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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Churchfitters

Christmas cracker

Enjoy a festive night like no other as popular folk band The Churchfitters head to Dorset! With a double bass…

Tyger Drew Honey in Cinderella

Charming role for star of TV sitcom

Tyger Drew-Honey – who became a household name as a childhood actor in classic sitcom Outnumbered – is making…

Scrooge Diaries

The ‘truth’ of Dickens’ Xmas fiction

By Lorraine Gibson. IT IS 1843, and with Christmas looming Mr Dickens is about to publish his latest instalment of…

Gadarene in action

We’re going to rock around the clogs

By Lorraine Gibson. A clog-dancing, step-dancing quintet is bringing a uniquely-exuberant style of traditional English music to a trio of…

Jeffrey Holland as Stan Laurel

One-man show celebrates two comedy giants

Jeffrey Holland (Hi-de-Hi, You Rang M’Lord) returns to Lighthouse Poole on Saturday November 26 in And This Is My…

Buffalo Gals

Buffalo Gals go around the… Dorset countryside!

by Lorraine Gibson. There’s nothing like a rousing, old-time country music hoedown to cheer up a winter’s night, and there’s…

Annual Mayor's Christmas Show

Tickets on sale for mayor’s show

THE annual Mayor’s Christmas Concert will take place in Wareham later this month. Tickets are now on sale for the…

Electric Co

Bridging The Gap

RISING indie folk duo India Electric Co, fresh from a UK tour with Midge Ure, are coming to the…

Hannah Kumari’s football drama Eng-er-land is coming to Broadmayne village hall later this month. PHOTO: Ali Wright

She’s football crazy, football mad!

The link between football and national identity is explored in Eng-er-land, a play coming to Broadmayne, near Dorchester, to…

Edinburgh Comedy Award winner John Robins

TV stand-ups set to headline comedy club

by Lorraine Gibson. They say laughter’s the best medicine, so if you’re in need of a bit of a boost,…