The Nightingale Sang in Marine Square…

Call the box office on 01297 442138 Please note that a 10% booking fee applies online and via the Tourist Info Centre OR Showtime: 7pm All tickets: £30.00 Running time: 4 hours (approx) A Nightingale Sang in Marine Square The Marine Theatre is stepping back in time to the sound of air raid sirens and wartime rationing as the nation marks the 100th birthday of the ‘Forces Sweetheart’ Dame Vera Lynn. A Nightingale Sang in Marine Square with Dame Vera tribute singer Samantha who has the title role in ‘The Vera Lynn Story’ currently touring the UK, opens with a complimentary drink served in the Officers’ Mess and the Theatre Bar will remain open all evening.

The Handlebards Open-Air ‘As You Like…

Call the box office on 01297 442138 Please note that a 10% booking fee applies online and via the Tourist Info Centre OR Show starts 6pm Full Price: £14.00 Concs: £12 (TF discount applies) Open Air on Theatre Square Running time: 2 hours (approx) plus interval The world’s first cycling theatre company, The HandleBards, pedal from venue to venue with all the set, props and costume necessary to perform environmentally sustainable Shakespeare across the globe. Join their all-female troupe for this bicycle-powered production, and (in usual HandleBards style) expect riotous amounts of energy, a fair old whack of chaos, and a great deal of laughter.

Wayne Ellington sings NAT KING COLE…

Call the box office on 01297 442138 Please note that a 10% booking fee applies online and via the Tourist Info Centre OR On Stage 8pm Full Price: £15.00 Concs: £13.00 (TF discount applies) Running Time: 2 hours (approx) + interval Nat King Cole was an original, selling in excess of 30 million records during his career.

Johnny Warman’s (music from the ’60s)…

Call the box office on 01297 442138 Please note that a 10% booking fee applies online and via the Tourist Info Centre OR Show starts 8pm All tickets £15 Running time: 2 hours (approx) plus interval The British Invasion Show, by Johnny Warman’s Magic Bus, relives an iconic time between 1964 and 1966 when British bands captured American charts and minds. The period saw the States hail all-conquering heroes like: The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, Cream, Them, The Yardbirds, The Small Faces, Pink Floyd and The Kinks. So prepare for Great British classics including ‘I Wanna Hold Your Hand’, ‘For Your Love’, ‘Keep On Running’, ‘See Emily Play’, ‘Sunshine Of Your Love’, ‘Jumpin’ Jack Flash’ and more.

The Smartest Giant in Town |…

Call the box office on 01297 442138 Please note that a 10% booking fee applies online and via the Tourist Info Centre OR On stage 4pm Full Price: £12.00 Concs: £10 (TF & LYT discount applies) Running time: 70 mins (approx) George was the scruffiest giant in town. But one day, when he sees a shop stocking giant-size clothes, he decides it’s time to update his image.

Wind in the Willows | Thursday…

Call the box office on 01297 442138 Please note that a 10% booking fee applies online and via the Tourist Info Centre OR Show starts 7.30pm Full Price: £12.00 Concs: £10.

Lyme Folk Weekend | 1-3 September…

Various Show Times & Ticket Prices: FRIDAY 1 SEPTEMBER Jim Moray The Longest Johns Doors open at 7pm. Tickets: £15. (Under 16: £10) SATURDAY 2 SEPTEMBER Ralph McTell & Wizz Jones Mitchell & Vincent Doors open at 7pm.

Story Boat Project with Voices of…

Friday 8 September Sunday 17 December OR Call the box office on 01297 442138 Please note that a 10% booking fee applies online and via the Tourist Info Centre Show time: 8pm (no interval) Tickets: Full Price £10, Concessions £8 (TF discount applies) Gail will be performing her new production ‘Voices of the Sea’ on Friday 8 September and Sunday 17 December at the Marine Theatre. This unusual and atmospheric performance piece will draw you into a captivating world inhabited by characters such as the salt-ridden sailor, the lonely lighthouse keeper and the mischievous mermaid. Devised by Gail McGarva, traditional wooden boatbuilder from Lyme Regis, and inspired by her love of the sea, the piece features beautiful original songs with haunting harmonies along with fragments of narrative, performed by the Sea Chorus, a group of local singers brought together especially for this project.

