Arts & Entertainment

“Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.” Pablo Picasso
Find out what’s happening across the Purbeck Arts & Entertainment scene.
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SHAKESPEARE is coming to the garden of the Museum of East Dorset in Wimborne on Saturday, July 15, with Sisata’s production of The Tempest.

The Bard al fresco

SHAKESPEARE is coming to the garden of the Museum of East Dorset in Wimborne on Saturday, July 15, with…

The Dorset Blind Association Motor Show takes place on Sunday, May 21. Picture: Dorset Blind Association/Darima Frampton Photography

Petrolheads revved up for Dorset Blind Motor Show this weekend

PETROLHEADS will be revved up for the Dorset Blind Association Motor Show, which takes place this weekend. Lulworth Castle…

Shire Hall Museum in Dorchester will host Dorset Youth Pride on June 10

Dorset Youth Pride event returning to Dorchester in June

THE LGBT+ community will be celebrated at an event in Dorchester next month. Dorset Youth Pride returns to the Shire…

The Swanage Jazz Festival takes place in July

New Sunday night headliner for Swanage Jazz Festival after withdrawal due to ‘ill health’

A REPLACEMENT headliner has been brought in for the Swanage Jazz Festival after an act withdrew for ‘health reasons’. Issie…

Liz Magee’s painting Harry Paye Day acrylic on canvas

Questions of composition at Poole & East Dorset Art Society exhibition

ENTER a gallery and scan the room. It doesn’t matter how cleverly and convincingly a painting has been rendered…

Griff Rhys Jones is bringing his new show to Wimborne

Age, family, fraud and more: Griff Rhys Jones heading for Wimborne

By Lorraine Gibson GRIFF Rhys Jones is in the mood for a good old rant – and he’s coming to…

George Michael tribute Wayne Dilks is at Upton Country Park

Tribute time at Upton Country Park this bank holiday weekend

TRIBUTE acts galore are coming to Upton Country Park over two nights on the Spring Bank Holiday weekend. George Michael…

Sculpture of Hermann Goring’s head – with bullet holes

Dorset Tank Museum showcasing a relic of wartime

A SCULPTURE of top Nazi Hermann Goring’s head with two bullet holes in it is attracting attention at Dorset’s…

Wilkswood Reggae Festival

Ready, steady reggae! Wilkswood Reggae Festival coming to Langton Matravers

THREE days of reggae and big names are coming to Langton Matravers this summer with the Wilkswood Reggae Festival. Veteran…

Money for Nothing are coming to the Tivoli Theatre in Wimborne

Tribute treat in Wimborne for Dire Straits fans

By Lorraine Gibson QUESTION: Which band’s single was the first ever video played on the MTV music channel? Dire Straits fans,…