Thursday 1 August
BATH, Forum, The ELO Experience.
BRIDPORT,Electric Palace, Michael Rosen, broadcaster and writer, 11.30am and 2.30pm.
BRISTOL, Goldney Gardens, Illyria in The Adventures of Doctor Dolittle, open air, 6pm.
BUDE, Ebbingford Manor, Illyria in The Hound of the Baskervilles, open air, 7.30pm.
BURRATOR, Reservoir, Chasing Crockern – Dartmoor Story Walks, 10am to 1pm. ViA
CANNINGTON, Walled Gardens, Folksy Theatre in Angelika Sprockett’s Pockets, open air, 2pm.
CORFE CASTLE, Castle, Quantum Theatre in The Tale of Jemima Puddleduck, open air, 7pm.
DORCHESTER, Corn Exchange, Sisata in Peter Pan, 6pm.
EXETER, Cathedral, Michael Stephens-Jones, cathedral assistat director of music, organ recital, 7pm.
IBBERTON, Village Hall Field, Miracle Theatre in Love Riot, 7pm. AR
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Summer Season of Plays, Gaslight, and Fri, Sun-Tues, 7.30.
SALISBURY, Cathedral Close, Arundells, Immersion Theatre in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 7pm.
WAREHAM, Holme for Gardens, Chapterhouse in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, open air, 7pm.

Friday 2 August
BATH, Theatre Royal, Ustinov Studio, Harold Pinter’s The Birthday Party, dir Richard Jones, to 31 Aug, Mon-Sat 7.30, Thurs/Sat mats 2.30.
Forum, The Marvin Gaye Songbook with Nate Simpson.
BRIDPORT,Electric Palace, The Bikeriders, film, 7.30.
EXBURY, Gardens, Illyria in The Adventures of Doctor Dolittle, open air, 7pm.
ILMINSTER, Arts Centre, The Dreamettes, soul and motown, 7.30.
KIMMERIDGE BAY,  Miracle Theatre in Love Riot, 7pm. AR
LANGPORT, Midleney Manor, The Pantaloons in Robin Hood, open air, 7pm.
LISKEARD, Sterts Theatre, Illyria in The Hound of the Baskervilles, 7pm.
OBORNE, Opera in Oborne, Verdi’s La Traviata, and Sat, 7.30pm.
STROUD, Museum in the Park, Festival Players in The Tempest, open air, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Gary Delaney and friends, comedy, 8pm.
Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre, Summer Musical performance, student showcase, 6pm.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, The Absolutely Dragulous Show, 7.30.

Saturday 3 August
BATH, Forum, Paul Smith, Pablo, comedy.
BRISTOL, Beacon, National Childrens Orchestras of Great Britain, 4.30pm.
Boiling Wells Amphitheatre at St Werburgh’s Farm, Folksy Theatre in As You Like It, open air, 7pm.
COMBEINTEIGNHEAD, Hearn Field, Illyria in The Hound of the Baskervilles, open air, 7pm.
COSSINGTON, Manor, Festival Players in The Tempest, open air, 5pm.
EXETER, Cathedral, Tina Turner by Candlelight with Dixie Daye and her band, 7.30.
FAWLEY, Jubilee Hall, Wicked Little Letters. MOVIOLA
GLASTONBURY, Somerset Rural Life Museum, Immersion Theatre in Peter Pan, 6pm.
HALSTOCK, Village Hall Field, Miracle Theatre in Love Riot, 7pm. AR
ILFRACOMBE, Watermouth Harbour, Folksy Theatre in Angelika Sprockett’s Pockets, open air, 3pm.
ILMINSTER, Warehouse Theatre, Broadway and Beyond, with Hayley Renee, cabaret, 7.30.
OBORNE, Opera in Oborne, St Cuthbert’s Church, Gilbert and Sullivan’s Cox and Box, 3pm.
PUDDLETOWN, Athelhampton House, Plandits Theatre in The Secret Garden, open air, 7pm.
STUDLAND, Knoll House Hotel, Cinema Under the Stars, Barbie, 8pm.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Joe Pasquale, The New Normal – 40 Years of Cack, 7.30.
WEYMOUTH,  Pavilion, Jimmy Carr, Laughs Funny, comedy, 7 and 9.30pm.
WINCHESTER, Cathdral, Illyria in The Adventures of Doctor Dolittle, open air, 6pm.

