As it’s now officially September, the month countdown to Yeovil Literary Festival 2024 can begin! This year the festival will start on Thursday 10th October with a pre festival event and end on Monday...
A giant wheel measuring a whopping 12-feet in height is set to wow audiences in Yeovil at the town’s Super Saturday event on Saturday 21 September. The company behind The Giant Wheel, Autin Dance The...
Here’s a taste of what our Arts Engagement & Outreach team at the Octagon & Westlands have been busy working on this month…
In the latest a series of monthly blogs celebrating Somerset’s creative & cultural practitioners, our Arts Engagement & Outreach Officer Nick White meets… Sharon Jacksties When I arrive at Sharon Ja...
The Octagon Theatre and Westlands Entertainment Venue in Yeovil are working with local, and national arts practitioners and local organisations to bring FREE creative activities and live theatre to re...
Get ready for a night of glam rock! Girls grab your boys it’s time to go wild, wild, wild! As we transport you back to the golden age of Glam, with all the songs you know and love! Starring son of...
Here’s a taste of what our Arts Engagement & Outreach team at the Octagon & Westlands have been busy working on this month…
In the latest a series of monthly blogs celebrating Somerset’s creative & cultural practitioners, our Arts Engagement & Outreach Officer Nick White meets… James & Kate Lynch In the mid-to-late-90’s...
The Octagon & Westlands’ Creative Commission fund has been designed to support new innovative ideas to bring the creative arts to communities across Somerset. Through the fund we are working with loc...
Saturday 8th June 2024 saw 200 people come and take part in the Octagon and Westlands annual community platform, SHiNE. For the first time the event took place at Westlands Entertainment Venue. Parti...
Here’s a taste of what our Arts Engagement & Outreach team at the Octagon & Westlands have been busy working on this month…
In the latest a series of monthly blogs celebrating Somerset’s creative & cultural practitioners, our Arts Engagement & Outreach Officer Nick White meets… Jusna Mustafa Photo above: Jusna Mustafa...
The first ever Yeovil Beer & Cider Festival held at Westlands Entertainment Venue has been hailed a great success by the organisers, with £6,000 raised for local charities and good causes. Held acros...
Paul Young will share the stories and songs of his illustrious career on an intimate new tour. The Eighties pop icon will be back on the road with his ‘From No Parlez to The Secret Of Association - A...
Here’s a taste of what our Arts Engagement & Outreach team at the Octagon & Westlands have been busy working on this month…
The next generation of budding musicians in Dorset and Somerset have been given a boost after a joint bid to become a Music Hub Lead Organisation by Somerset Council and Dorset Council was successful....
In the latest a series of monthly blogs celebrating Somerset’s creative & cultural practitioners, our Arts Engagement & Outreach Officer Nick White meets… Len Copland. “I talk too much”, Len says fi...
In January 2024, our new Movement Through Cancer project launched in Yeovil and has proved to be a huge success! We are thrilled to announce that due to the success of the first 10 weeks of our uni...
Amazing news theatre-goers! Our BRAND NEW seasonal brochure is here and it comes with a fresh new look. The Octagon Theatre & Westlands Entertainment Venue brochure has been given a facelift for the...
In January 2024, our new Parkinson’s Dance class launched in Langport and is proving to be a huge success! We are thrilled to announce that due to the success of the first 10 weeks of our Parkinson’s...
Project Dance is a Yeovil born, nationally established arts organisation, which works to increase dance’s accessibility both through the creation of original, socially-inspired narrative productions,...
Here’s a taste of what our Arts Engagement & Outreach team at the Octagon & Westlands have been busy working on this month…
Somerset Council’s Arts Engagement & Outreach Service, are inviting applications to our open grant programme. We are seeking independent creatives, non-profit groups and charitable organisations to wo...
In the latest a series of monthly blogs celebrating Somerset’s creative & cultural practitioners, our Arts Engagement & Outreach Officer Nick White meets… ...Emma Bettridge I’ve known Wiveliscombe’s...
A sculpture which aims to raise awareness of the negative effects of violence and aggression will be in Somerset next month as part of a nationwide tour. The Knife Angel stands at 27 ft tall, weighs 3.5 tonnes, and was designed by artist, Alfie Brad...
In partnership with Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra (BSO), The Octagon Theatre & Westlands Entertainment Venue held a Dementia-Friendly Cake Concert on 16th February 2024. A trio of BSO musicians perfo...
Here’s a taste of what our Arts Engagement & Outreach team at the Octagon & Westlands have been busy working on this month…
In the latest a series of monthly blogs celebrating Somerset’s creative & cultural practitioners, our Arts Engagement & Outreach Officer Nick White meets… …Amy Batty Following Wise Children’s produc...
