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Updated Friday 28 March, 8.23pm
Saturday 29 March
BATH, Theatre Royal, world premiere of Alfred Hitchcock Presents – The Musical, to 12 April, Mon-Sat 7.30, Wed/Sat mats 2.30: Ustinov Studio, Ed Viney Company in Pot Licker, 7.30: The Egg, Oily Cart in Great Big Tiny World, sensory theatre for babies, and Sun, 9.15 and 10.30am and Sat 1.30pm.
Mission Theatre, Next Stage in Willy Russell’s Blood Brothers, original play, and Sun, 7.30pm.
Rondo, Rondo Theatre in Flatpack, new play by Bath-based John Hodge, 7.30.
Chapel Arts, Flamenco Express, 8pm.
Komedia, Vanessa Kisuule and Hollie McNish, poetry, 2pm: Krater Comedy Club, Ignacio Lopez, Andrew White, Ash Frith, etc, 8pm.
BISHOPS LYDEARD, Village Hall, Somerset Opera in HMS Pinafore, 7.30.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Mike and the Mechanics, Living the Years, 7.30.
BRIDGWATER, McMillan Theatre, The Elton John Show – the ultimate tribute, 7.30.
BRIDPORT, Electric Palace, A Night of Blues and Boogie with Craig Milverton, Adam Sweet and Paddy Blight and the Zoe Schwarz Blue Commotion, 8pm.
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Romeo and Juliet with a rap and r’n’b score, to 5 April, 7.30, Thurs/Sat mats 2.30: Weston Studio, Theatre Uncut in Playfight, by Julia Grogan, 3 and 8pm.
Hippodrome, Birmingham Royal Ballet in Cinderella, 2 and 7.30pm.
Tobacco Factory, Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale.
Beacon, Spiritualized, 30th anniversary tour, 7pm: Lantern Hall, Lambert, masked pianist from Berlin, 7pm.
St George’s, Bristol Concert Orchestra, cond Simon Hilberding, Geza Hosszu-Legocky, violin, Wagner, Sibelius, Tchaikovsky, 7.30.
CASTLE CARY, Caryford Hall, Bonfire Radicals, contemporary folk, 7.30pm. TA
CHILD OKEFORD, Village Hall, PMac Productions in Nancy’s Orange and The Butterfly Collector, double bill of solo plays, 7.30. AR
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent, Lucy Spraggan, indie folk acoustic, 7.3o.
CIRENCESTER, Barn Theatre, In the Mouth of the Wolf, new play by Michael Morpurgo, to 11 May.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, John Adams, Welsh singer songwriter, 7.30.
DORCHESTER, Thomas Hardye School Theatre, Ninebarrow, folk, 7.30.
EXETER, Northcott, Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club, The Ronnie Scott Story, 7.30.
Barnfield Theatre, Anthos Young Company in Great Expectations, 7pm.
Cygnet Theatre, The First Men on the Moon, comedy sci fi thriller, 7.30.
FROME, Cheese and Grain, Jarred Christmas, Nincompoop, comedy.
Tree House, An Acoustic Evening with FM.
HONITON, Beehive, Exhibition on Screen: Dawn of Impressionism, Paris 1874, 7pm.
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Gardna, songwriter and MC, 7.30.
NEW MILTON, Forest Arts, Ed Patrick in Catch Your Breath: The Secret Life of a Sleepless Anaesthetist, comedy, 7.30.
NORTON SUB HAMDON, Village Hall, Scratchworks in Hags: a Magical Extravaganza, 7.30. TA
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, Mary Poppins, with Stefanie Jones and Jack Chambers: Drum Studio, Stuff and Nonsense in The Adventures of the Little Red Hen, to 3 April 10.30am and 1.30pm and 5th to 19 April 11am and 3pm.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Just My Imagination, the music of the Temptations, 7.30: Harriet, Trying to Get the Feeling Again, 7.30: Cinema, Dr Strangelove with Steve Coogan recorded in West End, 5pm, and Wed 7.30: Banff Mountain Film Festival, blue programme, 7.30: Paddington in Peru, 11.30am: Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy.
SALISBURY, Playhouse, Le Navet Bete in Treasure Island,2.15 and 7.30pm.