Sunday 4 August
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, The Glenn Miller Orchestra and Vocalists, 5pm.
BRANSGORE, Harrow Wood Farm, Folksy Theatre in As You Like It, open air, 7pm.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Lantern Hall, Sufi and Qawwali Music with Chahat Mahmood Ali Qawwal, 8pm.
BROADCLYST, nr Exeter, Killerton House, Illyria in The Hound of the Baskervilles, open air, 7pm.
CHICHESTER, Cathedral Paradise, Illyria in The Adventures of Doctor Dolittle, open air, 6pm.
DORCHESTER, Thomas Hardye School Theatre, The Spooky Men’s Chorale, 7.30.
OBORNE, Opera in Oborne, Playing Field, Opera in the Park, arias and show tunes, with singers and pianist John Cuthbert, 3pm.
PENZANCE, Penlee Park Open Air Theatre, Plandits Theatre in The Secret Garden, open air, 7.30pm.
SWANAGE, Mowlem, Fly Me to the Moon, film, and 6/8/9/11/13 and 15 Aug, 7pm.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Beautiful Trauma, The Ultimate Pink Expereince, with Stacy Green, 7.30.

Monday 5 August
MILTON DAMEREL, nr Holsworthy, Blackberry Farm, Plandits Theatre in The Secret Garden, open air, 5pm.
SWANAGE, Mowlem, Supersonic Queen, tribute, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Kinds of Kindness, film, and Wed, 11am and 7.30pm.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Inside Out 2, animated film, and Tues, 11am, 2.30 and 7pm.

Tuesday 6 August
BATH, Theatre Royal, Wendi Peters and Landi Oshinowo in Sister Act, to 17 Aug, Mon-Sat 7.30, various matinees.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Lord of the Dance, to Sun.
Exchange, Fanny Lumsden and the Prawnstars, Australian country.
FILLEIGH, nr South Molton, Castle Hill, Plandits Theatre in The Secret Garden, open air, 6pm.
FROME, Merlin ECOS Amphitheatre, Illyria in The Adventures of Doctor Dolittle, open air, 6pm.
KINGSBURY EPISCOPI, Village Hall, Wicked Little Letters. MOVIOLA
LISKEARD, Sterts Theatre, Sun & Moon Theatre Co in The Winter’s Tale, open air.
NEW MILTON, Forest Arts, The Little Mermaid, film, 11am.
SHERBORNE, Castle Gardens, Illyria in The Hound of the Baskervilles, open air, 7.30pm.
SWANAGE, Mowlem, The Garfield Movie, animated film, and 8/9/11/13/15 Aug, 11.30am.

Wednesday 7 August
BUDE, Ebbingford Manor, Illyria in The Adventures of Doctor Dolittle, open air, 6.30pm.
EXMOUTH, Pavilion, Chapterhouse in Pride and Prejudice, open air, 7.30.
GREAT TORRINGTON, Castle Hill Gardens, Sun & Moon Theatre Co in The Winter’s Tale, open air, 6.30pm.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Summer Season of Plays, Ayckbourn’s Taking Steps, and Thurs, Sat-Tues, 7.30.
PENZANCE, Penlee Open Air Park Theatre, Festival Players in The Tempest, 7. 30.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, Trio Paradis, coffee concert, Scenes of Childhood, 11am.
SWANAGE, Mowlem, Simon and Garfunkel Through the Years, 7.30.

Thursday 8 August
BATH, American Museum, Chapterhouse in Little Women, open air, 6.30.
BRIDPORT, Millennium Green, Squashbox Theatre in Stones and Bones, 2pm.
CORFE CASTLE, Castle, Illyria in The Hound of the Baskervilles, open air, 7pm.
EXETER, Rougemont Gardens, Sun & Moon Theatre Co in The Winter’s Tale, open air, to Sun.
HIGHCLIFFE, Castle, Quantum Theatre in The Tale of Jemima Puddleduck, open air, 5.30pm.
LISKEARD, Sterts Theatre, Plandits Theatre in The Secret Garden, open air, 7pm.
LITTON CHENEY, Village Hall Field, Hennessey and Mukherjee, The StoryDen: Adventures in StoryLand, 11am and 3pm:  Village Hall, Holy Cow, storytelling and dance, 7.30pm. AR
PENZANCE, Penlee Park Open Air Theatre, Illyria in The Adventures of Doctor Dolittle, 7.30pm.
SHEPTON MONTAGUE, Village Hall, The Zone of Interest. MOVIOLA
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Thelma, film, and Mon, 11am and 7.30pm.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Joe Pasquale, The New Normal – 40 Years of Cack, comedy, 7.30.

