Past Performances

Folksy Theatre presents Shakespeare’s classic tale of mistaken identities. After being separated from their twins in a shipwreck, Antipholus and his slave Dromio go to Ephesus to find them, causing a series of hilarious mishaps. Filled with live music and downright silliness!

Mary Shelley’s seminal novel was published in 1818 and has never been out of print. It features a fully orchestrated musical score, a cast of professional actor singers, spectacular stage effects, puppetry – and flashes of the wickedly dark humour for which Illyria is justly celebrated.

Four young lovers, a band of hapless actors, and a magical realm populated by enchanting spirits set on causing mischief and mayhem at every turn culminate in an unparalleled open-air experience of beauty and hilarity.

Mister Magnolia’s trumpet goes rooty-toot, his very fat owls are learning to hoot. But he still only has one boot! Join Mister Magnolia on his wacky adventures. Filled with Folksy’s live music and puppetry.

The story of a family and a company that changed the world, told in three parts on a single evening. Academy Award-winner Sam Mendes (Skyfall, The Ferryman) directs Simon Russell Beale, Adam Godley and Ben Miles who play the Lehman Brothers, their sons and grandsons.

Bojangles Dance School’s bi-annual show case involving all ages and a variety of genres.

Mischief and mayhem run riot in Rossini’s most popular comedy. Figaro, the renowned Barber of Seville, has a cunning that knows no bounds. His playful energy is brought to life in director Annabel Arden’s sparkling and springing production.

David Parker has unearthed some fascinating footage on Somerset and Wiltshire which will amuse and engage

Led by British jazz hero Mark Lockheart these incredible Jazz Wizards will take you on a magical sonic ride through swirling sounds, twisted melodies and head-nodding grooves!

Led by Mark Lockheart this show will take you on a journey of sonic explorations, heavy grooves and intricate melodies.

Mark Lockheart (Kenny Wheeler) – saxes
Dave Smith (Robert Plant) – drums
Tom Herbert (Polar Bear) – bass
Elliot Galvin (Dinosaur) – keys

A feisty young woman ventures into a Boy’s Own world of undiscovered jungles, treasure maps, campfires and penknives on an action-packed adventure. A rollicking music-filled adventure touring the great outdoors this summer!

Writer and comedian Tom Binns’ unique and original comedy shows have been described by The Times, Telegraph and Time Out as “Comedy Genius”.

Andrea Levy’s Orange Prize-winning novel Small Island comes to life in an epic new theatre adaptation. Experience the play filmed live on stage as part of National Theatre Live’s 10th birthday.

Original production conceived and directed for the Glyndebourne Tour by Fiona Shaw

Revived and directed for Festival 2019 by Fiona Dunn
The classic Cinderella story is told with composer Massenet’s sensuous and lavish score.

Believed to be the last that Shakespeare wrote single-handedly, The Tempest is lyrical, thought-provoking and raucously funny. More than 400 years after it was written it still has the capacity to surprise!

Peter Pan the British Musical brings to life J.M. Barrie’s heartwarming story – the tale of Peter, Wendy, John, Michael and the Lost Boys’ adventures in the magical Neverland, where you never have to grow up!

From the heart of London’s theatre land to the glitz of Broadway, the critically acclaimed Mad About The Musicals is back.

With brilliant vocals, stunning costumes and a spectacular light show, to bring you the very best show in town!

Beasts and breadcrumbs, frogs and fairies all join the fun in a stunning new adaptation of Grimm’s most magical tales. Join award winning Box Tale Soup on a spellbinding adventure for children aged 3+.

One of the last surviving performers of classic Louisiana down-home blues, Lil’ Jimmy Reed’s stinging guitar work, gritty vocals and haunting harmonica have been taking Europe by storm.

Shakespeare’s enduring love story is known the world over. Since its 1965 premiere with The Royal Ballet, Kenneth MacMillan’s Romeo and Juliet has become a modern ballet classic. The choreography captures the emotions of the young couple as they fall in love, despite the barriers that finally bring about the story’s tragic end.

An explosive battle of the sexes in this electrically charged love story. Justin Audibert turns Shakespeare’s fierce, energetic comedy of gender and materialism on its head to offer a fresh perspective on its portrayal of hierarchy and power.

Disney’s High School Musical is a comedy about Troy and Gabriella who discover they share a hidden passion for singing. Fun for the whole family so get your head in the game, come along and join the fun!

An Illyria outdoor performance

Like all the stories in this towering literary classic it is packed with cliff-hangers, larger-than-life characters, and laughs galore. There’s lots and lots to join in with – and the most magical cave you’ve ever seen!

Set amongst a druid wilderness this very dark, powerful and blood thirsty production combines traditional theatre, multi-media and physical theatre, bringing to life Shakespeare’s most dynamic characters.

