Events

The Salt Path (12A) A couple lose their home and later discover that the husband has been diagnosed with a terminal illness as they embark on a year-long trek along […]

Four Letters of Love (12A) Nicholas and Isabel are made for each other, but as destiny pulls them together, family, passion and faith drives them apart. As they embark on […]

Swanage Folk Festival Fringe: Tony & Una (FREE ENTRY) An acoustic duo not to be missed. Tony’s guitar, as gritty as the northern skies he called home & Una’s beautiful […]

Swanage Folk Festival Fringe: Louis Alberry (FREE ENTRY) Guitarist and songwriter from the rugged Jurassic Coast of Dorset. Alberry writes exploratory songs that weave together fingerpicked folk, jazz harmony, wonky […]

Swanage Folk Festival Fringe: Atticus The Ocean (FREE ENTRY) Atticus the Ocean is a Bournemouth based singer-songwriter who draws inspiration from the ocean, writing original songs that blends honest songwriting […]

Swanage Folk Festival Fringe: The Bere Essentials (FREE ENTRY) The Bere Essentials are a band playing mostly old Americana tunes, Bluegrass, Western Swing, and Country with a smile. Line up […]

Swanage Folk Festival Fringe: Reg Meuross with Fire & Dust (FREE ENTRY) Headlining the Swanage Folk Festival Fringe 2025 is Reg Meuross; experience a journey into the heart, soul and […]

Swanage Folk Festival Fringe: Dorset Mutineers (FREE ENTRY) The Dorset Mutineers, once described as ‘Dorset’s Favourite Buoy Band’, are renowned for our beautiful harmonised renditions of classic sea shanties and […]

Swanage Folk Festival Fringe: A Fondness for Melancholy (FREE ENTRY) The English folk tradition is shot through with a melancholic strand. All English speakers experience melancholy because the language itself […]

Swanage Folk Festival Fringe: Boots Don’t Fit (FREE ENTRY) Electro-acoustic indie-folk duo with a Dorset flavour. Big tunes, reflective lyrics to take you from the painfully beautiful to the foot-stompingly […]

Swanage Folk Festival Fringe: Time & Tide Theatre Group (FREE ENTRY) The story of the Tolpuddle men is well known and has been much celebrated, but what happened to the women, […]

Swanage Folk Festival Fringe: Greyhound’s Leap (FREE ENTRY) Purbeck duo Greyhound's Leap brings together Luke Russ on guitar and Sunny Angel on double bass to play a mix of skiffle, […]

Pot licker (16+) When teachers Rich, Kris and Zara discover a bag of drugs in school lost property, they should report this straight away.  But as the school faces imminent […]

David Attenborough: Ocean (PG) David Attenborough explores the planet's undersea habitats, revealing the greatest age of ocean discovery and emphasising the ocean's vital importance while exposing its problems and highlighting […]

SoundCellar & Swanage Jazz Festival present Jo Harrop Award-winning jazz singer Jo Harrop makes her SoundCellar debut at the Mowlem. With a smoky, intimate voice blending jazz, blues, and soul, […]

F1 (12A) In the 1990s, Sonny Hayes was Formula 1's most promising driver until an accident on the track nearly ended his career. Thirty years later, the owner of a […]

The Mowlem Comedy Club (14+) Off The Kerb Productions Present: The Mowlem Comedy ClubYour chance to catch the best comedy talent in a club environment! Off The Kerb’s shows are […]

Swanage Record Club Join Swanage Record Club in The Showbar to listen to records.Like a book group for records.Appreciate great albums in fullA curated theme every monthBring themed tracks to […]

Damien Lewis – SAS Escape Stories Join former war correspondent and bestselling author Damien Lewis to discuss his latest book, SAS Great Escapes Four. Covering five incredible true stories, from escaping Italian […]

Sean Alexander – Moments in Time With a career spanning 27 years including 3 Royal performances, presenting a 24 hour straight online celebrity charity show, making the ICC Woman’s T20 […]

The Last Journey (PG) An emotional and hilarious documentary with a life-affirming message, The Last Journey is a cinematic experience that explores a loving son’s attempts to coax his aging […]

Oscar’s Ultimate Quiz Take part in Swanage’s best quiz night by far! Prizes to be won, and a lot of fun to be had!Teams of up to 6, £2 per […]

NT Live: Inter Alia (encore screening) Oscar-nominated Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl, Saltburn) is Jessica in the much-anticipated next play from the team behind Prima Facie. Jessica Parks is a smart Crown Court Judge at the top […]

Swanage Carnival Presentation Evening Join us to show your support for Swanage Carnival and all the hard work that goes into raising thousands of £’s each year for local charities […]

