Friday 1 August
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Fidelio, from the Royal Opera House, 7pm.
DORCHESTER, Maumbury Rings, Illyria in HMS Pinafore, 7pm.
HONITON, Beehive, Sladist, tribute.
ILMINSTER, Arts Centre, Alex Clark and the Craig Milverton Trio.
KIMMERIDGE BAY, Miracle Theatre in Twelfth Night, 7pm. AR
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, This is Floyd, tribute.
PORTSMOUTH, Guildhall, BSO, John Williams: the Master – Symphonic Spectacular.
SIDMOUTH, Folk Festival, to 8 Aug, inc Richard Thompson, Sharon Shannon, Dervish, Steve Knightley and Friends, Talisk, Peatbog Fairies, Seth Lakeman Band, Martin and Eliza Carthy, John Tams, Jon Boden, Phil Beer, Rheingans Sisters, Sam Sweeney, Lady Maisery, Reg Meuross, etc.
STREET, Strode Theatre, F1, film, 7.30 and Sat 7.45.
STROUD, The Museum in the Park, Festival Players in As You Like It, 7.30pm.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Arrival, The Hits of ABBA, 7.30.
Tacchi-Morris, Summer Musical Theatre School Showcase, 3pm.
Hestercombe Gardens, Folksy Theatre in Robin Hood, 5pm.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, The 80s Live.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Barry Steele in The Roy Orbison Story.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Tom Gates Epic Stage Show, based on books of Liz Pichon, 12.30 and 3.30pm.

Saturday 2 August
BATH, American Museum, Immersion Theatre in The Wind in the Willows, 6.30.
BRISTOL, Boiling Wells Amphitheatre, Folksy Theatre in Twelfth Night, 7pm.
FAWLEY, Village Hall, Juror No 2. MOVIOLA
FROME, Cheese and Grain, CODA, Led Zep tribute.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Folksy Theatre in Robin Hood, 2pm.
PLYMOUTH, The Quad Theatre, ReBels Young Company in The Witching Hour, 7.30.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Strictly Stage Theatre School in Bigger than Broadway, 2 and 7pm.
PORTSMOUTH, Guildhall, BSO, ABBA Symphonic Spectacular.
ST AUSTELL, Wheal Martyn Clayworks, Illyria in The Merry Wives of Windsor, 7pm.
SANDFORD ORCAS, Higher Orchard, Miracle Theatre in Twelfth Night, 7pm. AR
STREET, Strode Theatre, From Hilde, With Love, film, 7.30, and 7 Aug 7.45.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Whole Lotta Shakin’, The Shakin’ Stevens Story, 7.30.
WELLS, Bishop’s Palace, Illyria in HMS Pinafore, 7.30pm.

Sunday 3 August
BARNSTAPLE, Marwood Hill Gardens, Folksy Theatre in Robin Hood, 2pm.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Glenn Miller Orchestra.
CHARD, Forde Abbey, Folksy Theatre in Robin Hood, 2pm.
CORSLEY, The Elizabethan Evening at Manor Farm, Illyria in The Merry Wives of Windsor.
SWINDON, Lydiard Park, Immersion Theatre in The Wind in the Willows, 4pm.
TAUNTON, Hestercombe Gardens, Folksy Theatre in Twelfth Night, 5pm.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Beautiful Trauma – The Live Pink Experience, 7.30

Monday 4 August
SWANAGE, Mowlem Theatre, Summer of Music 25, Supersonic Queen, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Sex Bomb – the Music of Tom Jones.

Tuesday 5 August
BATH, Theatre Royal, Death Comes to Pemberley, to Sat.
Forum, Jimmy Carr, Laughs Funny.
EXETER, Powderham Castle, Festival Players in As You Like It, 7pm.
FROME, Merlin ECOS Amphitheatre, Illyria in Pride and Prejudice, 7pm.
ILFRACOMBE, Watermouth Harbour, Folksy Theatre in Twelfth Night, 7pm.
KINGSBURY EPISCOPI, Village Hall, Bridget Jones (Mad About the Boy). MOVIOLA
TORQUAY, Cockington Court, Illyria in The Merry Wives of Windsor, 6.30pm.