Arts Centre, 60s, 70s and 80s Revival Club Night, 8pm.
SHAFTESBURY,Arts Centre, Wareham Whalers, sea shanties and strange stories, 7.30.
SHERBORNE, Studio Theatre, APS in Hedda Gabler, 7.30.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower, Hamilton, to Saturday 26 April.
MAST, Singalonga Matilda, film, 2pm: Singalonga The Greatest Showman, 7pm.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, Chris Drever, Harmonic Alchemist.
STREET, Strode Theatre, Sonic The Hedgehog 3, film, 2.15: NT Live, Steve Coogan in Dr Strangelove, 7pm.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, The Exchange, John Sergeant, 7.30.
SWANAGE, Mowlem, Swanage MTC in Kinky Boots, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, There’s a Monster in Your Show, and Sun, various day times.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Re-Take That, tribute, 7.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, The Bootleg Shadows, 7.30.
YEOVIL, Swan Theatre, Motiv8, Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, 7.30.
Sunday 30 March
BATH, Komedia, The Guilty Feminist, Deborah Frances-White, Six Conversations We’re Scared to Have, new book tour, 7.30.
BOURNEMOUTH, BIC, Michael Ball and Alfie Boe, Together at Home.
BRIDGWATER, McMillan Theatre, Billy Elliot, the musical, 20th anniversary screening, 2pm.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Ben Tunnicliffe’s Nowhere Ensemble, improvisation and synthesisers, 8pm.
Electric Palace, Billy Elliot The Musical, 20th anniversary screening, 2pm
BRISTOL, Hippodrome, Nikita Kuzmin in Midnight Dancer, 7.30.
Old Vic, Lou Sanders, comedy, 7.30.
CERNE ABBAS, Parish Church, PMac Productions in Nancy’s Orange and The Butterfly Collector, double bill of solo plays, 7pm. AR
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent, Billy Elliot – the Musical, 20th anniversary recorded in West End, 2pm, and Wed 7.30.
DORCHESTER, Thomas Hardye School Theatre, Opera Boys, A Night at the Musicals, 7.30.
EXETER, Northcott, Kaleb Cooper, farming and comedy, 7.30.
FILTON, St Peter’s Church Coffee Shop and Restaurant, Steve Knightley, The Winter Yards in Spring, solo tour, folk, 7.30.
FROME, Cheese and Grain, Frome Symphony, A Night at the Movies, 7.30.
LANGTON MATRAVERS, Village Hall, Amadou Diagne and Cory Seznec, African/Appalachian duo, 7.30. AR
LYME REGIS, Marine Theatre, Sunday Sessions, 2pm: Jazz by the Sea, Opa Rosa, Balkan jazz, 8pm.
MILTON ABBAS, Milton Abbey, Bournemouth Sinfonietta Choir, dir David Gostick, Allegri and Martin, 3.30pm.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, Billy Elliot The Musical, 20th anniversary screening, 7pm.
SOUTHAMPTON, Turner Sims, Dotted Line Theatre in Pythagoras’ Toolkit, music and puppetry, 2pm.
STREET, Strode Theatre, The Greatest Hits of Whitney Houston and Lionel Richie, with Nya King and Malcomb Pitt, 7pm.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, The Greatest Star, Barbra Streisand, tribute with Kearra Bethany, 7.30.
Monday 31 March
BATH, Forum, Dance Umbrella 2025, showcase for BANES School Sport Partnership, and Tues, various times.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Chicago, to Sat, 7.30, Wed/Sat mats 2.30.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Primal Scream, 7pm: Lantern Hall, The Fureys, folk, 8pm.
Strange Brew, Thus Love, alt indie rock, 8pm.
EXETER, Barnfield Theatre, Exe Valley Showdown, dance school showcase, 4.30 and 6.30pm.
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, The Shark is Broken, drama about the filming of JAWS, to Sat, 7.30, Thurs/Sat mats 2.30.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Bridget Jones: Made About the Boy, film, and Tues, various times.
YEOVIL, Westlands, NT Live, Steve Coogan in Dr Strangelove, 2.30 and 7pm.