The Octagon Theatre are working in partnership with Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra (BSO) to deliver a 10-week music-making project to ARK (Acts of Random Kindness) at Egwood in Merriott which started...
Here’s a taste of what our Arts Engagement & Outreach team at the Octagon & Westlands have been busy working on this month…
Two spectacular choral discoveries by a forgotten Baroque composer Francesco Scarlatti, which were hidden for centuries, are to be performed at Westlands Entertainment Venue, Yeovil, on Thursday 8 Feb...
In the first of a series of monthly blogs celebrating Somerset’s creative & cultural practitioners, our Arts Engagement & Outreach Officer Nick White meets… …James Bamford The first time I met Somer...
Here’s a taste of what our Arts Engagement & Outreach team at the Octagon & Westlands have been busy working on this month...
Applications for The Octagon Theatre & Westlands Entertainment Venue Work Experience programme are now open! We run our Work Experience programme twice a year, for Year 10 & Year 12 students, offerin...
We are delighted to announce support for Somerset’s independent creative professionals and arts organisations, as part of our Creative Commissions programme, to develop cultural activity for the count...
Here’s a taste of what our Arts Engagement & Outreach team at the Octagon & Westlands have been busy working on this month…
Five local schools took part in an activity that helped enhance their school trip to watch the pantomime, Cinderella, here at Westlands this December. As part of our Creative Learning and Education w...
Looking for a new challenge in 2024? Come along to the Octagon Academy Taster Day on Saturday 6th January 2024 from 10am – 5pm. With 17 different classes available, covering all age groups, there is...
Here’s a taste of what our Arts Engagement & Outreach team at the Octagon & Westlands have been busy working on this month…
There are under two weeks until the curtains are raised at opening night of Evolution Productions spectacular fun-filled festive production of Cinderella – oh yes there is! The Octagon Theatre and Ev...
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We are offering six small commissions for professional creatives and companies working in any artform to develop innovative ideas that reach and engage Somerset’s residents. We want to support project...
Have you just graduated from a creative degree course? Maybe you didn’t go to Uni but you’re ready to start your career in the creative industries? Perhaps you’re already working as a creative profe...
We are inviting expressions of interest from local creatives and companies who make non-commercial work professionally, to use of our spaces free of charge, subject to availability and eligibility....
A taster session of a project in Wincanton that aims to deliver sensory and creative based music activities to new parents and their babies has sold out days after going on sale. The Octagon Theatre...
Since becoming an Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation (NPO) earlier this year we’ve been able to grow our Arts Engagement & Outreach team. The team will be developing and delivering...
It’s been an epic summer of fun here at The Octagon Theatre and Westlands Entertainment Venue as our arts engagement and outreach events through the school holidays have now drawn to a close, with ple...
We are really excited to announce Damian Patton will be joining us this December to play the role of Dandini in our festive pantomime, Cinderella! Damian fell in love with the magic of live enterta...
Introducing our next cast member for Cinderella this December, Tash Moore! Tash will be playing the role of Fairy Godmother and she cannot wait to venture back on stage as an actor, and where better t...
A giant puppet measuring a whopping 13-feet in height is set to wow audiences in Yeovil at the town’s Super Saturday on Saturday 16 September. The company responsible for the creation, Autin Dance Th...
An exciting day of food, music and entertainment in Yeovil Town Centre: Yeovil Super Saturday 16th September 2023! There will be glorious and delicious food by local producers and artisans as eat:fes...
The future of theatre in Yeovil and the South West is in safe hands, as 15 young people from across Somerset and Dorset took part in The Octagon Theatre & Westlands Entertainment Venue’s inaugural wor...
The Yeovil Literary Festival is back for 2023 with the first names announced that will be coming to the festival to discuss their recently published books. Yeovil Literary Festival takes place this y...
40 free places on the Octagon Theatre and Westlands Entertainment Venue Summer School activities are up for grabs thanks to funding secured through Somerset Activity & Sports Partnership (SASP) and th...
Hundreds of Key Stage 1 children from across Somerset have experienced their first visit to a cultural venue and a taste of an orchestral playing thanks to a special partnership that has been develope...
The Octagon Theatre has closed its doors for the last time ahead of its £29.01m transformation that will see it become a flagship centre for the creative arts in Somerset – but don’t worry, it’s busin...
The Octagon Theatre and Evolution Productions scooped the prize of Best Contribution to Music (Emma Fraser) at the UK Pantomime Awards last night, beating four other nominees to the award. The annual...
Yeovil Community Arts Association (YCAA) have kindly donated £1,000 towards the Octagon Theatre redevelopment which will see the venue transformed into a flagship venue for the arts and entertainment....