Wednesday 6 August
BUDE, Ebbingford Manor, Illyria in The Merry Wives of Windsor, 6.30pm.
CANNINGTON, Walled Gardens, Folksy Theatre in Twelfth Night, 7pm.
CHARD, Forde Abbey, Folksy Theatre in Robin Hood, 5pm.
CODFORD, Woolstore Theatre, Anora. MOVIOLA
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Exhibition on Screen, Vermeer – The Greatest Exhibition, 7pm.
EXBURY, Gardens, Illyria in The Wind in the Willows, 7pm.
FROME, Merlin ECOS Amphitheatre, Immersion Theatre in The Tempest, 7pm.
ILMINSTER, Warehouse Theatre, The Children, to Sat, 7.30.
ST MAWES, Tresanton Hotel, Quantum Theatre in The Tale of Jemima Puddleduck.
SWANAGE, Mowlem Theatre, Summer of Music 25, ABBA Stars UK, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, The Science Museum Live, 12.30 and 3.30.
WARMINSTER, Athenaeum, A Complete Unknown, film, 7.30.

Thursday 7 August
AXMINSTER, Burrow Farm Gardens, Folksy Theatre in Robin Hood, 2pm.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Taylormania, All Eras.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, The Titfield Thunderbolt, 1953 film, 11am: Bob Marley: One Love, film, 7.30.
CORFE CASTLE, Illyria in Pride and Prejudice, 7pm.
FALMOUTH, Trebah Gardens, Quantum Theatre in The Tale of Jemima Puddleduck.
FROME, Memorial Theatre, Spellbound in We Will Rock You, to Sat, 7pm, Sat mat 2pm.
HONITON, Beehive, Honiton Community Theatre in Agatha Christie’s A Murder is Announced, to Sat, 7pm.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Brian Clemens’ Strictly Murder, to Weds, 7.30. Part of Gilroy Theatre summer rep season to 27 Aug.
PENZANCE, Penlee Park Theatre, Festival Players in As You Like It, 7.30pm.
STREET, Strode Theatre, Ran, 40th anniversary screening, 7.30pm.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, The Museum of Marvellous Things, 11.30 and 2.30.
WIMBORNE, Kingston Lacy, Illyria in The Wind in the Willows, 7pm.
WINGFIELD, Church Farm, IfOpera,Verdi’s Rigoletto, and 9th/14th/16th August, 7pm.

Friday 8 August
BATH, Abbey, Antic Disposition in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, to 29th Aug, various times.
Forum, Fun for Little Ones, Tribute to Ms Rachel, noon.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Dino Tales – Jurassic Rescue, 4pm.
Meyrick Park Proms, BSO, Classical Extravaganza, 8pm.
CHARD, Guildhall, We Live in Time. MOVIOLA
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Don Giovanni from the Royal Opera, 7pm.
EXETER, Barnfield Theatre, British Youth Music Theatre in Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility, new musical adaptation by Grace O’Keefe and Tom Arnold, and Sat, 7.30, Sat mat and Sun 2.30.
HANGING LANGFORD, Village Hall, Juror No 2. MOVIOLA
HINTON AMPNER, Estate, Quantum Theatre in Alice Though the Looking Glass, and Friday 15 Aug.
SHERBORNE, House Garden, Illyria in The Wind in the Willows, 7pm.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower Studios, The Last Rose of Summer, a musical journey through Jane Austen’s life, and Sat.
STREET, Strode Theatre, Jurassic World: Rebirth, film, and Sat, 7.30: The Last Journey, film, and Sat, 7.45.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, An Audience with John Cleese, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Roy Orbison and the Travelling Wilburys, tribute, 7.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Dinosaurs Live, 12.30 and 3.30pm.
WINGFIELD, Church Farm, IfOpera, Offenbach’s Orpheus in the Underworld, and 12th/15th August, 7pm.

