Arts & Entertainment

Railway theme for artists in museum’s new competition

As part of the ongoing Art at the Museum programme at Blandford Town Museum, local artists have been invited…

£50k seating area artwork defended

The final unveiling of the new canopied seating area at Badbury Heights, Blandford, commissioned as a public artwork which…

£10m funding boost in bid to expand Octagon Theatre

A project to turn the Octagon Theatre in Yeovil into a popular cultural polestar is £10million closer to reaching…

Your chance to play a part in tale of dastardly villainy

The community of Kilmington is planning to stage a new play about dastardly events of over 450 years ago….

The show must go on after venue handed £38k lifeline

Westlands Entertainment Centre in Yeovil has secured £38,926 from the government’s £1.57billion Culture Recovery Fund to implement covid-secure measures…

Country Festival now postponed until August

The Bath & West Country Festival, which replaces the traditional agricultural highlight this summer and was set for early…

Arts venue now a jabs hub

Sturminster Newton’s community building The Exchange is being used as a vaccination hub. Assistant manager Sharon Clifton said: “We…

A standing ovation for theatre plans

Councillors have agreed in principle to proceed with plans to invest £23 million in arts and entertainment in South…

New £23m Octagon theatre planned

Councillors were set to debate a potential £23 million investment for arts and entertainment in South Somerset – including…