EVENTS Diary

  • Thu
    29
    Dec
    2022
    Sun
    01
    Jan
    2023
    Ballard School, New Milton, BH25 5SU
    New Forest Players 

    Cinderella

    Story by Lee Redwood
    Directed by Sarah Haberfield

    Venue: Ballard School, Fernhill Lane, New Milton, BH25 5SU

    Performances @ 7.00pm 29 – 31 December and 2.00pm 30 December 2022 – 1 January 2023

    Tickets: Adults £13, Children £9; Available by calling 01425 542414 or online.

     

  • Fri
    06
    Jan
    2023
    Sun
    08
    Jan
    2023
    Corpus Christi Parish Centre, Boscombe, BH5 2BX

    All Saints Dramatic Society; Performances: Friday 6 January – 7.30pm; Saturday 7 January – 2.30pm & 7.30pm; Sunday 8 January – 2.30pm; Tickets: Adults £13, Concessions £11, Child £7, Family Ticket (2 adults & 2 children) £35 (available on evening performances); Available via phone (07548 100770) or online.

     

  • Thu
    12
    Jan
    2023
    Sun
    15
    Jan
    2023
    Corpus Christi Parish Centre, Boscombe, BH5 2BX

    All Saints Dramatic Society; Performances: Thursday 12 January – 7.30pm; Friday 13 January – 7.30pm; Saturday 14 January – 2.30pm & 7.30pm; Sunday 15 January – 2.30pm; Tickets: Adults £13, Concessions £11, Child £7, Family Ticket (2 adults & 2 children) £35 (available on evening performances); Available via phone (07548 100770) or online.

     

  • Fri
    13
    Jan
    2023
    Sun
    15
    Jan
    2023
    War Memorial Hall, Broadstone, BH18 8AW

    Broadstone Pantomime Productions; Performances: Friday @ 7.30pm, Saturday @ 2.30pm & 7.30pm, Sunday @ 2.30pm; Tickets: Family Ticket £22, Adults £8, Children & Senior Citizens £4; Available from Hillier Wilson Estate Agents, Broadstone (01202 693388) or online.

     

  • Fri
    13
    Jan
    2023
    Sat
    14
    Jan
    2023
    7.30 pm (2.30 pm Saturday matinee)The Mowlem Theatre, Swanage, BH19 1DD

    Swanage Drama Company; Tickets: Adults £12, Concessions £11, Children £7; Available: via telephone 0333 666 3366 (fees apply) or online.

     

  • Fri
    20
    Jan
    2023
    Sat
    21
    Jan
    2023
    War Memorial Hall, Broadstone, BH18 8AW

    Broadstone Pantomime Productions; Performances: Friday @ 7.30pm, Saturday @ 2.30pm & 7.30pm; Tickets: Family Ticket £22, Adults £8, Children & Senior Citizens £4; Available from Hillier Wilson Estate Agents, Broadstone (01202 693388) or online.

     

  • Fri
    20
    Jan
    2023
    Sat
    21
    Jan
    2023
    7.30 pm (2.00 pm Saturday matinee)The Mowlem Theatre, Swanage, BH19 1DD

    Swanage Drama Company; Tickets: Adults £12, Concessions £11, Children £7; Available: via telephone 0333 666 3366 (fees apply) or online.

     

  • Sat
    21
    Jan
    2023
    Sat
    28
    Jan
    2023
    7.45 pm (only 2.30 pm Sunday matinee)Chesil Theatre, Winchester, SO23 0HU

    Chesil Theatre; Tickets: Adult £16, Student/Under 18s £10, Group £14.40 (booking fees apply); Available online.

     

  • Wed
    25
    Jan
    2023
    Sat
    28
    Jan
    2023
    7.30 pm (2.30 pm Saturday matinee)MAST Mayflower Studios, Southampton

    SOS Presents; Tickets: £10 - £19.50; Available from the Box Office 023 8071 1833 or online.

