATRAVERS,
Village Hall, BSO Wind Ensemble, Mozart, Dvorak, Debussy, Beethoven, etc, 7.30pm.AR
NEW MILTON,
Forest Arts, The Rheingans Sisters.
NORTON SUB HAMDON,
Village Hall, CarmenCo in A Pocket Opera, 7.30. TA
POOLE,
Lighthouse, London Symphonic Rock Orchestra, Greatest Hits of AC/DC, Iron Maiden, Led Zeppelin, Foo Fighters, etc, 7.30: English Youth Ballet in The Nutcracker, and Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.30: Guy Davis, traditional blues, 8pm.
SALISBURY,
Arts Centre, Lucy Porter, Let Yourself Go, comedy, 7.30.
City Hall, Richard Ayoade, Afterthoughts, comedy.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, Peter Knight’s Gigspanner Trio, 7.30.
SIDMOUTH,
Manor Pavilion, Two Famous Duals, Two Celebrated Trials, with historian Dr David Pugsley, 2.30pm.
SOUTHAMPTON,
Mayflower, Welsh National Opera, Puccini’s La Boheme, 7pm.
Mayflower Studio, In The Air Tonight, tribute of Phil Collins and Genesis.
Turner Sims, The Adventures of Prince Achmed, 1926 animated film by Lotte Reiniger, stories from the Arabian Nights,with new live score by Hugo Max, viola, 7.30.
SWANAGE,
Mowlem Theatre, The Bere Essentials, Americana and bluegrass, 7.30.
THEALE,
Village Hall, Mr Punch’s Folk Club, 8pm.
WATCHET
, Village Hall, My Mother’s Wedding.  MOVIOLA

Saturday 14 November
BEAULIEU,
Abbey, Emma Johnson, clarinet,  7pm.
BISHOP SUTTON, Valley Arts, Living Spit in The Tragedy of Omlet, Prince of Henmark.
BOURNEMOUTH, BIC, Myles Smith, singer songwriter, My Mess, My Heart, My Life.
Pavilion, Ballroom, LoL Comedy Club, 8pm.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, A Fistful of Spooks and Emma Salokoski Voices, members of Spooky Men’s Chorale and Finish female choir, 7.30.
BRISTOL
, Tobacco Factory, Spielman Studio, Wasteland Improv in Tales from the Wasteland: Post-Apocalyptic  Improv, 8pm.
FROME,
Cheese and Grain, The Feeling.
Tree House, Biffy McClyro tribute.
HOLFORD,
Village Hall, CarmenCo in A Pocket Opera, 7.30. TA
LANGTON MATRAVERS,
Village Hall, Inn Echo, Celtic folk from Canada, 7.30. AR
LYME REGIS,
Marine Theatre, Rachel Fairburn, Vexy Beasts, comedy, 7.30.
NEW MILTON,
Forest Arts, Hannah James and cellist Toby Kuhn, folk.
POOLE,
Lighthouse, Michael Portillo, 2pm: Sherling Studio, Bournemouth Chamber Music Society, Joel Munday, violin, Julian Trevelyan, piano, Brahms, Bartok, Schubert, 2.30: Coastal Comedy with Nick Page, Samantha Day, Dave Chawner and Rich Wilson, 8pm.
SALISBURY,
Cathedral, Salisbury Musical Society and Chelsea Opera Group Orchestra, cond David Halls, Elgar’s The Apostles,  Rebecca Hardwick, soprano, Diana Moore, alto, Michael Bell, tenor, John Savournin, Judas, Dingle Yandell, Jesus, James Geidt, Peter, 7.30.
Arts Centre, The Book of Genesis, tribute, 7.30.
City Hall, The Story of Guitar Heroes.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, Wareham Whalers, Fish, Chips and Shanties, 6.30.
SHERBORNE,
Abbey, The Illuminated Orchestra in concert, 7pm and 9pm.
SOUTHAMPTON,
Mayflower, What’s Love Got to Do With It, Tina Turner tribute.
Mayflower Studio, Nick Cope’s Family Show, 11.30am and 2.30pm.
SOUTH PETHERTON,
David Hall, Eleanor McEvoy, Irish singer songwriter, 8pm.
SWANAGE, Mowlem Theatre, The Decatonics, ska, reggae and bluebeat, 6.30.
WELLS, Cathedral, Wells Cathedral Oratorio Society, The Music of Bob Chilcott inc Samba Mass, 7pm.
YEOVIL,
Westlands, Judi Love, All About the Love, 7.30.

Sunday 15 November
BRADFORD ON AVON,
Wiltshire Music Centre, RBC Jazz Orchestra and WYJO, jazz, 3pm.
BRISTOL,
Old Vic, Ania Magliano, Peach Fuzz, comedy, 2.30 and 7.30.
FROME, Rook Lane, Rhossili Duo, flute and guitar, 3pm.
Cheese and Grain, Dom Joly, Trigger Happy TV 25th anniversary tour, comedy.
LAMYATT, Village Hall, CarmenCo in A Pocket Opera, 6pm. TA
POOLE,
Lighthouse, The Shires, 7.30.
SALISBURY,
City Hall, Elkie Brooks – The Long Farewell Tour.
SHIPTPON GORGE, Village Hall, Inn Echo, Celtic folk from Canada, 7.30. AR
SOUTHAMPTON,
Mayflower, Jools Holland and his Rhythm and Blues Orchestra and guests.
Turner Sims, Trio Bohemo, Dvorak, etc, 4pm.
TAUNTON, Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre, The Dave Hankin Big Band, 2.30.

Monday 16 November

BOURNEMOUTH, BIC, The Script.
EXETER,
Barnfield Theatre, Danny Hart Won’t Sit Down, downhill mountain biker, 7.45.
HAWKCHURCH,
Village Hall, Tuner.  MOVIOLA
NEW MILTON,
Forest Arts, Milton Musical Society in Dear Evan Hanson, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.30.
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, Matthew Bourne’s Cinderella, to Sat.
SOUTHAMPTON,
Mayflower Studio, Rufus Hound and Suzie Blake in The Other Side of Murder, to Sat.
TAUNTON,
Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre, A Christmas Carol, a radio play live on stage with Colin Baker as Scrooge, Tom Baker as Jacob Marley and narrator Sophie Aldred, 7.30.
YEOVIL,
Westlands, Romesh Ranganathan, SOLD OUT
Swan Theatre, Much Ado About Nothing, to Sat.

Tuesday 17 November
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Hugo Svedberg, Tim Horton and Adrian Brendel, Handel, Rachmaninov etc, 1pm
BRISTOL,
Old Vic, Lucy Beaumont, Bad at Quiz Shows, Good with Weirdos, comedy, 7.30.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Hanna Rarity, Scottish folk singer, 7.30.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Cinema, Ocean Film Festival, 7.30.
SOUTHAMPTON,
Mayflower, Operation Mincemeat, to Sat.
Turner Sims, Jasper Hoiby, double bassist and composer, 3Elements, contemporary jazz, 8pm.

