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Updated Thursday 17th April, 6.46pm

Friday 18 April
BATH, Theatre Royal, Pride and Prejudice* (sort of), and Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.30: Ustinov Studio, Matthew Seager’s play In Other Words, and Sat, 7.30: The Egg, TRBTS in Return to the Forbidden Planet, and Sat.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Samantics, rap poet and musician, 8pm.
Electric Palace, The Cavern Beatles, 7.30.
BRISTOL, Old Vic, The Koala Who Could, new show for children, and Sat, 11am and 2pm.
Hippodrome, Tina – The Tina Turner Musical, to 26 April.
Old Vic, Weston Studio, Sh!t Theatre in Or What’s Left of Us, and Sat, 7.30.
Beacon, Lantern, Christian Loffler, electronica.
Redgrave Theatre, Bing’s Birthday, with Bing, Sula, Panda, Coco, Amma and Flop,and Sat, various day times.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Hurn Court Opera in La Cenerentola, 7.30.
CIRENCESTER, Barn Theatre, In the Mouth of the Wolf, new play by Michael Morpurgo, to 11 May.
FROME, Cheese and Grain, The Wurzels.
HONITON, Beehive, The All Seasons, tribute show, 7.30.
LYME REGIS, Marine, John Crace, Guardian political sketch writer, What the Hell Just Happened, 8pm.
NEW MILTON, Forest Arts, It is I, Seagull.
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, Dear Evan Hanson, and Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2.30: Drum Studio, Stuff and Nonsense in The Adventures of the Little Red Hen, and Sat, 11am and 3pm.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Cinema, Snow White, (2025)  to 26 April, various times.
SALISBURY, Playhouse, The Da Vinci Code, to 3 May, 7.30, Thurs/Sat mats 2.15.
SIXPENNY HANDLEY, Village Hall, Paddington in Peru. MOVIOLA
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower, Hamilton, to 26 April.
MAST, Little Angel in Julia Donaldson’s The Baddies, and Sat, day times.
SWANAGE, Mowlem, Showbar, Sundrunk, 8pm.
WARMINSTER, Athenaeum, Comedy Club, 7.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Absolute Bowie.

Saturday 19 April
BOURNEMOUTH, BIC, Gabrielle.
Pavilion, Hawkwind: No Space for Us:  Ballroom, LOL Comedy Club, 8pm, and 16 May, 6 June, 5 July, 8 Aug, 6 Sept, 3 Oct and 7 Nov.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Stories in the Dust, puppetry and music, 2pm.
Electric Palace, The Phil Beer Trio, 7.30.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, The Phantoms, with Lee Mead.
CORSHAM,Pound Arts, The Black Feathers, prog metal  and Americana duo, 7.30.
EXETER, Barnfield Theatre, John Robertson’s The Dark Room.
FROME, Memorial Theatre, Taylormania, with Katy Ellis, 7.30.
Cheese and Grain, Henge, galactic rock.
Tree House, The Rattlebacks.
LYME REGIS, Marine, LR Comedy Club with Paul Mccaffrey, Tom Glover, etc, 8pm.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Immersion Theatre in The Little Mermaid, a new musical, 2pm: Dan Sealey, folk rock singer songwriter, 8pm: Cinema, Mr Burton, and Tues-Thurs, various times: Six – The Musical on screen, various times.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, Steve Coogan in Dr Strangelove, recorded in the West End, 7pm.
SOUTHAMPTON, Turner Sims, The English Concert, dir Francesco Corti, Bach St John Passion, 3pm.
SWANAGE, Mowlem, Blue Doves, songs and improvised music, 7.30: Dog Man, film,  1.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Jimi – The Legend Lives On, Hendrix tribute, 7.30.
WARMINSTER, Athenaeum, Night of Musicals, fundraiser for MIND, 7pm.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, The Counterfeit Stones.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli,  The Enchanted Princess Ball, favourite songs and dressing up, 1pm.

Sunday 20 April
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, That’ll Be the Day: Ballroom, Ignacio Lopez – Senor Self-Destruct, comedy.
BRISTOL, Beacon, National Childrens Orchestra, cond Natalia Luis Bassa, Khachaturian, Borodin, Bernstein, Marquez and Prado, 4pm.
FROME, Cheese and Grain, Mini Ravers Easter Special, noon.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, Magpie Arc.
STROUD, Subscription Rooms, The Young ‘Uns, folk.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Simon and Garfunkel Though the Years.

Monday 21 April
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion,Giovanni – The Last Dance.

