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Following on from https://dorseteye.com/dune-arab-cosplay-drama-serves-up-the-failed-war-on-terror-as-epic-sci-fi-spectacle/ a review of Dune Part 2. Cult film director Alejandro Jodorowsky spent millions in the 1970s planning a screen adaptation of Frank Herbert’s epic 1965 science-fiction novel Dune. Featuring a cast to include Salvador Dalí, Gloria Swanson, Orson Welles, Mick Jagger and David Carradine; with music by Pink...
a new play by Neil Gore Directed & Designed by Louise Townsend MAY 14 - 7.30PM - ALMA TAVERN THEATRE BRISTOL ALMA TAVERN AND THEATRE, BS82HYTICKETS MAY 16 - 7.30PM - DORCHESTER ARTS HIGH EAST STREET, DORCHESTER, DORSET DT1 1HFBOX OFFICE: 01305 266926 / WEBSITE  MAY 18 - 8 PM - LIGHTHOUSE POOLE 21 KINGLAND RD, POOLE BH15 1UGBOX OFFICE:...
Never been a fan. I have never believed his faux Christianity. In one moment, he legitimates my suspicions and music taste. Thank you, Cliff. Good on Alison Hammond subtly having a dig back at Cliff Richard here. pic.twitter.com/ke32iwPT92— Kenny McIntosh ????️‍???? (@KennyMcITR) November 21, 2023 Many rumours have persisted over the...
Dame Maggie Smith, the epitome of grace, talent, and elegance, stands as one of the most esteemed actresses of our time. With a career spanning over seven decades, she has captivated audiences on stage, screen, and television with her unparalleled versatility and mastery of her craft. From her early...
Story writers needed to complete this story. Imagine in an alternative universe where Iran overthrew the first Labour government in Britain elected in 1945 to establish the NHS, put trains, water and energy in public ownership (See link here for details of how and why). In this alternative universe, Iran supplied weapons to Belgium, where...
Sid James was born in1913 in South Africa and died in 1976, of a heart attack, whilst on stage in Sunderland. Most famous for being a member of the Carry On Team he was also with Tony Hancock in Hancock's Half Hour and as Sid Abbott in Bless This House. A...
Jack Hargreaves OBE (31 Dec 1911-15 Mar 1994) was an author and TV presenter, whose enduring interest was to comment on growing distortions in relations between the city and the countryside, via the weekly programme 'Out of Town' on Southern Television, following the success of his 1959 debut with the...
The Tolpuddle Martyrs’ Festival today (Thursday) announced a new initiative, seeking musical talent applications directly from the Dorset community. Two performance slots are available on the Friday afternoon (14 July 2023) acoustic stage. These are for acoustic original solo / duo / trio acts. The Acoustic Stage is a recent, highly popular, addition...

Jim Morrison at 80

What Jim Morrison would make of 2023 is difficult to ascertain. He struggled enough with the mayhem of the Vietnam war and thus to have had to endure a world in which is now commonplace and omnipresent would have probably driven him in to an institution. His death in...
The Dorset indie film festival is an upcoming Short Film Festival in it's second year based in Portland, Dorset. Showcasing international film talent in a number of categories, the festival's aim is to increase awareness of film art in Dorset and explore the capabilities of today's film students and the...