Saturday 9 August
BATH, Forum, Taylormania, tribute, 7pm.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Cirque: The Greatest Show – re-imagined, 2 and 7.30pm.
Meyrick Park Proms, BSO, Symphonic Smash Hits – the 80s!, 8pm.
BREAMORE, House, The Lord Chamberlain’s Men in Twelfth Night, 7pm.
BURTON BRADSTOCK, Music Festival, and art exhibition, to 19 Aug.
CANNINGTON, Walled Gardens, Folksy Theatre in Robin Hood, 2pm.
CREDITON, Lapford Mill, Quantum Theatre in The Tale of Jemima Puddleduck.
FROME, Merlin ECOS Amphitheatre, Folksy Theatre in Twelfth Night, 2pm.
Cheese and Grain, Teenage Fanclub.
SOUTH ZEAL, Dartmoor Folk Festival, Miranda Sykes and Jim Causley.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, Jerry Lee Lewis Songbook with Peter Gill and band, 7.30.
SWANAGE, Mowlem Theatre, Summer of Music 25, The UpBeat Beatles, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Fireman Sam – The Great Camping Adventure, 12.30 and 3.30pm.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Queen Rhapsody, tribute, 7.30

Sunday 10 August
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, The Princess Proms, 1.45.
BRIDGWATER, Fyne Court, Quantum Theatre in The Tale of Jemima Puddleduck.
BURTON BRADSTOCK, Rectory Gardens, Music Festival, Tea Party with Music.
St Mary’s Church, Festival Evensong, organist Paul Cheater and Litton Cheney Choir, 6pm.
SHILLINGSTONE, Portman Hall, Treehouse Theatre in Treasure Island, 11am. AR
SIXPENNY HANDLEY, Village Hall, Treehouse Theatre in Treasure Island, 11am. AR
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Nicola Keen in Tea with Joyce Grenfell, 4.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Cirque – The Greatest Show Re-imagined, 3 and 7pm.
WINCHESTER, Avington Quarry, Pantaloons in Robin Hood, 3pm and 7pm.
WINGFIELD, Church Farm, IfOpera, Picnic Prom with Clare Teal, from 5.30pm.

Monday 11 August
BURTON BRADSTOCK, St Mary’s Church, Music Festival, Castaway, accordionist Milos Milivojevic in conversation with David Juritz, 11.30am: Jaywalkers, Americana and folk, 7pm.
SHREWTON, Village Hall, A Real Pain. MOVIOLA
SIDMOUTH, Manor Pavilion, Paul Taylor Mills summer rep, Dial M for Murder by Frederick Knott, to Sat, 8pm.
SWANAGE, Mowlem Theatre, Summer of Music 25, Tina Live, 7.30.
Prince Albert Gardens, Rain or Shine in The Rivals.

Tuesday 12 August
BIDEFORD, Tapeley Park, 44o Theatre in Much Ado About Nothing and Macbeth, double bill.
BURTON BRADSTOCK, St Mary’s Church, Music Festival, Natalia Lomeiko, violin, Yuri Zhislin, viola, Anya Zhislin, violin and piano, Bach, Mozart, Ravel, Grieg, noon: Ewan Stevenson, piano, Adam King, bass, Joe Dessauer, drums, Peter Horsfall, trumpet and vocals, Yuri Zhislin, violin, From Ellington to Evans, jazz, 7pm: Craig Ogden, guitar, David Juritz, violin, Part, Satie and Bach, 9.45pm.
HONITON, Beehive, Lilo and Stitch, film, 2.30.
WAREHAM, Holme for Gardens, Folksy Theatre in Robin Hood, 2pm.