Tuesday 22 April
BRISTOL, Tobacco Factory, Daniel Bye in Imaginary Friends, black comedy, and Wed, 7.30.
Beacon, Finneas: Weston Stage, Clara Mann, folk rock.
St George’s, Neil Cowley Trio, jazz, 7.30.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, I’m Still Here, film, 7.30.
EXETER, Northcott Theatre, Dracula, to Thurs.
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, Johannes Radebe in Kinky Boots – The Musical, to Sat, 7.30, Thurs/Sat mats 2.30.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Giovanni Pernice, The Last Dance, and Wed, 7.45: Cinema, A Complete Unknown, 11am: 2002: A Space Odyssey (restored), and 29 April, 7.15.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, Calamity Jane, 1953 Doris Day film, 2pm.
SOUTHAMPTON, Turner Sims, Paul Lewis, piano, Mozart, Brahms, Beethoven, Schubert, 7.30.
SWANAGE, Mowlem, Four Mothers, film, 9.30pm.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Conclave, film, 11am and Wed 7.30pm.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Jesus Christ Superstar, filmed live.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, The Three Cs, music: Black Bag, 1pm, and Wed, 7.30.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Black Bag, film, and Wed, various times.

Wednesday 23 April
BATH, Theatre Royal, Cruel Intentions –  the 90s musical, to Sat.
Forum, The Musical Box, Genesis tribute.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre,  The Grapes of Wrath, 1940 film, 11am: The Day of the Locust, 1975 film, 2pm: The Hate U Give, 2018 film, 5pm.
Electric Palace, From Page to Screen, The Penguin Lessons, 2024 film, 8pm.
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Headlong and Frantic Assembly in The House Party, adapted from Strindberg’s Miss Julie, to 3 May, 7.30, Thurs/Sat mats 2.30.
CASTLE CARY, Caryford  Hall, Conclave. MOVIOLA
DORCHESTER, Dorset Museum, Music Society, Amber Emson, violin, Leah Nicholson, piano, Beethoven, Brahms, Lili Boulenger, Franck, 7.30.
Corn Exchange, Track Dogs, folk rock, 7.30.
LYME REGIS, Marine, Christina Lamb, chief foreign correspondent of the Sunday Times, Years of Living Dangerously, 8pm.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Cinema, Andrew Rieu’s 75th birthday celebration, 7pm.
SALISBURY, Arts Centre, Old Time Sailors, traditional seafaring music, 7.30.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, Arts Centre Music and Drama Group in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, to Sat, 7.30.
SWANAGE, Mowlem, Cush Jumbo and David Tennant in Macbeth, recorded in London, 7.30, and 28 April. 2.30pm.
WARMINSTER, Athenaeum, Paddington in Peru, film, 7.30.

Thursday 24 April
BATH, Forum, Toots and the Maytals.
BOURNEMOUTH, BIC, Sean Paul, the Bring It tour.
Palace Court Theatre, The Outsiders Project in Tattoo, 7.30.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, From Page to Screen, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, 1975 film, 11am: Certain Women, 2016 film, 2pm: Winter’s Bone, 2010 film, 5pm: The Room Next Door, 2024 film, 8pm.
Electric Palace, Pink Floyd at Pompeii 1972, 7.30pm.
BRISTOL, Old Vic, Weston Studio, NT Connections, BOV Young Company in Brain Play, to Sat, 7pm, Sat mat 2pm.
St George’s, Will Gregory Moog Ensemble, 7.30.
Tobacco Factory, Bristol School of Acting students in Wilt, to Sat, 8pm: The Man Who Thought He Knew Too Much, physical theatre, to Sat, 7.30.
Beacon, Ellie Taylor, Palavering, comedy.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Milton Musical Soceity in Sister Act, to Sat, 7.30, Sat mat 2pm.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Conclave, film, 11am and 7.30pm.
FROME, Tree House, Will Wilde, blues and rock.
HONITON, Beehive, April in Paris, 1952 Doris Day film, 2pm: Oh My Goodness, film, 4.30 and 7.30pm.
LYME REGIS,Marine, Henge, galactic rock, 8pm.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Live and Unheard, local bands, 7.30: Dreamcoat Stars, 7.45: Cinema, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954), dementia friendly screening, 2pm.
SOUTHAMPTON, Turner Sims, The Young’Uns, folk, 8pm.
STREET, Strode Theatre, Last Breath, film, 7.30: Pink Floyd at Pompeii, 1972 film, 7.45.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, Exchange, Conclave, film.
SWANAGE, Mowlem, The Importance of Being Earnest, recorded at the National Theatre, 7pm.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, The American Four Tops, 7.30.
WELLS, Cedars Hall, Onyx Brass, 7pm.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Al Murray – Meet and Greet, comedy, and Fri.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Go Your Own Way, The Fleetwood Mac Legacy, and Fri.
YEOVIL, Westlands, The Overtones, 7.30.