Wednesday 18 November
BOURNEMOUTH, BIC, Paul Smith, Happy, comedy, and 28 Nov, 8pm.
BRADFORD ON AVON,
Wiltshire Music Centre, EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert, Baz Luhrman film, 7.30.
BRISTOL,
Old Vic, Stuart Goldsmith in Canary, comedy, 7.30.
CHILD OKEFORD,
Village Hall, Ropetackle Storytellers, Jeckyll and Hyde, 7.30. AR
HARNHAM,
nr Salisbury, Sports and Social Club, Savage House. MOVIOLA
POOLE,
Lighthouse, BSO, cond Andrew Litton, Jonathan Biss, piano, Imperial Majesty, Walton, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, 7.30: Hothouse Flowers, The Greatest Hits Tour, 7.45: Pipeline, new writing etc, 8pm.
PORTLAND,
Royal Manor Theatre, Living Spit in The Tragedy of Omlet, Prince of Henmark,. 7.30. AR
SALISBURY,
City Hall, Gary Delaney, Gary On Laughing, comedy.
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.
BOURNEMOUTH, BIC, The Archers: Live at 75 with host Angela Barnes and cast members including Charles Collingwood, Ryan Kelly and Sunny Ormonde, 7.30.
BRISTOL,
Old Vic, Kiell Smith-Bynoe and friends, Kool Story Bro, comedy, and Fri, 7.30.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Ocean Film Fest, 7.30.
EXETER, Barnfield Theatre, Andy Parsons, Please #@!$ Off to Mars, comedy, 7.45.
FROME,
Merlin Theatre, Frome Drama in Season’s Greetings, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat  2.30.
LYME REGIS,
Marine Theatre, Living Spit in The Tragedy of Omlet, Prince of Henmark, 7.30.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Ben Folds’ Paper Airplane Request Tour, 7.30: Blazin’ Fiddles, folk, 7.45: Cinema, Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again, dementia friendly screening, 2pm.
PORTSMOUTH,
Guildhall, BSO, cond Andrew Litton, Jonathan Biss, piano, Imperial Majesty, Walton, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, 7pm.
SALISBURY,
City Hall, Lost in Music, Motown hits.
SOUTHAMPTON, Turner Sims, Heidi Talbot and Boo Hewerdine, folk songs new and old, 8pm.
SOUTH PETHERTON,
David Hall, Murder – A Search for the Truth with The Scottish Detective David Swindle, 7.30.
STURMINSTER NEWTON,
The Exchange, Bachs, Bows and Arrows, Julian Lloyd Webber and Jiaxin, 7.30.
SWANAGE, Mowlem Theatre, Tony and Una, folk, 7.30.
WINFRITH NEWBURGH, Village Hall, Ropetackle Storytellers, Jeckyll and Hyde, 7.30. AR
YEOVIL,
Westlands, Beyond the Barricade, 7.30.

Friday 20 November
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Ryan Wang, piano, Mozart, Schubert, Chopin, etc, 7.30.
BRISTOL,
Tobacco Factory, A Christmas Carol, to 9 Jan, various dates and times.
BROADMAYNE,
Village Hall, Duane Andrews and the Hot Club of Conception Bay, traditional Newfoundland music and swing jazz, 7.30. AR
CHETNOLE,
Village Hall, Living Spit in The Tragedy of Omlet, Prince of Henmark, 7.30. AR
DITCHEAT,
Jubilee Hall, Tuner.  MOVIOLA
EDINGTON
(Somerset), Village Hall, The Christophers. MOVIOLA
EXETER,
Barnfield Theatre, Grace Campbell, The Lady is a Tramp, comedy, 7.45.
FROGHAM,
Village Hall, Tuner.  MOVIOLA
FROME,
Cheese and Grain, The Entitled Sons.
Tree House, Brave Rival.
HANGING LANGFORD, Village Hall, Rose of Nevada. MOVIOLA
LYME REGIS,
Marine Theatre, Alter Eagles, tribute, 8pm.
MERE,
UR Church, Pagoda Project, 7.30.
POOLE,
Lighthouse, Orchestra Mambo International, Latin jazz, 7.45: Cinema, John Lithgow as Roald Dahl in Giant, filmed in the West End, 7.30, and 28 Nov 12.30pm.
SHAFTESBURY,
Arts Centre, Belle Street in The Big Bad Night, and Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.30.
SIDMOUTH,
Manor Pavilion, ABBA – Take a Chance on Us, tribute, 7.30.
SOUTHAMPTON,
Turner Sims, Red Doors – Shri Sriram, percussion and electronics, Harpreet Bansal, violin, Patrick Iversen, flutes and electronics, Asian underground and Norwegian electronic jazz, 8pm.
SOUTH PETHERTON,
David Hall, Madfabulous. MOVIOLA
TAUNTON,
Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre, Voodoo Room, Hendrix, Clapton and Cream, 7.30.
TINCLETON,
Gallery, John Law, jazz piano, 8pm.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Murder She Didn’t Write, 7.30.

Saturday 21 November
BOURNEMOUTH,
BIC, Bill Bailey, Vaudevillean.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Martin Hayes and Kate Ellis, folk, 7.30.
BURTON BRADSTOCK,
Village Hall, Ropetackle Storytellers, Jeckyll and Hyde, 7.30. AR
CIRENCESTER,
Barn Theatre, Honk!, to 3 Jan.
FROME, Memorial Hall, All Floyd, the best of Pink Floyd.
Cheese and Grain, Martin Kemp, Back to the 80s DJ set.
Tree House, David Ford, Songbook.
HALSTOCK, Village Hall, The Christophers. MOVIOLA
HONITON,
Beehive, The Salts with Phil Beer, sea shanties and folk, 7.30.
LYME REGIS,
Marine Theatre, The Devout, Depeche Mode tribute, 8pm.
POOLE,
Lighthouse, Paddleboat Theatre in The Elves and the Shoemaker, to 13 Dec, various dates and times: Rhythm of the Dance, Christmas special, 7pm>
SALISBURY,
Arts Centre, Mad Dog Mcrea.
SOUTHAMPTON,
Turner Sims, Jesca Hoop, singer songwriter, 8pm.
STUDLAND,
Village Hall, Duane Andrews and the Hot Club of Conception Bay, traditional Newfoundland music and swing jazz, 7.30. AR
STURMINSTER NEWTON,
The Exchange, Los Pacaminos with Paul Young, 8pm.
TAUNTON,
Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre, James Phelan, The Man Who Was Magic, 7.30.
TINCLETON,
Gallery, John Law and Ant Law, jazz pianos, The Laws of  (E)motion, 8pm.
WELLS, Cedars Hall,  WCS Dance pupils in Steps in Snow, a dance retelling of The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, 7pm.

Sunday 22 November
BRADFORD ON AVON,
Wiltshire Music Centre, Trowbridge Symphony Orchestra, Rossini, Poulenc, Rachmaninov, 3pm.
HINTON MARTEL,
Village Hall, Duane Andrews and the Hot Club of Conception Bay, traditional Newfoundland music and swing jazz, 7.30. AR
SHAFTESBURY,
Arts Centre, What the Dickens? , an afternoon tea concert with David Grierson’s Palm Court Orchestra, 3pm.
SOUTHAMPTON,
Turner Sims, Babies Adventures in Music: Winter Warmer with songs about bells, kings and red red robins, 11am: Hoglets Theatre in The Tale of the Lonliest Whale, 3pm.
STREET,
Strode Theatre, Sensation ABBA, tribute band: Studio, Giant, (film) with John Lithgow as Roald Dahl.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Fin Taylor, The Pre-Emptive Comeback Special, comedy, 7.30.