Wednesday 13 August
BRANSGORE, Village Hall, Wicked. MOVIOLA
BUDE, Ebbingford Manor, Pantaloons in Robin Hood.
BURTON BRADSTOCK, St Mary’s Church, Music Festival,  festival musicians, Wagner, Beethoven, Satie, Ravel, 7pm: Anja Petkovic, violin, Milos Milivojevic, accordion, David Gordon, piano, Rachmaninov, Franck, Saint Saens, Milosevic, 9.45pm.
CHARLTON MARSHALL, Village Hall, Juror No 2. MOVIOLA
CHELTENHAM, Tuckwell Amphitheatre, Plandits in Plandits in The Big Bad Wolf, 2.30 and The Secret Garden, 7.30.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Exhibition on Screen, Sunflowers – The Mysteries of Van Gogh’s Greatest Masterworks, 7pm.
GLASTONBURY, Abbey, Illyria in The Wind in the Willows, 7pm.
SWANAGE, Mowlem Theatre, Summer of Music 25, Nothing But a Good Time, Rock Hits of the 80s and 90s, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, 44o Theatre in Much Ado About Nothing and Macbeth, double bill, and Thurs.
WELLS, Bishops Palace, Three Inch Fools in The Most Perilous Comedie of Elizabeth I.

Thursday 14 August
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, RudeBoy:  The Story of Trojan Records, film, 7.30.
BURTON BRADSTOCK, St Mary’s Church, Music Festival, Atea Quintet with David Gordon, piano, Saint Saens, Dukas, Wood, noon: Film and Television music with the Festival Orchestra, 7pm: David Gordon, piano, Paul Cavaciuti, drums and percussion, Richard Pryce, bass, UnRavel, 9.45pm.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Liz Jones, singer songwriter, 7pm.
HIGHCLIFFE, Castle, Three Inch Fools in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Jane Austen’s Persuasion, to Wed, 7.30. Part of Gilroy Theatre summer rep season to 27 Aug.
PEWSEY, Bouverie  Hall, Wicked. MOVIOLA
SHEPTON MONTAGUE, Village Hall, Bridget Jones (Mad About the Boy). MOVIOLA
STREET, Strode Theatre, Four Letters of Love, film, 7.45, Fri/Sat 7.30: Barry Lyndon, 1975 film, 7.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, The Rocket Man, Elton John tribute, 7.30.
WINTERBOURNE, nr Bristol, Court Farm Barn, Festival Players in As You Like It, 7pm.

Friday 15 August
BATH, Theatre Royal, Harriet Walter and Gloria Obianyo in As You Like It, to 30 Aug.
BURTON BRADSTOCK, St Mary’s Church, Music Festival, Gala Concert, Festival Orchestra, Mozart, Farrenc, Bizet, Vivaldi, Peterson, Ravel, 7pm.
CALNE, Bowood House, Dukes Theatre in Macbeth, 7pm.
COMBEINTEIGHHEAD, Hearn Farm, Three Inch Fools in The Most Perilous Comedie of Elizabeth I.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Handel’s Theodora, from the Royal Opera House, 7pm.
FRAMPTON ON SEVERN, Frampton Court, Festival Players in As You Like It.
FROME, Cheese and Grain, Heaven 17.
HONITON, Beehive, Forever Queen, tribute, 7.30.
ILMINSTER, Arts Centre, Voices Amici.
SOUTHAMPTON, Itchen Valley Country Park, Plandits in The Big Bad Wolf, 5pm.
STREET, Strode Theatre, The Road to Patagonia, documentary film, and Sat, 7.45.
TORQUAY, Torre Abbey, 44o Theatre in Much Ado About Nothing and Macbeth, double bill, and Sat.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Showaddywaddy, 7.30.
WINTERBORNE STICKLAND, Sports Club, Three Inch Fools in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 7pm. AR

Saturday 16 August
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, A Country Night in Nashville.
BUDE, Ebbingford Manor, Three Inch Fools in The Most Perilous Comedie of Elizabeth I.
DUNSTER, Castle, Three Inch Fools in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
LANGHAM WINE ESTATE, Purbeck Film Festival Cinema under the Stars, Shakespeare in Love.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, The Kate Bush Experience, 8pm.
PUDDLETOWN, Athelhampton House, Plandits in The Big Bad Wolf, 6pm.
SWANAGE, Mowlem Theatre, Summer of Music 25, Sounds of the 60s with The Zoots, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Mercury, Queen tribute, 7.30.
TETBURY, Goods Shed Arts Centre, Festival Players in As You Like It, 7pm.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Taylormania with Katy Ellis, 6pm: The Boy George Experience, 8pm.

