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Winter on the Riverbank
Even in the heart of winter, rivers, streams, and ponds are teeming with life – including one of our most endearing and much-loved mammals, the water vole. Known affectionately to generations as “Ratty” from The Wind in the Willows, water voles are Britain’s largest...
Later Life Letter
Award-winning Poet and Stand-up to tour Dorset Meander through a warm and honest evening of poems and stand-up as acclaimed poet Luke Wright returns to Dorset to share his adoption story – of the life he leads, and the one he might have done... The regular tour...
Opening Your Home to Support Young People Locally
Across Brockenhurst, Sway, Beaulieu, and Boldre, community life is built on people knowing one another and sharing responsibility for the place they live. At the same time, there are young people in and around the New Forest who are reaching key transition points and...
Opportunities for all at New Forest National Park Volunteer Fair 2026
The New Forest National Park Volunteer Fair returns this month in a celebration of inclusivity, with opportunities for all. More than 50 organisations from across the New Forest and surrounding areas will be at this year’s New Forest National Park Volunteer Fair,...
Museum Launches New Speaker Series
Following on from their successful Autumn season, the Army Flying Museum at Middle Wallop hopes to continue bringing new audiences through its doors with another fabulous series of daytime and evening talks. The popular speaker series at the Museum was developed in...
The Spy Who Loved Me Tender
The inimitable Spitz & Co, creators of Elvis in Blue Hawaii, Glorilla, Gloriator and Les Gloriables, are heading back to Dorset with a brand-new, action-packed comedy filled with songs, sequins and drama galore! Performing for three nights as part of the new...
The Shawshank Redemption
The Shawshank Redemption, the acclaimed stage adaptation of Stephen King’s 1982 novella, Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption, is set to continue its national UK tour in 2026 and plays Lighthouse Poole from Tuesday 27 to Saturday 31 January. Adapted by Owen O’Neill...
Pipeline: Masterclass with Alison Steadman
Lighthouse Poole is delighted to announce actress Alison Steadman as the special guest for its latest PIPELINE: Masterclass on Wednesday 11 February. Alison is acclaimed for her stage, television, and film roles. She first came to prominence in television plays Nuts...
Audiences thanked for record breaking Christmas Appeal
Audiences at Lighthouse Poole have done it again! Thanks to their incredible generosity, the Dorset Arts Centre’s annual Big Christmas Appeal has broken all records and is set to double the amount raised last year. And there’s still time to make even more of a...
Vardy v Rooney The Wagatha Christie Trial
No press, no public, just the witnesses, their barristers and the judge were privy to the actual proceedings in 2022 of the action brought against Coleen Rooney by Rebekha Vardy, both famous footballers’ wives. After the full court documents were released, Liv...
The Alresford Watercress Festival
If the January blues are getting you down, here’s something to put a spring in your step –the 2026 Alresford Watercress Festival will be back on Sunday 17 May. Now in its 22nd year, the annual celebration to mark the start of the UK watercress season will offer all...
Lighthouse shines brighter thanks to Trust’s £18k grant
Lighthouse Poole will shine brighter and cleaner after a vital grant from Theatres Trust in association with the Wolfson Foundation that will enable it to upgrade a number of theatrical lights as it continues its path to Net Zero. The award of £18,316.20 means the...