What's On listings for week beginning February 11

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Thursday, February 11

Try Dive event, Wells Diving Group, 8pm to 9pm, Strode Swimming Pool, Street. For details and to book call 07808 901184 or 0117 986 2163.

Wells and District Gardening Club, annual meeting and talk by Mark Roper: The History of Forde Abbey and the Development of its Garden, 7.30pm, Wells Town Hall. Non-members £3.

Somerset Wildlife Trust talk, Lisa Schneidau: Major Energy Projects and Somerset Wildlife Trust, 7.30pm to 9.30pm, United Reformed Church, Somerton.

Explore Your Somerset Routes – Hidden Gems from Somerset exhibition, Somerset Rural Life Museum, Chilkwell Street, Glastonbury, 01458 831197. To March 13.

Untamed Somerset exhibition and sale, Mark Noble, 11am to 4pm, Wells and Mendip Museum, Cathedral Green, Wells, 01749 673477. To March 14.

St Patrick's Chapel Exhibition, Glastonbury Abbey, 01458 832267. To March 31.

Enrapture, Somerset Guild of Craftsmen jewellery exhibition, Courthouse Gallery, Market Place, Somerton. To March 6.

Lust and the Human Body exhibition, Air Gallery, High Street, Wells, 01749 675873. To March 20.

High School Musical 2, Bristol Hippodrome, 0844 847 2325, www.bristolhippodrome.org.uk. To Saturday.

The Lamp Lighter's Lament, 7.45pm, Brewhouse Theatre, Taunton, 01823 283244.

The Country Wife, Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, Bristol Old Vic, 0117 987 7877. To February 20.

Chris Dean's Syd Lawrence Orchestra, Octagon Theatre, Yeovil, 01935 422884.

A Midsummer Night's Dream, Tobacco Factory, Bristol, 0117 902 0344. To March 21.

Private Lives, Theatre Royal, Bath, 01225 448844. To February 20.

The Forest, Bristol Old Vic, 0117 987 7877. To Saturday.

The Department of Smelling Pistakes, Tobacco Factory, Bristol, 0117 902 0344. To February 28.

Street Country Market, Thursdays, 9.30am to 11.30am, Crispin Hall, Street.

Wessex Badminton Club, Thursdays, 7pm to 9pm, Glastonbury Leisure Centre. For details call 01458 446154.

Over-50s dance and movement club, Thursdays, 10.30am to noon, Wedmore Village Hall.

Tea Dance, Thursdays, 2pm to 4.30pm, Ashcott Village Hall. No need to book, just turn up.

Burtle Silver Band practice, Thursdays, 8pm, Burtle Village Hall. For details call 01934 712323 or 01278 722298.

Sequence Dancing, Thursdays, 8pm to 10pm, Glastonbury Conservative Club, High Street, Glastonbury, £1.50 admission.

Friday, February 12

Wells Cathedral School Prestige Series: Symphonic Journey, 7.30pm, Wells Cathedral. Tickets from Wells Cathedral School Box Office, 01749 834483 and at the door.

Batcombe Film Society, Last Chance Harvey (12A), 7.15pm for 7.45pm, Jubilee Hall, Batcombe. For details call 01749 850934.

Wells University of the Third Age Strollers' Group walk, Wells. Meet 1.45pm, Ash Lane, Wells.

The Real Deal Comedy Jam, 8pm, Colston Hall, Bristol, 0117 922 3686.

Dad Rules, 8pm, Ustinov, Theatre Royal, Bath, 01225 448844. Also tomorrow.

Voulez Vous – The Abba Story, 7.45pm, The Brewhouse Theatre, Taunton, 01823 283244.

Dream On, 8pm, Rondo Theatre, Bath, 01225 463362.

Wells and Wookey Scottish Dancers, Fridays, 7.30pm to 9.45pm, Wookey Village Hall. All welcome. For details call 01749 672672, 01749 677548 or 01749 672805.

Street Badminton Club, Fridays, 7pm to 10pm, St Dunstan's Leisure Centre, Glastonbury. For details call 01458 447483 or 01458 210342.

Golden Oldies, Fridays, 2.30pm to 3.30pm, Pullen Court, Shepton Mallet. For details call 01761 470006 or visit www.golden-oldies.org.uk.

Wells Country Market, Fridays, 10am to 11am, Seager Hall, Union Street, Wells.

NCT Pop In And Play, Fridays, parent and toddler group, 10am to 11.30am, including school holidays, The Victoria Club, Street. £1 per family, all welcome. For details call 08702 205817.