Sunday 17 August
BEAMINSTER, Meerhay Manor, Festival Players in As You Like It, 3pm.
BUCKLERS HARD, Master Builder’s House, Dukes Theatre in Macbeth, 5pm.
BUDE, Ebbingford Manor, Three Inch Fools in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
COLEFORD (Glos), Scarr Bandstand, Pantaloons in Robin Hood, 5pm.
WINGFIELD, Church Farm, IfOpera, Baroque double bill of Carissimi’s Historia Jonae and Monteverdi’s Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda, performances at 3pm and 7pm.

Monday 18 August
LITTON CHENEY, Community Hall, Scratchworks Theatre in The Mushroom Show, 2pm. AR
SIDMOUTH, Manor Pavilion, Paul Taylor Mills summer rep, See How They Run by Philip King, to Sat, 8pm.
SWANAGE, Mowlem Theatre, Summer of Music 25, New Jersey Boys, 7.30.

Tuesday 19 August
ALDERHOLT, Village Hall, Scratchworks Theatre in The Mushroom Show, 11am. AR
BEAWORTHY, Badock Gardens, Plandits in The Secret Garden.
CHEW VALLEY, Yeo Valley Organic Garden, Illyria in The Merry Wives of Windsor, 7pm.
CREDITON, Lapford Mill, 44o Theatre in Much Ado About Nothing and Macbeth, double bill. 

Wednesday 20 August
BRISTOL, Cornwallis Crescent Clifton, Festival Players in As You Like It, 7.15pm.
CHAGFORD, Stone Lane Gardens, Three Inch Fools in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Exhibition on Screen, Frida Kahlo, 7pm.
CULLOMPTON, The Corn Barn, Rain or Shine in The Rivals.
FILLEIGH, Castle Hill, Plandits in The Big Bad Wolf, 5pm.
PENZANCE, Pentillie Castle, Three Inch Fools in The Most Perilous Comedie of Elizabeth I.
SHERBORNE, Castle Gardens, Illyria in The Merry Wives of Windsor, 7.30pm.
SWANAGE, Mowlem Theatre, Summer of Music 25, This Carpenters Masquerade, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, The Dinosaur that Pooped, 12.30 and 3.30.
TRURO, Trelissick Gardens, Quantum Theatre in Alice Though the Looking Glass.

Thursday 21 August
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, The Harder They Come, 1972 film, 7.30.
BUDE, Castle Gardens, 44o Theatre in Much Ado About Nothing and Macbeth, double bill.
CORFE CASTLE, Illyria in The Merry Wives of Windsor, 7pm.
FROME, Merlin Theatre, Tri.Art Theatre Academy in Guys and Dolls, to Sat, 7pm, Sat mat 2pm.
HIGHCLIFFE, Castle, Three Inch Fools in The Most Perilous Comedie of Elizabeth I.
HONITON, Beehive, The Acoustic Summer Showcase, local musicians, free, 7pm.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Noel Coward’s Fallen Angel, to Wed, 7.30. Part of Gilroy Theatre summer rep season.
PENZANCE, Penlee Park Theatre, Quantum Theatre in Alice Though the Looking Glass.
POOLE, Harbour, Brownsea Island, Three Inch Fools in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Fri.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Tiddlygigs, Jack and the Beanstalk, musical storytelling, 10.15am: Goldilocks and the Three Bears, 1pm.
TORRINGTON, RHS Garden Rosemoor, Plandits in The Secret Garden, 3pm.

