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Date: 25 – 26 July 2025

Age range:  All ages

Under 2s allowed, please contact our box office on 02380 711 811 to book your free under 2s ticket.

Running time: 1 hour 10 mins including a 20 minute interval

Location: MAST Mayflower Studios

Price: £18

Join Bing and his friends Sula, Pando, Coco, Amma, and, of course, Flop as they prepare for Bing’s very special day. Full of new heartwarming moments and catchy new songs, all brought to life by first-class puppeteers, this 1 hour 10 mins show is perfect for families and little Bingsters who want to experience the delightful CBeebies series in a whole new way—live on stage!

Date: 24 July 2025

Age Range: 4+

Running Time: 60 mins

Venue Name and Location: Drimpton Village Hall, Chard Road, Drimpton, Dorset, DT8 3RF

Ticket price: Standard Ticket £6
Under 18s £5
Family ticket £20

The inimitable Squashbox Theatre are back for more quirky fun!

Date: 25 July 2025

Age Range: 4+

Running Time: 60 mins

Venue Name and Location: Cranborne Memorial Hall, Water Street, Cranborne, Dorset, BH21 5QB

Ticket price: Standard Ticket £6
Under 18s £5
Family ticket £20

The inimitable Squashbox Theatre are back for more quirky fun!

Date: 29 – 30 July 2025

Age range: Recommended age 3+ but all ages welcome including under 2s

Running time:  Approx. 50 mins and 15 mins post show meet and greet

Location: Mayflower Theatre

Price: From £16

Dare to experience the dangers and delights of Dinosaur World Live in this roarsome interactive show for all the family! A special meet and greet after the show offers all our brave explorers the chance to make a new dinosaur friend.

Date: Fri 8 Aug 2025

Location: Bournemouth Pavilion Theatre

Price: From £16

With a captivating story, interactive activities throughout and an immersive finale that will bring the house down, Dino Tales is an unforgettable fun-filled family adventure starring Europe’s largest walking dinosaurs to ever roam the stage.

Date: 10 August 2025

Age Range: 4+

Running Time (in minutes): 60

Location: Sixpenny Handley Village Hall, Common Road, Sixpenny Handley, Dorset, SP5 5NJ

Ticket price: £6-£24

Treehouse Theatre's exciting, interactive family show for the summer!

Date: 10 August 2025

Age Range: 4+

Running Time (in minutes): 60

Location: Shillingstone Portman Hall, Blandford Road, Shillingstone, Dorset, DT11 0SF

Ticket price: £6-£24

Treehouse Theatre's exciting, interactive family show for the summer!

Date: 18 August 2025

Age range: 5+

Running time: 45 minutes plus 20 minute workshop following the show

Location: Litton Cheney Village Hall, School Lane, Litton Cheney, Dorset

Price: Standard Ticket £8 Under 18s £6 Family ticket £24

Interactive games, playful music and laughs for all the family

Date: 19 August 2025

Age range: 5+

Running time: 45 minutes plus 20 minute workshop following the show

Location: Alderholt Village Hall, Fordingbridge

Price: Standard Ticket £8 Under 18s £6 Family ticket £24

Interactive games, playful music and laughs for all the family

Date: Fri 29 – Sun 31 Aug 2025

Age range: 3+

Running time: 50m (plus 15m meet & greet)

Location: Lighthouse Poole

Price: From: £16.75

Dare to experience the dangers and delights of Dinosaur World Live in this roarsome interactive show for all the family!

Date: Sat 27 Sep 2025

Age Range: Suitable for ages 5+ but we welcome younger audiences and unaccompanied grownups.

Running Time: 60 mins

Venue Name and Location: Lighthouse Poole, Sherling Studio

Ticket price: From £11

Featuring puppetry, live music and playful characters, Scarlet Oak Theatre welcomes you to join the conversation about animal conservation.

Date: Sat 4 – Sun 5 Oct 2025

Age Range: 2+

Running Time: 60m (no interval)

Venue Name and Location: Lighthouse Poole

Ticket price: From £16.50

This production of the critically acclaimed show features a menagerie of over 75 magical puppets. The production faithfully adapts four stories by author/illustrator Eric Carle: Brown Bear, Brown Bear, 10 Little Rubber Ducks, The Very Busy Spider and of course, the star of the show – The Very Hungry Caterpillar.

Date: Sat 25th Oct

Age Range: All ages from 3+

Running Time: 1 hour

Venue Name and Location: Lighthouse Poole

Ticket price: From £10.50

It’s not easy being a Frankenstein. Prof has no friends, and the villagers won’t even speak to her. She thinks a baby might help, so one stormy night, with a flash of lightning, she creates FRANKY!

Although Franky is not quite what Prof expected, he sets off on an adventure to win over the hearts of the villagers at the Halloween funfair with the hottest new dance craze ‘The Franky Walk!’

Date: Tue 28 Oct 2025

Age Range: 5+

Running Time: 1h (no interval)

Venue Name and Location: Lighthouse Poole

Ticket price: From £15.00

Prepare to be spellbound with this hour-long show of spine-tingling songs, chilling choreography, and devilish party dances guaranteed to get you trembling in your seats.  Dress up in your favourite Halloween costume and if you dare… join the Villains themselves for a FREE meet and greet after the show. It’s going to be a scream!

Date: Wed 29 Oct 2025

Running Time: 1h 40m (incl interval)

Venue Name and Location: Lighthouse Poole

Ticket price: From £20.90

Designed for children and adults alike, Mark’s Spectacular Science Show explores the strange and magical properties of matter with exploding elephant’s toothpaste, vortex-generating dustbins and even howling jelly babies.

Awarded ‘Best Kid’s Show at Edinburgh Fringe’ by The Derek Awards, this interactive show promises to entertain and educate in the most spectacular way.

Date: Thu 30 Oct 2025

Age range: 3+

Venue Name and Location: Lighthouse Poole

Ticket price: From £24

Justin Time To Rock is a fabulous show suitable for all the family. Justin and his friends are putting together a rock band. But with so many songs to choose from, they are going to need your help to choose the best songs to sing and dance to.

Date: 15th November

Age Range: 5+

Running Time: 60 mins

Venue Name and Location: Pavilion Dance South West

Ticket price: Adult £5
Child (Under 16) £5

The Magic Flute is brought to life with Protein’s playful mix of dancing, storytelling, singing and stunning visuals.

Every performance is welcoming and accessible with integrated creative captioning, while selected relaxed shows also feature BSL interpretation and audio description.

Date: Sat 8 Nov 2025

Age range: 6+

Venue Name and Location: Lighthouse Poole

Ticket price: From £11

Since 2005, the Comedy Club 4 Kids has been getting the best stand-ups and sketch acts from the international circuit to do their thing for an audience of children (aged 6+) and their families… but without the rude bits! 

Date: Sat 22 Nov – Sun 14 Dec 2025

Age range: 3+

Running time: 1hr (no interval)

Venue Name and Location: Lighthouse Poole

Ticket price: From £11

Join us for this brand-new adaptation aimed at children aged 2-6 and their families. Using original songs, puppetry and integrated Makaton, our playful performers will share this heart-warming tale of friendship, generosity, and the joy of giving.