Tuesday 9 March 2004
VIP's of Jazz - featuring Dutch Swing College Band Pasadena Roof Orchestra, Terry Lightfoot and his Jazzmen. Dutch Swing College Band, whose history goes back to Liberation Day on 5th May 1945, when the band started out as an amateur combo, until today when they have become Europe’s Oldest Established Traditional Jazzband. Terry Lightfoot made his first professional appearance at The Royal Festival Hall, London in 1956 and joined Louis Armstrong on his 1965 UK Tour. Terry is currently celebrating The Louis Armstrong Centennial with a tribute to the life of Louis playing many of the hits of the era, including 'Hello Dolly', 'Mama', 'Wonderful World', 'High Society' etc. Tickets: £17.50 £16.00. Performance: 7.30pm.

Wednesday 10 March 2004
Nashville Nights & Dixie Days - A celebration of the best of Country Music. A show of country music from Patsy Cline and Don Williams to Garth Brooks and Shania Twain. The Nashville Nights All Star Band and Singers go on a non stop journey of over two hours of country hits with a big finale. Tickets: £12.50 £10.00. Performance: 7.30pm.

Thursday 18 March 2004
Claptonite ‘The Hand of God’ UK Tour - Eric Clapton is the world's only 3 times inductee of The Rock & Roll Hall of fame, has won 14 Grammy Awards and sold over 60 Million Album’s. With flawless guitar play - breathtaking musicianship - stunning vocals and presentation – CLAPTONITE deliver a night of pure musical excellence celebrating the very best of the legend that is ‘SLOWHAND’. Tickets: £14.50. Performance: 8.00pm.

Friday 19 March 2004
Puppetry of the Penis - The Ancient Australian Art of Genital Origami Puppetry of the Penis is a mind blowing show featuring two handsome, well endowed Australians who manipulate their manhood into various shapes, objects and landmarks. Puppetry of the Penis is a non-sexual show featuring full frontal male nudity. Tickets: £14.50 £12.50. Performance: 8.00pm. Click here for a review.

Saturday 20 March 2004
Cwmbach Male Choir - Internationally acclaimed choir in concert. Formed in 1921 the home of this foremost choir is in the Cynon Valley in the centre of South Wales. This is their first visit to Salisbury. Tickets: £15.00 £13.00 £10.00 (concessions available). Performance: 7.30pm.

Thursday 25 March 2004
The Levellers plus support - Their music evokes the body and mind into movement, their lyrics have the power to stir even the hardiest of individuals. They refuse to conform to the rules of the record industry or the corporations prefering to let their actions and music speak for them. Tickets on sale Monday 13th December 2003. Tickets: £16.00 plus £1.00 booking fee - in advance; £17.00 plus £1.00 booking fee - at the door. Performance: 8.00pm.

Friday 26 March 2004
Solid Silver 60's - Starring Peter Noone, Brian Hyland, Wayne Fontana and very special guest John Walker, of the Walker Brothers. The Solid Silver 60s Show is celebrating one of the biggest line-ups to come together to celebrate the very best of the hit songs from the 60s. Hear them singing all their classic hits live on stage including as ‘I’m Into Something Good’, ‘Silhouettes’, ‘Sealed With A Kiss’, Ginny Come Lately’, Game of Love’ ‘Um Um Um Um Um Um,’ ‘Make It Easy on Yourself’ and The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore’. Tickets: £18.50 £16.50 £14.50. Performance: 7.30pm.

Saturday 27 March 2004
Salisbury Orchestral Society Wagner - Overture 'Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg' Albinoni - Oboe Concerto in D Minor, Soloist Patrick Flanaghan Bruckner - Symphony No. 4 Wagner's thrilling overture to his comic opera is followed by Albinoni's Oboe Concerto, a work brimming with the sheer joy of music-making and an outstandingly beautiful slow movement. Bruckner's huge, though accessible Romantic Symphony is regarded as one of the composer's finest works, for its sheer orchestral magnificence. Tickets: £10.50 £9.00 £6.00. Performance: 7.30pm.

Sunday 28 March 2004
Salisbury Area Young Musicians Annual Rotary Club Concert - Salisbury Area Young Musicians, in the annual concert for Salisbury Rotary CLub with music from the classics, film and theatre. Tickets: £8.00. Performance: 7.30pm.

Tuesday 30 March 2004
Blazin' Fiddles BBC Folk Awards Current Nomination - After their live appearance in this year's BBC Hogmany Show, The UK's leading Celtic Fiddle band of 2004. Their music has the widest appeal and whether it is high energy fiddling or the softest of melodies, they individually and collectively excel. Tickets: £10.00 £11.00. Performance: 7.30pm.

Thursday 4 March 2004
Upper Avon School, Durrington
Breaking Out 2004: The Dance Tour - The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts' (LIPA) final year students come together to produce an evening of dance and choreography. Breaking Out is an evening offering a range of dance styles from contemporary, jazz and musical theatre. For directions call 01722 321744. Performance: 7.30pm (doors 7pm). Tickets: £6 (£5 concs).

Thursday 25 March 2004
The Pheasant Pub, Salt Lane, Salisbury
Poetry Cafe - The Poetry Café is for anyone who likes to write, read, perform or listen to poetry and the spoken (or sung!) word. Anything from rap to rhyme, from sonnet to soliloquy… The programme will include slots by visiting writers and programmed open mic sessions and is held on the last Thursday in the month. To book your slot call Grace Gauld on 01722 710944 or Sam Moran on 07771883171 For directions call 01722 321744. Tickets: £3.50 (£1.50 concs). Performance: 7.30pm (doors 7pm).

Main House and Salberg Studio:

Thursday 12th – Saturday 20th March
House and Garden By Alan Ayckbourn - House and Garden play simultaneously in the Playhouse's two spaces with the same cast hurtling between them to arrive on time. In a typical country garden the inhabitants are preparing for the annual village fête. Meanwhile up at the house, Teddy is ready for an important dinner meeting that will pave the way for a glittering political career. The scene is set perfectly for Ayckbourn’s irresistible comic treatment — where you can always guarantee that old English adage, what can go wrong will go wrong! Tickets: £8.50 - £15.00. Performances: 2:30pm, 7:30pm and 8:00pm. Click here for a review.

Thursday 25 March – Saturday 10 April 2004
Children of a Lesser God
Sarah is an angry, young Deaf woman who does not speak. James is the speech therapist hired to teach her to speak so she can function better in the hearing world. Sarah, however, firmly believes that she functions perfectly well. When they fall in love, both have to challenge their perceptions of language and culture in order to discover whether they can survive in a partnership in which not everything can be shared. Tickets: £8.50 - £15.00. Performances:7:30pm and 8:00pm.

Salberg Studio:

Thursday 25 – Saturday 27 March
Our Town
Grover’s Corners, 1903: an ordinary American community where nothing much happens and life just keeps moving along. Take a journey with the inhabitants of the town through the years of their lives, watch them grow up, fall in love and in the final act hear their views on life from a truly unique perspective. Tickets £7.50 (Discounts £4.50). Performances:3:00pm and 7:45pm.

BBC Wiltshire
Broadcasting House
56-58 Prospect Place
Swindon
Wilts
SN1 3RW
Telephone: 01793 513626
E-mail: wiltshire@bbc.co.uk