Craig Campbell Tour in Easy Tiger…

OR Call the box office on 01297 442138 Please note that a 10% booking fee applies online and via the Tourist Info Centre Show time: 8pm Tickets: Full Price £16 Running time: 1 hour 30 minutes (approx) plus interval The majestic mountain moose in a tiger striped onesie brings his thrilling new show ‘Easy Tiger’ out of the Fringe jungle and onto the world stage for his 3rd solo tour. Queens and Toms pack some nip and prowl on down to screech and howl the night away! Expect a raucous evening of post-scratchin’ and kickin’ litter aboot the hoose while Campbell tickles chins, keeping purrs and treadles generous throughout!

The Lym Delta Rhythm Kings |…

OR Call the box office on 01297 442138 Please note that a 10% booking fee applies online and via the Tourist Info Centre Show time: 8.30pm Tickets: Full price £12, Concessions £10 (TF discount applies) Running time: 1 hour 30 minutes (approx) incl intervalMulti-instrumentalists Marshall Stapleton and Glenn Ford hail from the further reaches of the Lym Delta, last survivors of the musical traditions once prevalent in those environs. Expect to hear toe-tapping train songs, interesting instrumentals, raucous rockabilly and lots more, all played on the latest instruments hand-crafted by Marshall.

Lip Service Theatre presents Mr Darcy…

OR Call the box office on 01297 442138 Please note that a 10% booking fee applies online and via the Tourist Info Centre Show Time: 8pm Tickets: Full Price £12, Concessions £11 (TF discount applies) Running time: 1 hour 30 minutes (approx) with interval Jane Austen sits writing, her quill scurrying across the vellum. She is dreaming up Darcy – a proud, lip curling, handsome creation in very tight pants. But then a door squeaks, a visitor approaches and Jane has to abandon her writing.

Aladdinsane – A Tribute to the…

OR Call the box office on 01297 442138 Please note that a 10% booking fee applies online and via the Tourist Info Centre Show Time: 8pm Tickets: All tickets £16 Running time: 1 hour 30 minutes + interval David Bowie, the legend, through his timeless music and many incarnations; from Ziggy Stardust to the Thin White Duke, into the 80’s and beyond. Hear the sound and experience the vision through the performance of Paul Henderson and Aladdinsane, widely acclaimed as the best Bowie tribute in the UK. https://www.

THE KINGDOM OF PAUL NASH: Cabinet…

OR Call the box office on 01297 442138 Please note that a 10% booking fee applies online and via the Tourist Info Centre Show time: 8.00pm Running Time 2 hours approx Ticket Price: £12 adults £10 under 18s (TF discount applies) This is the Cabinet’s second ‘graphic novel ballad’ developed in 2016. The ballad tells the story of Nash and Eileen Agar’s affair in Dorset in the mid 30’s through their relationship with the Purbeck world which enchanted them; objects washed up on the beach they endowed with personalities, strange rock shapes with animistic qualities, fossils like ghosts embedded in the ancient strata, a landscape made surreal both by quarrying and the remnants of ancient geology.

3 Daft Monkeys | Friday 29…

OR Call the box office on 01297 442138 Please note that a 10% booking fee applies online and via the Tourist Info Centre Show Time: 8pm Tickets: Full Price £15, Concessions £13 (TF discount applies) Running time: 1 hour 30 minutes (approx) with interval With Celtic and eastern influences, the 3 Daft Monkeys’ dynamic style of world folk music reflects the global village in which we now live. Their infectious dancing rhythms lead you through a musical journey of the senses and emotions, and will leave you breathless, enthralled and exhilarated. After experiencing the band’s notoriously energetic live performance at Glastonbury Festival last summer, Mark Radcliffe declared them as one of his “Highlights of the Festival” on BBC TV coverage, and subsequently invited them to play a session on his BBC Radio 2 Folk Show.

After Freedom Productions presents I am…

OR Call the box office on 01297 442138 Please note that a 10% booking fee applies online and via the Tourist Info Centre Show Time: 7.30pm Tickets: Full Price £14, Concessions £12 (TF discount applies) Running time: 55 minutes (approx) 2016 Edinburgh Festival Fringe Sell-Out Laurel holder ‘I Am Rhythm’ takes you on an unforgettable dance and music journey all the way from South Africa. Mesmerising melodies intertwined with an array of traditional and urban dance tell the story of the evolution of rhythm and dance in South Africa; from tribal Tswana, warrior Zulu, to energetic Gumboot, swinging Kofifi, to urban Pantsula and Sbujwa dance styles.