Friday 22 August
BATH, Theatre Royal, The Egg, TRBTS Summer Company in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Sat, 2 and 6pm: Lantern Hall, BBC Proms Late Junction, 9pm.
Forum, Ocean Colour Scene, 7pm.
BRISTOL, Beacon, BBC Proms  – Charles Hazelwood’s ParaOrchestra and The Breath, folk, 6pm.
BUDE, Falcon Hotel, Plandits in The Big Bad Wolf, 5pm.
CANNINGTON, Walled Garden, Quantum Theatre in Alice Though the Looking Glass.
CORFE CASTLE, Purbeck Film Festival Cinema under the Stars, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, The Wizard of Oz, 1925 silent film with live piano accompaniement by Meg Morley, 7pm.
DULVERTON, Knackershole Garden Theatre, Rain or Shine in The Rivals.
FROME, Cheese and Grain, Vicky Jackson as Pink.
NEW MILTON, Forest Arts, Fleetwood Collective, tribute, 7.30.
PENZANCE, Penlee Park Theatre, 44o Theatre in Much Ado About Nothing and Macbeth, double bill.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower, Grease, school edition, and Sat.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, John Cleese, 2 and 8pm.

Saturday 23 August
BEAULIEU, Abbey, Music at Beaulieu, Spiral Jazz, 7pm.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Britten Sinfonia, Mozart, Part, Gavin Higgins, 5.30pm.
St George’s, BBC Proms, Danish National Vocal Ensemble, A Choral Dialogue Across the Centuries, 2pm.
CORFE CASTLE, Purbeck Film Festival Cinema under the Stars, Paddington in Peru.
CORSHAM, Alms Houses, The Last Baguette in Bin Rat, 11am and 2pm.
FALMOUTH, Trebah Garden, Plandits in The Big Bad Wolf, 4pm.
The Poly, 44o Theatre in Much Ado About Nothing and Macbeth, double bill.
HONITON, Beehive, The Mojo Workin’ Band, blues.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, Peter Howarth, from The Hollies, 8pm.
SWANAGE, Mowlem Theatre, Summer of Music 25, From Gold to Rio, greatest hits of Spandau Ballet and Duran Duran, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Tom Gates, The Epic Stage Show, music and drawing, 12.30 and 3.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Jim Davidson, The New Chapter, comedy, 7.30.

Sunday 24 August
BARNSTAPLE, Arlington Court, Illyria in The Wind in the Willows, 6pm.
BRISTOL, Beacon, BBC Proms, Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera, cond Rizzi, Avery Amereau, mezzo soprano, Rossini, Puccini, Berio, Verdi, Respighi and Elgar, 7pm.
PENZANCE, Penlee Park Theatre, Plandits in Plandits in The Big Bad Wolf, 2pm, and The Secret Garden, 6.30.
TEWKESBURY, Lessex House Field, Festival Players in As You Like It, 7pm.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, The Magic of the BeeGees, 7.30.

Monday 25 August
SIDMOUTH, Manor Pavilion, Paul Taylor Mills summer rep, Murder in the Dark by Torben Betts, to Sat, 8pm.
SWANAGE, Mowlem Theatre, Summer of Music 25, Elvis from Memphis to Vegas, 7.30.

Tuesday 26 August
BIDEFORD, Tapeley Park, Illyria in HMS Pinafore, 6pm.

Wednesday 27 August
BRIDPORT, Electric Palace, BMTC in Shrek-the Musical, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.30.
BUDE, Ebbingford Manor, Illyria in HMS Pinafore, 6.30pm
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Exhibition on Screen, David Hockney at the Royal Academy, 7pm.
EGGESFORD, The Lodge, Pantaloons in Hamlet.
SALISBURY, Arundells, Plandits in The Secret Garden.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower, Mary Poppins, to 20 September.

Thursday 28 August
BRIDPORT, Millennium Green, Squashbox in The Sea Show, 3pm.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Prof Alice Roberts – The Rise and Fall of an Empire.
DORCHESTER, Maumbury Rings, Rain or Shine in The Rivals.
FILLIEGH, Castle Hill, Pantaloons in Hamlet.
FROME, Tree House, China Bears.
HONITON, Beehive, Aladdin, 1992 Disney film, 2pm.
LISKEARD, Sterts Theatre, Illyria in HMS Pinafore, 7pm.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Breathless, tribute to The Corrs, 7.30.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Project Dance in BUSK, and Fri, 7.30.