Friday 9 August
BECKINGTON, Memorial Hall field, The Pantaloons in The Merry Wives of Windsor, open air, 6.30pm. [and 21st Sept]
BRIDPORT, Electric Palace, Kinds of Kindness, film, 7.30.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Lantern Hall, Asha Puthli, blues, funk and soul, 8pm.
Goldney Gardens, Illyria in Romeo and Juliet, open air, 7pm.
BUDE, Falcon Hotel, Plandits Theatre in The Secret Garden, open air, 6.30pm.
CALNE, Bowood House and Gardens, Chapterhouse in Pride and Prejudice, open air, 7pm.
CHARD, Guildhall, Wicked Little Letters. MOVIOLA
DORCHESTER, Maumbury Rings, Illyria in The Adventures of Doctor Dolittle, open air, 6pm.
GLASTONBURY, Abbey, Illyria in The Hound of the Baskervilles, open air, 7pm.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Coldplace, tribute, 7.30.
WAREHAM, Holme for Gardens, Folksy Theatre in As You Like It, open air, 7pm.

Saturday 10 August
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, The Brand New Heavies, in aid of Dementia Research, 7.30.
BRISTOL, Windmill Hill City Farm, Quantum Theatre in The Tale of Jemima Puddleduck, open air, 3.30pm.
CANNINGTON, Walled Garden, Folksy Theatre in As You Like It, open air, 7pm.
CREDITON, Lapford Mill, Plandits Theatre in The Secret Garden, open air, 7pm.
SHERBORNE, Girls School, The Live Queen Experience, 7.30.
SOMERTON, Public Rooms, The Holdovers.  MOVIOLA
SWANAGE, Mowlem, Gary and Robbie Live, tribute, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Mad Manners, tribute, 7.30.
TORQUAY, Torre Abbey, Immersion Theatre in Peter Pan, 1.30 and 4.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Showaddywaddy, 50th anniversary tour, 7.30.

Sunday 11 August
BARNSTAPLE, Arlington Court, The Pantaloons in The Merry Wives of Windsor, open air, 6pm.
BRIDPORT, Millennium Green, Sisata in Peter Pan, 6.30pm.
OAKHAMPTON, Station, Chasing Crockern – Dartmoor Story Walks, 10am to 2pm. ViA
SALISBURY, Cathedral Close Arundells, Immersion Theatre in Peter Pan, 5.30.
TAUNTON, Hestercombe Gardens, Folksy Theatre in As You Like It, open air, 5pm.
TORQUAY, Cockington Court, Illyria in Romeo and Juliet, open air, 6.30pm.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, 50 Years of Fender, with David Knight, 7.30.

Monday 12 August
BATH, Abbey, Antic Disposition in Romeo and Juliet, to 31 Aug, Mon-Sat 8pm.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Chris Isaak, 8pm.
SIDMOUTH, Manor Pavilion, Summer Play Festival, Mike Leigh’s Abigail’s Party, to Sat.
SWANAGE, Prince Albert Gardens Amphitheatre, Rain or Shine in The Importance of Being Earnest, open air, 7pm.
Mowlem, Take a Chance on Us, ABBA tribue, 7.30.

Tuesday 13 August
BEAULIEU, Motor Museum, Chapterhouse in Pride and Prejudice, open air, 6.30.
BRISTOL, Hippodrome, The Illegal Eagles.
EXETER, Powderham Castle, Festival Players in The Tempest, open air, 7pm.
HOUND TOR, Chasing Crockern – Dartmoor Story Walks, to medieval village and Becca Brook, 10am to 1pm. ViA
LISKEARD, Sterts Theatre, Illyria in Romeo and Juliet, open air, 7pm.
NEW MILTON, Forest Arts, Trolls – Band Together, film, 11am.
TAUNTON, Castle Gardens, 440 Theatre in A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Twelfth Night double bill, open air, and Wed, 6pm.

Wednesday 14 August
BEAULIEU, Motor Museum, Chapterhouse in Little Women, open air, 6.30.
BIDEFORD, Hartland Abbey, Festival Players in The Tempest, open air, 7pm.
BRANSGORE, Village Hall, Wicked Little Letters. MOVIOLA
PENZANCE, Penlee Park Open Air Theatre, Illyria in Romeo and Juliet, 7.30pm.
ROWLANDS CASTLE, Stansted Park, Chapterhouse in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, open air, 6pm.
SWANAGE, Mowlem, The Carpenters Experience, 7.30.

Thursday 15 August
BATH, Forum, Lucinda Light, internet personality(?)
BRISTOL, Hippodrome, Bluey’s Big Play, children’s show, to Sun.
CHELTENHAM, Tuckwell Amphitheatre, Plandits Theatre in The Secret Garden, open air.
CORFE CASTLE, Castle, Illyria in Romeo and Juliet, open air, 7pm.
EXETER, Cathedral, Richard Moore, organ, 7pm.
HIGHCLIFFE, Castle, Three Inch Fools in The Secret Diary of Henry VIII, open air, 7pm.
LACOCK, Abbey, Chapterhouse in Beauty and the Beast, open air, 7pm.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Summer Season of Plays, Dial M for Murder,  to Tues, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Fly Me to the Moon, film, and Mon, 11am and 7.30pm.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, The Rocket Man, Elton John tribute, 7.30.

