1. SURREAL HUMOUR: Comic Tony Law stood in for James Acaster at Weymouth Pavilion’s Sunday Night Comedy
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THE clock is being turned
back a couple of centuries at
Mapperton, near Beaminster, on
June 19.
All Saints’ Church, which is
attached to Mapperton House,
is hosting an afternoon concert
of West Gallery music by
Beaminster Gallery Quire, who
specialise in the lively village
church music of former times.
Quire director Ron Emett said:
“Beaminster Gallery Quire is
part of the modern revival of
West Gallery music, as heard
some 200 years ago from the
galleries of country churches.
“Sung and played by villagers
using whatever instruments
were to hand, it was necessarily
homespun; yet today it remains
strong and vibrant with
wonderful tunes and harmonies.
“This is the music so beloved
of Thomas Hardy.”
The Summer Concert of West
Gallery Music is on Sunday June
19 at 3pm in All Saints’ Church.
Tickets are £7.50 and are
available from the Mapperton
Estate Office on 01308 862645.
See bgq.org.uk for information.
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EVENTS
TODAY (2)
Borderline Line Dance Classes St.
Aldhelm’s Church Centre, Spa Road,
Weymouth, £4 per hour, 7:30pm,
01305 773033
Harmonics Weymouth Community
Fire Station, Radipole Lane,
Weymouth, £5 a session payable
monthly. First one FREE, 2pm, 01305
776106
Social 7 a side Astroturf football
Redlands Sports Centre, Dorchester
Road, Weymouth, £2.50, 2pm,
01305 257172
Ladies fitness class Prince of
Wales school, Maiden Castle
Road, Dorchester, £4, 8:00pm,
07880550057
Preston Sequence Dance Preston
Village Hall, Preston Road,
Weymouth, £1.50 per person to
include a cup of tea/coffee and a
biscuit, 7:45pm, 01305 771843
Seashore Explorer Week Knoll
Beach Office, Knoll Beach, Studland,
10am, 01929 450500
Kids Go Free at the Keep Museum
in Half Term Keep Military Museum,
Barrack Road, Dorchester Adults
£7, over 60s £5.50, 10am, 01305
264066
St. Swithun’s Community Coffee
Morning St.Swithun’s Church, North
Allington, Bridport, 10:45am
Brewery Square Annual Spring
Fashion Show Vivo Lounge, 21
Weymouth Avenue, Dorchester
6:30pm Tickets are £10 each and
can be purchased from Thomas J
William Hair and Beauty Design,
Jones Bootmaker, Joules, Gerry
Weber, HOBBS, Phase Eight and
Stolen From Susie, 01305 757000
Auction of Gifts Weymouth Fire
Station, Community Room 2,
Radipole Lane, Weymouth, 7pm,
07588 777556
Bats, Burgers & Bangers!
Honeybrook Farm, Nr Stanbridge,
Wimborne Minster, Booking
essential! Adults £10, Children 4yrs+
£5, under 4s FREE, 7:30pm, 01202
881120
TOMORROW (3)
Nerd the Gathering Weymouth
Community Firestation, SafeWise
Centre Radipole Lane, Weymouth,
£3 Entry, 5pm, 0748 6349838
Snooker and Pool group Snookes
Snooker Club, Caroline Place,
Weymouth, £2.50
2pm, 01305 257172
Quarters Kids Borstal Officers Club/
Governor’s Community Garden,
Grove Road, Portland, 6pm and
7.30pm Tickets are free, from
Cards’n’Celebrations, Easton
Shopping Centre, Portland, 07964
271802
Opera Holloway presents
Donizetti’s Don Pasquale
Brownsword Hall, Pummery Square,
Poundbury, Dorchester, 7pm Tickets
cost £25 from operaholloway.co.uk
Bak 2 Skool Quiz Night FGP
Systems, The Hunter Building, 20-22
Cumberland Drive, Weymouth
Weldmar Summer Party Sherborne
School, Abbey Rd, Sherborne
6.30pm – 8pm, Tickets £12.50
(includes drinks and canapes),
GetsettocelebrateforQueenandcountry
A SEASIDE fort is readying
itself for a patriotic celebration.
The Nothe Fort in Weymouth
is hosting a 90th birthday street
party on Sunday June 12 from
5.30pm to 7.30pm.
Come along and join in for this
very special celebration in which
the fort will be decorated with
bunting and balloons, there will
be musical entertainment and
an opportunity to join up with
friends and family.
People are invited to dress in
red, white and blue and there
will be prizes for the most
original patriotic costume.
Tables and chairs will be
provided by the fort and people
can bring along a picnic tea.
The Fort View Café will be
open for hot drinks, ice creams,
snacks and a full bar. A special
boxed picnic tea will be available
for £5, but these must be ordered
at time of booking.
In the case of wet weather,
people can be accommodated
under cover.
n Tickets are available from
Nothe Fort reception or by
calling 01305 766626 ext 3. There
are a limited number of places.
Tickets cost £2 per person.
See nothefort.org.uk for more
information.
REVIEW
SUNDAY NIGHT COMEDY
WEYMOUTH PAVILION
AUDIENCE members who had
seen what happened last time
a comedy headliner cancelled
were left waiting in nervous
anticipation of flying drinks as
host Tom Glover announced the
sad news James Acaster would
be the second star not to make
it down to Weymouth Pavilion’s
comedy night.
Thankfully, in true professional
form, Glover revealed that
Canadian-born Tony Law would
be the replacement act of the
night.
Before that, Glover laid down
the ground rules of holding on
to pints firmly and introduced
the first comedy act of the
night, John Robins. Setting off
with an obvious observation of
the quarter-full theatre, John
quickly moved on to the topic of
lads’ drinking culture, growing
older and the discovery of men
getting thrush. Though falling
flat at times, Robins managed to
gag his way back to a rip-roaring
finish that led the path for the
next act and probably the best of
the evening.
Pavilion returnee Luke
Honnoraty, best known for
supporting Russell Kane and
Matt Richardson, upped the
level of entertainment with his
self-deprecating and anecdotal
humour. Rounds of applause
were awarded for his tales of
3am ice-cream feasts and shame
over being confused with a
bouncy castle salesman at a
child’s birthday party. Honnoraty
had the audience in the palm of
his hand throughout the set, a
power that was definitely lost in
the last act.
TV star Tony Law, known
from shows such as Have I Got
News For You, Never Mind the
Buzzcocks and 8 Out of 10 Cats,
performed the unexpected.
Surreal and quite often
improvised, Law’s off-the-wall
comedy was perhaps lost on
the Weymouth audience who
were at times laughing out of
nervousness. Still, by the end of
the set many were won over by
his wackiness and, with that,
Tony was off to drive back home
in his much talked-about Citroen
Picasso Xsara.
RACHEL LILY