• Frome Writers’ Collective: Frome Short Story Competition Awards

    Merlin Theatre Bath Road, Frome

    On sale to Friends of Frome Festival Fri 15 May General on sale Sun 17 May Celebrate writers of all ages as the winners of the Young Writer Competition and the Writers in Residence contest are announced, and author Claire Fuller reveals the winning entries in the Frome Festival Short Story Competition. Writers in Residence is an […]

    Free
  • Phil Ellis: Bath Mat

    Merlin Theatre Bath Road, Frome

    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 […]

    £20
  • The Folksy Theatre Presents: a Midsummer Nights Dream

    Merlin Theatre Bath Road, Frome

    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. […]

    £20
  • Tri.art Dance and Performing Arts Academy: West Side Story

    Merlin Theatre Bath Road, Frome

    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 […]

    £10 – £16
  • Tri.art Dance and Performing Arts Academy: West Side Story

    Merlin Theatre Bath Road, Frome

    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 […]

    £10 – £16
  • Tri.art Dance and Performing Arts Academy: West Side Story

    Merlin Theatre Bath Road, Frome

    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 […]

    £10 – £16
  • Tri.art Dance and Performing Arts Academy: West Side Story

    Merlin Theatre Bath Road, Frome

    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 […]

    £10 – £16
  • Illyria: as You Like It

    Merlin Theatre Bath Road, Frome

    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 […]

    £10 – £18
  • Illyria: Pinocchio

    Merlin Theatre Bath Road, Frome

    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 […]

    £10 – £18
  • Illyria: the Pirates of Penzance

    Merlin Theatre Bath Road, Frome

    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 […]

    £10 – £20
  • Rory Bremner and Friends

    Merlin Theatre Bath Road, Frome

    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 […]

    £27
  • Theatrical Sound Design: Wot Italian?

    Merlin Theatre Bath Road, Frome

    Get ready for an unforgettable evening of music, comedy, and charm as award-winning comedian and singer-songwriter Boothby Graffoe teams up with internationally acclaimed Italian guitarist Antonio Forcione. “Wot Italian?” Is a hilarious and heartfelt collision of Graffoe’s sharp wit and whimsical storytelling with Forcione’s virtuosic guitar mastery. This show promises a mix of brilliantly crafted […]

    £23