Friday 25 April
BATH, Forum, A Tribute to the Carpenters.
BISHOPSTONE, Salisbury, Village, Hall, Paddington in Peru. MOVIOLA
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Queen of the Night, Tribute to Whitney Houston.
Pavilion Dance, Bournemouth Writing Festival, to Sun.
BRIDGWATER, McMillan Theatre, singer-songwriter John Power.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, From Page to Screen, In Cold Blood, 1967 film, 11am: Deliverance, 1972 film, 2pm: All the King’s Men, 1949 film, 5pm: The Apprentice, 2024 film, 8pm.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox, Americana and jazz: Lantern, Tristan Perich and Ensemble O, electronic rock and pop.
St George’s, Sing Out Bristol!, celebrating love, 7.30.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Toby Hay, guitar, Aidan Thorne, bass, Welsh singer songwriters, 7.30.
DITCHEAT, Jubilee Hall, Gladiator II. MOVIOLA
EXETER, Northcott Theatre, Lou Sanders, No Kissing in the Bingo Hall, comedy.
Barnfield Theatre, The Comedy Store Exeter, and 26 Sept and 28 Nov.
FROGHAM, Village Hall, Paddington in Peru. MOVIOLA
FROME, Cheese and Grain, King Creosote.
Tree House, Nirvanot, tribute.
Memorial Theatre, Aled Jones, Full Circle, 7.30.
HONITON, Beehive, The Adam Sweet Band, folk, 7.30.
KINGSTON ST MARY, Village Village Hall, Twisters. MOVIOLA
LYME REGIS, Marine, The Young’Uns, folk, 8pm.
MERE, Lecture Hall, Conclave. MOVIOLA
NEW MILTON, Forest Arts, Zoe Lyons, Werewolf.  SOLD OUT
NORTON ST PHILIP, Village Hall, Small Things Like These. MOVIOLA
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, Drum Studio, Close Enough, comedy and live music exploring the lives of immigrant women from Eastern Europe, and Sat, 7.45, Sat mat 2.45.
POOLE, Lighthouse, The Magic of the Beatles, 7.30: English Touring Opera in What Dreams May Come, celebrating Shakespeare, 7.30: Cinema, The Penguin Lessons, and Sat/Tues/Wed, various times: Wind, Tide and Oar, documentary, 7.30 and Wed 3.30.
SALISBURY, Arts Centre, Barnstormers Comedy with Nick Everritt, Paul Kerensa, Paul Pirie and Andrew White, 8pm.
SOUTHAMPTON, MAST, Northern Soul Classics Orchestra.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, Paddington in Peru, Petherton Picture Show.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, Exchange, Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Little Angel Theatre in Julia Donaldson’s The Smartest Giant in Town, 4.30, Sat/Sun  11am and 1.30pm.
WATCHET, Cinema, Small Things Like These. MOVIOLA
WEST CAMEL, Davis Hall, Paddington in Peru. MOVIOLA
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Illusion Impossible with Kayden Black.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Yeovil Beer and Cider Festival with Ska-Kives, Moonshine Hillbillies and Sat with Frazer Mitchell and Rum Blossoms.

Saturday 26 April
BATH, Theatre Royal, Ustinov Studio, James Rowland in Piece of Work and Sun, 7.30: The Egg, Little Angel in The Mystery of The Egg, and Sun, 11.30 and 3pm.
Forum, The Fulltone Orchestra, Latin Escapades.
BOURNEMOUTH, Pavilion, Ben Portsmouth, This is Elvis.
BRADFORD ON AVON, Wiltshire Music Centre, The Jon Loyd Quartet, jazz, 7.30.
BRIDGWATER, McMillan Theatre, The Floyd Effect: Dark Animals tour.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, From Page to Screen, Are You There, God, It’s Me, Margaret, 2023 film, 11am: Who Framed Roger Rabbit, 1988 film, 2pm: Nickel Boys, 2024 film, 5pm: The Wind, 1928 silent film with Lillian Gish, piano accompaniment by Elizabeth Hornby, 8pm.
BRISTOL, Beacon, Manic Street Preachers: Lantern, Goldie.
St George’s, Brian Bilston, poetry, 1pm: Harry Baker, Wonderful 2.0, world poetry slam champion, 7pm.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Sam Carter, folk, 7.30.
EXETER, Northcott Theatre, Killer Cults, with Emma Kenny.
Barnfield Theatre, Princess Smartypants, and Sun.
FROME, Cheese and Grain, General Levy and Congo Natty.
Tree House, The Virginmarys.
HONITON, Beehive, Le Nozze di Figaro from the Metropolitan Opera, 6pm,
LYME REGIS,Marine, Eat Static, techno, 8pm.
POOLE, Lighthouse, English Touring Opera in Bellini’s The Capulets and the Montagus, 7.30: Gemma and the Driver, folk pop duo, 8pm.
SOUTHAMPTON, MAST, BSL Comedy Night with Gavin Lilley.
Turner Sims, Inter-University Musical Theatre Festival, from 1pm.
SOUTH PETHERTON, David Hall, Dervish.
STREET, Strode Theatre, Conn Artists Theatre, Far from the Madding Crowd, 7.30: Le Nozze di Figaro from the Metropolitan Opera, 6pm.
STURMINSTER NEWTON, Exchange, The Christians.
SWANAGE, Mowlem, Tom Petty and Fleetwood Mac tribute, 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Lou Sanders, No Kissing in the Bingo Hall, comedy, 8pm.
WARMINSTER, Athenaeum, Don Williams Experience, country tribute show, 7.30.
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Only Fools and Horsez, with The Gang.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Very Santana.

