This January the award-winning Cornish company Miracle Theatre arrive in Dorset to whisk us off on an epic adventure into unknown territories of entertainment, with a show packed full of comedy and melodrama, not to mention some high-kicking can-can! Dr Livingstone, I Presume? is the tale of the great...
TUES 2 WEST DORSET VOLUNTEER WORK PARTY: Please contact DWT Warden Steve Masters on 07557 561624. WED 3 NORTH DORSET VOLUNTEERS: Working on a DWT nature reserve near you. Please contact DWT Warden Steve Oliver on 07824 874273. WED 3 THE GREAT HEATH VOLUNTEER WORK PARTY, 10am – 4pm....
Since the launch of their latest album ‘Aspects of Joy’, the James Lascelles Quartet has toured across the UK to showcase their works, with memorable concerts at venues such as Foyle’s Jazz in the West End of London, and Mama Stone’s in Exeter. Last autumn they appeared just once...
Similar in style to Shape-Note singing, West Gallery music was sung by village choirs in English country churches from the 18th century onwards. Performing from within the ‘West Galleries’ of churches, village singers were often by accompanied by a band of musicians playing instruments such as fiddle, serpent and...
Once was a time when the future looked black as vinyl for 'Slim Panatella and the Mellow Virginians'. It seemed like they'd spurned their spurs, pawned their palaminos, sat on their stetsons and headed into the sunset… But the trail took a U-turn and the Thames Valley's favourite cowpokes...
Theatre Alibi present ‘Mucky Pup’ A funny and touching story about a very tidy boy, a very scruffy dog and a very special friendship... Ben loves order and cleanliness, but his life is thrown into chaos when Chatty, a free-spirited and very grubby dog comes to stay… The only...
“In a sinister old house, a dusty old lawyer reads a will worth millions to an equally sinister family. One has werewolf tendencies, another wanders round in a toga, and Dora is planting more than bulbs in her flower beds. Add to the mix a caring nurse and a...
A trio of masters of American country music provide live musical accompaniment to some of the earliest short films to have emerged from Hollywood, by pioneering director Frank Borzage. Beginning his career as a successful and sought-after actor, Frank Borzage started directing short films in 1915, and won...
:: Think about it. If you’re planning your own bonfire, the best advice is the simplest… don’t do it! If you want to enjoy a fireworks display, go to a well-run, properly organised public event. It’s almost certainly going to be cheaper than a DIY display, if there’s a...
Best known for his annual duty of summoning the House of Commons at the opening of Parliament and having the door of the Commons closed in his face, Lieutenant General David Leakey CMG CBE, is Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, Secretary to the Lord Great Chamberlain and Serjeant-at-Arms...
