What's On listings for week beginning February 4

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Thursday, February 4

Hickory Dickory Dock, Blackford Pantomime, 7.30pm, Blackford Village Hall. Tickets £5 from 01934 713633. To Saturday.

Wells Evening Society, Dr Timothy Mowl: The Historic Gardens of Somerset, 7.30pm,Wells Town Hall. For details call 01749 670019 or visit www.wellseveningsociety.co.uk.

Active Living event, 10am, tai chi, Crispin Community Focus, Leigh Road, Street, 01458 447248.

Thursday Club, first Thursday of the month, 2pm, St Thomas's Church Hall, Wells. Entry £1.50, including refreshments.

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.

My Wonderful Day, 7.30pm, Theatre Royal, Bath, 01225 448844. To Saturday.

The Mr James Trilogy, Brewery Theatre, Tobacco Factory, Bristol, 0117 902 0344. To Monday.

Sean Hughes: What I Meant to Say Was ... 8pm, Brewhouse Theatre, Taunton, 01823 283244.

Russell Kane's Fakespeare: The Tragickal Saveings of King Nigel, 8pm, Rondo Theatre, Bath, 01225 463362.

Jo Caulfield Won't Shut Up, Hen and Chicken, Tobacco Factory, Bristol, 0117 902 0344.

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.

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

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

Irish Set Dancing, most Thursdays, 8.30pm to 10.30pm, Dinder Village Hall. For details call 01458 210051.

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 5

James and the Giant Peach, Shipham Players, 7.30pm, Shipham Village Hall. Also tomorrow at 3pm and 7.30pm. Tickets £7, £3 from Hansfords, The Square, Shipham.

Mendip Society talk, Kevin Spears: Wells Cathedral Library, 7.30pm, St Thomas's Church Hall, St Thomas Street, Wells.

Shepton Mallet Active Living Group, Sabrina Sallis from Cancer Research UK and activity session: Party Time, 10.30am to 2.30pm, Shepton Mallet Leisure Centre. For details call 01749 344404 or 01749 342763.

Easton Village Hall Quiz Night, 7pm for 7.30pm, Easton Village Hall. Teams of four, £3 per person.

The Furies, Land of the Dead and Helter Skelter, Ustinov, Theatre Royal, Bath, 01225 448844.

The Nutcracker, Russian State Ballet of Siberia, Bristol Hippodrome, 0844 847 2325, www.bristolhippodrome.org.uk. Also tomorrow.

Goodbye Mrs Chips, Ministry of Entertainment, 8pm, Rondo Theatre, Bath, 01225 463362.

That'll Be The Day, 7.30pm, Frome Memorial Theatre, Frome, 01373 462795.

Stephen Grant, Hen and Chicken, Tobacco Factory, Bristol, 0117 902 0344. Also tomorrow.

Natalie Clein (cello) with Xuefei Yang (guitar), St George's Bristol, Great George Street, Bristol, 0845 4024001.

Handful of Henna, the Egg, Theatre Royal, Bath, 01225 448844. Also tomorrow.

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.

Cancer Aid For Everyone (CAFE), Fridays, 10am to noon, St Lawrence Day Centre, Chamberlain Street, Wells. For details call (freephone) 0800 7314608 or 01823 433510 or visit www.somersetcancercare.org.uk.

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.

Saturday, February 6

Somerset Vintage and Classic Tractor Show, 8.30am to 5pm, Bath and West Showground, near Shepton Mallet. For details call 01747 824913. Also tomorrow.

Girlguiding Wells Coffee Morning in aid of Haiti, 10am to noon, Methodist Church, Southover. Cakes, raffle, bring-and-buy, toys and books.

Winscombe Table Tennis Club Jumble Sale, 2pm, Winscombe Community Centre.

Jumble Sale, 2pm, Charltons Community Centre, Charlton Mackrell. In aid of Charlton Pre-School. For details call 01458 224572.

Haiti Coffee Morning and Thrift Shop, 10am to noon, Street United Reformed Church. Cakes, nearly-new books and clothes. For UNICEF Haiti appeal. For details call 01458 445540.

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

Charity coffee morning, 10.30am to noon, The Vineyard Centre, Burcott Road, Wells.

Mendip Society walk, 1.30pm, Woodborough Inn, Winscombe. For details call 01934 743730.

Street Cage Bird Society Prize Bingo, eyes down 7.30pm, St John Ambulance Headquarters, Park Road, Street.

Wedmore Playgroup Race Night, 8pm, Wedmore Village Hall. Also pig roast and bar. Tickets £5 from The Paper Shop, Wedmore, or Wedmore Playgroup.

Valentine's Ball, with the Seedy Cases, Banwell Village Hall. Tickets £7.50, including supper, from 07779 856831.

Stan Won't Dance: Babel, Merlin Theatre, Frome, 01373 465949.

Poet in New York, 8pm, Rondo Theatre, Bath, 01225 463362.

Brass at the Octagon, Octagon Theatre, Yeovil, 01935 422884.

Wells City Soccer School, Saturdays, 10am to 11.30am, Wells City Football Club, Rowdens Road, Wells. Boys and girls, ages five to 10. For details call 01749 673206.