Friday 16 August
BATH, Forum, Hawkwind.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Diana and Lionel, Ross and Richie tribute, Endless Love, 7.30.
CALNE, Bowood House, The Dukes Theatre Co in As You Like It, 7pm.
EXETER, Cathedral, ABBA by Candlelight with ABBA Reunion, and Sat, 7.30.
FILLEIGH, nr South Molton, Castle Hill, Sun & Moon Theatre Co in The Winter’s Tale, open air. 6.30pm.
ILMINSTER, Arts Centre, La Vie en Rose, gypsy jazz, 7.30.
NEW MILTON, Forest Arts, Curved Air, prog rock, 7.30.
NEWQUAY, Newquay Orchard, Plandits Theatre in The Secret Garden, open air.
SANDFORD ORCAS, Higher Orchard, Three Inch Fools in The Comedy of Errors, 7pm.  AR
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower, Mayflower Summer Youth Project, Bugsy Malone, and Sat.
SWANAGE, Mowlem, Despicable Me 4, film, and 18/20/22/23 and 25 Aug, 11.30am: Deadpool and Wolverine, film, and 18/20/22/23/25/27/28 and 29 Aug, 7pm.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Twist and Shout, a journey back to the swinging 60s, 7.30.
TORQUAY, Torre Abbey, 440 Theatre in A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Twelfth Night double bill, open air, and Sat, 6pm.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Coldplace, tribute, 7.30.

Saturday 17 August
BARNSTAPLE, Arlington Court, Three Inch Fools in The Secret Diary of Henry VIII, open air, 6pm.
BEAULIEU, Abbey Church, Music at Beaulieu, Piccadilly Dance Orchestra, 7pm.
BRIDPORT, Millennium Green, The Guy in the Luggage Rack, aerial theatre, 1 and 3pm.
DURLSTON, Country Park, Cinema Under the Stars, Ghostbusters, 8.45pm.
FALMOUTH, Trebah Gardens, Plandits Theatre in The Secret Garden, open air, 6.30pm.
SWANAGE,Mowlem, Complete Madness, tribute, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Whole Lotta Shakin’, the Shakin’ Stevens Story, 7.30.
TETBURY, Goods Shed Arts Centre, Festival Players in The Tempest, open air, 7pm.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, The Bowie Experience, 7.30.

Sunday 18 August
INSTOW, Tapeley Park, Three Inch Fools in The Secret Diary of Henry VIII, open air, 6.30pm.
PENZANCE, Penlee Park Open Air Theatre, 440 Theatre in A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Twelfth Night double bill,  7.30pm.

Monday 19 August
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Sister Act with Wendi Peters and Landi Oshinowo, to Sat, 7.30, Wed/Sat mats 2.30.
SIDMOUTH, Manor Pavilion, Summer Play Festival, Peter James’s thriller Looking Good Dead, to Sat.
SWANAGE, Mowlem, The Alter Eagles, tribute, 7.30.

Tuesday 20 August
BLAGDON, Yeo Valley Organic Garden, Illyria in Romeo and Juliet, open air, 7pm.
BRIDPORT, Electric Palace, Bridport Musical Theatre Company in Kinky Boots, to Sat, 7.30.
BRISTOL, Hippodrome, Come from Away, to 31 Aug.
HYTHE, Parish Hall, Wicked Little Letters. MOVIOLA
INSTOW, Tapeley Park, 440 Theatre in A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Twelfth Night double bill, open air, 6.30pm.
LEIGH, nr Sherborne, Village Hall, The Lesson.MOVIOLA
NEW MILTON, Forest Arts, Wish, film, 11am.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Chuck Chuck Baby, film, and 2 Sept, 11am and 7.30pm: The Commandant’s Shadow, documentary about the Holocaust, and 27 Aug, 11am and 7.30pm.
Museum of Somerset, Quantum Theatre in Great Expectations, open air, 6.30pm.

Wednesday 21 August
BATH, Holburne Museum, Garden Theatre Festival Bonus, Duke’s Theatre Company in As You Like It, 7pm.
COMBEINTEIGNHEAD, Hearn Field, Three Inch Fools in The Secret Diary of Henry VIII, open air, 7pm.
CULLOMPTON, The Corn Barn, Rain or Shine in The Importance of Being Earnest, open air, 7.30pm.
HARTLAND, Abbey, 440 Theatre in A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Twelfth Night double bill, open air, 7pm.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower, Madagascar – the Musical, to Sat.
SWANAGE, Mowlem, Steve Brookstein, 20th anniversary tour of X Factor winner, 7.30.

