Arts & Entertainment

“Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.” Pablo Picasso
Find out what’s happening across the Purbeck Arts & Entertainment scene.
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Swanage Jazz Festival headliner Claire Martin

Jazz festival sets out its stall

A RAFT of acts have been unveiled for the 32nd Swanage Jazz Festival. The event, featuring an extended Friday programme,…

Exciting young actors Effie Ansah and James Arden star in the stage version of Malorie Blackman’s Noughts & Crosses

Teenage love in a divided world

THEATRE that may hold special appeal for younger audiences is coming to Lighthouse Poole with a production of Malorie…

The Magnets acapella group

All about the 80s

FAVOURITE anthems and songs from the 1980s are promised when a capella group The Magnets visit Lighthouse Poole. The band…

14 members of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra will be performing at the Mowlem in Swanage this week

Celebration of the sea in music at the Mowlem

THE Mowlem in Swanage is the venue for a nautical musical journey with members of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra…

Stories from a suitcase

Stories from a suitcase

A COMPELLING, lyrical and warm evening of storytelling is promised when Phil Okwedy visits Briantspuddle. The Gods Are All Here…

Gypsy-jazz on strings

Gypsy-jazz on strings

GYPSY-JAZZ band Latchepen, admirers of Django Reinhardt and anything that swings, are coming to Langton Matravers next month. The London-based…

Lloyd Griffith trained as classical choral singer at Exeter University

Comedian promises a tonne of fun

COMEDIAN Lloyd Griffith is stopping off at Lighthouse Poole on his biggest tour to date with his new show,…

English Touring Opera will be presenting Donizetti’s Lucrezia Borgia (left) and Handel’s Giulio Cesare at Lighthouse Poole next month

Touring opera company is coming to town

THE English Touring Opera (ETO) is bringing two works to Lighthouse Poole next month – Handel’s Giulio Cesare, and…

Abyss Film

Classic films in all their glory

By Lorraine Gibson. AN eclectic feast of classic films on 35mm film is coming to The Regent in Christchurch as…

Laurence Jones is set to appear at the Tivoli in Wimborne

Guitar man sure knows how to play the blues

By Lorraine Gibson. AS a musician, when you’re supporting big-hitting performers like Van Morrison, Ringo Starr and Buddy Guy, you…