Friday 29 August
BATH, Forum, Big Girls Don’t Cry, Frankie Valli tribute, 7.30.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Don Quixote from the Royal Ballet, 7pm.
EXETER, Northcott Theatre, Northcott Young Company in Hold, Please!, new play by Jacob Blackburn set in WW2,  and Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.30.
FROME, Merlin ECOS Amphitheatre, Illyria in HMS Pinafore, 7pm.
Cheese and Grain, Johnny2Bad, the UB 40 show.
LANGPORT, Midelney Manor, Pantaloons in Hamlet.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Turin Brakes, acoustic, 8pm.
POOLE, Lighthouse,  Dinosaur World Live, 2pm and Sat/Sun 11am and 2pm.
STUDLAND, Knoll House Hotel,  Purbeck Film Festival Cinema under the Stars, Wicked.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Frankie, The Concert, tribute, 7.30.
WEST CAMEL, Davis Village Hall, Juror No 2. MOVIOLA
WELLS, Cedars Hall, Graham Gooch, cricketer, 7.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Country Superstars, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Pop Gods of the 80s and 90s – the Ultimate Tribute Show.

Saturday 30 August
BATH, Forum, Milkshake Live, noon: Sky Full of Stars, tribute to Coldplay, 7.30.
FROME, Merlin Theatre, Black Hound Theatre in At the Edge, 2 and 7.30pm, Sun 2pm.
HONITON, Beehive, Absolute Oasis, tribute, 7.30
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Ninebarrow and Friends, folk, 8pm.
NEW MILTON, Forest Arts, Dee Anderson, Growing Up with Thunderbirds, tribute to TV show, 8pm.
STREET, Strode Theatre, Andre Rieu 2025 Maastricht concert, Waltz the Night Away, 2pm: Pleasuredome Theatre with Somerset Opera and Taunton Sinfonietta in Cesare, an adaptation of Handel’s Julius Caesar, 7.30.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, Mud, 7.30.
WAREHAM, Careys Secret Garden,  Purbeck Film Festival Cinema under the Stars, A Complete Unknown.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, The Ed Sheeran Experience with Jack Shepherd, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, The Bohemians.

Sunday 31 August
BERKELEY, Castle, Three Inch Fools in The Most Perilous Comedie of Elizabeth I, and Mon.
BRISTOL, St Georges, The Drifters, 7.30.
CHURCHINFORD, Cricket Ground, Pantaloons in Hamlet, 3pm.
EXETER, Northcott Theatre, Project Dance in Busk, contemporary dance, 7.30.
HAM HILL, Country Park, Chill on the Hill with Take Art.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Spooky Men’s Chorale, 8pm.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Give Me Moore, tribute to Gary Moore, 7.30.

Monday 1 September
CIRENCESTER, Barn Theatre, Haywire, new play by Tim Stimpson to celebrate 75th anniversary of The Archers, to 11 Oct.
SIDMOUTH, Manor Pavilion, Paul Taylor Mills summer rep, A Song at Twilight by Noel Coward, to Sat, 8pm.

Wednesday 3 September
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Pleasuredome Theatre with Somerset Opera and Taunton Sinfonietta in Cesare, an adaptation of Handel’s Julius Caesar, 7.30.
Museum of Somerset, Three Inch Fools in The Most Perilous Comedie of Elizabeth I.
TRURO, Trelissick Gardens, Dukes Theatre in Macbeth, 6.30pm.
WELLS, Bishop’s Palace, Pantaloons in Hamlet.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Degrees of Error in Murder, She Didn’t Write, 7.30.

Thursday 4 September
ANDOVER, The Lights, Pantaloons in Hamlet.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Three Inch Fools in The Most Perilous Comedie of Elizabeth I.
REDRUTH, Scorrier House, Dukes Theatre in Macbeth, 7pm.