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.

Axbridge Farmers' Market, first Saturday of the month, 9am to 1pm, The Square, Axbridge.

Centre of Somerset Music Club (COSMiC), Saturday mornings in term time, Strode/Crispin Campus, Street. For details call 01458 224484 or visit www.cos-music.org.uk.

Sunday, February 7

Toy and Train Collectors' Fair, 10.30am to 3.30pm, Bath and West Showground, near Shepton Mallet. For details call 01373 452857.

Irish Set Dancing monthly workshop and ceili, workshop, 10.45am, ceili, 2.15pm, Dinder Village Hall. For details call 01458 210051.

Somerset Wildlife Trust walk, 2pm to 4pm, Axbridge Hill. For details call 01278 769010.

Glastonbury Methodist Church Sunday services, 10.45am (local arrangement); 6.30pm, Out of the Box service led by the Rev Nick Lakin, Lambrook Street, Glastonbury.

Bonacheda Dance Company, The Land of Yes and the Land of No, 7pm, ICIA Arts Theatre, University of Bath, 01225 386777.

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 8

Friends of Greenhill House, Cheddar, Prize Bingo, eyes down 7.30pm, Greenhill House, Tweentown, Cheddar. Draw and optional supper (£2.50 a ticket).

Ashcott Garden Club, guest speaker: Grandma's Garden, 7.30pm, Ashcott Primary School. For details call 01458 210539.

The Wells Film Society, Sunset Boulevard (PG), Wells Film Centre. Also tomorrow. For details visit www.twfs.org.uk or pick up an application form from the film centre.

City of Wells Philatelic Society, Jake Jeffery: Chairman's Choice, 7.30pm, Wells Town Hall.

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 February 13.

Rigged, the Egg, Theatre Royal, Bath, 01225 448844. Also tomorrow.

Shakespeare 4 Kidz: Macbeth, Octagon Theatre, Yeovil, 01935 422884.

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

Castle Cary Choir rehearsals, Mondays in term-time, 7.30pm to 9.15pm, Methodist Church, Castle Cary. For details call 01963 351042.

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.

Street Young People's Centre, for people aged 11 to 18, Mondays and Wednesdays, 7pm to 9.15pm, Strode Road, Street (next door to the indoor swimming pool). For details call 01458 442452.

Street Poets, second Monday of each month, 7.30pm for 8pm, Street Inn, Street.

Cheddar Valley Advanced Motorcyclists (CVAM), second Monday of the month, 7.30pm, Bath Arms, Cheddar. For details visit www.cvam.info or call 07947 147017.

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.

Tuesday, February 9

Wells and District Floral Art Society, Coral Gardiner: From Paper to China, 2.15pm, St Thomas's Church Hall, Wells.

Strawberry Line WI meeting, Tim Kelly: Working in a Romanian Orphanage, 7.30pm, Cranmore Memorial Hall. For details call 07971 598287 or 01749 880934.

Czech National Symphony Orchestra, 7.30pm, Colston Hall, Bristol, 0117 922 3686.

Roy "Chubby" Brown, Octagon Theatre, Yeovil, 01935 422884.

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

Mid-Somerset Camera Club, competition: Machinery, 7.45pm for 8pm, Tor Leisure, Street Road, Glastonbury, 01458 832393. Meets Tuesdays.

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.

Wednesday, February 10

Animal Farm, 7.30pm, Strode Theatre, Street, 01458 442846. Tickets £9.50, £8.50.

Glastonbury Spinners, 1pm to 4pm, Somerset Rural Life Museum, Chilkwell Street, Glastonbury, 01458 831197.

Wells and Mendip Museum Finds Identification Surgery, 11am to 3pm, at the museum, Cathedral Green, Wells.

Mid Somerset Flower Club, Anne Bartlett: Imagine This, 2pm, Evercreech Village Hall.

Wells Civic Society, Lesley Ross: Chew Valley Before the Lake, 7.30pm, Wells and Mendip Museum, Cathedral Green, Wells. For details call 01749 689037.

Street Chrysanthemum, Dahlia and Vegetable Society, annual meeting and talk by Jenny Short: Herbaceous Perennials, 7.30pm, Unity Club, Street.

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.

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

Jo Caulfield Won't Shut Up! 8pm, Rondo Theatre, Bath, 01225 463362.

Roam, 7.45pm, Brewhouse Theatre, Taunton, 01823 283244.

The Forest, Bristol Old Vic, 0117 987 7877. To February 13.

Stephen K Amos, Octagon Theatre, Yeovil, 01935 422884.

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

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.

Parkinson's Disease Society, every second Wednesday of the month, 2.30pm, Bovemoor Sheltered Accommodation Community Room, Strode Road, Street. For details call 01458 832334 or 01458 445870.

Evercreatures Baby and Toddler Group, Wednesdays in term-time, 10am to noon, Evercreech Village Hall. £1.50 per family, refreshments provided.

Walton Parent and Toddler Group, Wednesdays in term-time, 9am to 10.45am, Walton Village Hall. For details call 01458 841660.

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.

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.

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