Events worth going out for 

Cool Coast Ice Rink

Ice skating is back at the BIC Purbeck Hall this winter. The Cool Coast Ice Rink is the south coast’s biggest indoor seasonal ice rink and is open until Sunday, February 22. Tickets from £7.50, call 0844 576 3000, www.bic.co.uk

New Year Viennese Concert

The award winning Bournemouth Concert Brass return to Regent Centre in Christchurch with their annual New Year Viennese Concert on January 4 at 3pm. Resident conductor Bill Willis has been with the Band since 1993 and has written some of the arrangements for this year’s concert. Other highlights of this perennially popular concert include pieces by famous composers who worked in Vienna at the time, including Franz Lehar and Mozart. Shut your eyes as Bournemouth Concert Brass take you down the Blue Danube. Tickets £11, concessions £10.50 from 01202 499199 or www.regentcentre.co.uk

Gandini Juggling: 4x4

Tracing pathways in space, four jugglers and four ballet dancers share a stage for the first time on January 8. The sensational Gandini Juggling returns to its love affair with pure patterns and mathematics with 4x4. Following the international success of Smashed, this new work takes us on fleeting journeys through time and space in a unique dialogue between jugglers and ballet dancers. Tickets, priced £8.50, are available from 0844 406 8666 or www.lighthousepoole.co.uk

Faulty Towers - The Dining Experience

Waited upon by Basil, Sybil and Manuel, this is fully immersive, highly improvised and site-specific comedy theatre at its best. Only a third of the show scripted, so anything can happen as you take a seat in the 'Fawlty Towers' restaurant from January 14-18. Evenings 7pm, Saturday Matinee 12pm, £47.50. Ticket includes show, three course meal and glass of wine on arrival. Call 0844 406 8666 or visit www.lighthousepoole.co.uk

Comedy - Omid Djalili

He’s back on tour with a new show, following a sell-out four week West-End residency and a sold-out season at the Edinburgh Festival. The award winning actor and comedian heads to the Bournemouth Pavilion Theatre on January 16. Tickets cost £26.88 from 0844 576 3000 or www.bic.co.uk

The Pantomime Adventures of Robin Hood

The award winning Highcliffe Charity Players’ eagerly awaited family panto at the Regent Centre is The Pantomime Adventures of Robin Hood – a panto they have not performed for nearly a decade. Toby Bradford and Tina Webster’s hilarious panto adaptation contains more than its fair share of mayhem and merriment. Runs for ten performances including three matinees, a mid-morning and a tea time ‘meet the cast’ show, from January 17-24. Tickets priced £9.50-£13.50, profits go to local charities. Call the box office on 01202 499199 or visit www.regentcentre.co.uk

Gecko Theatre Company: The Institute

Welcome to Gecko’s Institute, where forgotten stories and re-cycled memories pour out of filing cabinets and endless corridors on January 23-24. Four gripping journeys collide in an extraordinary world of breathtaking movement and exquisite storytelling. Tickets, priced £14, available from 0844 406 8666 or www.lighthousepoole.co.uk

Sir Chris Bonington: Life & Times

There is a rare chance to meet one of the world’s greatest mountaineers, when Sir Chris Bonington brings his Life & Times audio visual lecture tour to the Regent Centre in Christchurch on January 27 at 7.30pm. Call 01202 499199 for tickets priced £19.50, concessions £17.50, visit www.regentcentre.co.uk

Snow White on Ice

The world famous Russian Ice Stars will take you on a magical journey to the heart of the best loved fairy tale of all time, Snow White. A spectacular family show with ballet, gymnastics and aerial acrobatics from January 22-25. Tickets cost £19.35-£25.80, call 0844 576 3000, www.bic.co.uk