     

  • Thu
    26
    Jan
    2023
    Sat
    28
    Jan
    2023
    7.30 pm (2.30 pm Saturday matinee)Durley Memorial Hall, Durley, SO32 2AR
    Bishopstoke Players

    Not Very Flash, Gordon!

    Planet Earth is under attack from evil overlord, Emperor Ping! Determined to hold our planet’s citizens to ransom by controlling all of Earth’s electricity, it seems as if nothing can save us, not even money-saving-expert Martin Lewis.

    Step forward bumbling electrician Gordon ‘Flash’ Bennett, his monosyllabic girlfriend, his man-mad mother and a German Professor!

    Our intrepid quartet boldly travel to Planet Pongo in (what else?) a converted Austin Mini van to save the day and keep Earth safe from Ping’s crazy demands.

    Along the way they meet a cast of characters including a dodgy pirate, a cat with a habit of telling dreadful jokes, Elvis Presley and many, many more.

    Join us for a family-friendly pantomime that is truly out of this world!

    Performances are in Durley Memorial Hall from 26 – 28 January 2023 at 7.30pm each evening, with a matinee at 2.30pm on the Saturday. Tickets are £10 (under 18s £8) and are available here (no booking fee), or email boxoffice@bishopstokeplayers.uk, or phone 07871 006551.

    As we are proud to have done every year since 1947, proceeds will be donated to the charity, Action for Children.

     

  • Fri
    27
    Jan
    2023
    Sun
    29
    Jan
    2023
    Regent Centre, Christchurch, BH23 1AS

    Highcliffe Charity Players; Performances: Friday 7.30pm; Saturday 11.00am, 2.30pm & 6.00pm; Sunday 2.30pm & 6.00pm (running time 75 mins, no interval); Tickets: Full £13.50, Concessions £12.50; Available online.

     

  • Sat
    28
    Jan
    2023
    Sun
    29
    Jan
    2023
    Burley Village Hall, Burley, BH24 4EB

    Burley Players; Performances: Saturday 28 January 2023 @ 7.30pm; Sunday 29 January 2023 @ 2.00pm; Tickets: Adults £9 - £10, Under 16s £7; Available online.

     

  • Sat
    28
    Jan
    2023
    Sun
    29
    Jan
    2023
    6.00 pm Saturday; 2.30 pm Sunday Vernon Theatre, Lyndhurst, SO43 7DN

    Lyndhurst Drama & Musical Society; Tickets: Adults £12, Under 16s £8, Family ticket (2 adults, 2 children) £35; Available online.

     

  • Mon
    30
    Jan
    2023
    Sat
    04
    Feb
    2023
    7:30 pmThe Malt Theatre, Lymington Community Centre, Lymington, SO41 9BQ
    Lymington Players

    Not Very Flash, Gordon!

    Written by Arnold Ridley
    Directed by Ed Funnell

    This February 2023 join The Lymington Players as they strand tired and cold passengers at an isolated train station in a chilling comedy thriller by Arnold Ridley.

    Who is the spooky Stationmaster that warns them of supernatural danger? Locked in, with no means of defence or escape, will they pull together to survive melancholy signals and chilling apparitions? As tensions mount, and they try to keep ghosts from getting in, will they make it to the morning? And what is the secret of ‘The Ghost Train’?

    The Ghost Train is performing in the Malt Cinema at the Lymington Community Centre from 30 January – 5 February 2023. Tickets are on sale from 18 December 2022, priced £10 for Centre members and £12 for non-members. Available via phone (01590 672337) or online.

    Would you be brave enough to survive the night?

     

  • Thu
    02
    Feb
    2023
    Sat
    04
    Feb
    2023
    Burley Village Hall, Burley, BH24 4EB

    Burley Players; Performances: Thursday 2 February 2023 @ 7.30pm; Friday 3 February 2023 @ 7.30pm; Saturday 4 February 2023 @ 2.00pm & 7.30pm; Tickets: Adults £9 - £10, Under 16s £7; Available online.