We are delighted to announce that The Octagon Theatre has been awarded National Portfolio Organisation (NPO) status from Arts Council England, which sees an investment of £760,000 to support arts and...
The UK Pantomime Association has announced the nominations for The Pantomime Awards 2023, with Evolution Productions production of Dick Whittington being nominated for four awards! Taking place at Tr...
A Dance-athon hosted at Westlands Entertainment Venue that kept participants moving for a whole 24 hours has raised £3,064 for two local causes. The Dance-athon was organised by James Bamford, local...
Two local charities, The Foyer Club and Yeovil District Hospital’s Breast Cancer Unit Appeal received cheques today totalling more than £10,000. Proceeds from the annual bucket collection at The Octa...
Do you belong to a club or group with 10 or more members? The Octagon Theatre and Westlands Entertainment Venue are seeking to enhance our local group database in Somerset and beyond the borders of l...
The creation of a flagship venue for the arts and entertainment in Somerset has moved a step closer after South Somerset District Council’s District Executive agreed to recommend to Full Council to pr...
We are seeking new Foyer Club members to help 'play a part' in the running of our venues. As a member you will need to commit to one duty per week where you will be called upon to sell programmes and...
Communities in Somerset set to experience greater access to world class music-making as Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra (BSO) announces new residency with Yeovil’s Octagon Theatre. The Theatre, w...
We want to hear directly from disabled, deaf or neurodivergent people who would like the chance to talk to us about barriers they have experienced when attending cultural events and venues and what wo...
You will be able to enjoy some of your favourite shows for longer at The Octagon Theatre with the venue now set to be opened until mid-2023. As the programme for developing The Octagon Theatre moves...
Amazon Smile Heard about Amazon Smile but not sure what it is? Find out how you can donate to The Foyer Club every time you shop through Amazon with our guide below. What is Amazon Smile? Amazon...
With Volunteers’ Week taking place between 1-7 June this year, there isn’t a better opportunity for us at The Octagon Theatre and Westlands Entertainment Venue to say thank you to our Foyer Club volun...
Paul Zerdin, the comedian/ventriloquist who won America’s Got Talent in 2015, returns to Yeovil’s Octagon Theatre on 15 June 2022 for an incredibly special theatre fundraising event - AN EVENING WIT...
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra today [11 May] announces its 2022/23 season filled with performances across the South West and beyond. From an innovative collaboration between two of the UK’s leading i...
Two events organised by The Octagon Theatre and Westlands Entertainment Venue have raised a total of £8,684.85 which will go towards supporting the humanitarian and emergency work in Ukraine and neigh...
Tickets are now on sale for two events organised by The Octagon Theatre and Westlands Entertainment Venue that will mark our solidarity and support towards the humanitarian and emergency response work...
Two local charities, The Foyer Club and Yeovil District Hospital’s Breast Cancer Unit Appeal yesterday received cheques totalling more than £9,000. A bucket collection, organised by The Octagon Theat...
South Somerset District Council’s Executive Committee will consider a report next week which will seek to agree recommending to Full Council later in the month an additional investment for The Octagon...
Since reopening The Octagon Theatre and Westlands Entertainment Venue to the public again following our forced closure during the coronavirus pandemic, we’ve had a number of new full-time faces join o...
With coronavirus restrictions lifted across England, we wanted to highlight our current precautions in our venues we are asking from visiting patrons and the precautions we are taking as a venue. All...
South Somerset has been designated a ‘Priority Place’ by Arts Council England as part of its three-year Delivery Plan which sets out their roadmap to implement the vision of their strategy Let’s Creat...
Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios (FCBStudios) has been selected to help design and develop proposed improvements at the Octagon Theatre in Yeovil
We are delighted to announce the reopening of our gallery space at The Octagon Theatre, with an exhibition curated by artist Miriam Sheppard in partnership with Somerset Art Works.
This summer we have invited Motionhouse to perform their outdoor production, Captive, at three locations in South Somerset, taking contemporary dance out of the theatre.
Councillors set to debate on potential £23 million investment for arts and entertainment in South Somerset In January, South Somerset Councillors are to debate whether to agree in principle to progre...
As part of our Move To Improve dance development project, we will be casting the spotlight on local dance professionals, artists, and choreographers. The initiative aims to connect Somerset's dance pr...
To bring some colour to our venue and to celebrate local talent we publically invited Somerset Schools and local artists to display their artwork at the Octagon for our grand reopening!
We are delighted to present to you ‘Let’s SHiNE Together’, our first online flash dance! Let’s SHiNE Together is our online alternative to the Octagon’s annual community performance platform,, SHiNE....
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