Kerry Godliman: Stick or Twist| Friday…

or call the box office on 01297 442138 Please note that a 10% booking fee applies online and via the Tourist Info Centre 8pm Full price: £15.00 Concessions: £12.00 Running time: 1 hour 30 mins (approx) Age Recommendation: 14+ ‘Intelligent, silly and – at all the right moments – laced with righteous ire.

Actors of Dionysis, Antigone | Saturday…

OR Call the box office on 01297 442138 Please note that a 10% booking fee applies online and via the Tourist Info Centre Show time: 7.30pm Tickets: Full Price £14, Concessions £12 (TF discount applies) +£2 on the door Running time: 1hour 20 minutes (no interval) followed by Q&A Age restriction 14+ A brother condemned to walk forever in the shadow of death. A family teetering on the brink of catastrophe.

Paul Young and Los Pacaminos |…

OR Call the box office on 01297 442138 Please note that a 10% booking fee applies online and via the Tourist Info Centre Showtime: 8pm Tickets: Full Price £20, Concessions £18 +£2 OTD (TF discount applies) Running time: 1hour 30minutes (approx) plus interval Originally formed as an opportunity to play their shared passion of the Border, Tex-Mex and Americana music that the members of the band love, they started as a practice band playing when other musical commitments allowed- top musicians just playing for fun. Word got around as word does and soon the band started playing gigs. At least one member of this highly respected group will be very familiar.

Arena Theatre’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are…

OR Call the box office on 01297 442138 Please note that a 10% booking fee applies online and via the Tourist Info Centre Show time: 7.30pm Tickets: Full Price £14, Concessions £12 (TF discount applies) +£2 on the door Running time: 2hours plus interval Directed by Grae Westgate with permission from Samuel French Back on the road again and this time celebrating the 50th anniversary, Bournemouth based Arena Theatre presents Tom Stoppard’s seminal work. Absurd and existential, funny and plain weird, the play expands upon the exploits of the titular two minor characters from Shakespeare’s Hamlet.

Live Nation presents Jimeoin – Ridiculous|…

OR Call the box office on 01297 442138 Please note that a 10% booking fee applies online and via the Tourist Info Centre Show time: 7.30pm Tickets: Full Price £16 Concessions £14 (TF discount applies) + £2 OTD Age restriction 14+/Recommendation 16+ Running time: 1 hour 30 minutes + interval Notorious for being Ridiculous, Jimeoin is internationally acclaimed as one of live comedy’s masters. His brilliantly observed, ever-evolving and hilarious stand-up has also made him the undisputed award-winning star of TV shows including ‘Live at the Apollo’, ‘Sunday Night at the Palladium’, ‘John Bishop Show’, CH4’s O2 Comedy Gala’ and the ‘Royal Variety Performance’.

Britain’s Got Talent Winner Lance Corporal…

OR Call the box office on 01297 442138 Please note that a 10% booking fee applies online and via the Tourist Info Centre Show time: 7.30pm Tickets: Full Price £15 Concessions £13 +£2 on the door Suitable for all ages. Running time: 1hour 20 minutes (approx) plus interval Richard is the only Magician ever to WIN Britain’s Got Talent.

Paul Foot ‘Tis a Pity She’s…

or call the box office on 01297 442138 Please note that a 10% booking fee applies online and via the Tourist Info Centre 8.00pm All tickets: £14.00 (+£1 on the door)Running time: 2hours (approx) with interval’He’s a comedy whirlwind from the school of Spike Milligan…..

Buddy Holly and The Cricketers, Silver…

OR Call the box office on 01297 442138 Please note that a 10% booking fee applies online and via the Tourist Info Centre Show time: 7.30pm All Tickets: £16.50 (TF discount applies) Running time: 1hour 30 minutes (approx) plus intervalFor quarter of a century, this breathtaking show has rock ’n’ rolled audiences across the globe from Cardiff to California, Barking to Bangkok and Swindon to Sweden and is guaranteed to have everyone singing along to the music and dancing in the aisles.