Monday 23 November
BRADFORD ON AVON,
Wiltshire Music Centre, Stardust:  A Musical Journey, with Voices for Life massed children’s choir, and Wed, 6pm.
FROME, Cheese and Grain, Eagles of Death Metal.
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, The Band of His Majesty’s RM Plymouth.
POOLE,
Lighthouse, The Mousetrap, to Sat, 7.45, Wed/Sat mats 2.30.
SOUTHAMPTON,
Mayflower, Jersey Boys, to Sat.

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.
SOUTHAMPTON, Turner Sims, Jack Liebeck, violin, Katya Apekisheva, piano, Rebecca Clarke, Debussy, Franck, 7.30.

Wednesday 25 November
BOURNEMOUTH,
BIC, Bob Dylan, 8pm.
CASTLE CARY, Caryford Hall, My Mother’s Wedding.  MOVIOLA
EAST KNOYLE,
Village Hall, The Christophers. MOVIOLA
EXETER,
University Great Hall, Fin Taylor, The Pre-Emptive Comeback Special, comedy, 7.30.
FROME,
Merlin, Giant, with John Lithgow as Roald Dahl, recorded in the West End, 7pm.
POOLE,
Lighthouse, BSO, cond Andrew Manze, Yeol Eum Son, piano, Flower Power, Mahler/Britten, Mozart and Schumann, 7.30.
SALISBURY,
City Hall, Musical Theatre Salisbury in Elf! The Musical, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.30.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower Studio, Filskit Theatre in Christmas Lights, for 1 to 4 year olds, various daytimes to Sat.

Thursday 26 November
BOURNEMOUTH,
BIC, Australian Pink Floyd, The Happiest Days of our Lives.
EXETER, Cathedral, Nadia Eide, soprano, Christmas at the Musicals, 7pm.
FROME, Tree House, The Turbans, Music from Manywhere.
HONITON, Beehive, To Catch a Thief, 1955 film, 2pm.
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, Welsh National Opera in La Boheme, 7.30: Drum Studio, Pins and Needles in Raymond Briggs’ Father Christmas, to 27 Dec, various times.
SOUTHAMPTON,
Mayflower Studio, Stage Door in Cinderella … a Very Happy Ending, adult panto, to 11 Dec, various times.
Turner Sims, Folk Platform, with Once a Fig, Spafford Campbell, 8pm.
TAUNTON, Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre, Ballet Theatre UK in The Snow Queen, and Fri, 7.30.
WARMINSTER,
Athenaeum, Limelight Players in Tim Firth’s Flint Street Nativity, to Sat, various times.
WELLS,
Cedars Hall,  Angela Hewitt, piano, Mozart, Beethoven, Haydn, Schubert, 7pm.
YEOVIL,
Westlands, A Christmas Extravaganza, with dance, song and spoken word, 7pm.

Friday 27 November
BISHOPSTONE, nr Salisbury, Village Hall, The Christophers. MOVIOLA
BOURNEMOUTH,
Pavilion Dance, Gorilla Circus in RPM, acrobatics, street dance and roller skating, 7.30.
BRADFORD ON AVON,
Wiltshire Music Centre, Sinfonia Cymru with Sidiki Dembele, muti-instrumentalist drummer, 7.30.
BRISTOL,
Old Vic, Cinderella – A Fairy Tale, to 2 Jan.
EAST STOUR,
Village Hall, Tuner.  MOVIOLA
EXETER,
Cathedral, The Music of Whitney Houston by Candlelight.
Northcott, Sleeping Beauty with Le Navet Bete, to 3 Jan, various days and times.
Barnfield Theatre, The Comedy Store 2026.
FROME, Cheese and Grain, Craig Charles funk and soul houseparty.
HONITON,
Beehive, This is Floyd, tribute, 7.30.
ILMINSTER,
Arts Centre, Ilminster’s Great Foundress, talk by Dr Matthew Spring exploring life, legacy and musical connections of Dorothy Petre Wadham, concert by Sirinu of Elizabethan and Stuart domestic music from Petre-Wadham home, Ingatestone in Essex, 7.30.
MERE,
Lecture Hall, The Christophers. MOVIOLA
NEW MILTON,
Forest Arts, Luke Jackson, folk and Americana.
PLYMOUTH,
Theatre Royal, Welsh National Opera family concert, 6.30.
POOLE,
Lighthouse, Studio Jazz, Five Way Split, 7.45.
SALISBURY,
Cathedral, From Darkness to Light, the Advent Procession, 7pm, and Sat/Sun 5pm.
SHAFTESBURY,
Arts Centre, A Private Life, film, 7.30.
SOUTHAMPTON,
Turner Sims, Courtenay Pine, saxophone, Out of the Ghetto: A Modern-Day jazz story, 1986 to 2026, 8pm.
SWANAGE
, Mowlem Theatre, BSO Tea Time Trio, Cake Concert, 11am: Simon Yates, My Mountain Life, 7.30.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, Mark Smith from the Antiques Roadshow, 7.30.
WEST CAMEL,
Davis Hall, The Christophers. MOVIOLA
WINTERSLOW,
Village Hall, The Christophers. MOVIOLA
YEOVIL,
Westlands, Nigel Owens, Rugby Union great, 7.30.
YETMINSTER, Jubilee Hall, Flats & Sharps, bluegrass from Cornwall, 7.30. AR

Saturday 28 November
BRADFORD ON AVON,
Wiltshire Music Centre, Indoor Festival of Folk with  Bartin Barre and Alex Hart, Chris Wood, Edgelarks, Ellie Gowers etc, 1.30.
BRISTOL,
Old Vic, Weston Studio,  Polka Theatre in The Snowy Day, to 3 Jan, various day times.
FROME,
Memorial Hall, Showaddywaddy.
Cheese and Grain, Judgement, the True Sound of Ibiza with Judge Jules and more.
Tree House, Three Daft Monkeys.
MARTOCK, Parish Hall, Rebuilding. MOVIOLA
MILBORNE ST ANDREW,
Village Hall, Tutti Frutti in Red Robin’s Winter Song, 10.30am. AR
NETHERBURY,
Village Hall, Midwinter Break.MOVIOLA
NEW MILTON,
Forest Arts, Barbara, chamber pop music.
PLYMOUTH,
Theatre Royal, Welsh National Opera in Bartok’s Bluebeard’s Castle, and Stravinsky’s Oedipus Rex, 7.30.
POOLE,
Lighthouse, The Amy Winehouse Band, 7.30: The Malin Lewis Trio, Scottish folk, 8pm.
SALISBURY,
Playhouse, Beauty and the Beast, to 10 January 2027, various dates and times.
Arts Centre, What Wood Victoria Do? with Paulus the Cabaret Geek, 7.30.
SIDMOUTH, Parish Church, Sidmouth Music, Joel Munday, violin, and Julian Trevelyan, piano, Schubert Brahms, Bartok, 3pm.
Manor Pavilion, Sidmouth Comedy  Club with Hal Cruttenden, 8pm.
SOUTHAMPTON, Turner Sims, Southampton Concert Orchestra, Gurney, Elgar and Vaughan Williams, 7.30.
SOUTH PETHERTON,
David Hall, Martyn Joseph, folk rock, 8pm.
STURMINSTER MARSHALL, Memorial Hall, Flats & Sharps, bluegrass from Cornwall, 7.30.AR
STURMINSTER NEWTON,
The Exchange, ELO Again, 7.30.