Friday 5 September
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, That’ll Be the Day 40th anniversary, and Sat.
ILMINSTER, Warehouse Theatre, Pleasuredome Theatre with Somerset Opera and Taunton Sinfonietta in Cesare, an adaptation of Handel’s Julius Caesar, 7.30.
MAWNAN SMITH, Trebah Garden, Dukes Theatre in Macbeth, and Sat 6.30pm.
WAREHAM, The Blue Pool,  Purbeck Film Festival Cinema under the Stars,  Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Ben Portsmouth – This is Elvis, 7.30.

Saturday 6 September
EXETER, Northcott Theatre, Pendragon, Cornish prog rock, 6pm.
TROWBRIDGE, Heywood House, Illyria in HMS Pinafore, 5pm.
WAREHAM, The Blue Pool,  Purbeck Film Festival Cinema under the Stars, Moulin Rouge.
YEOVIL, Westlands, The Haunting of Blaine Manor, and Sun, 7.30.

Sunday 7 September
EXETER, University Great Hall, Dara O Briain, Re:Creation, comedy, 7.30.
FROME, Memorial Theatre, Pleasuredome Theatre with Somerset Opera and Taunton Sinfonietta in Cesare, an adaptation of Handel’s Julius Caesar, 7.30.
WINCHESTER, Theatre Royal, Anton Lesser, Lucia Bonbright and the Orchestra of the Swan, A Beautiful Thread, Thomas Hardy in words and music, 3pm.

Monday 8 September
PORTHCURNO, Minack Theatre, Dukes Theatre in Macbeth, to Thurs, 7.30, some mats.
SHERBORNE, Studio Theatre, APS in John Godber’s Bouncers, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.30.
SIDMOUTH, Manor Pavilion, Paul Taylor Mills summer rep, The Cottage by Sandy Rustin, to Sat, 8pm.

Thursday 11 September
BATH, Theatre Royal, Emma, to 20 Sept.
EXETER, Northcott Theatre, Stewart Lee v. The Man-Wulf, comedy, 7.30.

Friday 12 September
YEOVIL, Westlands, What’s Love Got to Do With It?, Tina Turner tribute, 7.30.

Saturday 13 September
BEAULIEU, Abbey, Music at Beaulieu, Nova Clarinet Quintet, 7pm.
EXETER, Northcott Theatre, Paul Coulter in 5 Mistakes That Changed History, comedy, 7.30.
ST AUSTELL, Wheal Martyn Clayworks, Illyria in HMS Pinafore, 7pm.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Stewart Lee vs The Man-Wulf, comedy, and Sun, 7.30.

Tuesday 23 September
BATH, Theatre Royal, BLOG in The Addams Family, to Sat.
EXETER, Northcott Theatre, Le Navet Bete in Treasure Island, to Sat, 7.30, Wed/Sat mats 2pm.
Barnfield Theatre, Baga Chipz in Chip Off the Old Block, drag comedy and song, 7.45.

Friday 26 September
EXETER, Barnfield Theatre, The Comedy Store Exeter, and 28 Nov, 7.45.
YEOVIL, Westlands, James Phelan, The Dreamer, magic, 7.30.

Saturday 27 September
EXETER, Barnfield Theatre, Nick Helm in No One Gets Out Alive, comedy, 7.45.
YEOVIL, Westlands,  Paul Zerdin, Jaw Drop Tour, ventriloquism, 7.30.

Wednesday 1 October
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Al Stewart, The Farewell Tour.
NEW MILTON, Forest Arts, Pantaloons in Hamlet.

Thursday 2 October
CLEARBROOK, Village Hall, Pantaloons in Hamlet.
DEVON, Two Moors Festival,  to Sun and 9th to 12th October

Friday 3 October
BATH, Theatre Royal,  Ralph Fiennes in Small Hotel to 18 Oct.
IVYBRIDGE, The Watermark, Pantaloons in Hamlet.

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