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All aboard for model trains

Friends of Fordingbridge Parish Church are holding a ‘Big Model Train Event’ this year from 10am-4pm on 19 and 20 in the church hall in Fordingbridge, opposite St Mary’s Church, writes Steve Evans. The event has proved popular both with young families and model train enthusiasts and now that restrictions are easing, we are so pleased to be able to run it again. Model train enthusiast Neil Starmer will be bringing an extensive collection of engines and rolling stock which he runs on a maze of track that covers half of the hall floor. He is particularly proud of his rare model engines. Neil and his team keep up a steady collection of trains, with their coaches and wagons running simultaneously on the tracks throughout both days. Quite a spectacle for all ages to enjoy! Parking is available as are drinks and refreshments. For more information, contact Steve and Diana Evans: mbhywsdi@gmail. com.

Hypnotic hi-jinx from players

After their long-awaited return to the stage last November, Broadstone Players are back with Hypnosis, running at the War Memorial Hall Theatre from Tuesday to Saturday, February 15 to 19. Written by David Tristram and billed as ‘a mesmerizing thriller with plenty of twists and a liberal dash of comedy’ it will be performed with options for socially-distanced audiences on the Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday matinees, and unrestricted seating on the Tuesday, Friday and Saturday evenings. Tickets £8.50 from honsec@ broadstoneplayers.co.uk or 01202 678449. Tickets for the unrestricted performances are also on sale at Broadstone News.

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SAVE THE CINEMA (12A)

11th, 14th & 15th February 7.30pm Matinee 16th February 2pm Tickets Adult: £8 eves Mat £7, concs £6

(Box Office bookings over £20 incur £1 booking fee) WHOLE LOTTA LED

Farewell Tour

Saturday 12th February 7.30pm Tickets £25

(Box Office bookings over £20 incur £1 booking fee) WIMBORNE DRAMA presents WHEN WE ARE MARRIED

Thurs 17th to Sat 19th Feb 7.30pm Matinee Sat 19th Feb 2.30pm Tickets £15 Eves £13 Matinee

1 in 10 tickets FREE, via Box Office only

(Box Office bookings incur £1 booking fee per transaction) BANFF MOUNTAIN

FILM FESTIVAL (BLUE)

Wednesday 23rd February 7.30pm Tickets £14.50

(Box Office bookings incur £1 booking fee per transaction) HERMAN’S HERMITS

Thursday 24th Feb 7.30pm Tickets £24

(Box Office bookings over £20 incur £1 booking fee)

FAIRPORT CONVENTION P*SSED UP PANTO: CINDERELLA

Friday 25th Feb 7.30pm Tickets £28 (Over 16’s only) Saturday 26th February 7.30pm, Tickets £17.50 CLIVE ANDERSON: ME, MACBETH & I

Sunday 27th February 7.30pm Tickets £20 THE LOST DAUGHTER (15) AN EVENING OF BURLESQUE

28th Feb, 1st & 2nd March 7.30pm, Matinee 2nd March 2pm Tickets £8 eves, Mat £7, concs £6 (Over 18s only) Thursday 3rd March 7.30pm Tickets £25

Priestley’s hilarious Edwardian send-up

JB Priestley’s farcical comedy When We Are Married plays at the Tivoli Theatre in February. Best known for his timeshifting thriller An Inspector Calls, Priestley also had a great gift for comedy. Set in 1908 in Yorkshire, where Priestley was born, When We Are Married ridicules the smugness and hypocrisy of the Edwardian middle class. Three well-to-do couples - the Helliwells, Parkers and Soppitts - married on the same day, at the same church, and by the same vicar, join to celebrate 25 years of blissful matrimony. The happy celebrations are brought to a sudden halt by a shocking revelation that these pillars of the community aren’t quite as respectably married as they thought they were! As the home truths fly like confetti and conjugal rites turn to farcical fights, an evening of sparkling comic mayhem erupts. With a photographer from the local paper due to arrive any second, a missing housekeeper and a doorbell that won’t stop ringing, can the three couples keep a lid on their embarrassing secret? Penned in 1938, this is a classic comedy that is a blessed union of laughs and surprises. The play is directed by Richard Neal and his cast are Gary Paine, Beverley Beck, Tony Feltham, Boo Feltham, Colin Pile, Tracie BillingtonBeardsley, Rob CordingCook, Jo Eva Edington, Chris Durham, Michelle Barter, Chrissie Neal, Bethan Morris, Richard Scotson and Simon Jackson. When We Are Married is produced by Wimborne

MAYHEM: The cast of When We Were Married

Drama Productions and runs at the Tivoli from February 17 to 19, evening performances at 7.30pm (tickets £15) and there’s a Saturday matinee at 2.30pm (tickets £13). Contact the Tivoli Theatre to book on 01202 885566 or online at tivoliwimborne. co.uk.

Lee by double Feel good with new bandFriday, March 4, sees the return of Stewart Lee, described by The People with mental health issues who Times as: ‘The world’s greatest live in or near Corfe Mullen are being living stand-up’ returning to invited to join a brand-new music Poole’s Lighthouse Theatre with a project. double bill of two 60-minute sets. Starting next month, the FeelThe first half, Snowflake, will be Good Friday Band will be led by heavily rewritten in the light of a professional musician from the the two years the show has been Bournemouth Symphony laid off, looking at how the Covid- Orchestra. Brexit era has impacted on the It’s been started in response culture war between lovely woke to research showing that live snowflakes and horrible people. music and creativity in any guise The second half, Tornado, is a powerful tool in boosting questions Stewart’s position in the people’s wellbeing and mood. comedy marketplace after Netflix The sessions are being led by mistakenly listed his show as: Sam Mason of the BSO who ‘reports of sharks falling from the has been working with local GP skies are on the rise again. Nobody practices to raise awareness of on the Eastern Seaboard is safe.’ the project. Visit: lighthousepoole.co.uk/whats- People attending don’t need any on/2021/stewart-lee musical experience and they will get the chance to talk, listen and make music alongside other participants and the musicians themselves at the sessions, which are free of charge. To find out more and register your place, e-mail Jamie Harris on jharris@ bsorchestra.co.uk or telephone 01202 644717.

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