Sunday 29 November
BLANDFORD, Corn Exchange, Village Hall, Tutti Frutti in Red Robin’s Winter Song, 2pm. AR
BRADFORD ON AVON,
Wiltshire Music Centre, Bath Symphony Orchestra, Ethel Smythe, Britten and Elgar, 7.30.
DRIMPTON,
Village Hall, Flats & Sharps, bluegrass from Cornwall, 7.30. AR
FROME,
Rook Lane, Chelys Cosort of Viols with Fair Oriana vocal ensemble, A Musical Menagerie, Renaissance, Jacobean and Stuart songs, 3pm.
LYME REGIS,
Marine Theatre, Soft Machine, avant jazz rock, 8pm.
POOLE,
Lighthouse, Disney’ Muppet Christmas Carol in concert, film with live orchestra, 3pm.
SOUTHAMPTON,
Mayflower, BSO cond Pete Harrison, Christmas at the Movies, orchestral favourites from seasonal classics, 7pm.
Turner Sims, Southampton Youth Orchestra, Liszt, Dvorak, Schumann, 5pm.

Monday 30 November
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Chineke! Orchestra with guitarist Plinio Fernandes, Stravinsky, Rodrigo, Eliana Echverry and Adolphus Hailstork, 7.30.
SHERBORNE,
Studio Theatre, APS in God of Carnage, to Sat.

Tuesday 1 December
BATH,
Theatre Royal, Paranormal Activity, to Sat, various times.
EXETER, Cathedral, The Mediaeval Baebes, 30th anniversary tour, 7.30.
Barnfield Theatre, Exeter Little Theatre in The Vicar of Dibley: The Greatest Nativity Ever Told (almost), to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.30.
HONITON,
Beehive, The Nutcracker from the Royal Ballet, 7.15.
KINGSBURY EPISCOPI,
Village Hall, Savage House.MOVIOLA
POOLE,
Lighthouse, The Nutcracker from the Royal Ballet, 7.15pm and 13th Dec, 2pm.
SHERBORNE,
Abbey, The Piccadilly Sinfonieta, Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, 7pm.
SOUTHAMPTON,
Mayflower Studio, Opera Up Close in Opera Cocktail.
STREET,
Strode Theatre, The Nutcracker from the Royal Ballet, 7.15.
YETMINSTER,
Village Hall, My Mother’s Wedding. MOVIOLA

Wednesday 2 December
BOURTON,
Village Hall, The Christophers. MOVIOLA
CHURCHINFORD,
Village Hall, Savage House. MOVIOLA
FROME,
Cheese and Grain, Lyr, Simon Armitage, Patrick Pearson and Richard Walters, poetry and music.
PLYMOUTH,
Theatre Royal, The Lab, The Loneliest Snowball, for 0 to 3 year olds, to 2 Jan.
POOLE,
Lighthouse, BSO, cond Wigglesworth, Olivia Boen, soprano, Eternal Heaven, Britten and Mahler, 7.30.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower Studio, The Very Hungry Caterpillar Christmas Show, to 12 Dec, various day times.
SOUTH PETHERTON,
David Hall, Trio Paradis, Winter Landscapes, FREE   11am.
STREET, Strode Theatre, Wells Cathedral School students in Fame: The Musical, to Sat, 7pm. 
WARMINSTER,
Athenaeum, The Invite, film, 7.30.
WOOTTON FITZPAINE,
Village Hall, James Rowland in Team Viking, 7.30. AR
YEOVIL,
Swan Theatre, Civic Players, to Sat.


Thursday 3 December
BOURNEMOUTH,
AUB Wallisdown campus,  Twelfth Night, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.30.
BRISTOL, Tobacco Factory, Spielman Studio, Little Snowy Hare, family show, to 3 Jan, various dates, 10.30am, 11am and 2.30pm.
EXETER,
University Great Hall, BSO, cond Wigglesworth, Olivia Boen, soprano, Eternal Heaven, Britten and Mahler, 7.30.
FROME,
Tree House, Mr B The Gentleman Rhymer, hip hop history.
HONITON,
Beehive, Peter Knight’s Gigspanner Trio, 7.30.
NEW MILTON,
Forest Arts, A Winter Union, folk supergroup with Hannah Sander, Ben Savage, The Willows and Gilmore and Roberts, 7.30.
POOLE,
Lighthouse, Moscow Drug Club, 8pm.
SALISBURY,
Arts Centre, The Noise Next Door, improv comedy, 7.30.
City Hall, Man in the Mirror – Michael Jackson tribute.
SIDMOUTH, Manor Pavilion, Neil Sands Co in Christmas Memories, 2pm.
SOUTHAMPTON,
Mayflower, English National Ballet in Romeo and Juliet, choreographed by Nureyev, to Sat.
Turner Sims, Lemn Sissay, Let The Light Pour Inn, poetry, 7.30.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, Exchange, James Rowland in Team Viking, 7.30. AR
SWANAGE,
Mowlem Theatre, John Lithgow as Roald Dahl in Giant, recorded in the West End, 7pm and Mon 2.30pm.
Wyndham Hall, Wyndham Picture House, Wings of Desire, 7.30.

Friday 4 December
BOURNEMOUTH,
BIC, Squeeze with Billy Bragg.
Pavilion Dance, COAST Dance in Even the Devil has Demons, choreographed by Caitlin Barnett, 7.30.
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Weston Studio, Closer Each Day: The Improvised Soap Opera, to 19 Dec, 8pm.
Beacon, BSO cond Pete Harrison, Christmas at the Movies, orchestral favourites from seasonal classics, 7pm.
Redgrave Theatre, Dick Whittington, to 3 Jan.
EXETER, Cathedral, West End Singers, Christmas by Candlelight, 1.30 and 7.30.
FROME,
Merlin, Frozen- The Musical, to Sun, and 9 to 12 Dec, various times.
Tree House, Cinema Stereo, alt rock.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Andrew Lawrence, So Right It’s Wrong, comedy, 7.30.
NEW MILTON,
Forest Arts, The Dodge Brothers, rockabilly and jug band, and Sat, 7.30.
PLYMOUTH,
Theatre Royal, Cinderella, with Will Young,  to 3 Jan.
POOLE,
Lighthouse, Studio Jazz, the Tom Ollendorff Quartet, 7.45: The Holiday, film with live orchestra, 7.30.
SALISBURY
, Studio Theatre Ashley Road, A Christmas Carol, to 12 Dec.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, The Secret Agent, film, 7.30.
SIDMOUTH,
Manor Pavilion, Devon Clockmakers, talk by David Thompson, 2.30pm.
SOUTH PETHERTON,
David Hall, Steve Knightley and the Winter Yards, 7.30.
SWANAGE, Mowlem Theatre, Opera Up Close in Opera Cocktail, 7.30. AR
WEST STAFFORD,
Village Hall, James Rowland in Team Viking, 7.30.AR