     

  • Sat
    04
    Feb
    2023
    Sun
    05
    Feb
    2023
    6.00 pm Saturday; 2.30 pm Sunday Vernon Theatre, Lyndhurst, SO43 7DN

    Lyndhurst Drama & Musical Society; Tickets: Adults £12, Under 16s £8, Family ticket (2 adults, 2 children) £35; Available online.

     

  • Mon
    13
    Feb
    2023
    Sat
    18
    Feb
    2023
    7:30 pmStudio Theatre, Ashley Road, Salisbury, SP2 7TN

    Studio Youth Theatre; Tickets: Adults £12, Under 16s £8; Available from Salisbury Information Centre, phone 01722 342860 or online.

     

  • Tue
    14
    Feb
    2023
    Sat
    18
    Feb
    2023
    7:45 pmBournemouth Little Theatre, Bournemouth, BH9 2QD
    Bournemouth Little Theatre

    The Thrill Of Love

    By Amanda Whittington
    Directed by Rachael de Courcy Beamish

    This is a story of obsession:

    A gripping drama about Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in Britain.

    A divorcee with a young child to care for, Ruth works hard in the kind of nightclubs where there’s more than just a drink on offer. Then she meets the wealthy, womanising David, a racing driver with whom she falls head over heels with the myth of great, romantic love.

    Why does their relationship end in murder?

    Why does she plead not guilty but offer no defence?

    Why does she show no remorse?

    And who is she trying to protect?

    The Thrill Of Love explores the enigma of Ruth Ellis: a woman whose short but explosive life still resonates.

    Amanda Whittington is one of the UK's favourite and most performed modern dramatists. Her writing in this play accurately reflects the warmth, bitchiness and complexities of female friendship at a time when, even if women knew the rules of the game, they often still end up the losers in a man's world.

    Tickets: £12 (Concessions £9, Members £6) (booking fee applies); Available online.

     

  • Wed
    15
    Feb
    2023
    Sat
    18
    Feb
    2023
    7.30 pm (2.30 pm Saturday matinee)The Point, Eastleigh, SO50 9DE

    Centrestage Productions Youth Theatre (CPYT); Tickets: Full price £15 - £17, Concessions £14 - £16 (Concecssions Over 60s, Under 16s, Student, NHS Staff, Armed Forces); Available via box office 023 8065 2333 or online.

     

  • Wed
    15
    Feb
    2023
    Sat
    18
    Feb
    2023
    7.30 pm (2.30 pm Saturday matinee)Noadswood School, Dibden Purlieu, SO45 4ZF
    Waterside Musical Society

    Puss In Boots: A Pantomime

    Boxing Day is traditionally a day when people go to watch Pantos. You will have to wait until February to see Waterside Musical Society’s, but it will be worth the wait as they have not one but two Pantomime Dames.

    They will be played by Antony Morrison and Mike Pavitt. Both have been with Waterside Musical Society for a number of shows before, including Oliver!, Return To The Forbidden Planet, The Sound Of Music and Spamalot, where they were in a number of scenes together.

    Come along to see "There ain't nothing like a Dame"!

    Tickets: Adults £15, Children £10 (booking fees apply); Available online.

     

  • Wed
    15
    Feb
    2023
    Sat
    18
    Feb
    2023
    7.30 pm (2.30 pm Thursday & Saturday matinees)1st Poulner Scout Hall, Ringwood, BH24 1JQ

    Poulner Players; Tickets: Adults £12, Under 16s £10; Available online.

     

  • Thu
    16
    Feb
    2023
    Sat
    18
    Feb
    2023
    7.30 pm (2.30 pm Saturday matinee)Ocean Room Theatre, Pavilion Dance South West, Bournemouth, BH1 2BU

    Arts University Bournemouth (AUB); Tickets: Full price £12, Concessions £3; Available online.