Sequence Tea Dancing for the Over-50s, Fridays, 2.15pm to 4.30pm, Buses Club, West Street, Wells.

Wedmore Art Group, Fridays, 2pm to 5pm, Wedmore Masonic Hall, 01934 713129.

Ditcheat Country Dancing Club, second Friday of the month, 7.30pm, Jubilee Hall, Ditcheat. For details call 01749 860594 or 01749 860397.

Saturday, February 13

Donkey Day, 11.30am to 3.30pm, Somerset Rural Life Museum, Glastonbury, 01458 831197.

Winter Auction and Autojumble, 9am to 5pm, Bath and West Showground, near Shepton Mallet. For details call 0117 907 1000. Also tomorrow.

Winter garden guided walks, 2.30pm daily, Bishop's Palace, Wells, 01749 988111. To February 21. Bishop's Palace now open daily to October 31.

Croscombe Village Orchestra Winter Concert, 7pm, St Michael's Church, Park Road, Shepton Mallet.

Pancake Morning and House Clearance sale, 11am to 1pm, Walton Village Hall. In aid of Walton Church.

Tabletop Sale, Glastonbury Abbey Friends Association, 10am to noon, Glastonbury small Town Hall.

Children's Tabletop Sale, Evercreatures Baby and Toddler Group, 10am to noon, Evercreech Village Hall. Tables £5. For details call 01749 831698.

Wookey Market and Fairtrade Coffee Morning, 10am to noon, Wookey Church Hall.

Bingo at the Tramways, doors open 7pm, eyes down 8pm, Tramways, Wells.

Valentine's Dance, Shepton Mallet Conservative Club. See Gig Guide.

Flotsam and Jetsam sale, nearly new sale for Winscombe and District RNLI, 2pm, Community Centre, Sandford Road, Winscombe. For details call 01934 842304.

Somerset Wildlife Trust walk, Somerset Levels and the starling roost, 2.30pm, Meare Heath and Ham Wall. Adults £2, children £1. For details call 01373 463875.

Mendip Ladies' Group fundraising event, hot soup, bring-and-buy, home produce and raffle, noon to 2pm, cricket clubhouse, School Lane, South Horrington. Entrance £3, £1.50.

Craft Fair, 10am to 4pm, Sanders GardenWorld, Brent Knoll. In aid of Freewheelers Emergency Voluntary Service. Also tomorrow.

Mendip Society Walk, Beacon Hill and the Fosseway, 1.30pm. For more details call 01761 490458.

My Today, Your Tomorrow, exhibition by Kaye Parmenter to benefit Help for Heroes, A2 Gallery, Wells. To February 28.

Fleet Air Arm Museum's Model Show, 10am, Fleet Air Arm Museum, RNAS Yeovilton, Ilchester, 01935 840565.

Jumping Mouse, 11.30am to 3pm, The Egg, Theatre Royal, Bath, 01225 448844.

South West Festival Chorus Winter School, 7.30pm, Colston Hall, Bristol, 0117 922 3686.

Moon Fool, Merlin Theatre, Frome, 01373 465949.

Barry Cryer and Ronnie Golden, 7.45pm, The Brewhouse Theatre, Taunton, 01823 283244.

Jimmy Cricket, Octagon Theatre, Yeovil, 01935 422884.

Whitstone Community Concert Band, Saturdays, 10am to 11.30am, 01749 343852.

Westridge Singers, Saturdays, 10.30am to noon, Shepton Mallet Leisure Centre. For details call 01749 344627.

Sunday, February 14

Poets In Avalon, Rachael Clyne: Aspects of Love, 7pm to 9pm, Abbey House, Chilkwell Street, Glastonbury. Admission £3. Meetings every second Sunday of the month. For details call 01458 835067.

Somerset Potato Day, 10am to 2pm, Pylle Village Hall. Free admission.

Scrub bashing, 10.30am to 4.30pm, Cheddar Cliffs. Booking essential on 01823 451587.

Tabletop Sale, sellers set up from noon, buyers from 1pm, Edington Village Hall. For details call 01278 722085 or 07875 842333.

Exhibition of work by Somerset artists, Kilver Court, Shepton Mallet. For details call 01984 623357 or visit www.gallery4art.co.uk. To February 27.

Clare Teal, 7.45pm, The Brewhouse Theatre, Taunton, 01823 283244.

Johann Strauss Gala, Colston Hall, Bristol, 0117 922 3686.

John Bishop, Tobacco Factory, Bristol, 0117 902 0344.

