What's On listings for week beginning March 4

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Thursday, March 4

Little Shop of Horrors, Crispin School, 7.30pm, Strode Theatre, Street, 01458 442846. Tickets £6 from the box office or www.strodetheatre.co.uk. Also tomorrow.

Wells Evening Society, Did Marco Polo go to China? Tea, Spaghetti and Manuscripts, 7.30pm, Wells Town Hall. For details call 01749 670019.

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

Fairtrade wine tasting with Bath Wine Society, 7.30pm, Oak House, Axbridge. Tickets from the Post Office and the Co-op, Axbridge.

Mendip Ramblers, Glastonbury, Kennard Moor, 10am. For details call 01458 835711.

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 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 Saturday.

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.

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

The Man Who Was Hamlet, Brewery Theatre, Tobacco Factory, Bristol, 0117 902 0344. To March 14.

Derren Brown – Enigma, Bristol Hippodrome, 0844 847 2325, www.bristolhippodrome.org.uk. Also Friday and Saturday.

Moscow Ballet, La Classique, Octagon Theatre, Yeovil, 01935 422884.

Homemade Shakespeare with Nola Rae and Lasse Kerlund, Ustinov, Theatre Royal, Bath, 01225 448844. To Saturday.

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

Hedda Gabler, Theatre Royal, Bath, 01225 448844. To Saturday.

Luke Wright, 8pm, Rondo Theatre, Bath, 01225 463362.

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 March 13.

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

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.

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

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

Friday, March 5

Wookey Hole Circus Show, in aid of Wells RFC under-14s, 6pm for 7pm, at Wookey Hole Circus, Wookey Hole Caves. Tickets, £5, from Wells Rugby Club or 07710 338357.

Mendip Community Support forum, 9.15am to 12.45pm, Mendip District Council Offices, Cannards Grave, Shepton Mallet. For details and to book a place call 01749 346830 or contact mcsupport@mbzonline.

Mendip Society talk, Mike Chipperfield: An American Adventure, 7.30pm, St Thomas's Church Hall, St Thomas Street, Wells.

Shepton Mallet Active Living Group for the Over-50s, 10.30am to 2.30pm, Shepton Mallet Leisure Centre, Charlton Road. Morning: poetry with Vince, afternoon: yoga with Liz. For details call 01749 342763.

Women's World Day of Prayer services, St Cuthbert's Church, Wells, 10.30am; Street Mission Church, 2pm and 7pm, with guest speaker, the Rev Evelyn Ridout; St Andrew's Church, Cheddar, 2.15pm, with speaker, Mrs Connie Lane. For details visit www.wwdp-natcomm.org.

Fascinating Aida, Octagon Theatre, Yeovil, 01935 422884.

Rosie Wilby: The Science of Sex, 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.

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.

Shapwick Toddlers, Fridays in term-time, parent and toddler group, 1.30pm to 3pm, Shapwick Village Hall. For details call 07790 412118.

Saturday, March 6

Mid Somerset News & Media Wedding Exhibition, 10am to 4pm, Wells Town Hall.

Vintage Motorcycle Autojumble and Palmer Snell Vintage Motorcycle Auction, 9am to 5pm, Bath and West Showground, near Shepton Mallet. For details call 01935 812218.

Wells Cathedral School Brass Ensembles and Chapel Choir Concert, 7pm, St John's Church, Glastonbury. Tickets £5 from Street, Glastonbury or Wells Tourist Information Centres, from 01749 870535 or on the door.

Model Railway Exhibition, Glastonbury and Street Lions Club, 10.30am to 5pm, Walton Village Hall. Entry £3, children £1, family tickets £7.

Jumble sale, 2.30pm, Charlton Adam and Charlton Mackrell Community Centre. In aid of the Charlton churches.

Coffee morning and thrift shop, 10am to noon, Street United Reformed Church (next to Living Homes). Cakes, nearly-new books, plants. First Saturday of every month.

Cobra Carnival Club Bingo, 6.30pm, eyes down 7.30pm, Coxley Village Hall.

Charity coffee morning in aid of Oxfam, 10.30am to noon, Vineyard Centre, 97 Burcott Road, Wells. Face painting for children.

Jumble sale, Doulting Social Committee, 2pm to 4pm, Doulting Village Hall. Donations from 9.30am.

Meadow Steiner School open morning, 10am to noon, Bruton. For details and to book call 01749 813176 or visit www.meadowsteiner.somerset.sch.uk.

