What's On listings for week beginning March 11

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Thursday, March 11

Twelfth Night, Street Theatre, 7.30pm, Strode Theatre, Street, 01458 442846. To Saturday.

Cinderella II: Meet the Twankeys, 7.30pm, Whitstone School, Shepton Mallet. Tickets £5 at the door. Also tomorrow.

Somerset Wildlife Trust talk, Mike Edwards: Bumble Bees, Indispensable Friend of Humans, 7.30pm to 9.30pm, Somerton United Reformed Church Hall, West Street, Somerton. For details call 01458 259688.

Wells and District Gardening Club, Hilary Little: Alpines in the Wild, 7.30pm, Wells Town Hall. Visitors welcome, £3.

Croscombe Society talk, Dinah Lindon-Critchley: Anyone Can Grow Vegetables, 7.30pm, Croscombe Village Hall. Members £1, non-members £1.50.

Mendip Ramblers, "tortoise walk", 10.30am, Croscombe, 01749 670697.

Treasures from the Earth and New History Landscape Archaeology, two new exhibitions, Wells and Mendip Museum, Cathedral Green, Wells. To May 16.

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

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

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

Credit Crunch exhibition and sale, One Craft Gallery, Market Square, Shepton Mallet. Mondays to Saturdays, 10am to 5pm. During March.

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

Snow White On Ice, 7.30pm, Bristol Hippodrome, 0844 847 2325, www.bristolhippodrome.org.uk. To Sunday.

The Tempest, Platform 4, the egg, Theatre Royal, Bath, 01225 448844. To Saturday.

That'll Be the Day! Octagon Theatre, Yeovil, 01935 422884.

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

The Secret of Sherlock Holmes, Theatre Royal, Bath, 01225 448844. To Saturday.

Shelter, 8pm, Rondo Theatre, Bath, 01225 463362. To Saturday.

People's Romeo, 8pm, Ustinov, Theatre Royal, Bath, 01225 448844. To Saturday.

Juliet and her Romeo, Bristol Old Vic, 0117 987 7877. To April 17.

The Man Who Was Hamlet, Brewery Theatre, Tobacco Factory, Bristol, 0117 902 0344. To Sunday.

A Midsummer Night's Dream, Tobacco Factory, Bristol, 0117 902 0344. To March 20.

Sir Peter Blake art exhibition, Rostra and Rooksmoor Galleries, George Street, Bath. To March 22.

Frome Art Society Spring Exhibition, Hot or Cold, Black Swan Arts Gallery Two, Bridge Street, Frome. Monday to Saturday, 10am to 4.30pm. To Saturday.

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.

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.

Friday, March 12

Oshima and the Big Sea, 6pm, Westbury-sub-Mendip Village Hall. Tickets £6, £4, family ticket £18, from 01749 870457 or Westbury Village Shop.

Clockwork, The Clockwork Moth, shadow puppet play, 7.30pm, Glastonbury Assembly Rooms, 01458 834677. Also tomorrow.

Fundraising Pampering Evening, 7pm to 10pm, Compton House, Townsend, Axbridge. Tickets from Axbridge Butchers, Kelibe hair salon, Axbridge, or call 01934 732797 or visit www.axbridgepageant.org.uk. In aid of Axbridge Pageant 2010.

Batcombe Film Society, Anything For Her (15), 7.15pm for 7.45pm, Jubilee Hall, Batcombe. For details call 01749 850934.

Wells University of the Third Age Strollers' Group walk, Butleigh. Meet at 1.45pm, sports ground, Wells, to car share.

Freewheelers Emergency Voluntary Service car boot sale, Fridays to November, 10am to 3pm, Sanders GardenWorld, Brent Knoll. Sellers £5 per car, £7 per van. For details call 01278 789145.

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

Jo Caulfield Won't Shut Up! 8pm, Brewhouse Theatre, Taunton, 01823 283244.

Sound and Fury's Kursk, Bristol Old Vic, 0117 987 7877. To March 20.

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

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, March 13

West Country Game Fair, 9am to 5pm, Bath and West Showground, near Shepton Mallet. Also tomorrow.

Romans In Wells Family Day, 11am to 4pm, Wells and Mendip Museum, Cathedral Green, Wells. Admission free.

Butleigh Cricket Club Car Boot Sale, traders 8.30am, buyers, 9am, Rose and Portcullis, Sub Road, Butleigh. Pre-booked cars £5, £6 on the day. Buyers, 50p per person. Book at the pub or call 01458 850287 or 07538 699862.

Bingo Night, 7pm for 7.30pm, Venue Club, Wells. In aid of Greyhound Rescue West of England. To order food call 01963 359442.

Coffee Morning, 10.30am, followed by a "meet and eat" lunch, Cheddar Methodist Church.

Mendip Society walk, 2pm, Mendip above Wells. For details call 01749 678029.

Jumble Sale and Coffee Morning, 10am to noon, Wells Methodist Church, Southover, Wells. All welcome.

Croscombe Charter Market's Spring Event, 10am to noon, Croscombe Village Hall.

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

Jumble Sale, 2pm, Winscombe Community Centre, Sandford Road, Winscombe.

Cash Bingo, doors open 7pm, eyes down 8pm, Tramways, Wells. All welcome.

Wedmore Methodist Church Coffee Morning, 10am to noon, Masonic Hall, Church Street, Wedmore.

Let The Good Times Roll, Pete Gill and State 51. See Gig Guide.

Monteverdi Vespers 1610, the Chantry Singers, 7.30pm, Bath Abbey. For tickets call 01225 463362 or visit www.bathfestival.org.uk.