     

  • Tue
    21
    Feb
    2023
    Sat
    25
    Feb
    2023
    7.30 pm (2.15 pm Saturday matinee)War Memorial Hall, Broadstone, BH18 8AW

    Broadstone Players; Tickets: £8.50; Available by emailing honsec@broadstoneplayers.co.uk or phoning 01202 678449. Tickets will also be on sale at Broadstone News on The Broadway.

     

  • Thu
    23
    Feb
    2023
    Sat
    25
    Feb
    2023
    7.30 pm (2.30 pm Saturday matinee)Tivoli Theatre, Wimborne, BH21 1LT
    Wimborne Drama Productions

    Bedroom Farce

    Written by Alan Ayckbourn
    Directed by Michelle Barter and Suzanne Viney

    One of the 20th century's classic comedy of manners comes to the Tivoli Theatre in February when Wimborne Drama Productions will perform Bedroom Farce by Alan Ayckbourn.

    Funny, gripping and acutely observed, Alan Ayckbourn’s play lifts the lid on the secrets of marriage. Over the course of one hilarious night, an outrageously selfish couple parade their problems around the bedrooms of three other couples, exposing the cracks in other people’s marriages as well as their own.

    Directed by Michelle Barter and Suzanne Viney, the play stars Richard Scotson and Rosie Nye as Trevor and Susannah, Tim Fearon and Judy Garrett as Ernest and Delia, James Renwick and Bethan Morris as Malcolm and Kate, and Colin Pile and Julie Sissons as Nick and Jan.

    Wimborne Drama Productions have chosen to revive the play which marked their first ever production at the then recently re-opened Tivoli Theatre in 1994.

    Bedroom Farce will be performed at the Tivoli Theatre from 23 – 25 February, with evening performances at 7.30pm (tickets £16) and a Saturday matinee at 2.30pm (tickets £14). Book via the Tivoli Box Office on 01202 885566 or online (booking fees may apply).

     

  • Thu
    02
    Mar
    2023
    Sat
    04
    Mar
    2023
    7.30 pm (2.30 pm Saturday matinee)Royal Bath Hotel, Bournemouth, BH1 2EW

    Arts University Bournemouth (AUB); Tickets: Full price £12, Concessions £3; Available online.

     

  • Mon
    06
    Mar
    2023
    Sat
    11
    Mar
    2023
    7.30 pm (8.00 pm Friday)Maskers Studio, Shirley, Southampton, SO15 3LX

    Maskers Theatre Company; Tickets: £12; Available via phone 0333 666 3366 (booking fee applies to phone bookings) or online.

     

  • Sat
    11
    Mar
    2023
    2.30 pm & 7.30 pmFerndown Village Hall, Ferndown, BH22 9ET

    Ferndown Phoenix Musical Theatre; Tickets: £8; Available online and on the door.

     

  • Thu
    23
    Mar
    2023
    Sat
    25
    Mar
    2023
    7:30 pmThe Mowlem Theatre, Swanage, BH19 1DD

    Swanage Musical Theatre Company; Tickets: Adults £16, Concessions £15, Child £10; Available from Box Office 0333 666 3366 or online. Booking fees apply.

     

  • Thu
    23
    Mar
    2023
    Sat
    25
    Mar
    2023
    7.30 pm (2.30 pm Saturday matinee)The Barrington Centre & Theatre, Ferndown, BH22 9TH
    Poole & Parkstone Productions (P&P Productions)

    A Touch Of Danger

    A Thriller by Francis Durbridge
    Directed by Deanna Langford

    Max Telligan, a popular novelist, has returned to his London apartment from a business trip to Munich to find his evening newspaper containing a report of his violent death. He subsequently is greeted by a parade of mysterious visitors triggering a chain of mysterious events, with twists and turns from start to finish...

    Performed by The P&P Players, and directed by Deanna Langford, don't miss this classic Francis Durbridge tale of murderous happenings where nobody quite knows who is who and whom to trust.

