Arts & Entertainment

Funny but thought-provoking theatre

How happily married are the happily married? Every couple needs a little fantasy to keep their marriage sparkling. But…

Wars of the Roses the setting for community play

REHEARSALS are well under way, costumes have been fitted and altered, and lines – almost – learned – which…

Mechanic’s paintings help good causes

by Nicci Brown. PAINTINGS by the late Michael Wells of Tarrant Rushton went on show in an exhibition at Tarrant…

Rhyming tales of a farmer’s wife

CASTLE Cary farmer’s wife Margaret Adams has entertained women’s institutes, gardening clubs, farming groups and the like around the…

Journey into French music

FIFI La Mer and Oliver Wilby promise an exciting and uplifting insight into 100 years of French Music when…

Love letter to sobriety – down at the village pub

STORYTELLING and song come together when Callum Patrick Hughes heads to The Gaggle of Geese in Buckland Newton this…

Treasure trove of Dorset music

DORSET music group The Ridgeway Singers & Band, led by Phil Humphries and Tim Laycock, have collaborated with the…

Shakespeare screening at arts centre

SHAKESPEARE’S Othello, recorded at the National Theatre, is set to be screened at Shaftesbury Arts Centre. The extraordinary new production…

Love, friendship and the trials of being a performer

PERFORMING duo Belle Street are embarking on a mini-tour of their show Hugh: The Musical (Still a Work in…

Sounds and stories of old Dorset

THE Ridgeway Singers and Band, led by Tim Laycock and Phil Humphries, will celebrate the rich dialect of Dorset…