Saturday 5 December
BEAULIEU, Abbey, Festive Joy, Peter Roper-Curzon and friends, piano works and festiva delights, 4pm.
BLANDFORD,
Parish Church, Bournemouth Sinfonietta Choir and Sinfonietta Players, cond David Gostick, A Baroque (and more) Christmas, 3pm.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Aladdin, to 3 Jan.
BIC, Ocean Colour Scene, Moseley Shoals 30th anniversary tour.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Soweto Kinch, jazz, 7.30.
BRISTOL
, Hippodrome, Sleeping Beauty, to 3 Jan 2027.
CHETNOLE, Village Hall, Opera Up Close in Opera Cocktail, 7.30.AR
CHRISTCHURCH,
Priory, Bournemouth Bach Choir, Handel’s Messiah, 7.30.
EXETER,
University Great Hall, Troy Hawke in Never Stop, Never Change!, comedy, 7.30.
FAWLEY,
Jubilee Hall, Is This Thing On?. MOVIOLA
FROME,
Memorial Hall, Arrival – the hits of ABBA.
Cheese and Grain, Fleetwood Bac.
HONITON, Beehive, Sampson and Delilah from the Metropolitan Opera, 5pm.
LYME REGIS,
Marine Theatre, Mad Dog Mcrae, Dusk til Dawn tour, 8pm.
SALISBURY,
Arts Centre, Carsick, local post-punk band, 6.30pm.
City Hall, James B Partridge, The Big Christmas Assembly, 3.30.
SEATON, Gateway, Exeter Opera Group in Rossini’s La Cenerentola,  7.30.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, Miranda Sykes and Jim Causley, folk.
STURMINSTER NEWTON,
The Exchange, Supersonic Queen, 7.30.
TAUNTON, St James’s Church, Taunton Choral Society, dir Edward Goater, Mozart Requiem and Bush Christmas Cantata, 7.30.
WELLS,
Cathedral, Cathedral Choir and Geldart Ensemble, dir Timothy Parsons, Handel’s Messiah, 7pm.

Sunday 6 December
BOURNEMOUTH, BIC, Kevin Bridges, Here If You Need Me, comedy.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Christmas with Jess Gillam and her seven-piece band, Christmas favourites reimagined for the saxophone, 7.30.
EXETER,
Cathedral, Exeter Cathedral Choir and Devon Baroque, Handel’s Messiah, 2.30pm.
LYME REGIS,
Marine Theatre, James Yorkston, Scottish singer songwriter, 8pm.
POOLE,
Lighthouse, Live at Christmas, with Sara Pascoe, Briget Christie, Milton Jones and more, comedy, 7.30.
SALISBURY,
City Hall, ABBA Merry Christmas.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, Kingsbury Episcopi Band, FREE   3pm.
SWANAGE, Mowlem Theatre, Squashbox Theatre in The Christmassy Christmas Show of Christmassy Christmasses, 2pm: Shore Things, works in progress, 2.30 and 7.30pm.

Monday 7 December
BEAMINSTER, Public Hall, My Mother’s Wedding.  MOVIOLA
BOURNEMOUTH,
BIC, Culture Club – The Singles Tour.
NEW MILTON, Forest Arts, Dyad Theatre in A Christmas Carol, solo show, 7.30.
SALISBURY,
Playhouse, Salberg Studio, The Tailor of Gloucester, to 27 Dec, various day times.

Tuesday 8 December
BOURNEMOUTH,
Little Theatre Club, Jameson Road, Bracken Moor, a ghost story for Christmas, to Sat.
EXETER,
Northcott, Le Navet Bete in Sleeping Beauty – No Kids Allowed, adult jokes, to 2 Jan, various dates.
Cathedral, Christmas with the Cathedral Choir, and Thurs/Sat, 7pm.
WINSFORD, Village Hall, My Mother’s Wedding.  MOVIOLA

Wednesday 9 December
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Kasparas Mikuzis, piano, Bach, Ravel and Prokofiev, 1pm
BRANSGORE,
Village Hall, My Mother’s Wedding.  MOVIOLA
BRISTOL,
Old Vic, Larry Dean in Hellbent, comedy, 7.30.
CHARLTON MARSHALL, Village Hall, Tuner.  MOVIOLA
EAST KNOYLE,
Village Hall, My Mother’s Wedding.  MOVIOLA
POOLE,
Lighthouse, BSO, cond Michal Oren, Maria Wloszczowska, violin, Winter Warmers, Corelli, Vivaldi, Mussorgsky, Tchaikovsky, 7.30.
PORTLAND,
Royal Manor Theatre, Budapest Cafe Orchestra, folk and gypsy music, 7.30. AR
SALISBURY,
Playhouse, Salberg Studio, Guy Masterson in A Christmas Carol, to Sat, 7.45, Thurs mat 2.45.
City Hall, Jim Davidson’s Christmas Cracker, comedy.

Thursday 10 December
BATH, Theatre Royal, Beauty and the Beast, to 10 Jan 2027
HALSTOCK, Village Hall, Budapest Cafe Orchestra, folk and gypsy music, 7.30.AR
HONITON,
Beehive, St Agnes Fountain, silver jubilee tour, Christmas folk, 7.30.
NETHER WALLOP,
Village Hall, Savage House.MOVIOLA
NEW MILTON,
Forest Arts, New Forest Big Band Christmas concert, 7.30.
POOLE,
Lighthouse, Chris Jarvis in Jack and the Beanstalk, to 3 Jan, various dates and times.
SALISBURY,
Medieval Hall, Celebrate Voice at Christmas, to Sat.
Arts Centre, Lady Maisery and Jimmy and Sid, Awake, Arise, A Christmas Show for Our Times, folk, carols etc, 7.30.
City Hall, The Overtones, Jivin’ Home for Christmas.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, Jackie Oates and Jon Spiers, Christmas folk.
STREET,
Strode Theatre, New West End Jerseys, tribute.
SWANAGE, Mowlem Theatre, Cally Beaton in Namaste Motherf*ckers, comedy, 7.30.
WARMINSTER, Athenaeum, Oddity Theatre in Snow White, to Sun and 16-20, and 22-24 Dec, various times.

