Shows & Concerts

See our list of Shows and Concerts on in various venues in Bournemouth, Poole and Christchurch…

February 2012: Shows & Concerts

Wednesday 1st - Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra performs works by Beethoven, Rachmaninov and Shostakovich at Lighthouse, Kingland Road, Poole. Performance: 7.30pm. Tickets: £12.00 - £35.00

Wednesday 1st - Friday 3rd - Macbeth at Lighthouse, Kingland Road, Poole. Performances: 7.30pm. Tickets: £17.50

Thursday 2nd - NT Live - Travelling Light (National Theatre live by Satellite) at Lighthouse, Kingland Road, Poole. Performance: 7.00pm. Tickets: £13.50

Friday 3rd - Johann Strauss Gala at Pavilion Theatre, Westover Road, Bournemouth. Performance: 7.30pm. Tickets: £16.50

Friday 3rd - Funnybone Comedy Club featuring comedians Tony Law, James Acaster and Bethany Black at Centre Stage, Queens Road, Bournemouth. Doors open 7.30pm. Tickets: £12.00

Friday 3rd - Ambulance at Lighthouse, Kingland Road, Poole. Performance: 8.00pm. Tickets: £12.50

Friday 3rd - The Bowie Experience (tribute) at Mr Kyps, Lower Parkstone, Poole. Doors open: 8.00pm. Tickets: £9.00

Friday 3rd - The Rat Pack Vegas Spectacular - 10th Anniversary at Regent Centre, High Street, Christchurch. Performance: 7.30pm. Tickets: £19.50

Saturday 4th - Guy Johnston and Ashley Wass (part of Bournemouth University Arts and Music Programme) at Kimmeridge Hall, Bournemouth University, Fern Barrow, Bournemouth. Performance: 3.00pm. For further information tel: (01202) 965018

Saturday 4th - Happy and Glorious at the Pavilion Theatre, Westover Road, Bournemouth. Performance: 7.30pm. Tickets: £29.50

Saturday 4th - Rumours of Fleetwood Mac at Lighthouse, Kingland Road, Poole. Performance: 7.30pm. Tickets: £22.50

Saturday 4th - Worbey and Farrell at Lighthouse, Kingland Road, Poole. Performance: 7.30pm. Tickets: £15.00

Saturday 4th - The Comedy Works at Lighthouse, Kingland Road, Poole. Performance: 8.00pm. Tickets: £13.00

Saturday 4th - Bootleg Blondie (tribute) at Mr Kyps, Lower Parkstone, Poole. Doors open: 8.00pm. Tickets: £12.00

Sunday 5th - Omid Djalili at the Pavilion Theatre, Westover Road, Bournemouth. Performance: 8.00pm. Tickets: £19.00

Monday 6th - Straight No Chaser at the Pavilion Theatre, Westover Road, Bournemouth. Performance: 7.30pm. Tickets: £19.00

Monday 6th - Dart Valley Stompers at Bluebirds Social Club, Ham Lane, Ferndown, Bournemouth. Performance: 8.00pm. Tickets: £9.00

Tuesday 7th - Austen's Women at Lighthouse, Kingland Road, Poole. Performance: 7.30pm. Tickets: £12.00

Wednesday 8th - Snow Patrol at Windsor Hall, Bournemouth International Centre. SOLD OUT: Please contact box office for ticket returns

Wednesday 8th - Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Barry Douglas Piano Recital at Lighthouse, Kingland Road, Poole. Performance: 7.30pm. Tickets: £18.00

Thursday 9th - Katherine Jenkins at Windsor Hall, Bournemouth International Centre. Performance: 7.30pm. Tickets from: £27.50

Thursday 9th and Friday 10th - Lord of the Flies at Lighthouse, Kingland Road, Poole. Performance: 7.30pm., matinee on Friday at 2.30pm. Tickets: £12.50

Thursday 9th and Friday 10th - NT Live - Travelling Light (National Theatre live by Satellite) at Regent Centre, High Street, Christchurch. Performances: Thursday 7.00pm. Friday 2.30pm. Tickets: £12.00

Friday 10th - Funnybone Comedy Club featuring comedians Des Bishop, Chris Martin and Carly Smallman at Centre Stage, Queens Road, Bournemouth. Doors open 7.30pm. Tickets: £12.00

Friday 10th - Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra: One Enchanted Evening at Lighthouse, Kingland Road, Poole. Performance: 7.30pm. Tickets: £9.00 - £29.00

Friday 10th - Gareth Gates and His Band support from ReConnected (Rescheduled from 10th March to February 10th. All original tickets valid for new date) at Mr Kyps, Lower Parkstone, Poole. Doors open: 8.00pm. Tickets: £17.00