Sunday 27 April
BOURNEMOUTH, University, Kimmeridge House, Bournemouth Chamber Music Society 80th anniversary year,Trio Shaham-Erez-Wallfisch, Mozart, Shostakovich, Ravel, 3pm.
Pavilion, Wicked singalong.
BRIDGWATER, McMillan Theatre, Spring Forward gala, Somerset Dance showcase, 7pm.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, From Page to Screen, The Age of Innocence, 1993 film, 11am: The Ice Storm, 1997 film, 2pm: Road to Perdition, 2002 film, 5pm.
Electric Palace, From Page to Screen, Hot Milk, 2025, UK preview, 8pm.
BRISTOL, Tobacco Factory, Kendal Mountain Tour Adventure Films, 7pm.
St George’s, Dis Poetry, A Tribute to Benjamin Zephaniah, 7pm.
LYME REGIS, Marine, Swing from Paris, Django influenced quartet, 8pm.
WELLS, Cedars Hall, Songs from the Shows with Wells Cathedral School musicians, 7.30. FREE
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, Calling Planet Earth.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Pink Floyd at Pompeii, 1972 film, 3pm.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Lucy Worsley on Jane Austen, 7.30.

Monday 28 April
BATH, Theatre Royal, Playhouse Creatures, to Sat.
BRIDPORT, Arts Centre, Flash Fiction, writers telling tiny tales, 7pm.
BRISTOL, Tobacco Factory, John Godber’s Do I Love You?, and Tues, 7.30.
St George’s, Shon Faye and Vanessa Kisuule, poetry, 6.30.
Fleece, Bambara, post punk.
Exchange, The Courettes, punk.
EXETER, Northcott Theatre, NT Connections, to Wed.
SOUTHAMPTON, Turner Sims, Tarren, folk, 1pm.
SWANAGE, Mowlem, The Brutalist, film, 6.30pm, and 1 May, 10pm.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, La Cocina, film, 11am.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, Anora, film, and Tues, 7.30, Tues mat 2.30.
YEOVIL, Westlands, Conclave, film, and Tues, various times.

Tuesday 29 April
BRISTOL, Hippodrome, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, to Sun.
St George’s, Charlie Cunningham, singer songwriter, 8pm.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Queer, film, 7.30.
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, Drum Studio, NT Connections, West Country youth theatre groups and schools, to Thurs, 7pm.
POOLE, Lighthouse, The Shark is Broken, play about the making of JAWS, to Sat, 7.45, Wed/Sat mats 2.30.
SHAFTESBURY, Arts Centre, A Complete Unknown, film, 2pm and Wed 7.30.
TAUNTON, Brewhouse, Seven Drunken Nights, songs of the Dubliners, 7.30.
WELLS, Cedars Hall, Cathedral School String Quartet and Pansy Lau, mezzo soprano, arias by Mozart, Handel and Gluck, 7pm. FREE
WEYMOUTH, Pavilion, The Importance of Being Earnest filmed at the National Theatre.

Wednesday 30 April
BATH, Forum, Razorlight.
BRIDPORT, Lyric Theatre, KOOK Ensemble in Sand, new play set on Devon coast, 7.30.
BRISTOL, St George’s, Liza Pulman and Joe Stilgoe, A Couple of Swells, 7.30.
CHRISTCHURCH, Regent Centre, Les Miserables, 40th anniversary staged concert, recorded at Gielgud Theatre, 7.30.
CORSHAM, Pound Arts, Jo King Comedy in John Godber’s Bouncers, and Thurs, 7.30.
EAST KNOYLE, Village Hall, Conclave. MOVIOLA
ILMINSTER, Warehouse, IES in Bill Bryson’s Notes from a Small Island, to Sat, 7.30.
POOLE, Lighthouse, Alena Baeva, violin, recital, Schumann, Brahms, Richard Strauss, Stravinsky, 7.30.
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower, Welsh National Opera in Britten’s Peter Grimes, 7pm.
WIMBORNE, Tivoli, The Drifters.
YEOVIL, Westlands, The D-Day Darlings, 2.30.