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Regal theatre events

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Coffee Morning in the Bar

Saturday 2 May 2026, 10.00 – 12.00

REGAL COMEDY NIGHT

Saturday 2 MAY – 7.30pm

Get ready for a night packed with fun, big laughs, and something a little different for The Regal Theatre. We’re bringing you a top-class lineup from the very best of the UK comedy circuit, featuring four fantastic professional comedians guaranteed to keep you entertained all night long.

ROYAL BALLET & OPERA – EUGENE ONEGIN (The Metropolitan Opera AS LIVE)

Tuesday 5 May 2026 – 6:00pm

Following her acclaimed 2024 company debut in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, soprano Asmik Grigorian returns to the Met as Tatiana, the lovestruck young heroine in this ardent operatic adaptation of Pushkin. Baritone Igor Golovatenko reprises his portrayal of the urbane Onegin, who realizes his affection for her all too late. The Met’s evocative production, directed by Tony Award–winner Deborah Warner, “offers a beautifully detailed reading of … Tchaikovsky’s lyrical romance” (The Telegraph).

ILLUMINATE – Spotlight

Friday 15 – Saturday 16 MAY – 7.30pm

We bring to the Regal Theatre a fun for all family dance show full of fabulously talented students from SDA!  Everything from ballet, tap, commercial dance, lyrical and acro, there is something for everyone!

 The Regal Film Society Screening – TBC (Cert 15)

Tuesday 19 May 2026 – 7:30pm

Exhibition on Screen – FRIDA KAHLO: THE MAKING OF AN ICON

Thursday May 21, 2026, 7.30pm

Who was Frida Kahlo?  Everyone knows her face but who was the woman behind the bright colours, the big brows and the floral crowns?  Take a journey through the life of a true icon, discover her art, and uncover the true story of her rebellious, passionate and turbulent life.

Tickets for all events may be booked in advance online at https://regaltheatre.co.uk/whatson or from the Box Office (Tel 01643 706430) between 9.30am and 12.00pm Monday – Saturday;

Wootton Courtenay Talk

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Professor Sir Dieter Helm, an experienced and engaging speaker, has agreed to give a talk in Wootton Courtenay village hall on Friday 8th November at 7:30pm. Free entry with a retiring collection in aid of Somerset Wildlife Trust.

Dieter Helm provides extensive expert advice to UK and European governments, regulators and companies across three key areas: Energy & Climate; Regulation, Utilities & Infrastructure; and Natural Capital & the Environment. He is also a Vice President of the Exmoor Society,

Martin Wolf, Chief Economics Commentator, Financial Times, gave this review of Dieter Helm’s latest book, “Legacy”:

“Dieter Helm does not pull his punches in this forthright and powerful book. To avoid disaster, we must transform how we live. Above all, we must all pay for the maintenance of core natural assets, instead of living well off their destruction. This will demand radical changes in how we live our lives, individually and collectively. Some will assert that the revolution he seeks is impossible. Helm counters that it is inescapable.”