Thursday 22 August
BATH, Theatre Royal, Alan Bennett’s The History Boys, to 31 Aug, Mon-Sat 7.30, Thurs/Sat mats 2.30.
BUDE, Castle Lawn, 440 Theatre in A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Twelfth Night double bill, open air, 7pm.
CORFE CASTLE, Castle, Three Inch Fools in The Secret Diary of Henry VIII, open air, 7pm.
EXBURY, Gardens, Exbury Festival of Music, 21st Century ABBA Tribute, 7pm.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre,  The Shanty Sessions with the Chantry Buoys, free, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Milkshake Live, 12.30 and 3pm.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, The Magic of the BeeGees, 7.30.

Friday 23 August
BRADFORD ON AVON, Belcome Court,  If Opera, Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor, and 27/29/31 August.
CORFE CASTLE, Castle, Cinema Under the Stars,Harry Potter and the Philosopher’ Stone, 8.45pm.
CREDITON, Lapford Mill, 440 Theatre in A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Twelfth Night double bill, open air, 7pm.
DORCHESTER, Kingston Maurward, The Dukes Theatre Co in As You Like It, 7pm.
EXBURY, Gardens, Exbury Festival of Music, The UpBeat Beatles Tribute, 7pm.
LAMYATT, Speeds Farm, Wassail Theatre in Birthday Day, 6.30pm. TA
LYME REGIS, Lyme Folk Weekend, Marine Theatre and other venues, includes Steve Knightley, Angeline Morrison, The Sabine Baring Gould Centenary Project and Nick Hart, to Sun.
MERE, Stourhead Gardens, Chapterhouse in Beauty and the Beast, open air, 4pm.
PORTCHESTER, Castle, Rain or Shine in The Importance of Being Earnest, open air, 7.30pm.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Pop Party, 2pm.
WELLS, Cedars Hall, The Dolly Show, with Kelly O’Brien as Dolly Parton, 7.30.
WEST CAMEL, Davis Hall, Wicked Little Letters. MOVIOLA
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Hits Out of Hell, Meatloaf tribute with Maet Live, 7.30.

Saturday 24 August
BATH, Forum, Sweet Caroline, Neil Diamond tribute.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Belcome Court,  If Opera, Die Fledermaus, and 28 August.
BREAMORE, House, The Lord Chamberlain’s Men in Hamlet, open air, 7pm.
BRISTOL, Beacon, BBC Proms to Mon. Para Orchestra, cond Charles Hazlewood, The Virtuous Circle, Mozart Symphony 40 and new works by Oliver Vibrans, 5.30.
Bridge Farm Eastville, Wassail Theatre in Birthday Day, 2 and 6pm.
CORFE CASTLE, Castle, Cinema Under the Stars, Wonka, 8.45pm.
EXBURY, Gardens, Exbury Festival of Music, Motown by Moonlight, 7pm.
EXETER, Cathedral,  Meatloaf by Candlelight with stars of Bat Out of Hell and band, 7.30.
SWANAGE, Mowlem, Beach Boyz, Goodbye-Brations final year tour.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, West End Magic, magic and comedy, 7.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Amy, tribute to Amy Winehouse with Laura Jane Butler, 7.3o.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Q the Quo, tribute, 7.30.

Sunday 25 August
BRADFORD ON AVON, Belcome Court,  If Opera, Roald Dahl’s Little Red Riding Hood, children’s concert, 1.30 and 4.30pm.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Lantern Hall, BBC Proms, BBC Singers at 100, 3pm: Beacon Hall, BSO cond Karabits, Evelyn Glennie, percussion, Jenifer Higdon’s Percussion Concerto, Akimenko, Nourbakhsh and Tchaikovsky, 5pm.
DREWSTEIGNTON, Castle Drogo, Illyria in The Adventures of Doctor Dolittle, open air, 5.30pm.
GREAT COXWELL, nr Swindon, Tithe Barn, The Lord Chamberlain’s Men in Hamlet, open air, 6.30pm.
SHERBORNE, Girls School, Chapterhouse in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, open air, 4pm.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, The Magic of the Beatles, 7.30.

