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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.
Performances Programme
Jan - March 2012
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Matt Harvey presents
'Wondermentalist'
BBC Radio 4 Saturday Live's Matt Harvey presents his hit Edinburgh show 'Wondermentalist': a comedy-infused, poetically enhanced, fundamentally wonder-filled show, celebrating subjects as diverse as...
Morgan & West
'Time Travelling Magicians'
Stuffed to the brim with laughs, gasps and audience interaction, and brimming over with baffling magic and unparalleled precognitive powers, this pair of temporal tricksters burst into the 21st...
Sweet Chorus
Sweet Chorus was established in 1998 and is now three albums and several hundred shows young! Guitarist John Etheridge was Grappelli's accompanist for five years and in this concert he recalls many...
Townsend Productions presents
'The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists'
This adaptation of Tressell's classic working-class novel is a hilarious fast-paced show following a year in the life of a group of painters and decorators, as they renovate the town Mayor's house....
Forest Forge Theatre presents
'The Phoenix and Carpet'
A co-production with The Nuffield Theatre Southampton
Join four children on their adventures as they are whisked away on their new magical carpet, with help of a mysterious and fiery...
Buffalo Gals
The Buffalo Gals revel in the high lonesome sound of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and provide a delightful musical and visual experience driven by all the spirit and energy of the...
Publick Transport presents
'Discombobulated'
Stop and search experts Malcolm McClosky and Esperanza Vallejo present their take on all matters of security, born out of a lifetime of patrolling airports and being shouted at. These two...
Tim Laycock & Colin Thompson in
'Benjamin's Book'
It's quiet these days in Rose's Alehouse, tucked away under Bulbarrow Hill; but when the fiddler begins to play, the faces and places of his youth come back to life, and an extraordinary story is...
Pip Utton in
'Charles Dickens'
Charles Dickens, the greatest English novelist walks on to the stage, clutches his chest, staggers, slips from his sister-in-law's arms and falls down dead. Seconds later he leaps up, entertaining...
Bonny Sartin, Becki Driscoll & Nick Wyke present
'The Banks of Newfoundland'
For hundreds of years the fishermen of Dorset sailed across the Atlantic for the summer to catch the cod off Newfoundland. Many fortunes were made and lost but the port of Poole, in particular,...
Pickled Image
'Travels with Granddad'
Meet Granddad, eccentric traveller and storyteller extraordinaire. Enter his battered Bedouin tent to hear magical tales of adventure in real and imaginary worlds. The Clock That Stopped Time, The...
Angel Heart presents
'Voyage of the Nutjellynana'
Alice, Melby and Fidge. Three cuddly toys long since loved, left behind and now forgotten in an old attic. Life looks like it's lost its stuffing until Fidge has a banana-brained plan... Build a...
Moishe's Bagel
Wonderful klezmer music !
Formed in Edinburgh in 2003, Moishe's Bagel combines the energy and passion of Eastern European folk music with the excitement and soul of improvisation. Boasting some of...
Heartstrings Quartet present
'The Heartstring Sessions'
Two of the most important names in Irish music, legendary guitarist Arty McGlynn (Van Morrison band, Planxty, Patrick Street, De Danann) and virtuoso fiddler Nollaig Casey (Planxty and...
Rogue Theatre presents
'The Dancer & The Devil'
'Welcome to the Lounge Limbo - you are neither here nor there. Happy hour is between midnight and midnight. Our hostesses will see to your every need... the doors are locked now and they will not...
Angel Exit Theatre presents
'The Secret Garden'
The company that brought 'Moonfleet' to life in 2009 returns with another classic. To coincide with the centenary of Frances Hodgson Burnett's endearing novel, Angel Exit present a brand new version...
Clive Carroll presents
'1000 Years of Music'
Born into a family of musicians in 1975, Clive Carroll has been immersed in a diverse range of music ever since. He gained a 1st Class Honours Degree in Composition & Guitar from Trinity College in...
The Devil's Violin presents
'A Love like Salt'
'A Love Like Salt' is a unique blend of music and spoken word that unfolds the forgotten folk tales behind the works of two of our greatest writers: Shakespeare and Chaucer. Reinventing the ancient...
Trifle Gathering presents
'The Ogden Sisters'
'A Curious Evening of Trance and Rap with The Ogden Sisters'

Is there anybody not quite there? After huge success with the 'Charity Shop Cabaret', Trifle Gathering bring you their new...