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Lyndhurst Drama & Musical Society; Tickets: £12; Available by phone (023 8029 2531) or online.  

Ferndown Phoenix Musical Theatre Cinderella – A Twisted Tale Cinderella – A Halloween twist! The story of Cinderella is a beautiful fairytale, but this Halloween, Cinderella has a different story to tell! Magic has fallen into the wrong hands; will Cinderella ever get her Prince? If good falls for evil it could become quite tragic! Performances: 26 – 27 October @ 7:30 pm,  Saturday 28 October @ 10:30 am (Relaxed performance *), 2:30 pm & 7:30 pm. Tickets: Adults £12, Concessions £10, Children £8 (* Relaxed Performance: Adults £10, Concessions £8, Children £6); Available from Box Office (01202) with further

BacktoBack Theatre Bounce Written by Tom Derrington Directed by Kitty Cecil-Wright Jesse is electric! A self-made millionaire, motivational life coach, best feeling author and showman. He travels the world helping tens of thousands of people uncover their true purpose and take control of their destiny. But when a young man living with depression is transformed during one of Jesse’s intense live events, things quickly unravel. Sylvia, his mother, is desperate to find out what happened to her son. Unable to understand, she books herself a ticket, takes a seat in the front row and seeks to uncover the answers she

Ferndown Drama Out Of Focus Written by Peter Gordon Directed by Estelle Hughes An unfortunate over-booking of the Church Hall results in a gathering of a wonderful mix of local characters, ranging from Evonne, the nervous Vicar’s wife, to Leonard, a man intent on delivering a talk on steam locomotives to anyone who will listen! As rehearsals proceed, alliances are forged and switched as the opening night looms… Tickets: £12; Available online.  

Bournemouth Little Theatre  The Lying Kind Written by Anthony Neilson Directed by Rachael de Courcy Beamish Two policemen have to tell a distinctly odd, elderly couple some terrible news, but what if it’s too much for them? An imminent lynching hardly helps in what is (surprisingly!) a hugely entertaining and bizarre black comedy/farce that will have the audience in stitches… The play is being staged at Bournemouth Little Theatre from 24 – 28 October 2023 at 7:45pm each evening. Tickets: Full £14, Concessions – Seniors and students £12, Members £8; Available online.  

Studio Theatre Salisbury  Last Summer At Bluefish Cove Written by Jane Chambers Directed by Philippa Crundwell Jane Chambers’s groundbreaking play comes to Studio Theatre this October. It’s 1980 in Long Island, New York. Across the US, homophobia is rife, and it’s thirty-five years before same-sex marriage will be legalised. Seven friends take refuge at Bluefish Cove – a secret seaside haven – where they can live and love freely. When a straight woman named Eva wanders unknowingly into their midst, romance and drama ensue, and by the end of the summer, everyone’s lives are changed forever. NB: Strong Language, sexual