Saturday 11th - Dire Streets (tribute) at Mr Kyps, Lower Parkstone, Poole. Doors open: 8.00pm. Tickets: £10.00

Saturday 11th - Lee Mead at the Pavilion Theatre, Westover Road, Bournemouth. Performance: 7.30pm. Tickets from: £16.50

Saturday 11th - The Chalk Giants (children's theatre) at Lighthouse, Kingland Road, Poole. Performances: 11.00am and 2.00pm. Tickets: £7.00

Saturday 11th - Metropolitan Opera Live from New York: Wagner's Gutterdummerung at Regent Centre, High Street, Christchurch Performance: 5.00pm. Tickets: £24.00

Saturday 11th - Metropolitan Opera Live from New York: Wagner's Gutterdummerung at Lighthouse, Kingland Road, Poole. Performance: 5.00pm. Tickets: £23.00

Saturday 11th - That'll Be The Day at Lighthouse, Kingland Road, Poole. Performance: 7.30pm. Tickets: £19.00

Saturday 11th - SamdaSunda Quintet at Lighthouse, Kingland Road, Poole. Performance: 8.00pm. Tickets: £12.50

Sunday 12th - Latin Quarter at Bournemouth Folk Club, Centre Stage, Queens Road, Bournemouth. Doors open: 8.00pm. Tickets: £5.00

Tuesday 14th - Goldilocks (children's theatre) at Lighthouse, Kingland Road, Poole. Performances: 11.00am and 3.00pm. Tickets: £7.00

Wednesday 15th and Thursday 16th - Olly Murs at Windsor Hall, Bournemouth International Centre. SOLD OUT: Please contact box office for ticket returns

Wednesday 15th - Pinocchio (children's theatre) at Lighthouse, Kingland Road, Poole. Performance: 2.00pm. Tickets: £7.00

Wednesday 15th - Wooden Heart at Lighthouse, Kingland Road, Poole. Performance: 7.30pm. Tickets: £9.00

Wednesday 15th - Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra performs works by Schumann, Dvorák, Berlioz and Brahms at Lighthouse, Kingland Road, Poole. Performance: 7.30pm. Tickets: £12.00 - £35.00

Wednesday 15th - Misty's Big Adventure Three Piece Acoustic at Mr Kyps, Lower Parkstone, Poole. Doors open: 8.00pm. Tickets: £9.00

Thursday 16th - Big Boy Bloater at The Old Firestation, Holdenhurst Road, Bournemouth. Doors open: 7.00pm. Tickets: 10.00

Thursday 16th - John Holt at Mr Kyps, Lower Parkstone, Poole. Doors open: 8.00pm. Tickets: £25.00

Friday 17th - Funnybone Comedy Club featuring comedians Ron Vaudry, Michael Fabbri and Luke Benson at Centre Stage, Queens Road, Bournemouth. Doors open 7.30pm. Tickets: £12.00

Friday 17th - Da Silva Marionette Circus at Lighthouse, Kingland Road, Poole. Performance: 3.00pm. Tickets: £7.00

Friday 17th - Youth Makes Music at Lighthouse, Kingland Road, Poole. Performance: 7.00pm. Tickets: £9.00

Friday 17th - JK as Robbie Williams (tribute) at Mr Kyps, Lower Parkstone, Poole. Doors open: 8.00pm. Tickets: £12.00

Friday 17th - Sarah Gillespie at Lighthouse, Kingland Road, Poole. Performance: 8.00pm. Tickets: £12.00

Saturday 18th - Steve Knightley at Bournemouth Folk Club, Centre Stage, Queens Road, Bournemouth. Doors open: 8.00pm. Tickets: £17.00

Saturday 18th - Around the World at Lighthouse, Kingland Road, Poole. Performance: 11.15am. Tickets: £7.00

Saturday 18th - Sam Rose in the Shadows (children's theatre) at Lighthouse, Kingland Road, Poole. Performances: 11.30am and 2.00pm. Tickets: £7.00

Saturday 18th - Grimethorpe Colliery Band at Lighthouse, Kingland Road, Poole. Performance: 7.30pm. Tickets: £21.50

Saturday 18th - Wessex Chamber Orchestra at Christchurch Priory, Quay Road, Christchurch. Performance: 7.30pm. Tickets: £9.00 - £17.00

Saturday 18th - UK Pink Floyd Tribute Show at Regent Centre, High Street, Christchurch Performance: 7.30pm. Tickets: £15.50

Saturday 18th - T-Rextasy at Mr Kyps, Lower Parkstone, Poole. Doors open: 8.00pm. Tickets: £12.00

