Merlin Theatre

01/06/2026

Friday tea-time treat! 🐛50mins of fun helping solve buggy problems with puppets, songs & slime!
🐜Get as strong as an ant!
🐝Teach a bee how to buzz!
🪲Help a dung beetle make a pooey perfume for its big date.
Professor Slug's House of Bugs interactive show is packed full of colourful puppets, catchy songs, and educational info about the wonderful world of bugs.
Fri 19 June, 4pm | For ages 3+

31/05/2026

“Now is the luxurious time when we can grow old,” wrote ’s partner as he navigated his life with Alzheimer’s.

The Luxurious Time - A Q***r Love Story is a play written and performed by Martin Lewton, and directed by .

Based on Martin’s own true story and the notes he kept while caring for his partner at home, this deeply moving (and occasionally funny) play chronicles the difficult decisions and profound moments that arise when the person you love succumbs to Alzheimer’s disease.
It is a tribute to a lost love, a powerful demand for Alzheimer’s research, and a poetic reflection on our own mortality 🤍🌈

Don’t miss the chance to experience this unforgettable and vital piece of theatre. Get tickets for the UK premiere this week.
Grab your tickets for 11th Frome in bio 🎟️🎟️

**Please note this performance shows a very real depiction of Alzheimer’s that some people may find upsetting**

31/05/2026

Friday tea-time treat! 🐛50 mins of fun helping solve buggy problems with puppets, songs & slime!
🐜Get as strong as an ant!
🐝Teach a bee how to buzz!
🪲Help a dung beetle make a pooey perfume for its big date.
Professor Slug's House of Bugs interactive show is packed full of colourful puppets, catchy songs, and educational info about the wonderful world of bugs.
Fri 19 June, 4pm | For ages 3+

31/05/2026

Into skating? Support a new park? WOOLF WOMEN: NOW OR NEVER is a bold, funny, and inspiring documentary that captures the freedom, chaos, and sheer adrenaline of downhill skateboarding.
🛹Five fearless young women on an epic journey across Europe to the ancient Sumela Monastery in Turkey - the film is part skate adventure, part road trip, and part celebration of friendship, courage, and pushing beyond your limits.
Skater or not, it’s a story about freedom, community, and what can happen when people dare to go for it.
🗓THURS 18 JUNE, 7pm
📍Merlin Theatre, Frome
🎬This special screening, introduced by Director Marchella de Angelis, is being hosted by Frome Skatepark Project 🛹with all proceeds going towards building a new skatepark for Frome.
Inc. post-show talk (no interval)
Age Recommendation: 15+
Tickets: £7.00

30/05/2026

30/05/2026

Help Professor Slug solve buggy problems with puppets, songs & slime!
🐛Professor Slug is an eccentric expert on invertebrates who helps bugs out - and you can too!

Get as strong as an ant! Teach a bee how to buzz! And help a dung beetle make a pooey perfume for its big date.

This interactive show is packed full of colourful puppets, catchy songs, and educational info about the wonderful world of bugs.

Fri 19 June, 4pm | For ages 3+