Monday 26 August
BATH, American Musuem, Chapterhouse in Beauty and the Beast, open air, 6.30.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Belcome Court,  If Opera, Picnic Prom with the James Taylor Quartet with singer Yvonne Yanney, and Emma Smith, 5pm.
BRISTOL, Beacon, BBC Proms, CBBS Prom, Ocean Adventure with the South Bank Sinfonia, presented by Andy Day and Puja Panchkoty, 1.30.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre,  Comedy Club with Jared Christmas, David Arnold and Tom Glover.
SIDMOUTH, Manor Pavilion, Summer Play Festival, Alan Ayckbourn’s Absurd Person Singular, to Sat.
SWANAGE, Mowlem, Soul Kinda Wonderful, soul and Motown, 7.30.

Tuesday 27 August
EXBURY, Gardens, Illyria in Romeo and Juliet, open air, 7pm.
HAVANT, Staunton Country Park, Folksy Theatre in Angelika Sprockett’s Pockets, open air, 2pm.
LISKEARD, Sterts Theatre, Illyria in The Adventures of Doctor Dolittle, open air, 7pm.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Folksy Theatre in As You Like It, open air, 7pm.
NEW MILTON, Forest Arts, Wonka, film, 11am.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower, Bluey’s Big Play, to Fri.

Wednesday 28 August
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, A Country Night in Nashville, 7.30.
BRISTOL, Old Vic,  Utopia Theatre in Anna Hibiscus’ Song, to Sat, various day times.
BROADCLYST, nr Exeter, Killerton House, Illyria in The Adventures of Doctor Dolittle, open air, 7pm.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower, Whitney, Queen of the Night.
WAREHAM, Holme for Gardens, Folksy Theatre in Angelika Sprockett’s Pockets, open air, 2pm.

Thursday 29 August
BRIDPORT,Electric Palace, Fly Me to the Moon, film, 7.30, 5 Sept 2pm.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Lantern Hall, Beth Nielsen Chapman, Americana, 8pm.
EXETER, Cathedral,  Timothy Noon, director of music, organ, 7pm.
HIGHCLIFFE, Castle, The Dukes Theatre Co in As You Like It, 7pm.
NEW MILTON, Forest Arts, Carrie Martin, acoustic guitar, Lost Post, alt country trio, Nathan Evans, indie rock, 7.30.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Seann Walsh, Chris Harper and Aden Gillett in Yasmina Reza’s ART, to Sat, 7.45, Sat mat 2.30.
WAREHAM, Holme for Gardens, Chapterhouse in Pride and Prejudice, open air, 6pm.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Totally Tina, with Justine Riddoch, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Kingston Lacy, Illyria in The Adventures of Doctor Dolittle, open air, 7pm.

Friday 30 August
BATH, Forum, Big Girls Don’t Cry, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons tribute.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, West of England Youth Orchestra, cond Tim Redmond, Alice Neary, cello, Elgar and Stravinsky, 7.30, and Sat 3pm.
BRIDPORT, Electric Palace, The Commandant’s Shadow, Holocaust documentary, 7.30.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Lantern Hall, Jim Blomfield’s The Saoco Collective, jazz, 8pm.
MERE, Stourhead Gardens, Chapterhouse in Little Women, open air, 7pm.
ROCKBOURNE, Roman Villa, The Pantaloons in Robin Hood, open air, 7pm.
SALISBURY, The Wardrobe (Rifles Museum) Quantum Theatre in The Tale of Jemima Puddleduck, open air, 4.30pm.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, The Fourmost, 60s music, 7.30.
WELLS, Cedars Hall, Greatest Soul Divas – Celine and Whitney, 7.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Jim Davidson, Swimming Against the Tide, comedy, 7.30.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Project Dance in All that Matters, 7.30.

Saturday 31 August
BATH, Forum,  Give Me the Night, George Benson tribute.
BOURNEMOUTH, BIC, Paul Smith, Pablo, comedy, 7.30.
Pavilion, One Night in Dublin, Dubliners tribute, 7.30.
BRIDPORT, Electric Palace, Despicable Me 4, animated film, 11am.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre,  Magic Hatstand, family show, 4pm.
MERE, Stourhead Gardens, Chapterhouse in Pride and Prejudice, open air, 7pm.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Tony Hadley, 7.30: Carrie Martin, Yorkshire singer songwriter, 8pm.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower, David Essex.
WAREHAM, Careys Secret Garden, Cinema Under the Stars, Calendar Girls, 8.15pm.
WELLS, Bishop’s Palace, The Live Queen Experience, 8pm.
Cedars Hall, Moscow Drug Club, world jazz and folk, 7.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Ben Portsmouth in This is Elvis, 7.30.