Friday 11 December
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, The Echoing Air, Handel’s Messiah with artists from the OAE, The Sixteen and Glyndebourne Opera, 7.30.
BROADWINDSOR,
Comrade’s Hall, BSO Brass Ensemble, Let’s Dance: From Baroque to Boogie, Warlock, Monteverdi, Piazolla, Handel, etc, 7.30. AR
CHARD,
Guildhall, Tuner.  MOVIOLA
CREWKERNE,
Wadham School, FilmCrew, Song Sung Blue.
FROME,
Memorial Hall, That’ll Be the Day, Christmas. 7pm.
Cheese and Grain,The Wedding Present, inc whole of Seamonsters.
HANGING LANGFORD, Village Hall, The Christophers. MOVIOLA
HOLFORD,
Village Hall, Christmas with Jackie Oates and John Spiers, folk multi instrumentalists, 7.30. TA
NEW MILTON,
Forest Arts, The Hundred Watt Club, festive cabaret, 7.30.
POOLE,
Lighthouse, Step into Christmas, festive favourites, 7.30: The Lucid Cabaret, No Ho Ho Ho – Mo, dark comedy, 8pm.
SHAFTESBURY,
Port Regis Farrington Hall, Shaftesbury Chamber Music Series, Aquinus Piano Trio, Rachel Roberts viola, Saint Saens, Brahms, Boulanger and Beach, 5pm.
SOUTHAMPTON,
Turner Sims, University of Southampton Voices and musicians, The Fiddle and the Drum,  Vaughan Williams, Holst, Joni Mitchell, John Tams, Lady Maisery, 7.30.
SWANAGE,
Mowlem Theatre, Let It Snow, Andre Rieu’s Christmas Concert recorded, 7pm.
TAUNTON, Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre, Reamba in The Wizard of Oz, family pantomime, to 23 Dec, various times.
TINCLETON, Gallery, Duncan Honeybourne, piano, Exploring British Musical History,  and Sat, 8pm.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Aladdin, with Jack Glanville as Widow Twankey and Kevin James as Frankie Twankey, various dates and times to 3 Jan.

Saturday 12 December
BRADFORD ON AVON,
Wiltshire Music Centre, Quercus, folk with June Tabor, Huw Warren and Iain Ballamy, 7.30.
CORFE CASTLE,
Village Hall, Budapest Cafe Orchestra, folk and gypsy music, 7.30.AR
FROME,
Cheese and Grain, Henge, The Orb and System 7.
HONITON,
Beehive, Generation Rock, 7.30.
LYME REGIS,
Marine Theatre, Noasis, tribute, 8pm.
NEW MILTON,
Forest Arts, Robb and The Christmas Irregulars in Murder at the Grange, with original festive songs, 7.30.
POOLE,
Lighthouse, Cara Dillon, Upon a Winter’s Night, folk, 7.30: Coastal Comedy with Nathan Caton, Joe Wells, Dani Johns and Adrienne Coles, 8pm.
PORTESHAM,
St Peter’s Church, BSO Wind Ensemble, Mozart, Dvorak, Debussy, Beethoven, etc, 7.30pm.AR
SALISBURY,
Arts Centre, Christmas with Woodfalls Band, 7.30.
City Hall, That’ll Be Christmas, 7pm.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower, Robin Hood, with Ashley Banjo and Diversity, Max Fulham, to 3 Jan.
STURMINSTER NEWTON,
The Exchange, Tenors Unlimited Christmas Cracker, 7.30.
SWANAGE, Mowlem Theatre, Bournemouth Concert Brass Singalong, 2.30.
WELLS, Little Theatre, Elf – The Musical, to 19 Dec, 12th,13th and 19th 2.30, 15th to 19th, 7.30pm.
Cathedral, WC Oratorio Society, One Voice, Peace and Hope at Christmas, 7pm.

Sunday 13 December
BRADFORD ON AVON,
Wiltshire Music Centre, WYM Christmas Festival, 1pm and 6pm.
BRISTOL,
Old Vic, Christmas Comedy Crackers with Russell Kane, Eva Bindeman, Lindsey Santoro, Chantel Nash and Dane Buckley, 7.30.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Classically Kate Bush, with Hands of Love and Orchestra, 7.30.
SALISBURY,
City Hall, Operababes and Fulltone Symphony Orchestra, 3pm.
SOUTHAMPTON,
Turner Sims, Michael Rosen’s The Big Dreaming, with Annabelle Lawson, piano, and narrator Polly Ives, storytelling and music for children aged 3 to 7, 11am and 2pm: Green Matthews and friends, Gaudete, music for the festive season, 7.30.
SOUTH PETHERTON,
David Hall, St Agnes Fountain, silver jubilee tour, 7.30.
STREET,
Strode Theatre, Greatest Christmas Divaz Show.

Monday 14 December
BATH,
Theatre Royal, Guy Masterson in A Christmas Carol, and Fri, 2 and 7pm.
CANFORD MAGNA,
Canford School, Bournemouth Sinfonietta Choir, cond David Gostick, A Dickensian Noel, 7.30.
HAWKCHURCH,
Village Hall, Midwinter Break. MOVIOLA
SALISBURY,
Cathedral, G4 at Christmas, 7.30.
SHREWTON,
Village Hall, Savage House.MOVIOLA

Tuesday 15 December
EXETER,
Cathedral, Exeter Philharmonic Choir, cond Howard Ionascu, Cameron Todd and Ross Brown, trumpets, Tristan Hambleton, baritone, and Stephen Tanner, organ, Carols in the Cathedral, and Wed, 7.30.
NEW MILTON, Forest Arts, St Agnes Fountain, anniversary Christmas show.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Jesper and Hugo Svedberg, cellos, Bach Cello Suites, 1pm: Nukie Theatre in A Warning to the Curious, Robert Lloyd Parry performs two MR James ghost stories, to Thurs, 8pm.
SOUTHAMPTON,
Turner Sims, Federico Colli, piano, Dance of Life, celebrating dances in classical music, Schubert, Mozart, Albeniz, Ravel, 7.30.
TAUNTON,
Memorial Hall, (Creative Innovation Centre) Taunton Choral Society, and Wednesday Orchestra Instrumentalists dir Julian Breeze, Sing at Christmas, 7.30.

Wednesday 16 December
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, The Nutcracker from the Royal Ballet, 7.30.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Bournemouth Sinfonietta Choir, cond David Gostick, A Dickensian Noel, 7.30.
EXETER,
Barnfield Theatre, Ian Ashpitel and Jonty Stephens in Eric & Ern, Bringing You Sunshine, to Sun, various times.
HARNHAM,
nr Salisbury, Sports and Social Club, The Christophers. MOVIOLA
PARKSTONE,
St Peter’s Church, Armonico Consort, dir Christopher Monks, Carols by Candlelight, 7.30.
POOLE,
Lighthouse, Handel’s Messiah, BSO and Symphony Chorus, cond Paul McCreesh, Anna Dennis, soprano, Anna Harvey, mezzo, Tom Walker, tenor, Matthew Brook, bass-baritone, 7pm.
STURMINSTER NEWTON,
The Exchange, Neil Sands, Christmas Memories, 2pm.
SWANAGE, Mowlem Theatre, Comedy Club, 7.30.
WELLS,
Cathedral, The Piccadilly Sinfonieta, Warrren Mailley-Smith, piano, The Nutcracker Suite at Christmas,  Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, etc, 7.30.

Thursday 17 December
BRADFORD ON AVON,
Wiltshire Music Centre, Guy Masterson, solo performance of Dicken’s A Christmas Carol, 7.30.
EXETER, University Great Hall, Down for the Count Swing Orchestra and singers, Swing Into Christmas, 7.30.
Barnfield Theatre, A (little) Christmas Carol, family musical theatre, to 29 Dec various day times.
HONITON, Beehive, The Muppet Christmas Carol, 1992 film, 2pm.
NEW MILTON,
Forest Arts, Encore Theatre in Throbbin’ Hood, adult panto, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.30.
POOLE,
Lighthouse, Cinema, White Christmas, 1954, dementia friendly, 2pm.
SALISBURY,
City Hall, Step into Christmas, concert spectacular.