Saturday 18th - The Table at Lighthouse, Kingland Road, Poole. Performance: 8.30pm. Tickets: £12.00

Sunday 19th - Steve Hughes at the Pavilion Theatre, Westover Road, Bournemouth. Performance: 8.00pm. Tickets: £13.50

Monday 20th - Alan Pickering's Spirit of New Orleans Jazz Band at Bluebirds Social Club, Ham Lane, Ferndown. Performance: 8.00pm. For further information call: (01202) 578582

Monday 20th - Jethro at the Pavilion Theatre, Westover Road, Bournemouth. Performance: 7.30pm. Tickets: £18.50

Tuesday 21st - Thursday 23rd - Swan Lake at Lighthouse, Kingland Road, Poole. Performances: 7.30pm. matinee on Wednesday at 2.30pm. Tickets: £22.00

Wednesday 22nd - NME Awards Tour 2012 at the O2 Academy, 570 Christchurch Road, Boscombe, Bournemouth. Doors: 7.00pm. Tickets: £19.10

Wednesday 22nd - Showstoppers at The Cumberland Hotel, East Overcliff Drive, Bournemouth. Tickets: £27.50 (includes 3 course dinner). For further information visit: www.cumberlandbournemouth.co.uk or tel: (01202) 298350

Wednesday 22nd - Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra performs works by Scriabin, Mendelssohn and Rachmaninov at Lighthouse, Kingland Road, Poole. Performance: 7.30pm. Tickets: £12.00 - £35.00

Thursday 23rd - The Rat Pack at Mr Kyps, Lower Parkstone, Poole. Doors open: 8.00pm. Free entry however tickets must be reserved via the phone on (01202) 748945

Friday 24th - Funnybone Comedy Club featuring comedians Bobby Mair, other comedians to be confirmed at Centre Stage, Queens Road, Bournemouth. Doors open 7.30pm. Tickets: £12.00

Friday 24th - An Audience with John Veira at Regent Centre, High Street, Christchurch Performance: 7.30pm. Tickets: £10.00

Friday 24th - Blake at Lighthouse, Kingland Road, Poole. Performance: 7.30pm. Tickets: £22.50

Friday 24th - Sunday 26th - The Nutcracker at Lighthouse, Kingland Road, Poole. Performances: 7.30pm. Friday and Saturday evening, 2.30pm. Saturday matinee, 3.00pm. Sunday. Tickets: £22.00

Friday 24th - Simon Townshend and The Frequency at Mr Kyps, Lower Parkstone, Poole. Doors open: 8.00pm. Tickets: £10.00

Saturday 25th - Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra: From Bohemia at Pavilion Theatre, Westover Road, Bournemouth. Performances: 7.00pm. Tickets: £9.00 - £24.00

Saturday 25th - Macka B at Mr Kyps, Lower Parkstone, Poole. Doors open: 8.00pm. Tickets: £12.00

Saturday 25th - Metropolitan Opera Live from New York: Verdi's Ernani at Lighthouse, Kingland Road, Poole. Performance: 6.00pm. Tickets: £23.00

Saturday 25th - Metropolitan Opera Live from New York: Verdi's Ernani at Regent Centre, High Street, Christchurch. Performance: 6.00pm. Tickets: £24.00

Saturday 25th - White Caps at Pavilion Dance, Westover Raod, Bournemouth. Performance: 8.00pm. Tickets: £5.00

Sunday 26th - Sesame Street Live: Elmo Makes Music at Pavilion Theatre, Westover Road, Bournemouth. Performance: 2.00pm. Tickets: £12.00

Sunday 26th - Mike Gunn and Sean Collins: Still on the Roadshow at Pavilion Ballroom, Westover Road, Bournemouth. Performance: 8.00pm. Tickets: £12.00

Sunday 26th - The All Star 60s Band at Regent Centre, High Street, Christchurch Performance: 7.30pm. Tickets: £18.50

Monday 27th - Alan Pickering's Spirit of New Orleans Jazz Band at Bluebirds Social Club, Ham Lane, Ferndown. Performance: 8.00pm. For further information call: (01202) 578582

Monday 27th - Tuesday 28th - Elekto Kif at Lighthouse, Kingland Road, Poole. Performances: 7.30pm. Tickets: £16.50

Tuesday 28th - Metropolitan Opera Live from New York: Verdi's Ernani at Regent Centre, High Street, Christchurch. Performance: 1.00pm. Tickets: £24.00

Wednesday 29th - Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra performs works by Mussorgsky, Rachmaninov and Tchaikovsky at Lighthouse, Kingland Road, Poole. Performance: 7.30pm. Tickets: £12.00 - £35.00