Valentine's Day concert with Bath Camarata, 6.30pm for 7pm, Rook Lane Chapel, Frome, 01373 468040.

St John the Baptist Church Parish Communion, Sundays, 9.30am, High Street, Glastonbury.

Glastonbury Methodist Church, service led by Mr David Sawyer, 10.45am, Lambrook Street, Glastonbury.

Mid-Somerset Community Church, Sundays, 10.30am, Glastonbury Leisure Centre, St Dunstan's School, Wells Road, Glastonbury. For details call 01458 831468.

Just Church UK, Sundays, 10.30am, Scout Hall, West Shepton Playing Fields, Old Wells Road, Shepton Mallet. All welcome. For details call 01749 346287.

Mendip Mallards Health and Mobility Swimming Club, Sundays, 12.30pm to 1.30pm, Strode Pool, Street. New members and non-swimmers welcome. For details call 01963 240439.

Monday, February 15

Green Gardeners, Callum Pawson: An Organic Community and its Veg Boxes, 7.30pm, Parish Rooms, Somerton. Visitors £1.50, annual membership £6. For details call 01460 77259.

Willow workshops, sessions from 9.30am, Kilver Court, Shepton Mallet. Book at Kilver Court farm shop. For details visit www.wildgardens.co.uk or call 01749 830205.

Whistle Down the Wind, Bristol Hippodrome, 0844 847 2325, www.bristolhippodrome.org.uk. To February 20.

Stephen K Amos, Colston Hall, Bristol, 0117 922 3686.

Crispin Community Focus coffee mornings, 10am to noon, every morning, Monday to Friday, Leigh Road, Street, 01458 447248.

Wells City Badminton Club, Mondays, 7pm to 10pm, Bishop's Barn, Silver Street, Wells. For details call 01749 678264 or visit http://wellscitybadmintonclub.fortunecity.co.uk.

It's That Monday Morning Feeling, coffee morning, Mondays, 10am to noon, Seager Hall, Union Street, Wells. Proceeds to Tearfund.

Community Show, 3pm to 5pm, GFM 107.1, community radio for Glastonbury, Street and Wells. Monday to Thursday every week.

Over-50s short tennis, indoors and daytimes, Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, Shepton Mallet Leisure Centre. For details call 01749 860599 or 01749 899069.

Shepton Mallet Big Band rehearsals, alternate Mondays, 01749 342440.

Street Keyboard Club, alternate Mondays, Northleaze House, Farm Road, Street. Further details from 01458 442620 or 01458 210402.

Tuesday, February 16

Jack and the Beanstalk, Shepton Mallet Theatre Group, 7.15pm (plus 2pm, Saturday), Academy Theatre, Shepton Mallet. Tickets from Partyplus, High Street, Shepton Mallet, or 01749 344444. To February 20.

Somerset Rural Life Museum events, 10am to 4pm, Hands-on weaving; 10.30am to 12.30pm, Pancake Day, Somerset Rural Life Museum, Glastonbury, 01458 831197.

Old Deanery Garden Project Spring Lecture, Sarah Hare: Somerset Almshouses – Their Gardens, Buildings and People, 7.30pm, Bradfield Room, Old Deanery, Wells. Tickets £5 from Reception, the Old Deanery.

Somerset Wildlife Trust talk, The Great Crane Project, 7.30pm to 9.30pm, Bath Arms, Bath Street, Cheddar. Entry £2.

Castle Cary Farmers' Market, third Tuesday of the month, market place, Castle Cary.

Shrove Tuesday Pancake Party, 7.30pm, St Thomas's Church Hall, St Thomas Street, Wells. Invitations and reply slips at the back of the church.

Mendip Community Support Forum, 12.15pm to 2pm, Shepton Mallet Leisure Centre. Speaker from the Somerset Waste Action Programme. Free admission.

Wolf Tales, Pickled Image, Bristol Old Vic, 0117 987 7877. To February 27.

Whist Club, Tuesdays, 7.30pm, Paul Street Community Centre, Shepton Mallet.

Mid-Somerset Camera Club, Emma Hickman (travel) and Mike Smith part two: A Touch of the Blarney, 7.45pm for 8pm, Tor Leisure, Street Road, Glastonbury, 01458 832393. Meets Tuesdays.

Jack and Jill Toddler Group, Tuesdays, 10am to noon, Paul Street Community Centre, Shepton Mallet, 01749 342763.

Mendip Melody Makers choir, Tuesdays, 1.45pm to 3pm, St Aldhelm's Church, Doulting. For details call 01749 880576.