People and Places Project celebration for volunteers, Shipham Village Hall. For details call 01761 462338.

Mendip Society walk, 2pm, Cheddar Gorge. For details call 01761 463673.

Tom Wrigglesworth's Open Return Letter to Richard Branson, 8pm, Rondo Theatre, Bath, 01225 463362.

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, March 7

Long Paws Comedy Club, Robin Ince, 7pm for 8pm, Little Theatre, Wells. Tickets £9 in advance from www.longpawscomedy.co.uk or call 07929 881040, or £10 on the door.

Somerset Wildlife Trust walk, Herons, Egrets and Kingfishers of the Cheddar Yeo, with Vic Matthews, 2pm to 4pm, Sharpham Road, Cheddar. For details call 01934 743160.

Tabletop sale, 1pm to 4pm, Edington Village Hall. For details call 01278 722085 or 07875 842333.

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

Family service, led by the Rev Evelyn Ridout, 10.30am, Street United Reformed Church (next door to Living Homes). For children and adults. Refreshments afterwards.

Starstruck Karaoke Quiz, 8.15pm, Highwayman Inn, Shepton Mallet. £1.50 to enter.

Stephen Lynch, Bristol Hippodrome, 0844 847 2325, www.bristolhippodrome.org.uk.

Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet, Tiny Ninja Theatre, the egg, Theatre Royal, Bath, 01225 448844. To Wednesday.

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

Glastonbury Methodist Church, 10.45am, service led by Mr R Bryant; 6.30pm, Out of the Box service led by the Rev N Lakin, 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, March 8

The Wells Film Society, The Lives of Others (15), 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, Peter van Gelder and Geoff Miller entertain, 7.30pm, Wells Town Hall.

Hot Flush! Bristol Hippodrome, 0844 847 2325, www.bristolhippodrome.org.uk.

The Secret of Sherlock Holmes, Theatre Royal, Bath, 01225 448844. To March 13.

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.

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

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.

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 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 9

Millfield Festival Chorus, John Rutter: Mass of the Children, 7.30pm, Wells Cathedral. Tickets, free, from Millfield Music Box Office, 01458 444200.

Wells and District Floral Art Society talk, Jenny Short: Garden Design and Suitable Plants, 2.15pm, St Thomas's Church Hall, Wells. All welcome.

Strawberry Line WI Skittles Night, 7.30pm to 9.30pm, Poacher's Pocket, Doulting. All welcome. For details call 01749 880934.

Moon Fool, 7.45pm, Brewhouse Theatre, Taunton, 01823 283244.

Hot Flush! Octagon Theatre, Yeovil, 01935 422884.

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

Mid-Somerset Camera Club, members' photo critique with Christina White, 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 Bridge Club, Tuesdays, duplicate bridge, 7pm, Seager Hall, Union Street, Wells, 01749 840860. Individuals welcome as Wells have a spare player rota.

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.

Baby and toddler group, Tuesdays in term-time, 10am to noon, Compton Dundon Village Hall.

Croscombe Tiddlers, Tuesdays, mother, baby and toddler group, 10am to 11.30am, Croscombe School. For details call 01749 343910.

Wednesday, March 10

Wells Civic Society, Ann Heeley: Somerset Voices, 7.30pm, Wells and Mendip Museum, Cathedral Green, Wells.

Living the Questions, 7.30pm, Street United Reformed Church. For details call 01458 252799 or 01458 442927.

Shelter, 8pm, Rondo Theatre, Bath, 01225 463362. To March 13.

An Evening with Jimmy Greaves, 7.45pm, Brewhouse Theatre, Taunton, 01823 283244.

Pasion de Buena Vista, 7.30pm, Colston Hall, Bristol, 0117 922 3686.

People's Romeo, 8pm, Ustinov, Theatre Royal, Bath, 01225 448844. To March 13.

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

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.

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.

Mid-Somerset Flower Club meeting, second Wednesday of each month except January, July and August, 2pm, Evercreech Village Hall.

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

Thursday, March 11

Twelfth Night, Street Theatre, 7.30pm, Strode Theatre, Street, 01458 442846. To March 13.

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.

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

Snow White On Ice, 7.30pm, Bristol Hippodrome, 0844 847 2325, www.bristolhippodrome.org.uk. To March 14.

The Tempest, Platform 4, the egg, Theatre Royal, Bath, 01225 448844. To March 13.

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

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

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