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 Canibals.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective with Ben Goldscheider.
BRISTOL, 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.
DARTMOUTH, The Flavel, Our Star Theatre in The Invisible Man, comedy thriller based on HG Wells, 7.30.
SALISBURY, Arts Centre, The Hundred Watt Club, burlesque, comedy, circus and cabaret, 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.
WELLS, Cedars Hall, Roderick Williams, baritone,  with Christopher Glynn.

Saturday 2 May
BATH, Theatre Royal, The Egg, All In a Wonderous Night, puppets and storytelling, and Sun 11.30am and 3pm.
POOLE, Lighthouse, The Music of Led Zeppelin, a rock symphonic experience, BSO, cond Richard Sidwell, with singers and rock band, 7.30.
SALISBURY, Arts Centre, Bare Jams, punk, soul, pop, jazz and rock, 7.30.
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.

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, The Gaffe, Susie McCabe, Best Behaviour, comedy.
Folk House, Bristol Folk Festival, Malin Lewis.
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
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.

Tuesday 5 May
BLANDFORD, Bryanston School, Coade Hall, Eugene Onegin, screened from the Metropolitan Opera, 6pm.
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Weston Studio, Fag Packet in Dyke Systems Ltd, to Sat, 8, Sat mat 3pm.
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, The Last Laugh – Morcambe, Cooper and Monkshouse, to Sat.
SALISBURY, Playhouse, Spitfire Birls, to Sat, 7.30, Thurs/Sat mats 2.15.
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.

Wednesday 6 May
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Astatine Trio, 1pm: Eugene Onegin from the Metropolitan Opera.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Celestial Symphony, BSO cond Enyi Okpara, Martin James Bartlett, piano, Bax, Beethoven, Vaughan Williams. 7.30.
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.
YEOVIL, Swan Theatre, Cinematheque, A Yak in the Classroom, 7.30.

Thursday 7 May
BRISTOL, Exchange, Great Lake Swimmers.
FROME, Memorial Theatre, Frome Music Theatre Co, The Wizard of Oz, to Sat.
ILMINSTER, Arts Centre, Christian Garrick and the Budapest Cafe Orchestra.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Ha Um Ah Theatre in Making a Killing,
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
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Queen of the Night, tribute to Whitney Houston.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Cara Dillon.
HONITON, Beehive, Christian Garrick and the Budapest Cafe Orchestra.
PLYMOUTH, Barbican Theatre, Ha Um Ah Theatre in Making a Killing.
SALISBURY, Playhouse, Salberg Studio, Stories in the Dust, 4pm, and Sat 11am and 2pm.

Saturday 9 May
BEAULIEU, Abbey, Caroline Taylor, soprano, Sebastian Issler, piano, Schubert, Rachmaninov, Liszt and Rebecca Clarke, 7pm.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Night Sky Show.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Bath Choral Society, Baroque Masterpieces by Purcell and Handel.
SALISBURY, Arts Centre, All Floyd: The Best of Pink Floyd, 7.30.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, Gaz Brookfield, folk, 8pm.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, Tiny Tim’s Family Adventures, 2.30 and 7.30.

Sunday 10 May
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, That’ll Be the Day 40th anniversary.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Bassekou Kouyate and Amy Sacko.
PENZANCE, Minack Theatre, Ha Um Ah Theatre in Making a Killing, to Fri.
WELLS, Cedars Hall, Swing into Spring with the Wells City Band.

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

Tuesday 12 May
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, Radio Ga Ga.

Wednesday 13 May
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Jethro Tull – The Curiosity Tour.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Shakespeare’s Othello on screen.
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Weston Studio, In Bed With My Brother in Philosophy of the World, comedy, to Sat, 8pm, Sat mat 3pm.
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, Fastlove – George Michael tribute.
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
BOURNEMOUTH, Palace Court Theatre, AUB students in Moonfleet, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.30.
Pavilion, Postmodern Jukebox.
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, Sky Full of Stars, Coldplay tribute.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, Neil Sands, Remember When, 2pm.
WELLS, Cedars Hall, Martin Taylor, jazz guitar.

Friday 15 May
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Radio Ga Ga: Ballroom, Gary Delaney, Gary On Laughing.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Jon Boden and the Remnant Kings.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Concerts in the West, Greenwich Piano Trio, 11.30.
DARTMOUTH, The Flavel, Ha Um Ah Theatre in Making a Killing.
ILMINSTER, Arts Centre, Concerts in the West, Greenwich Piano Trio, 7.30.
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, Legend – The Music of Bob Marley.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, Plumhall, folk duo, 8pm.
TINCLETON, Gallery, Adrien Brandeis, jazz piano, music from his album Resurgence,  and Sat, 8pm.

Saturday 16 May
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Ben Portsmouth – This is Elvis.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Lucie Jones,|fundraiser for West Wilts Radio.
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, Cygnet Theatre, Pilot’s Thumb in Touched.
FROME, Memorial Theatre, Susie Dent, Word Perfect.
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, Thank You for the Music,  ABBA tribute.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, Christian Garrick and the Budapest Cafe Orchestra.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, Three Daft Monkeys, Celtic and Eastern world folk, 8pm.
WELLS, Cedars Hall, Steps in Snow dance showcase.
WOOTON COURTENAY, Village Hall, Pea Bien Theatre in Last Wednesday’s Work Shirt, comedy, 7.30. TA

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

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

Tuesday 19 May
BATH, Theatre Royal, Single White Female, thriller, to Sat, 7.30, Wed/Sat mats 2.30.
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, Death on the Nile, to Sat.

Thursday 21 May
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.
PLYMOUTH, Barbican, Our Star Theatre in The Invisible Man, comedy thriller based on HG Wells, 7.30.

