Live events in local halls...
Welcome to Artsreach's live performance guide, the place to find up to the minute information on a range of live professional arts events in rural Dorset.
Performance Programme
January - March 2010
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Forest Forge presents
Ashes, blood and the slipper of glass... Once upon a time there was a rich merchant who had two beautiful stepdaughters, dressed in silk and lace. His own child became their scullery girl and slept...
Double Act presents
Bournemouth-based Double Act Disability Theatre presents an exciting cabaret show for the winter season. UK's leading disabled comic and actor, Mat Fraser has joined forces with Double Act and other...
King Villa presents
Swingers in Suspenders is bold, brassy, occasionally risque, and certainly not afraid to be excellent entertainment! Welcome to a swinging cabaret night at the King Villa Lounge, Hollywood. James...
The Fiasco Brothers are living proof that virtuosity and fun can go hand in hand. Taking you on a white-knuckle ride through Bluegrass, a carefree twirl across the Western Swing ballroom and...
Budapest Cafe Orchestra
Entrancing folk with blistering czardas, grief-stricken ballads and rollicking dances, the old Budapest Cafe Orchestra cast an intoxicating spell on all who experienced their performances. After...
Miracle Theatre presents
'The Revenge of Rumpelstiltskin'
It is 1906 and provincial audiences are eagerly awaiting the return of the Ffitch Repertory Players. Be warned - this show is not a typical modern panto! Instead the audience is in for a rich and...
Back by huge popular demand, Hot Fingers welcome you to an eclectic mix of vintage acoustic string music. On this journey they visit the hot jazz of 1920's New York and sophisticated 1930's Swing,...
The New Scorpion Band in
The New Scorpion Band returns with the latest version of their most innovative show. 'The Singing Islands' features the most wide-ranging selection of traditional music and song from the British...
A group of singers and musicians fascinated with rediscovering the cultural heritage of their region of rural Poland play old instruments like fiddle and pedal accordion, but tilt their performances...
Publick Transport presents
'20,000 Leagues Under The Office'
Publick Transport's hit debut show is a physical comedy about two office workers who unexpectedly find themselves stuck in a lift that is hurtling towards the centre of the earth. Imminent disaster...
Kokoro presents
Members of Kokoro perform works by three great 20th century composers. Shostakovich's 'First Piano Trio' is an early work showing the prodigious skills of the 17-year-old Russian composer, whilst...
BragaTanga presents an exotic mix of world folk music, Eastern European gypsy tunes and mesmerising melodies from near and distant lands. They deliver a gripping performance, which includes French...
Mobius Dance presents
'Such is Life' is honest, athletic, rhythmical and all about normal stuff, the happenings of every day, flipped on its head! Mobius Dance presents three distinct pieces that follow five individuals,...
PuppetCraft presents
"The Selfish Giant built a high wall all around his lovely garden to keep the children out. But it also kept Spring away, so that it was always Winter in the garden, and the North Wind and the Frost...
Hand to Mouth Theatre presents
Hand to Mouth Theatre present an original adaptation of this well-loved tale. Martin Bridle and Su Eaton have woven extra drama and humour into this Goldilocks story, combining traditional glove...
Craig Ogden & Judith Hall present
Flautist Judith Hall and guitarist Craig Ogden have a natural affinity which makes their performances together quite exceptional. Their classical programmes are lively and intriguing, mixing...
Angel Heart Theatre presents
A story of kindness, trust in the unknown and dancing with turtles.
Every day Oshima goes off fishing in his little tub boat. He hopes he will catch a really, big fish... But he never does. Maybe...
Chris Newman & Maire ni Chathasaigh
An incredibly talented duo; a beautiful pairing. Apart from her voice, Maire is one of the most influential and original players of the Irish harp and was named Irish Traditional Musician of the...
Rogue Theatre presents
An eccentric family live an isolated mansion deep in the forest. As the evening erupts into a revelation of astonishing stories and secrets the party atmosphere is disturbed by a haunting and a...
Moving through flamenco, jazz, gypsy, hotclub and contemporary classical influences, this collective is centered around two acoustic guitars set alongside a core of double bass, cajon and trumpet,...
o-region presents
The Gunwallow brothers are in trouble. Slim's scrapyard has gone belly-up. Dwayne owes money to some bad people. Mark's in love with dodgy Tina from down the pub. And their dad's just popped his...
Following on from the success of last years Artsreach tour, Jonty returns to Dorset with pianist Naadia Sheriff and guitarist Chris Allard. The trio performs their own unique arrangements, including...
Ro:toro play traditional Estonian melodies, with a female piper, an improvising saxophonist, an electric guitarist and a mad percussionist who uses plastic bowls in a waterbed, bicycle wheels and...
Spyway Theatre presents
'Little Arthur's History of England'
Spyway Theatre presents a one-woman show about Nanny Cummins and her charge in the nursery of a big house during the days and nights of September 1939. We learn of Nanny's life, disappointments and...
Rohan McCullough in
"My most brilliant achievement was my ability to persuade my wife to marry me"
(W. Churchill)
This is the remarkable, moving and highly entertaining story of the woman who married one of...
Stuff and Nonsense presents
'Across the Deep Blue Sea' is the story of a little man who wakes up to find himself bobbing around in a make-shift boat in the middle of a vast ocean. For him, it's a breeze - there are plenty of...
Forest Forge presents
Forest Forge brings you the world premiere of a new play by the award-winning playwright Gary Owen (his play 'Shadow of a Boy' was staged at the Royal National Theatre). Free Folk is a comedy about...