Danceworks
2026-07-10 19:00 - 21:00, 2026-07-11 19:00 - 21:00, 2026-07-12 14:00 - 16:00 (Europe/London) | Frome Memorial Theatre, Christchurch Street West, Frome, BA11 1EB
Act One is an adapted version of The Nutcracker Suite, danced by our beautiful Danceworks ballet students from the age of 3.
Act Two will bring “A Night At The Musicals” and a tribute to the “Jackson’s”.
Act Two will be performances from our Tap, Modern, Hip-Hop, Jazz, Musical Theatre and Cheer students.
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Phil Ellis: Bath Mat
2026-07-12 19:30 - 21:30 | Merlin Theatre, Bath Road, Frome, BA11 2HG
On sale to Friends of Frome Festival Fri 15 May
General on sale Sun 17 May
Multi-award winning ‘comic genius’ (The Scotsman) and the new star of Taskmaster (Ch4), Phil Ellis is going on his first full national stand-up tour. Following his three big award wins at the 2025 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Phil presents his brand-new show ‘Bath Mat’, jam packed with laugh-out-loud profound silliness, superbly crafted gags and constant surprises.
Running time: 120 minutes plus interval
Recommended: 14+
Tickets: £20

Improv Lab
2026-07-15 19:00 - 20:30, 2026-07-22 19:00 - 20:30, 2026-07-29 19:00 - 20:30, 2026-08-05 19:00 - 20:30, 2026-08-12 19:00 - 20:30, 2026-08-19 19:00 - 20:30, 2026-08-26 19:00 - 20:30, 2026-09-02 19:00 - 20:30 and 7 more dates | The Awesome Studio, Station Approach, Frome, BA11 1RE, United Kingdom
Join our upcoming 5-week improv course – perfect for beginners and enthusiasts alike. Adults only.
No scripts. No pressure. Just a playful and welcoming space to invent characters, create stories, and discover the joy of saying “yes, and…” to every idea.
Led by an experienced facilitator, each session invites you to participate in a mix of improvised scenes and games. It’s a laidback, hilarious and a genuinely safe place to be totally ridiculous.
Along the way, you will:

Reconnect with your sense of playfulness
Cultivate creativity and quick thinking
Build confidence as a speaker and perfomer
Step outside your comfort zone
Join a growing, supportive community

The Folksy Theatre Presents: a Midsummer Nights Dream
2026-08-08 19:00 - 21:00 | Merlin Theatre, Bath Road, Frome, BA11 2HG
Love, laughter, and a little bit of lunacy – enter a world where fairies meddle, lovers quarrel, and magic runs wild! Enjoy Shakespeare’s much-loved comedy, filled with Folksy’s twist of live music, audience interaction, and impressive multi-roling!
Running Time: 120 mins plus interval
Recommended: All ages
Tickets: £20 | Students: £13
Outdoors on E.C.O.S. Amphitheatre. Please bring blankets, cushions and chairs. We welcome picnics, but please buy drinks from our bar. In the event of bad weather this event will move inside.

Tri.art Dance and Performing Arts Academy: West Side Story
2026-08-20 19:00 - 21:00, 2026-08-21 19:00 - 21:00, 2026-08-22 14:00 - 16:00, 2026-08-22 19:00 - 21:00 | Merlin Theatre, Bath Road, Frome, BA11 2HG
This August sees the return of Tri.Art’s Award-Winning Summer School, now in its 12th year. This year, students will be performing the classic musical, West Side Story. Join us as we celebrate the incredible talent of our Youth Theatre students!
Running Time: 120 minutes plus interval
Age Recommendation: 14+
Suitable: All ages
Tickets: Adults £16 Concessions £10

Illyria: as You Like It
2026-08-23 18:00 - 20:00 | Merlin Theatre, Bath Road, Frome, BA11 2HG
In this play, Shakespeare explores Love in all its guises. Four pairs of soulmates meet in the mysterious Forest of Arden. One pair leaps straight into bed. Another pair is instantaneously dumbstruck by each other’s beauty and pledges their undying troth. The third pair torment each other: he showers chaste love upon her, which she haughtily rejects – yet secretly she enjoys the flattery. The fourth pair go further still, playfully blurring their roles and identities to such an extent that flirting becomes more pain than pleasure, and Love itself is pushed to the limit of its endurance – and beyond.
Throughout the summer, Shakespeare’s iconic comedy will be performed where its action is set – in the great outdoors, by a 5-strong cast of classically trained professional actors. Multi-award-winning Illyria has an unmatched reputation for excellence, forged over three decades, that dominates the outdoor touring theatre sector. Join them this summer for a memorable night of laughter and romance under the stars.
This performance will be outdoors at the E.C.O.S. Amphitheatre. Please bring blankets, cushions, and chairs. We welcome picnics, but please buy drinks from our bar. In the event of bad weather, this event will move inside.
Running time: 140 minutes plus interval
Recommended: All ages
Tickets: £18 | Child: £10 (Under 10) | Concessions: £14
Registered carers go free

