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FESTIVAL OF WESSEX 2026 • 46 TIM KLIPHUIS TRIO Beaminster Festival The 29th Beaminster Festival features the usual mix of top quality music, including the Fibonacci Quartet, Ariel Lanyi, Coco Tomita, the Scott Brothers Duo, together with Sounds from Stage and Screen , the Tim Kliphuis Trio, Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman, and Not the Rolling Stones! Unusual shorter concerts include Dancing through Time by Flutes and Frets, a double bass recital from Levi Andreassen, violinist Harriet Mackenzie performing with Morgan Szymanski, and Lucy Stevens as Kathleen Ferrier. Literary events include Nigel Planer’s Young Once , John Kampfner’s Braver New World , and Chris Chibnall talking about his career and the place of the Dorset landscape in his books. Talent in the Town on 20th June allows locals to share their hobbies, skills, collections and interests. The events conclude with Bijou Opera performing The Marriage of Figaro on 5th July. 27 June - 5 July: Various locations in and around BEAMINSTER, Dorset. £26 / £12. 03336 663366 / beaminsterfestival.com . Performance Summer 2026 Frome Festival Tickets are now on sale for Frome Festival’s silver anniversary events. Three hundred events are scheduled in 58 venues in and around Frome during the 10-day community arts festival. The headliners for 2026 include Cara Dillon, Sir Tony Robinson, Phil Ellis, Nigel Planer, Eliza Carthy, Afriquoi x BCUC, Timmy Mallett, The Monochrome Set, Kiki Dee, Xuefei Yang & Maria Vega, and Buena Bristol Social Club. 3 - 12 July: 58 venues in FROME and surrounding villages. fromefestival.co.uk. CARA DILLON Our Man in Havana A wonderfully funny and fast-moving romp starring Jack Ashton, Bob Barrett, Leon Ockenden, and Jodie Steele. Our Man in Havana is adapted by Clive Francis from Graham Greene’s novel and follows the hilarious exploits of James Wormold, a British vacuum cleaner salesman and spy in pre-revolutionary Havana, Cuba. 14 - 18 July: Salisbury Playhouse, Malthouse Lane, SALISBURY, SP2 7RA. 7.30pm. £46.50 / £19.50. 01722 320333 / wiltshirecreative.co.uk . Kimberley Nixon: Baby Brain A one person play, in six acts. This is a story about finding light in the darkest places and the unvarnished truth of motherhood that so often goes unspoken. The script was refined, rehearsed and performed in the Sherling Studio at Lighthouse, Poole as part of its Sanctuary scheme for supporting new work. 2 July: Lighthouse, 21 Kingland Road, POOLE, BH15 1UG. 8pm. 01202 280000 / lighthousepoole.co.uk. Ed Patrick: Numb and Number Comedian and NHS anaesthetist Ed Patrick returns with his latest hit show. Get your appointment while you can. As seen on Channel 4, Have I Got News For You and heard on BBC Radio 2 and BBC Radio 4. 3 July: Pound Arts, Pound Pill, CORSHAM, SN13 9HX. 7.30pm. £13 / £11. 01249 701628 / poundarts.org.uk .