Sunday 1 September
CHURCHINFORD, Cricket Ground, The Pantaloons in Robin Hood, open air, 3pm.
HAM HILL, Country Park, Chill on the Hill, workshops, performances, local food and drink etc,  10am to 4pm.
STREET, Alfred Gillette Trust, Wassail in Birthday Day, 11.3oam and 2pm.

Monday 2 September
BATH, Theatre Royal, Ustinov Studio, Iestyn Davies, countertenor, Sergio Bucheli, lute, and Tues, 7.30.
SIDMOUTH, Manor Pavilion, Summer Play Festival, Terence Rattigan’s While the Sun Shines, to Sat.

Tuesday 3 September
BATH, Forum, David Essex.
FROME, Merlin ECOS Amphitheatre, Illyria in The Gondoliers, open air,  7pm.

Wednesday 4 September
BRIDPORT, Millennium Green, Illyria in The Gondoliers, open air,  7pm.

Thursday 5 September
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower, Disney’s Aladdin, to 29 Sept.
TORQUAY, Princess Theatre, David Essex.

Friday 6 September
DORCHESTER, Maumbury Rings, The Pantaloons in The Merry Wives of Windsor, open air, 6.30pm.
WAREHAM, The Blue Pool, Cinema Under the Stars, A Room with a View, 8pm.

Saturday 7 September
BEAULIEU, Abbey Church, Music at Beaulieu, Grace Francis, piano,  Brahms, Liszt, Tchaikovsky, 7pm.
MINEHEAD, Regal Theatre, The Pantaloons in The Merry Wives of Windsor, 7.30pm.
WAREHAM, The Blue Pool, Cinema Under the Stars, Moulin Rouge, 8pm.

Sunday 8 September
CLEARBROOK, Village Hall, The Pantaloons in The Merry Wives of Windsor.

Monday 9 September
SIDMOUTH, Manor Pavilion, Summer Play Festivall, Ira Levin’s Deathtrap, to Sat.

Tuesday 10 September
BOURNEMOUTH, BIC, Texas and KT Tunstall.

Thursday 12 September
EXETER,  Cathedral, Francesca Massey, organ 7pm.
FROME, Merlin ECOS Amphitheatre, Illyria in The Hound of the Baskervilles, open air, 7pm.

Friday 13 September
WELLS, Cathedral, The Sixteen, 2024 Choral Pilgrimage, the music of Lassus, plainsong, Josquin, Maddalena Casulana, Chatelet, Chilcott, etc, 7.30.

Saturday 14 September
YELVERTON, Garden House, Illyria in The Hound of the Baskervilles, open air, 7pm.

Sunday 15 September
PLYMOUTH, Pavilions, Ryan Adams.
TORQUAY, Cockington Court, Illyria in The Hound of the Baskervilles, open air, 6.30pm.

Monday 16 September
SIDMOUTH, Manor Pavilion, Summer Play Festival, Ben Hur, by Patrick Barlow – four actors take on the might of the Roman Empire, complete with chariot race and sea battle, to Sat.
YEOVIL,  Swan Theatre, Duet for One, to Sat.

Tuesday 17 September
BATH, Forum, Ryan Adams.

Wednesday 18 September
IVYBRIDGE, The Watermark, The Pantaloons in The Merry Wives of Windsor, 7.30pm.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Elvis Costello and Steve Nieve.

Friday 20 September
EXETER, Cathedral, Russell Watson with Mike Moran, piano, and Nancy May, classical crossover soprano, 8pm.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Three Inch Fools in The Secret Diary of Henry VIII, open air, 7pm.

Saturday 21 September
BATH, Theatre Royal: The Egg, Roustabout Theatre in Little Red Riding Could, family show, and Sun.
SHAFTESBURY, Port Regis Farrington Hall, Shaftesbury Chamber Music Series, Gemma Rosefield, cello, Simon Callaghan, piano, Ruth Rogers, violin, Beethoven, Elgar, Brahms, 6pm.

Sunday 22 September
BRISTOL, Beacon, Beverley Knight 50.

Tuesday 24 September
BOURNEMOUTH, BIC, Bladerunner – 2007 Final Cut, with Vangelis live music performed by Avex Ensemble

Thursday 26 September
BATH, Theatre Royal, The Egg, The Little Prince, to 6 Oct.
YEOVIL, Swan Theatre, Motiv8 in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, to 5 Oct, various times.

Friday 27 September
TAUNTON, St John’s Church, Patrick Hemmerlé, French pianist, Bach, Beethoven, Liszt, 7.30pm.

Saturday 28 September
EXETER, Cathedral,  The Music of John Williams with the International Film Orchestra, inc Star Wars, Jurassic Park, ET and Indiana Jones, 7.30.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Roustabout Theatre in Little Red Riding Could, family show.