Friday 18 December
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Ballroom, LoL Comedy Club, 8pm.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Musical Bingo fundraiser, 7pm.
BRUTON,
St Mary’s Church, The Echoing Air, Handel’s Messiah with artists from the OAE, The Sixteen and Glyndebourne Opera, 6pm.
DITCHEAT,
Jubilee Hall, Savage House. MOVIOLA
EXETER,
University Great Hall, BSO, Last Night of the Christmas Proms,  Magic and Sparkle with Joe Stilgoe, 7.30.
FROME,
Tree House, The P’hogues, and Sat.
HONITON,
Beehive, Candlelight Theatre Co in A Very Dickensian Murder, with dinner, 6.30.
LYME REGIS,
Marine Theatre, Gilroy Theatre in Miracle on 34th Street, to Tues, 7pm, Sun mat 2pm.
POOLE,
Lighthouse, Studio Jazz, Simon Spillett Quartet, 7.45.
SALISBURY,
City Hall, Sweet with John Otway.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, Tokyo Story, 1953 film, 7.30.
SOUTH PETHERTON,
David Hall, The Clean Up, indie, funk and soul from Bristol.
WEST CAMEL,
Davis Hall, My Mother’s Wedding.  MOVIOLA
YEOVIL,
Westlands, Back to the 80s and 90s Christmas Party, greatest hits and silent disco, 8pm.

Saturday 19 December
BOURNEMOUTH,
Pavilion Dance, Festive Ceilidh  with Jigfoot, from 7pm.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Amanda Whiting, The Christmas Cwtch, jazz harp, 7.30.
EXETER,
Cathedral, Moonlight Sonata by Candlelight, 5.30: London Concertante, Christmas at the Movies, 7.30.
University Great Hall, Step Into Christmas, songs music, etc, 7.30.
FROME,
Cheese and Grain, Foo Fakers, Th4 Blink 182 show and Warning:Tribute to Green Day.
HONITON,
Beehive, The All Seasons Live, tribute.
POOLE,
Lighthouse, BSO, Last Night of the Christmas Proms, Magic and Sparkle with Joe Stilgoe, 7.30: Coastal Comedy with Paul McCaffrey, Wayne the Weird, Paul Pirie, with Adrienne Coles, 8pm.
SOUTHAMPTON, Turner Sims, Down for the Count Orchestra, Swing Into Christmas, 2.30 and 7.30.
STURMINSTER NEWTON,
The Exchange, Moscow Drug Club, 7.30.
WELLS, Cathedral, Carols by Candlelight, to Mon, 7pm.
WEYMOUTH
, Pavilion, Cinderella, to 2 January.

Sunday 20 December

BOURNEMOUTH, BIC, That’ll Be Christmas, 7pm.
FROME, Cheese and Grain, Cara Dillon, Upon a Winter’s Night.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Love Actually, film with live orchestra, 7.30.
SOUTHAMPTON,
Mayflower Studio, Peter Pan, A Big Musical Adventure, to 31 Dec.

Monday 21 December
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, The Muppet Christmas Carol, film, 11am.
BRISTOL,
Beacon, A Winter Union, folk supergroup with Hannah Sander, Ben Savage, The Willows and Gilmore and Roberts, 7.30.
FROME,
Merlin, New Old Friends in Crime on the Christmas Express, and Tues, and 26-31 Dec and 2 Jan, various times.
HONITON,
Beehive, Andre Rieu’s Let It Snow, Christmas concert, 2pm.
PORTSMOUTH,
Guildhall, BSO, Last Night of the Christmas Proms,  Magic and Sparkle with Joe Stilgoe, 7.30.
STREET,
Strode Theatre, Pinocchio, the Pantomime, to 30 Dec, various times.

Tuesday 22 December
POOLE, Lighthouse, BSO, The Snowman, family matinee, 11am:  The Snowman and festive favourites with BSO Voices, 7pm: Miranda Sykes and Jim Causley, Midwinter tour, 8pm.
SWANAGE, Mowlem Theatre, The Dot Collective in Scrooge, musical with festive surprises, 2 and 7pm, Wed 7pm, Thurs 10.30am.

Wednesday 23 December
POOLE, Lighthouse, BSO, Celebration of Christmas Carols, traditional Christmas singalong, 7pm.

Sunday 27 December
SIDMOUTH,
Manor Pavilion, SADS in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, to 2 Jan, various times.

Monday 28 December
FROME,
Memorial Hall, FMTC in Cinderella, to 3 Jan, various times.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Living Spit in It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Quizmas, 7.30.

Wednesday 30 December
FROME,
Cheese and Grain, K-Pop Superstars, 6.30pm.

Thursday 31 December

EXETER, Barnfield Theatre, Wonder Pantomimes in Cinderella, 11am and 3pm, and Fri 1 and 5pm.
FROME, Cheese and Grain, New Year’s Eve party with The Hammervilles, classic rock and pop anthems, from 7.30pm.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, New Year’s Eve Ceilidh with Crooked Furrow, from 8.3opm.

 

2027

Friday 1 January
POOLE,
Lighthouse, BSO, New Year’s Day Viennese Gala, cond Tom Fetherstonhaugh, Claudia Boyle, soprano, 3pm.

Saturday 2 January
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, WEYO New Year Concert, Strauss, Puccini, Ravel, Holst, 7.30pm and Sun 3pm.

Sunday 3 January
BRISTOL, Beacon, BSO, New Year’s Day Viennese Gala, cond Tom Fetherstonhaugh, Claudia Boyle, soprano, 3pm.

Thursday 7 January
FAREHAM,
Fareham Live, BSO, New Year’s Day Viennese Gala, cond Tom Fetherstonhaugh, Claudia Boyle, soprano, 7.30.

Friday 8 January
PLYMOUTH,
Theatre Royal, BSO, New Year’s Day Viennese Gala, cond Tom Fetherstonhaugh, Claudia Boyle, soprano, 7pm.

Saturday 9 January
SIDMOUTH,
Parish Church, Sidmouth Music, Kasparas Mikzuzis, piano, Bach, Ravel, Senderovas, Scriabin, Barber, Faure, Prokofiev, 3pm.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, BSO, New Year’s Day Viennese Gala, cond Tom Fetherstonhaugh, Claudia Boyle, soprano, 7.30.

Wednesday 13 January
FROME, Merlin, DJ Ahmet, film.

Thursday 14 January
TAUNTON,
Wyndham Hall, Wyndham Picture House, Maudie, 7.30.

Friday 15 January
POOLE,
Lighthouse, BSO, cond Ellie Slorach, How to Train Your Dragon in Concert, film screening with live accompaniment,  7pm.

Wednesday 20 January
FROME,
Merlin, NT Screening, Golden Boy, Josh O’Connor in Clifford Odets drama, 7pm.

Friday 22 January
SHAFTESBURY,
Festival of Baroque. tbc

Sunday 24 January
SHAFTESBURY, St Peter’s Church, Bournemouth Sinfonietta Choir, cond David Gostick,  with Wessex Baroque Collective, 2pm.