This thrilling, audacious and witty production is perhaps still best known for replacing the female corps-de-ballet with a menacing male ensemble, which shattered convention, turned tradition upside down and took the dance world by storm.

The star of the Russell Howard Hour returns to the live arena to test out some brand new material in the intimate surroundings of the Merlin Theatre.

An evening that highlights the dynamic range and beauty of ballet today. Vibrant dancing set off with stylish costume and a rich musical palette, including live percussion, promises a performance that will entertain and surprise ballet lovers and newcomers to dance alike.

The contemporary face of the Royal Ballet is shown in works from three of today’s leading choreographers, Christopher Wheeldon, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Crystal Pite.

America, 1947. Joe and Kate Keller are a success story. They have built a home, raised two sons and established a thriving business. But nothing lasts forever… Sally Field and Bill Pullman star in Arthur Miller’s blistering drama.

Poulenc’s masterpiece. As the French Revolution begins, shy Blanche, sung by mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard, becomes a novice nun under an elderly prioress – Met legend Karita Mattila. Blanche’s aristocratic family flees the Terror, but she remains behind, struggling between her fear of the guillotine and her duty to the convent.

FOUR PLAYS FOR THE PRICE OF ONE! The Western Area Final of the All-England

Theatre Festival. A wonderful opportunity to see directing, acting and stage presentation
at a very polished level.

Led by four-mallet jazz wizard Jim Hart, Cloudmakers Trio will take you on a journey through space and time with sonic booms, soaring improvisations and floating melodies.

Featuring three of the UK’s most in-demand musicians, Cloudmakers Trio perform a special show alongside British jazz giant Iain Ballamy. With their uncompromising approach, the Trio effortlessly marry complex with accessible, improvised with composed.

Margo Channing. Legend. True star of the theatre. The spotlight is hers, always has been. But now there’s Eve. Her biggest fan. Young, beautiful Eve. The golden girl, the girl next door. But you know all about Eve…don’t you…?

Gounod’s most popular opera returns with David McVicar’s stunning Parisian set which is set in 1870s. Singers including Michael Fabiano staring as Faust, Diana Damrau as his beloved Marguerite and Erwin Schrott as the diabolical Mephistopheles.

Winstone’s Hunting Raven is thrilled to be hosting the award-winning, bestselling, former Children’s Laureate (and collector of fabulous silver rings) Dame Jacqueline Wilson, who will be talking all about her brand-new novel Dancing the Charleston

Following their hugely successful 2017 production of THE VICAR OF DIBLEY, Project Play are delighted to return with yet another side splitting classic ‘ALLO ‘ALLO…

Bumhell. ‘The King of post-modern nonsense’ (Telegraph), comedy’s Tone is taking his funniest, most meaningful show to date on tour after selling out his entire run at 2018’s Edinburgh Fringe with A Lost Show.

Come into the forest; dare to change your state of mind. Director Kimberley Sykes directs a riotous, exhilarating version of Shakespeare’s romantic comedy.

Based on the book by JM Barrie, Tri.Art’s annual dance showcase is an original adaptation of the classic tale about the boy who refuses to grow up.

Blue Remembered Hills – grown-ups enact 7-year olds at play during summer 1943. Childhood innocence and childhood spoiled.

Brimstone and Treacle – a mysterious stranger, an older couple and their adult daughter. What could possibly go wrong?

Featuring some of the most glorious music ever written—including, of course, the Ride of the Valkyries Die Walküre is the second of the four operas that comprise Wagner’s Ring Cycle, a story of monsters, gods, and humans on a superhuman scale.

This performance is SOLD OUT.

Launched in 2016 by Frome Writers’ Collective this celebration of local authors’ “imprint with a difference” has gone from strength to strength. We warmly invite you to join them for an entertaining evening of readings.

Yorke Dance Project celebrates 20 years of performing exceptional dance. This celebratory programme includes works by world renowned choreographers Kenneth MacMillan and Robert Cohan alongside emerging Los Angeles choreographer Sophia Stoller and Yolande Yorke-Edgell, joined by guest artist Jonathan Goddard.

With a curtain raiser from Tri.Art Dance

Absurd, feminist, character comedy, “side splittingly funny” – with Virgin Mary, Theresa May, Burt the drag king, Frida Kahlo and more. All power to the feminine, the wrathful, the sensual! Reclaiming the body – joyfully, darkly, anarchically…

Come and support Somerset primary school children in this inspiring and fun evening of dance and drama performances.

‘As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a monstrous vermin.’

​The critically-acclaimed Beyond The Horizon in association with Birmingham Old Rep present their haunting, twisted reimagining of Franz Kafka’s absurd tale.

Join Alan Carr, for a night of work in progress comedy with support from Angela Barnes. This is your chance to see Alan do one of his first work-in-progress shows this year.

Full of wit and invention, Donizetti’s comic opera is a delight, a tale of secret identities, long-lost family, and murky pasts.