Arts & Entertainment

“Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.” Pablo Picasso
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Standing ovation for Verwood school’s Lion King production

PUPILS at a Verwood school united to put on a production of The Lion King to three packed houses. The…

Lighthouse in Poole picks up two tourism awards

POOLE’S Lighthouse Theatre has picked up two gongs at the prestigious South West England Tourism Excellence Awards. The venue was…

Music night swings to tune of £2000

The recent Jazz at the Allendale event, organised by Wimborne Rotary, saw a capacity audience enjoy a concert programme…

Winds of success for theatre group

Over February half term Poulner Players performed a modern and upbeat adaptation of Kenneth Grahame’s novel The Wind In…

Make it Santana Saturday!

by Lorraine Gibson. Relive the music of guitar master, Carlos Santana with new band Very Santana’s year-spanning tribute show, tomorrow. The…

You’ll Cursus if you miss this festival!

Skinny Lister and Imperial Leisure are among acts confirmed for a cider and music festival in May. The Cursus Cider…

‘I’ll get you for that Butlers’

by Lorraine Gibson. Butlers by name, not by nature, the Battling Butlers contemporary variety show is the creation of a…

Feast your ears on this little lot!

Enjoy a hefty portion of post-winter fun with a Feast of Fiddles, the string-based band of pals who give…

Fresh shoots of activity in art

Spring weather is known to make us feel more cheery and motivated. Snowdrops, crocuses and daffs appear, boats are spruced…

Top ’toon tunes… and all that jazz

by Lorraine Gibson. Well here he is, the Pink Panther, the rinky dink panther… the groovy cat and many more…