Friday 22 May
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, Camilla George, jazz.
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.
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, The Lab, Tom Denbeigh, Experiment: Work in Progress.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, Good Habits, indie folk, 8pm.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, Bill Shannon’s Bag of Soul, 7.30.
WELLS, Cedars Hall, Wells Comedy Festival.

Saturday 23 May
BATH, Rondo, Christian Garrick and the Budapest Cafe Orchestra.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Noel Brody, It’s About Time.
WIMBORNE, Minster, Bournemouth Sinfonietta Choir, cond David Gostick, Phibbs, Seven Songs of Nature for Choir and Brass Quintet, 7.30.

Sunday 24 May
SALISBURY, Festival, various venues, to 27 June.
Romeo and Juliet, location to be announced, various dates and times to 7 June.

Monday 25 May

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.
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, Derren Brown, Only Human Live, to Sat.

Wednesday 27 May
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Midge Ure – A Man of Two Worlds.
WATCHET, East Key, Vanhulle Dance Theatre in Olive Branch, physical theatre and martial arts, 6pm. TA

Thursday 28 May
BATH, Theatre Royal, The Egg, Let’s All Dance Ballet Co in Alice in Wonderland, to Sun, 11.30am, 2 and 4pm.
BLANDFORD, Bryanston School, Coade Hall, The Playboy of the Western World, NT Screening, 7pm.
BOURNEMOUTH, Palace Court Theatre, AUB students in Grimm Tales, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.30.
Pavilion, Fastlove, George Michael tribute.|
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.
FROME, Merlin Theatre, The Full Monty – the play, to Sat.

Friday 29 May
BARNSTAPLE, Queen’s Theatre, Ballet Boyz at 25, Still Pointless, 7.30.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Alfie Boe: Ballroom, LoL Comedy Club, 8pm.
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, Drum Studio, The Detective Dog, and Sat.

Saturday 30 May
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Unicorn Live, 1 qnd 4pm.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, Cara Dillon, with Sam Lakeman and band, folk, 8pm.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, London Festival Opera, singers and orchestra, Opera at the Movies, 7.30.

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

Tuesday 2 June
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.

Thursday 4 June
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Weston Studio, BOVTS summer festival, King Troll and The Crocodile, to Sat.

Friday 5 June
CREDITON, Arts Centre, Sarah McQuaid, singer songwriter.
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.

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

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

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

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

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

Thursday 11 June
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Weston Studio, BOVTS summer festival, Island Town and Blackthorn, to Sat.

Friday 12 June
BATH, American Museum, The Lord Chamberlain’s Men, Othello, 7pm.
EXETER, Cygnet Theatre, Corinne Harragin, Troubled Waters, legends and myths.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, Katie Spencer, singer, songwriter and guitarist, 8pm.
WESTWARD HO!, Holy Trinity Church, Sarah McQuaid, singer songwriter.

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

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

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

Friday 19 June
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Ballroom, LoL Comedy Club, 8pm.
EXETER, Cygnet Theatre, South Devon Players in Scarlet Pimpernel.
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.
WORTH MATRAVERS, Square and Compass, Rude Mechanicals in The Wife, 7.30.

Saturday 20 June
ABBOTSBURY, Abbey House, Rude Mechanicals in The Wife, 7.30.
MARNHULL, St Gregory’s, Music at St Greg’s, The Great Hymnathon, and Sunday, organists from St Gregory’s and guests will play all 829 hymns in the Ancient and Modern hymn book.
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
EXETER, Northcott Theatre, Ballet Boyz at 25, Still Pointless, and Tues, 7.30.

Tuesday 23 June
SALISBURY, Festival, Playhouse, London City Ballet in Rebirth, 7.30: Salberg Studio, Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, 7.45.

Wednesday 24 June
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.
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.
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.
ILMINSTER, Arts Centre, Concerts in the West, Shiry Rashkovsky, viola, Lana Suran, piano, 7.30.
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.
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.
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.

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

Thursday 2 July
BATH, Theatre Royal, The Egg, The Secret Garden, to 26 July, various times.
BRADFORD ABBAS, Mill Farm, Rude Mechanicals in The Wife, 7.30.
TORQUAY, Fougou Music, Sarah McQuaid, singer songwriter.

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

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

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

Monday 6 July
BATH, Theatre Royal, Fawlty Towers, the play, to Sat, 7.30, Wed/Thurs/Sat mats 2.30.
BRISTOL, Hippodrome, Jersey Boys, The Musical, to Sat.
SALISBURY, Studio Theatre Ashley Road,  Noel Coward’s Hands Across the Sea and Still Life, to Sat.
Playhouse, Musical Theatre Salisbury in Jekyll and Hyde, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.15.

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

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

Saturday 11 July
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.

Tuesday 14 July
BATH, Theatre Royal, Peter Shaffer’s Equus, dir Lindsay Posner, to 25 July, 7.30, Wed/Sat mats 2.30 (not Sunday or Monday).
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
EXETER, Powderham Castle, Comedy at the Castle with Paul Smith, Al Murray, Joanne McNally, Hal Cruttenden, Scott Bennett, Angela Barnes and more, to Sun.

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.

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

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

Tuesday 21 July
BLANDFORD, Bryanston School, Coade Hall, Dorset Opera Festival, 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.

Wednesday 22 July
BLANDFORD, Bryanston School, Coade Hall, Dorset Opera Festival, Sampson et Dalila, and Thurs, 7pm, Sat mat  2pm.
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.
STOGURSEY, Fairfield House, Rude Mechanicals in The Wife, 7.30.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Friday 11 September
SALISBURY, Playhouse, The Haunting of Hill House, to 3 Oct.

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

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

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

Friday 18 September
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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Saturday 7 November
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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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