Sleeping Beauty, 2pm and 7.45pm, Brewhouse Theatre, Taunton, 01823 283244.

Rossini's Petite Messe Solennelle, 7.30pm, United Reformed Church, Princes Street, Yeovil. For details call 01935 873719 or visit www.yeovilchamberchoir.org.

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.

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, March 14

Poets In Avalon, guest poet: Clare Diprose: Mothers and Others, 7pm to 9pm, Abbey House, Glastonbury. For details call 01458 835067.

Ro:toro in Concert, traditional Estonian folk music, 7.30pm, Hornblotton Village Hall, 01963 240282.

Starstruck Quiz, 8.15pm, Highwayman Inn, Shepton Mallet. £1.50 per person.

Helicopter Museum Open Cockpit Day, Locking Moor Road, Weston-super-Mare, 01934 635227.

Getting On, Tobacco Factory, Bristol, 0117 902 0344.

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.

All Age Worship with Communion, led by the Rev N Lakin, 10.45am, Glastonbury Methodist Church, Lambrook Street, Glastonbury.

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

Monday, March 15

Ricky Gervais, 7.30pm, Colston Hall, Bristol, 0117 922 3686. Sold out.

Haunted, Theatre Royal, Bath, 01225 448844. To March 20.

Endgames, the egg, Theatre Royal, Bath, 01225 448844. To March 19.

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.

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

Jesmarie's Painters, Mondays, anytime between 1pm and 5pm, St Thomas's Church Hall, Wells. New members welcome. For details call 01458 834221.

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 Bowls Club, Mondays, 6pm, at the club off Paul Street/Charlton Road, Shepton Mallet. For details call 01749 344928 or visit www.sheptonmalletbowlsclub.co.uk.

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, March 16

Somerset Wildlife Trust, David Boag: Natual Quarry, 7.30pm to 9.30pm, Bath Arms, Bath Street, Cheddar. Entry £2.

Evercreech WI's Waste Not Want Not Workshop, 7.30pm, new Sports Pavilion, Weston Town Sports Ground, Evercreech. For details call 01749 830293

Wells University of the Third Age Light Music Group, Orchestras of the Golden Age, 2pm to 4pm, Denning Room, Union Street, Wells. For details call 01749 673550.

Starstruck Quiz, 8pm, Royal Oak, Walton. £1.50 per person.

Milos Karadaglic, 1.05pm, Colston Hall, Bristol, 0117 922 3686.

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

Mid-Somerset Camera Club, competition: open, 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.

Forget-Me-Not Club, Tuesdays, for the over-60s, Glastonbury Town Hall. For details call 01458 832651.

Wells Bridge Club, Tuesdays, duplicate bridge, 7pm, Seager Hall, Union Street, Wells, 01749 840860.

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, March 17

Ro:toro in Concert, traditional Estonian folk music, 7.30pm, Wanstrow Church, 01749 850905.

You Are Special, Freedom Theatre UK, 6pm, St Mary's Church, Wedmore.

Shepton Mallet Library talk, Joe King: Bees and Man, 11am to noon, at the library, Market Place, Shepton Mallet. Tickets £2.50 (under-16s free) from the library.

Strode Charity Fashion Show, 7pm, Glastonbury Town Hall. Tickets £3, £2.50 from Cancer Research Shop, Glastonbury and Strode College Shop, or £4 on the door.

Living the Questions, 7.30pm, Street United Reformed Church. Religious education discussion using a new course. For details call 01458 252799 or 01458 442927.

Julian Clary, Bristol Hippodrome, 0844 847 2325, www.bristolhippodrome.org.uk.

Nick Middleton – Deserts, 7.45pm, Brewhouse Theatre, Taunton, 01823 283244.

Seasoned, Ustinov, Theatre Royal, Bath, 01225 448844.

Up Down Boy, Brewery Theatre, Tobacco Factory, Bristol, 0117 902 0344. To March 28.

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.

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.

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, March 18

Somerset History on Film evening, Mid Somerset Agricultural Society, 7.30pm, Academy Theatre, Shepton Mallet. Tickets from Shepton Mallet Tourist Information and Heritage Centre or through the agricultural society.

Friends of St Andrew's Church, Cheddar, concert, with Wells Cathedral School Junior Choir and the Cheddar Valley Music Club Senior Brass Band, 7pm, St Andrew's Church, Cheddar. Reserved seats £8 from 01934 742275, unreserved £5 from Cheddar Valley Press or on the door from 6.30pm.

Lunchtime organ recital, Peter Dyke, 1.05pm, Wells Cathedral. Admission free.

Mendip Society talk, Jim Hanwell: The Making and Shaping of Mendip, 7.30pm, St James Church Hall, Winscombe.

Epilepsy Action in Street meeting, 7pm to 9pm, Community Focus, Crispin Community Centre, Street. For details call 07542 517300.

Transition Wells – Any Questions? 7pm to 9pm, Wells and Mendip Museum, Cathedral Green, Wells. Entry by donation, refreshments provided.

Peter Pan, Mark Youth Theatre, 7.30pm (2.30pm matinee on Saturday), Princess Theatre, Burnham-on-Sea. To March 20. Tickets £7, £5, family ticket £20 from 01278 641541, Mark Village Stores and Wedmore Paper Shop.

Derren Brown, 7.30pm, Bristol Hippodrome, 0844 847 2325, www.bristolhippodrome.org.uk.

The Censor, Ustinov, Theatre Royal, Bath, 01225 448844. To March 20.

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