Wednesday 2 October
BRISTOL, Thekla, Pond.

Thursday 3 October
DEVON, Two Moors Festival, to Sun and 10-13 Oct.
PORTSMOUTH, Guildhall, Steve Hackett, Genesis Greats.

Saturday 5 October
BRISTOL, Beacon, Steve Hackett, Genesis Greats.
Wardrobe Theatre, Roustabout Theatre in Little Red Riding Could, family show, and Sun.

Wednesday 9 October
NEW MILTON, Forest Arts, The Pantaloons in The Merry Wives of Windsor, 7.30pm.

Thursday 10 October
PORTSMOUTH, Groundlings Theatre, The Pantaloons in The Merry Wives of Windsor, 7.30pm.
YEOVIL, Swan Theatre, NT Live,  Present Laughter with Andrew Scott.

Friday 11 October
PORTSMOUTH, Guildhall, Pretenders.
SALISBURY, Studio Theatre Ashley Road, Night Must Fall,  and Sat and 14-19 Oct, 7.30, Sat 12 Oct mat 2.30.

Saturday 12 October
BRISTOL, Beacon, Pretenders.

Saturday 19 October
PORTSMOUTH, Guildhall, The Australian Pink Floyd Show.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Roustabout Theatre in Little Red Riding Could, family show.

Sunday 20 October
CHEW VALLEY, Valley Arts Centre, Roustabout Theatre in Little Red Riding Could, family show.

Tuesday 22 October
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower, 101 Dalmatians – the Musical, to 26 Oct.

Saturday 26 October
BEAULIEU, Abbey Church, Music at Beaulieu, Virtuoso Violin, with Rose Gosney and Nova Foresta Classical Players, Sibelius, Beethoven, etc. 7pm.
WESTON SUPER MARE, The Front Room, Roustabout Theatre in Little Red Riding Could, family show

Sunday 27 October
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower, Squeeze with Badly Drawn Boy.

Wednesday 30 October
BRISTOL, Beacon, Squeeze with Badly Drawn Boy.

Saturday 2 November
BRIDPORT, Arts Cente, Roustabout Theatre in Little Red Riding Could, family show.

Sunday 3 November
PLYMOUTH, Pavilions, Squeeze with Badly Drawn Boy.

Wednesday 6 November
STREET, Strode Theatre, Street Theatre in Wyrd Sisters, to Sat.

Thursday 7 November
PLYMOUTH, Pavilions, The Australian Pink Floyd Show.

Monday 11 November
BRISTOL, Beacon, The Australian Pink Floyd Show.

Wednesday 13 November
EXETER, Cathedral,  War Horse, concert and reading with Michael Morpurgo and Ben Murray, keyboards and accordian, 7pm.

Friday 15 November
BOURNEMOUTH, BIC, The Australian Pink Floyd Show.

Monday 18 November
YEOVIL, Swan Theatre, The Haunting of Hill House, to Sat.

Thursday 21 November
BRISTOL, O2 Academy, Lightning Seeds.

Sunday 24 November
BOURNEMOUTH, 02 Academy, The Wailers, 40th anniversary of Legend.

Monday 25 November
CIRENCESTER, Barn Theatre, The Three Musketeers, to 4 Jan.

Friday 29 November
BATH, Theatre Royal, The Egg, Robin Hood, to 11 Jan.

Saturday 30 November
SALISBURY, Playhouse. Sleeping Beauty, to 12 Jan.

Saturday 7 December
BEAULIEU, Abbey Church, Music at Beaulieu, New Forest Children’s Choir and New Foreste Chamber Choir, festive favourites, 7pm.

Tuesday 10 December
STREET, Strode Theatre, Street Theatre in A Vicar of Dibley Christmas – The Second Coming, to Fri.

Thursday 12 December
BATH, Theatre Royal,  Jon Monie and Nick Wilton in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, to 12 Jan.
BRISTOL, Beacon, The Damned

Friday 13 December
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, to 11 Jan.
SOUTHAMPTON, O2 Guildhall, The Damned

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2025

Sunday 23 February
PORTSMOUTH, Guildhall, Fish, Road to the Isles, the Farewell Tour.

Wednesday 26 February
BRISTOL, Beacon, Fish, Road to the Isles, the Farewell Tour.

Tuesday 18 March 2025
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower, Hamilton, to Saturday 26 April.

Sunday 4 May
BRISTOL, Marble Factory, Kula Shaker, Natural Magic.

Monday 5 May
BOURNEMOUTH, O2 Academy, Kula Shaker, Natural Magic.

Tuesday 30 July 2025
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, Hamilton, to Saturday 6 September.

 

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