Andrew Lawrence: The Happy Accident Tour…

OR Call the box office on 01297 442138 Please note that a 10% booking fee applies online and via the Tourist Info Centre Show time: 8pm Tickets: Full Price £16 Concessions £14 (TF discount applies) +£1 on the door Running time: 1hour 30 minutes (approx) plus interval “Superbly intelligent, highly articulate and deeply sour.” The Spectator Star of BBC1’s Live at The Apollo, Michael McIntyre’s Roadshow, Dave’s One Night Stand and Sky Arts’ The Outcast Comic, as well as the hugely successful self-penned BBC Radio 4 series, There Is No Escape. Without question the most subversive voice in UK comedy right now presents an all new, riotously funny set of jokes, poking fun at Liberal pretentions, PC hysteria and his own awful parenting skills.

Puppet State Theatre: Leaf by Niggle…

OR Call the box office on 01297 442138 Please note that a 10% booking fee applies online and via the Tourist Info Centre Show time: 7.30pm Tickets: Full Price £12 Concessions £10 (TF Discount applies) Running time: 75 minutes (approx) plus interval Niggle is a painter. Not a very successful one, partly because he has so many other things to do.

Remembrance Concert with Swing Unlimited ,…

OR Call the box office on 01297 442138 Please note that a 10% booking fee applies online and via the Tourist Info Centre Show time: 8pm Tickets: Full Price £18, Concessions £16 Running time: 2 hours + interval “We’ll Meet Again” commemorates Remembrance with a very special concert at Marine Theatre by the fabulous 17-piece Swing Unlimited Big Band Swing Unlimited Big Band (SUBB). With war-time classics by Glenn Miller, Count Basie and Duke Ellington, as well as songs by Ella Fitzgerald and Frank Sinatra, the show re-creates the period with images, words and music. An uplifting, fun and moving evening.

Keith James. The Songs of Nick…

OR Call the box office on 01297 442138 Please note that a 10% booking fee applies online and via the Tourist Info Centre Show time: 8pm Tickets: Full Price £14, Concessions £12 Running time: 2 hours + interval Keith James: A haunting and immaculately crafted concert The Songs of Nick Drake This concert begins with an introductory set of timeless songs by brilliant songwriters – all contemporary with Nick Drake. Richard Thompson, Roy Harper, Sandy Denny, Al Stewart, Vashti Bunyan, John Martyn, Bridget St John and Bert Jansch. Also featured are two poems by William Blake which Keith has set to guitar arrangements based on Nick’s unique style.

Strange Face – Adventures with a…

OR Call the box office on 01297 442138 Please note that a 10% booking fee applies online and via the Tourist Info Centre Show time: 8pm Tickets: Full Price £14, Concessions £12 (TF discount applies) Running time: 2 hours including interval The award-winning show about a lost Nick Drake recording tells the extraordinary story of how one man shared a recording no one knew existed. Since his tragic death in the mid seventies, Nick Drake’s haunting music has influenced countless artists – including Paul Weller, Kate Bush & Radiohead. But how has the discovery of a previously unheard recording touched the lives of a very special group of people: the lucky few, who were chosen to hear it?

Angelos & Barry: The New Power…

OR Call the box office on 01297 442138 Please note that a 10% booking fee applies online and via the Tourist Info Centre Show Time: 7.30pm Tickets: Full Price £16, Concessions £14 +£2 on the door Running time: 1 hour 30 minutes with interval Are you lost? Is your soul knackered?

Jack and the Beanstalk| Tuesday 19…

Jack and the Beanstalk The Giant Family Panto Adventure City of Light Theatre and The Marine Theatre present a Christmas Pantomime. There’ll be Magic Beans at Marine Theatre this Christmas. Join Jack, Dame Trafalgar Trott, Pat the cow in their adventure up the beanstalk to defeat the evil Giant Butternut-Trump.

Henry Blofeld: 78 Retired | Saturday…

OR Call the box office on 01297 442138 Please note that a 10% booking fee applies online and via the Tourist Info Centre Show time: 7.30pm Tickets: All tickets £20 +£1 on the door Running time: 1 hour 50 minutes (approx) plus 20 minutes interval Henry ‘My Dear Old Thing’ Blofeld has hung up his microphone after 50 years commentating on international cricket. The cherished golden voice of cricket has decided to celebrate by touring the country with his brand-new show, jam-packed full of unheard anecdotes from on and off the pitch, as well as stories from the TMS box not allowed on the radio!