Illyria: Pinocchio
2026-09-06 15:00 - 16:30 | Merlin Theatre, Bath Road, Frome, BA11 2HG
Carlo Collodi’s classic is a perennial favourite. It is the third most translated book in the world, having appeared in no fewer than 260 languages since it was published in 1883, and has never been out of print. Childless toymaker Geppetto buys a piece of wood to make a puppet, little realising the chaos he is about to unleash. The puppet yearns for adventure and runs away, but instead of excitement, only finds glorious attractions containing hidden dangers.
He returns home, hoping to be showered with sympathy and learns his tribulations are just beginning. Running away hasn’t worked; lying won’t work; he must become a real boy to achieve the belonging he craves. Collodi describes the development from puppet to real boy in the same way that useless green timber is matured into useful, well-seasoned wood – a transformation only achieved through trials of water and fire. Illyria celebrates this magical coming-of-age tale in a thrilling musical outdoor show.
This performance will be outdoors at the E.C.O.S. Amphitheatre. Please bring blankets, cushions, and chairs. We welcome picnics, but please buy drinks from our bar. In the event of bad weather, this event will move inside.
Running time: 95 minutes including interval
Recommended: 5+
Tickets: £18 | Child: £10 | Students and those claiming financial assistance: £14
Registered carers go free

Illyria: the Pirates of Penzance
2026-09-12 18:00 - 20:00 | Merlin Theatre, Bath Road, Frome, BA11 2HG
Frederick, accidentally apprenticed to Pirates as a child, is indentured to the Pirate King until his 21st birthday. On the day he reaches 21 he leaves the ship, announcing that he now intends to dedicate his life to the Pirates’ destruction. The Pirate King checks the contract’s small print – and realises that as Frederick’s birthday is 29th February on a leap year he has only had four birthdays and is actually indentured for another 63 years. With only the Penzance constabulary to protect him, will Frederick be forced to serve the pirates until he is 84? And will his sweetheart, Mabel, wait for him that long?
Performed by a six-strong cast of actors/singers with fully orchestrated accompaniment, The Pirates of Penzance boasts such gloriously memorable songs as “To be a Pirate King!”; “Modern Major General” and “A Policeman’s Lot is Not a Happy One”. With razor-sharp satire and glittering wit, it remains as fresh as if it had been written today.
This performance will be outdoors at the E.C.O.S. Amphitheatre. Please bring blankets, cushions, and chairs. We welcome picnics, but please buy drinks from our bar. In the event of bad weather, this event will move inside.
Running time: 120 minutes including interval
Recommended: All ages
Tickets: £20 | Child: £10 | Students and those claiming financial assistance: £14
Registered carers go free

Rory Bremner and Friends
2026-09-17 19:30 - 21:30 | Merlin Theatre, Bath Road, Frome, BA11 2HG
As the nations favourite satirical mimic, Rory really needs no introduction what-so-ever.
He’s provided definitive impersonations of PMs and Presidents from Major to Mandela, Blair to Brown, Clinton to Cameron and Bush to Trump. As himself, he’s been presenter, writer, quiz-show host, actor, translator and even (briefly) ballroom dancer. (Strictly, 2011. WTF?)
By the time he’d graduated in 1984, he was already performing on the London stand-up circuit and at his native Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and got his first TV series with the BBC in 1986. In a TV career of over 30 years, he’s won numerous awards, including 3 BAFTAs for his long-running Channel 4 satire series Bremner Bird & Fortune, featuring Rory and the two Johns.
Rory’s other TV credits include regularly appearing on Whose Line is it Anyway, Spitting Image, Have I Got News for You, and Mock the Week.
Roger Monkhouse is one of the most original and distinctive acts on the comedy scene. A consummate stand-up who employs a deadly combination of charm and menace to exert a masterful control over any audience.
Newcomer Rich Bunn will be doing a ten minute spot – he was recently the Runner Up in the 2026 Bath Comedy Festival New Act Competition.
Running time: 120 minutes including 20-minute interval
Recommended: 14+
Tickets: £27

Michael Spicer: Hope All's Well
2026-09-25 19:30 - 21:00 | Merlin Theatre, Bath Road, Frome, BA11 2HG
Michael Spicer, the online sensation who brought you the award-winning viral hit The Room Next Door, brings another hilarious and brilliantly entertaining satirical stage show packed with sketches, short films and stories about why we’re witnessing such a gigantic political and global shitshow, featuring characters from his BBC Radio 4 show ‘No Room’ as well as some old friends too.

Our Star Theatre Company: the Three Musketeers
2026-10-16 19:30 - 21:00 | Merlin Theatre, Bath Road, Frome, BA11 2HG
Prepare for a hilarious and uproarious family farce brought to you by Our Star Theatre Company. This theatrical re-telling of The Three Musketeers is packed with laughter, lively audience participation and plenty of energetically silly performances.
The story centres around a small troupe of performers gearing up for their highly anticipated debut performance of The Three Musketeers. However, as the curtains rise, all is not as it seems. What starts as a simple theatrical endeavour quickly unravels into a whirlwind of confusion, mayhem, and comical mishaps. From forgotten lines to chaotic set changes, the actors find themselves entangled in a series of laugh-out-loud blunders, much to the delight of the audience.
This delightfully entertaining production is brimming with wit, slapstick humour, and a dose of good-natured silliness that will keep you on the edge of your seat, laughing from start to finish.
Running time: 85 mins plus 20 minute interval
Recommended: 8+
Tickets: £18 Adults | £15 Students
