Comedy: the best medicine, the deadliest weapon – or just the perfect way to spend an evening? Whatever its merits, the Merlin has them in abundance this autumn.
On November 5th expect a suitable incendiary performance from Andrew Lawrence, star of BBC1’s Live at The Apollo, Michael Macintyre’s Roadshow and Dave’s One Night Stand. Expect to feel challenged; Lawrence’s Hate Speech Tour is guaranteed to be controversial. (Tickets £14.50 and £12.50, recommended 14+)
On Friday 18 November Lakin McCarthy and Mark Thomas in association with West Yorkshire Playhouse present Mark Thomas: The Red Shed, directed by Joe Douglas. Multi-award winner Mark returns to the place he first started to perform: a red wooden shed in Wakefield, the Labour club, to celebrate its 50th birthday.
The show involves the audience (in a nice way) in recreating the shed and its inhabitants. Uniquely blending theatre, stand up, journalism and activism, it’s the story of the battle for hope and the survival of a community in a small wooden shed. (Tickets £17 and £12.50, age 16+)
The following evening, Saturday 19th November Lakin McCarthy Entertainments also presents Jo Caulfield, with The Customer is Always Wrong. Award-winning stand-up comedian Jo Caulfield takes a humorous look at life’s potential traps in a 90-minute laugh-out-loud show, full of razor-sharp observations; sharp, witty and insightful. (Tickets £15 and £12.50, age 16+)
All the above start at 7.45pm and can be booked at www.merlintheatre.co.uk, or phone 01373 465949. Shows on Oct 30th, Nov 18th and Nov 19th have a pre-show supper option, served one hour before the performance. Please contact Keren Hayden at kerenhayden@gmail.com or 07968 753632 to book supper.
![Town-wide programme brings month of social activities in May
A month-long programme of activities and events is set to take place across the town in May as part of an initiative encouraging residents to connect with themselves, each other and local places.
The scheme, Frome Connects, will run throughout the month and includes a mix of social activities, creative events and informal meet-ups in community spaces.
Highlights include the return of Dress Up Fridays, which began during lockdown and invites people to wear formal clothing or fancy dress and turn the town into their catwalk each Friday.
Set-piece moments include a Kate Bush-themed flashmob (Running Up That [Catherine] Hill) on 30th May, followed by a bell peal at St John’s Church where the bells will play Running Up That Hill.
There will also be a whole-town drone photo on Friday 30th May, with everyone encouraged to ‘look up’ at around 12.30pm.
Read more on our website, the link is in our bio.
Pictured: l-r Jenny Hartnoll and Ginny Adams](https://scontent-lhr6-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.82787-15/684201964_18069463433653265_2722712448142239347_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e35_tt6&_nc_cat=109&ccb=7-5&_nc_sid=18de74&efg=eyJlZmdfdGFnIjoiRkVFRC5iZXN0X2ltYWdlX3VybGdlbi5DMyJ9&_nc_ohc=lpPD1lkIpzUQ7kNvwGc5hdb&_nc_oc=Adpzr2hnI58mBzDyMxcnkdK_pr7-84FAARfoTk3dgtKJKwIbvYouQytEkAdXpaUAvxU&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-lhr6-1.cdninstagram.com&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&_nc_gid=QKz5uslOl1wFJGffej9rcQ&_nc_tpa=Q5bMBQEhS3JmIIRGVtdvc7NeDg-szHPgOZvSeqR7PYflJsqm1cp0XCNujCDPTyODWI0mmJV4mujraOr9&oh=00_Af2_0pgXuakjMTfphq9JSx7v6C2RU__qPFT1d7jQmFh5EA&oe=69F7C6AA "Town-wide programme brings month of social activities in May
A month-long programme of activities and events is set to take place across the town in May as part of an initiative encouraging residents to connect with themselves, each other and local places.
The scheme, Frome Connects, will run throughout the month and includes a mix of social activities, creative events and informal meet-ups in community spaces.
Highlights include the return of Dress Up Fridays, which began during lockdown and invites people to wear formal clothing or fancy dress and turn the town into their catwalk each Friday.
Set-piece moments include a Kate Bush-themed flashmob (Running Up That [Catherine] Hill) on 30th May, followed by a bell peal at St John’s Church where the bells will play Running Up That Hill.
There will also be a whole-town drone photo on Friday 30th May, with everyone encouraged to ‘look up’ at around 12.30pm.
Read more on our website, the link is in our bio.
Pictured: l-r Jenny Hartnoll and Ginny Adams")
