WHAT’S ON
AUGUST
Sat 8th
Little Strummers
11am to 12pm
Seaside + free film at 12pm
£5 per child on the door
Little Strummers is a music group for children aged three to seven years. Parents accompany their children who will learn about rhythm, percussion, playing and performing in a fun-filled hour with songs featuring the ukulele. Afterwards you can enjoy a free film on our cinema screen. Join our mailing list from the website to find out what films we’re showing!
Sat 15th
Little Strummers
Puppetry and Toys + free film 12pm
£5 per child on the door
Thurs 20th
Circus of Horrors: Freaks & Feathers
Doors 6.30pm / Starts 7.30pm
£21 (£20 + £1 bf) advance / £23 on door
Please note: this show is for 16+ only
The Circus of Horrors, the show that stormed into the finals of Britain’s Got Talent, returns with a specially designed cabaret-styled show. Wherever you are in the venue, you’re sure to be close to the action, with freaks and feathers all around you.
Sat 22nd
Little Strummers
Pirates and Ships + free film 12pm
£5 per child on the door
Thurs 27th – Sat 29th
Bridport Musical Theatre Company
West Side Story
Doors 6.45pm / Starts 7.30pm
Matinee, Sat 29thAugust – Doors 1.45pm / Starts 2.30pm
Adults £12 / Under 18s £10
Tickets from Bridport TIC (open Mon-Sat 9am-5pm) on 01308 424901
or online from Seetickets.com
Inspired by the timeless story of Romeo and Juliet, West Side Story takes Shakespeare’s star-crossed lovers, and places them in the vibrant battle ground of New York City’s West Side in the 1950s.
SEPTEMBER
Thurs 3rd
Screening: NT Live
The Beaux’ Stratagem
Doors 6pm / Starts 7pm
£10.50 (£10 + 50p bf) advance / £12 on door
The ‘Beaux’: Mr Aimwell and Mr Archer, two charming, dissolute young men who have blown their fortunes in giddy London. Shamed and debt-ridden, they flee to provincial Lichfield. Their ‘Stratagem’: to marry for money. George Farquhar’s final play is a fabulous carnal comedy.
Fri 4th
Monthly Blues Night
Paul Lamb & the King Snakes
Doors 7pm / Starts 8pm
Tickets £10.50 (£10 + 50p bf) advance / £12 on the door
Paul Lamb & The King Snakes launch our series of monthly Blues Nights. A refreshing mixture of youth and experience, over the years they’ve won countless awards, sold record-breaking quantities of albums and been inducted into the British Blues Awards Hall of Fame alongside the likes of Peter Green and John Mayall.
“This is Blues harp as good as it gets.” Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits
Weds 9th
FILM: Greenpeace – How to change the World (PG) plus live discussion
Doors 7pm / starts 8pm
£6 (£5.70 + 30p bf) advance / £7 on door
In 1971, a group of friends sail into a nuclear test zone, and their protest captures the world’s imagination. Using never before seen archive that brings their extraordinary world to life, How To Change The World is the story of the pioneers who founded Greenpeace and defined the modern green movement.
Fri 11th
Screening: RSC Live (Encore)
Othello
Doors 6pm / Starts 7pm
£10.50 (£10 + 50p bf) advance / £12 on door
Othello is the greatest general of his age. A fearsome warrior, loving husband and revered defender of Venice against its enemies. But he is also an outsider whose victories have created enemies of his own, men driven by prejudice and jealousy to destroy him. After more than a decade working in film and television on projects from Star Wars to Holby City, Hugh Quarshie returns to the RSC to play Shakespeare’s Othello.
Wed 16th
Film: Far from the Madding Crowd (U) (1967 re-issue)
Doors 1pm / Starts 2pm
£4 on the door
The restored re-release of John Schlesinger’s mighty 1967 version, superbly photographed by Nicolas Roeg.Julie Christie is luminous as the headstrong and narcissistic Bathsheba, newly installed mistress of a handsome farmstead and loved by three men, played by Peter Finch as landowner Mr Boldwood, Alan Bates as the capable shepherd Gabriel Oak and Terence Stamp as the blade-twirling Sergeant Troy.
Fri 18th
Live screening: Battle of Britain at 75
Doors 6.30pm / Starts 7.30pm
£10.50 (£10 + 50p bf) advance / £12 on door
The epic story of the greatest aerial conflict of the Second World War. BBC Radio 2’s Dermot O’Leary and Jeremy Vine will be joined by the BBC Concert Orchestra and musicians from across the armed forces as they share untold stories from the battle. Rare archive footage from the conflict, modern day RAF personnel, guest singers and a cast of actors will bring those stories to life.
Thurs 24th
NT Live: Coriolanus (encore)
Doors 6pm / Starts 7pm
£10.50 (£10 + 50p bf) advance / £12 on door
Famine in Rome is causing unrest between the common people and the patricians (the aristocrats of Rome). In the battle for the town of Corioli, Caius Martius leads the Roman army with such spectacular bravery that he is honoured with the title ‘Coriolanus’.
Fri 25th
Comedy Network
Eric Lampaert, Ahir Shah and Mark Smith
Doors 7.15pm / Starts 8.15pm
£10.50 (£10 + 50p bf) advance / £12 on door
Eric Lampaert: ★★★★ ‘He makes it look so easy but this is a man with very funny bones. Definitely one to catch.’ Daily Express
Ahir Shah: ‘Destined to be one of the brightest stars in the British comedy firmament.’ The Scotsman
Mark Smith: ‘Excellent stage presence…very good.’ Tim Vine
Tues 29th
Live screening: Rogers Waters – The Wall plus live Q&A
Doors 7pm / Starts 8pm
£7 (£6.70 + 30p bf) advance / £8 on door
Be taken on a journey that unfolds on many levels: as an immersive concert experience of the classic Pink Floyd album, a road movie of Waters’ reckoning with the past and as a stirring anti-war event, highlighting the human cost of conflict.In select cinemas nationwide.
TICKETS
Bridport Tourist Information Centre 01308 424901
seetickets.com
Electric Palace Box Office, Tues-Sat 10am-4pm
35 South Street, Bridport, Dorset DT6 3NY
INFORMATION
01308 428354