Wednesday 27 January
YEOVIL,
Swan Theatre, Cinematheque, The Secret Agent, 7.30. (6.30 social)

Thursday 4 February 2027

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

Sunday 7 Februrary
FROME,
Merlin, Wagner’s Gotterdammerung from the Royal Opera, 2pm.

Tuesday 9 February

BATH, Theatre Royal, James Graham’s Punch, to Sat, 7.30, Wed/Thurs/Sat mats 2.30
BOURNEMOUTH, Little Theatre Club, Jameson Road, Helene Hanff’s 84 Charing Cross Road, to Sat.

Wednesday 10 February
FROME,
Merlin, Hen, film.
YEOVIL,
Swan Theatre, Cinematheque, Palestine 36, 7.30.

Thursday 11 February
TAUNTON,
Wyndham Hall, Wyndham Picture House, Midnight Cowboy, 7.30.

Saturday 13 February
POOLE,
Lighthouse, Sherling Studio, Bournemouth Chamber Music Society, The Heath String Quartet, Korngold, Janacek, Mendelssohn, 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.

Wednesday 24 February
DORCHESTER, Victorian Hall, Dorset Museum and Art Gallery, Dorset Museum Music Society,  Greenwich Piano Trio.
YEOVIL, Swan Theatre, Cinematheque, Lone Star, 7.30.

Saturday 27 February
SIDMOUTH, Parish Church, Sidmouth Music,

Sunday 28 February
FROME, Merlin, Cosi fan Tutte from the Royal Opera, 2pm.

Monday 8 March
SHERBORNE,
Studio Theatre, APS in One Servant Two Masters, to Sat, Sat mat.

Wednesday 10 March
FROME,
Merlin, Cotton Queen, film.

Thursday 11 March

SALISBURY, Studio Theatre Ashley Road, Ada and the Engine, to 20 March.
TAUNTON,
Wyndham Hall, Wyndham Picture House, The Lives of Others, 7.30.

Saturday 13 March
POOLE,
Lighthouse, Sherling Studio, Bournemouth Chamber Music Society, Tom Poster, piano, Schumann, Schubert and various nocturnes and Great American Songbook, 2.30.
SIDMOUTH, Parish Church, Sidmouth Music, Emma Johnson, clarinet, Gregory Drott, piano, Beethoven, Schumann, Mozart, Poulenc, Paul Reade, Stravinsky, Jellyroll Morton, Sidney Bechet and Benny Goodman, 3pm.

Wednesday 17 March
DORCHESTER,
Victorian Hall, Dorset Museum and Art Gallery, Dorset Museum Music Society, Antonina Suhanova – piano.
WELLS, Little Theatre, A Streetcar Named Desire, to Sat, 7.30.

Thursday 18 March
BOURNEMOUTH, Palace Court Theatre, AUB in One Man, Two Guvnors, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.30.

Tuesday 23 March
FROME,
Merlin, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, from the Royal Ballet, 7.15.

Wednesday 24 March
YEOVIL,
Swan Theatre, Cinematheque, The President’s Cake, 7.30.

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

Tuesday 6 April
BOURNEMOUTH,
Little Theatre Club, Jameson Road, Neil Anthony Docking’s The Revlon Girl, to Sat.

Wednesday 7 April
YEOVIL,
Swan Theatre, Cinematheque, The Stranger, 7.30.

Saturday 10 April
POOLE,
Lighthouse, Sherling Studio, Bournemouth Chamber Music Society, The Engegard String Quartet, Mozart, Smetana, Beethoven, 2.30.

Sunday 11 April
DORCHESTER,
St Mary’s Church,  Dorset Museum Music Society, Roderick Williams – baritone; Anna Tilbrook – piano.

Wednesday 14 April
FROME,
Merlin, Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat, documentary film.

Thursday 15 April
TAUNTON,
Wyndham Hall, Wyndham Picture House, Dark Star,  1974 sci-fi, 7.30.

Wednesday 21 April
YEOVIL,
Swan Theatre, Cinematheque, The Black Hen, 7.30.

Thursday 22 April
FROME,
Merlin, Swan Lake from the Royal Ballet, 7.15.

Saturday 24 April
TAUNTON,
St James’s Church, Taunton Choral Society, dir Edward Goater, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, 7.30.

Wednesday 28 April

BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Ian Gillan, The Talking  Gib’rish Tour [opening night].
DORCHESTER, Victorian Hall, Dorset Museum and Art Gallery, Dorset Museum Music Society, Hugo Svedberg – cello.

Wednesday 5 May
FROME,
Merlin, Tosca, from the Royal Opera House, 7pm.
YEOVIL, Swan Theatre, Cinematheque, Sentimental Value, 7.30.

Friday 7 May
BRISTOL, Beacon, YES, the Fragile tour.

Saturday 8 May
POOLE,
Lighthouse, Sherling Studio, Bournemouth Chamber Music Society, Emma Johnson, clarinet, John Lenehan, piano, Mozart, Weber, Poulenc, Emma Johnson, Copland and Gershwin, 2.30.

Tuesday 11 May
WELLS, Little Theatre, Legally Blonde – The Musical, to Sat, 7.30.

Wednesday 12 May
FROME,
Merlin, Time Still Turns the Pages, film.


Wednesday 19 May
DORCHESTER,
Victorian Hall, Dorset Museum and Art Gallery, Dorset Museum Music Society, BSO String Quintet.

Thursday 20 May
BATH, Forum,  Ian Gillan, The Talking  Gib’rish Tour.
BOURNEMOUTH, Palace Court Theatre, AUB in Chris Bush’s Faustus, That Damn’d Woman, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.30.
SALISBURY, Studio Theatre Ashley Road, Playhouse Creatures, to 29 May.

Monday 24 May
BRISTOL,
St Georges, Ian Gillan, The Talking  Gib’rish Tour.|

Tuesday 25 May
FROME,
Merlin, Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet, from the Royal Ballet, 7.15.

Saturday 5 June

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

Wednesday 9 June
FROME,
Merlin, Kokuho, Japanese film.
YEOVIL, Swan Theatre, Cinematheque, No Other Choice, 7.30.

Tuesday 15 June
BOURNEMOUTH,
Little Theatre Club, Jameson Road, Noises Off, to Sat, 7.45.

Wednesday 23 June
DORCHESTER, Victorian Hall, Dorset Museum and Art Gallery, Dorset Museum Music Society, Flutes and Frets.
YEOVIL, Swan Theatre, Cinematheque, Tuner, 7.30.

Wednesday 30 June
YEOVIL,
Swan Theatre, Cinematheque, AGM, Social and My Favourite Cake, 7.30.

Friday 9 July

SALISBURY, Studio Theatre Ashley Road, The Secret Garden, to 17 July

Wednesday 14 July
FROME,
Merlin, The Stranger, (L’Etranger), film.

Wednesday 21 July
DORCHESTER,
Victorian Hall, Dorset Museum and Art Gallery, Dorset Museum Music Society, AERA Ensemble – clarinet, violin/viola and piano.

Sunday 3rd October
SOUTHAMPTON,
Mayflower, BSO, cond Pete Harrison, Star Wars: 50th Anniversary Celebration, 5pm.

 

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