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.
WEYMOUTH, College, Bay Theatre, Wonderland, 6pm.

Friday 5 June
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion Dance, Just Us Apprentice Company in A Night of Hip Hop.
CREDITON, Arts Centre, Sarah McQuaid, singer songwriter.
EXETER, Powderham Castle, Exeter Opera Group in Bizet’s Carmen, 7.30
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.
HONITON, Beehive, Exeter Opera Group in Bizet’s Carmen, 7.30.
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.
ILMINSTER, Warehouse Theatre, Animal Farm, youth theatre production, to Sat, 7.30.
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
TAUNTON, Tacchi Morris Arts Centre, @2K Theatre in Calendar Girls, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.30.

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.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Dame Harriet Walter talks to Paddy Magrane, in aid of Marine Community and Artistic programme, 7.30.

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.
TAUNTON, Tacchi Morris Arts Centre, The Big Yellow Tambourine Man Band, celebrating Bob Dylan and Joni Mitchell, 7.30.
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.
EXMOUTH, Glenorchy UR Church, Iryna Ilnytska and Exeter Opera Group charity concert, 2pm.
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.
TAUNTON, Tacchi Morris Arts Centre, West Monkton Church of England Primary School in Shrek, the musical (jnr), and Tues, 7pm, Tues mat 1.30.

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.
TAUNTON, Tacchi Morris Arts Centre, Stagestruck Theatre School, showcase, 6.30pm.

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
ILMINSTER, Warehouse Theatre, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, to Fri, 7pm, Sat mat 2.30pm.

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
TAUNTON, Tacchi Morris Arts Centre, The SPACE Co in Chicago, to Sat, 7.30, Thurs mat 2.30.

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
CULLOMPTON, Music Festival, The Walronds, Exeter Opera Group in Bizet’s Carmen, 7.30
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.
TAUNTON, Tacchi Morris Arts Centre, The Chris Grabham Pop Orchestra, and Sat, 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
BUDLEIGH SALTERTON, Playhouse, Exeter Opera Group in Saint Saens  Sampson et Dalila, 7.30.
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.

Friday 25 September
ILMINSTER, Warehouse, Exeter Opera Group in Saint Saens  Sampson et Dalila, 7.30.

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.
COLYTON, Town Hall,Exeter Opera Group in Saint Saens  Sampson et Dalila, 7.30.

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.

Saturday 10 October
SHERBORNE, Studio, Exeter Opera Group in Saint Saens  Sampson et Dalila, 7.30.

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.

Saturday 24 October
EXMOUTH, Blackmore Theatre, Exeter Opera Group in Saint Saens  Sampson et Dalila, 7.30.

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.
TIVERTON, New Hall, Exeter Opera Group in Saint Saens  Sampson et Dalila, 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.
SEATON, Gateway, Exeter Opera Group in Rossini’s La Cenerentola,  7.30.

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.