Cheddar Old Time and Modern Sequence Dance Club, Tuesdays, 8pm to 10.15pm, King's of Wessex Middle School, Cheddar. For details call 01934 741523.

Cheddar Valley Country Market, Tuesdays, 10.30am to 11.30am, Church House, Cheddar.

Glastonbury Country Market, Tuesdays, 9.30am to 12.30pm, inside Glastonbury Town Hall. Fresh home baking and handcrafts.

Wells City Band practice night, Tuesdays, 8pm to 10pm, Old Deanery, St Andrew Street, Wells. For details visit www.wellscityband.moonfruit.com.

West Somerset Yeomanry Reels Club, Tuesdays, 8pm to 10pm, Dinder Village Hall, 01749 346243.

Tea and Toys, Tuesdays, 10.30am to noon, Westbury-sub-Mendip Village Hall. For details call 01749 870042 or 01749 871116.

Wednesday, February 17

Snow White II, Glastonbury Town Players, Glastonbury Assembly Rooms. Tickets £7, £5 from Gothic Image, High Street, Glastonbury. To February 20.

The Creaking Door Theatre Company: Fairy Stories Matinee, Cheddar Arts @ Kings' Theatre, 2pm for 2.30pm, Kings' Theatre, Kings of Wessex School, Cheddar, 01934 744939, ext 6. Adults £7, children £4.

Hand spinning, 1pm to 4pm, Somerset Rural Life Museum, Glastonbury, 01458 831197.

Family craft activities, Our Natural World, 11am to 4pm, Bishop's Palace, Wells, 01749 988111.

Ashcott and Pedwell WI Coffee morning, with bring-and-buy and cake stalls, 10am to noon, Ashcott Village Hall.

Draw An Owl, 10am to 1pm, Cheddar Garden Centre. For details call 01934 745200.

The Mating Game, Octagon Theatre, Yeovil, 01935 422884.

Glastonbury Positive Living Group, Wednesdays, inspirational talks followed by tea and biscuits, 7pm to 10pm, Glastonbury Town Hall. For details visit www.shiny-happy-people.co.uk.

Singing For The Brain, for those with memory difficulties and their carers, every second Wednesday, 2.30pm to 4.30pm, Wells Town Hall. For details call 01749 344774, 07595 271424 or email jo.taswell@alzheimers.org.uk.

Ashcott Art Group, Wednesdays, 2pm, Ashcott Village Hall. For details call 01458 210402 or 01458 210204.

Wells Farmers' Market, Wednesdays, 9am to 2.30pm, Market Place, Wells.

Knit and Chat, Wednesdays, 10.30am to noon, Haskins Coffee Shop, Shepton Mallet. For details call 01749 344243 or 01749 344404.

The Beetlecrushers, Wednesdays, clog and step dancing, 8pm, Gurney Slade Village Hall. For details call 01749 890399 or 01373 812227.

Thursday, February 18

Aladdin, Croscombe and Dinder Frolics, 7.30pm (plus 2.30pm, Saturday), Croscombe Village Hall. Tickets from the Bull Terrier, the George Inn and the village hall, Croscombe. To February 20.

Bazaar and Rummage, Bruton Players, 8pm, Fitzjames Theatre, Kings School, Bruton. Tickets £7, £5 from Bruton Pharmacy and Church Bridge Stores or 01749 81334. To February 20.

Fun with Objects, 10.30am to 2.30pm and 1pm to 2.30pm, Somerset Rural Life Museum, Glastonbury, 01458 831197.

Lunchtime organ recital, Oliver Walker, 1.05pm, Wells Cathedral. Free admission.

Shepton Mallet Local History Group, 7.30pm, Salvation Army, Shepton Mallet. For details call 01749 342995.

Mendip Society Talk, Professor Simon Haslett: The Somerset Tsunami, 7.30pm, St James Church Hall, Winscombe.

Transition Wells, Carbon Footprints, 7pm to 9pm, Wells and Mendip Museum, Cathedral Green, Wells. Entry by donation. Refreshments provided.

Street Epilepsy Action monthly meeting, third Thursday of the month, 7pm to 9pm, Street Community Focus. For details call 07542 517300.

Dress Like a Pirate Day, The Crown at Wells, 01749 673457.

Can I Be Frank? 7.45pm, The Brewhouse Theatre, Taunton, 01823 283244.

Laura Solon: Rabbit Faced Story Soup, 8pm, Rondo Theatre, Bath, 01225 463362.

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