Last Night of The Proms – Bournemouth Concert Brass Bournemouth Concert Brass are one of the South's premier brass bands.September sees them perform their annual 'Last night of the Proms' […]

The Motley Crew – Sea Shanties and Stand-up Comedy Will Hugo will be your MC for the evening, bringing you an unusual evening mixing songs of the sea with a […]

The Roses (12A) Life seems easy for picture-perfect couple Theo and Ivy: successful careers, a loving marriage, great kids. However, a tinderbox of fierce competition and hidden resentments soon emerge […]

Artist’s Talk: Jindra Jehu – Precarious Bodies Jindra Jehu is a West Dorset based multidisciplinary artist. Following a formal arts education, she went on to develop a practice alongside art […]

Health and Wellbeing Event Purbeck Integrated Neighbourhood Team invite you to come along to this free event. You will be able to meet service providers, find out about local support […]

Swanage Blues Festival 3 October - 5 October Three days of the top-quality blues music live in The Showbar as part of the 41st Swanage Blues Festival!Friday 3rd October:4pm - Kirris […]

28 Years Later (15) It's been almost three decades since the rage virus escaped from a biological weapons laboratory. Still living in a ruthlessly enforced quarantine, some have found ways […]

The Pent Up House Trio – Live Jazz in The Showbar The Pent Up House Trio will present an evening of Jazz in The Showbar at The Mowlem Theatre on […]

The 39 Steps Step into a world of high-octane adventure and non-stop laughter as Revive Theatre presents “The 39 Steps”, directed by Richard Batt, at the Mowlem Theatre this autumn! […]

SoundCellar & Swanage Jazz Festival present The Henrik Jensen Trio The Henrik Jensen Trio delivers melodic, expressive jazz rooted in rich interplay and storytelling. Featuring bassist Henrik Jensen, pianist Esben […]

The Life of Chuck (15) From childhood to adulthood, Charles "Chuck" Krantz experiences the wonder of love, the heartbreak of loss, and the multitudes contained in all of us.Starring Tom […]

Artsreach presents: Living Spit – Too Many Greek Myths When two members of Clevedon-based comedy theatre company, Living Spit, are overhead bragging about how good they are, Zeus, enraged by […]

The Mowlem Comedy Club (14+) Off The Kerb Productions Present: The Mowlem Comedy Club  Your chance to catch the best comedy talent in a club environment! Off The Kerb's shows […]

Swanage Record Club Join Swanage Record Club in The Showbar to listen to records.Like a book group for records.Appreciate great albums in fullA curated theme every monthBring themed tracks to […]

Purbeck Film Festival: Opening Gala – Memory Lane (12A) We are delighted, once again, to be screening films as part of the Purbeck Film Festival.A bitter-aged man reluctantly drives to […]

Purbeck Film Festival: An Evening with the Fox Family followed by The Servant (12A) We are delighted, once again, to be screening films as part of the Purbeck Film Festival.Tony, […]

Purbeck Film Festival: Memoir of A Snail (15) We are delighted, once again, to be screening films as part of the Purbeck Film Festival. After a series of misfortunes, a […]

Purbeck Film Festival: The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (PG) We are delighted, once again, to be screening films as part of the Purbeck Film Festival.Genevieve, who is pregnant from Guy, a […]

Purbeck Film Festival: Roman Holiday (U) We are delighted, once again, to be screening films as part of the Purbeck Film Festival. Stuck with boredom in her luxurious confinement, a […]

Purbeck Film Festival: Julie Keeps Quiet (12A) We are delighted, once again, to be screening films as part of the Purbeck Film Festival.Julie is a high school tennis prodigy who […]

Purbeck Film Festival: Thank You For Banking With Us (15) We are delighted, once again, to be screening films as part of the Purbeck Film Festival.After finding out that their […]

Purbeck Film Festival: The Girl With The Needle (15) followed by Q&A with Screenwriter Line Langebek We are delighted, once again, to be screening films as part of the Purbeck […]

Purbeck Film Festival: Blue Velvet (18) We are delighted, once again, to be screening films as part of the Purbeck Film Festival.A sensual mystery thriller about strange happenings in a […]

Purbeck Film Festival: Van Gogh: Poets & Lovers (12A) followed by Q&A with David Bickerstaff We are delighted, once again, to be screening films as part of the Purbeck Film […]

Purbeck Film Festival: Flow (U) We are delighted, once again, to be screening films as part of the Purbeck Film Festival. Oscar Winner for Best Animated Feature Film. On a […]

Purbeck Film Festival: It Was Just An Accident (18) We are delighted, once again, to be screening films as part of the Purbeck Film Festival.It Was Just an Accident is […]