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Your quick guide to what's on over the next seven days

Thursday, September 17

7.30pm: East Huntspill garden Club invite you to their next meeting with a guest speaker. In the East Huntspill Church Hall. All welcome. £1.50. Raffle and refreshments. More info: Kay Bennett 01278789678.

Friday, September 18

7.30pm - when Isaac Williams set off to catch his usual bus, little did he realise that his life would change - but for the better? Love Games is an hilarious and bawdy comedy at The Regal Theatre in Minehead. Box Office: 01643 702624 www.regaltheatre.co.uk

7pm: Joy Milliken, acting clinical director from St. Margaret’s Hospice presents a talk, Making Each Day Count. Members £5.00, non-members £7.00. Includes refreshments, bar and raffle. Net proceeds to St. Margaret’s. Othery Village Hall. More details from Scilla Tempest on 01823 698866 or email otherysociety@hotmail.co.uk

7.30pm: Fashion Show with Bonmarche at the Admiral’s Landing, The Docks, Bridgwater. £6.00. Tel: 07552-022658

Saturday, September 19

10.30am - 4.30pm: More than 50 vintage, retro and artisan stalls including clothes, crockery and memorabilia. Live music with Just Misbehavin’, swing dancing, workshops, children’s entertainment and refreshments. £2 entry. Children under 16 £1.00 Children under 5 free. Free parking. Quantock Lakes, Inwood Farm, Nether Stowey.

12noon - 3pm, Open Day at the Tacchi-Morris Arts centre in Taunton. Live music, an opportunity to try out Tacchi-Morris classes such as dance, drama and Rock Show Chorus, a Taiko Drumming demonstration and try-out, Malcolm the Magician, various stalls, cider bar and refreshments.

7.30pm - Internationally renowned blues artist Eddie Martin at Taunton’s Creative Innovation Centre CIC (CICCIC) tickets from £8. Tickets can be purchased on the door or online at www.ciccic.co.uk, 01823 337477.

With 12 rave-reviewed CD releases and constant globe-trotting since turning professional in 1995, London-born Martin has been called “The Ambassador of British Blues.”

7.30pm - Award winning performer Ruth Mitchell takes a look at the dreams we hold and the cards we are dealt as she attempts to round the bases and reach home in her one-woman play, Homeward Bound. The Brewhouse, Taunton. £10 Adult £7.50 Under 18 £7 Groups. Box: 01823 283244.

8pm - violin virtuoso John Pearce and award winning pianist Dave Newton at Cossington village hall. Just a few reserved seats available at £10.00 which includes interval tasty treats from host Roger Collett 01278 451187 or email rogercollett.sounds@talktalk.net. Supporting Bridgwater Hospital League of Friends

Sunday, September 20

10am - 2pm: Free horse riding taster session at the Cannington Equestrian Centre, Bridgwater. For beginners or anyone wanting to get back in the saddle. Email equestriancentre@bridgwater.ac.uk, or phone 01278 655023.

11am - 3pm: Wedding exhibition, Holiday Inn, Taunton. Free parking. £2 admission or for your free admission voucher email: tammy@weddingdaze.co.uk. Up to 40 local wedding suppliers.

12noon – charity football match between Malachi United and Arsenal charity team at Bridgwater Town FC. Kick-off at 1pm, £3 adults, £1 children. In aid of Children’s Hospice South West. Pre-match and half-time entertainment including kids’ beat the keeper.

12noon - 4pm, funday and fete at the RSPCA Brent Knoll Animal Centre, Brent Road, Brent Knoll. Lots of stalls and cuddly animals - no dogs please. Tel: 01278 782671.

7pm - the new Cinema Obscura film season starts with The Fairy (La Fee) (cert PG) In French with English Subtitles. Solitary night porter Dom and Fiona, a self proclaimed “fairy” who will grant Dom three wishes, are the lead characters in this contemporary fairytale peopled by social misfits. Film starts 7.30pm. Membership £30 (Couples £50) Guest Membership £5. Wiveliscombe Primary School Hall, North Street , Wiveliscombe.

Monday, September 21

8pm - 9.30pm: A technical ballet class for dancers with some prior experience. For adults/14+. Please note there will be a break for half term week commencing October 26. Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre, Taunton.

Tuesday, September 22

7.30pm: SANHS counterfeiting coins. A fascinating talk on this topic with a long history. Speaker Steve Minnit

Please book at office@sanhs.org Somerset Heritage Centre Brunel Way, Norton Fitzwarren, Taunton.

7.30pm - immerse yourself in the decadence of America’s jazz age, with The Great Gatsby at the Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre. Tickets: £15 / £13 Concessions / £9 Students. (also tomorrow) Box: 01823 414141

Wednesday, September 23

10am - 5pm, The Museum of Somerset's blockbuster exhibition Brick Wonders – Wonders of the World made out of LEGO bricks - continues until October 2. Tel: 01823 255088

Thursday, September 24

11am - 5pm, Double Take: Photography and the Garden brings together rarely-exhibited photographs by garden designer Gertrude Jekyll (1843-1932) with work by leading contemporary artists Sarah Jones, Helen Sear and Mark Edwards, all of whom have recorded a garden or returned to the theme of plants and gardens and whose work resonates with the historic gardens at Hestercombe. Tel: 01823 413923