    Tickets: Adults £12, Seniors £10; Available from Box Office (0161 832 111 or 0844 888 9991) or online.

     

  • Sun
    26
    Mar
    2023
    3:00 pmBritish Natural Science Society, Boscombe, Bournemouth, BH1 3NS
    Bournemouth Music Competitions Festival

    Comedy And Cakes

    Comedy and Cakes – an afternoon of comic songs and a slap-up tea!

    Tickets: £15 to include cream tea and cakes; Available via email (bmthfestival@gmail.com) – or tickets can be purchased on the door.

     

  • Mon
    27
    Mar
    2023
    Sat
    01
    Apr
    2023
    7:30 pmStudio Theatre, Ashley Road, Salisbury, SP2 7TN

    Studio Theatre; Tickets: Full £12, Under 16s £8, Family (2 adults, 2 children) £35; Available from Salisbury Information Centre Tel 01722 342860 or online.

     

  • Wed
    05
    Apr
    2023
    Sat
    08
    Apr
    2023
    7.30pm (2.30pm Thursday and Saturday matinees)Bournemouth Pavilion, Bournemouth, BH1 2BU

    Bournemouth and Boscombe Light Opera Company (BBLOC); Tickets: £19.50 - £29.50; Available via Box Office (0300 500 0595) or online.

     

  • Wed
    12
    Apr
    2023
    Sat
    15
    Apr
    2023
    7.30 pm (2.00 pm Saturday matinee)The Barn, Ringwood School, Ringwood, BH24 1SE

    Ringwood Musical and Dramatic Society (RMDS); Tickets: £15; Tickets available online.

     

  • Tue
    18
    Apr
    2023
    Sat
    22
    Apr
    2023
    7:45 pmBournemouth Little Theatre, Bournemouth, BH9 2QD
    Bournemouth Little Theatre

    Dial M For Murder

    By Frederick Knott
    Directed by Don Cherrett

    Can you ever get away with murder?

    Well, maybe Tony Wendice, charismatic and manipulative, a former tennis pro who has given it all up for his wealthy wife, Sheila, can!

    When he discovers she has been unfaithful, his mind turns to revenge and the pursuit of the 'perfect' crime.

    But things do not go according to plan...

    The play, set in the 1950s, was made into a famous 1954 film (of the same name) directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

    Tickets: Adults £12, Concessions Seniors and students £9, Members £6; Available online.

     

  • Wed
    19
    Apr
    2023
    Sat
    22
    Apr
    2023
    7:30 pmBallard School, New Milton, BH25 5SU
    New Forest Players 

    One Day I'll Fly Away

    Written by Janet Shaw
    Directed by Len Reid

    One young woman, one old lady. Their lives were poles apart but fate took a hand and threw them together. The only problem being they were more alike than anyone could begin to imagine. Both had battled adversities beyond comprehension.

    When Kylie starts community service at the respite home she is thrown into the path of Nora, an embittered and hardened woman, who has spent her whole life teaching others and avoiding relationships of any kind.

    Nora lost her husband and only child in a boating accident many years ago and Kylie is the victim of an alcoholic and drug-addled mother. Nora and Kylie start off their relationship with mutual comic sarcasm and dislike, but as the story unfolds it becomes clear that although in different ways, they are both walking down the same path self-destruction.

    Tickets: £13; Available via phone (01425 542414) or online.

     

  • Mon
    24
    Apr
    2023
    Sat
    29
    Apr
    2023
    7.30 pm (8.00 pm Friday)Maskers Studio, Shirley, Southampton, SO15 3LX

    Maskers Theatre Company; Tickets: £12; Available via phone 0333 666 3366 (booking fee applies to phone bookings) or online.

     

  • Thu
    27
    Apr
    2023
    Sat
    29
    Apr
    2023
    7:45 pmVernon Theatre, Lyndhurst, SO43 7DN

    Lyndhurst Drama & Musical Society; Tickets: £12; Available online.