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Row, row, row your boats, quickly ‘cross the sea, Off to find the treasure chest – a pirate’s life for me! Bath Drama’s winter show will be Treasure Island! The famous tale as you’ve never seen it before. ‘RL Stevenson’s rollicking adventure yarn featuring Jim Hawkins, Long John Silver, Blind
EDGES RONDO THEATRE Do you want to see an off-Broadway musical? No need to go to New York; you need go no further than the Rondo. It may be a long way off Broadway, but this latest production from local company Exit Stage Left sounds and feels authentically American. It’s
Zenith Theatre presents Summer Holiday (Kingswood Theatre, Wednesday July 12th) Beautiful staging, energised performances and a large dose of fun result in a rendition of this pop-fuelled Sixties cheese-fest that even a grouch like me can enjoy. I could feel a touch of apprehension clinging to me as
DUTCH COMEDY NIGHT – COMEDYTRAIN ON TOUR WIDCOMBE SOCIAL CLUB This gig is part of Alkmaar week, commemorating 70 years of Bath’s twinning relationship with that Dutch town (It’s a very moving story: look it up.), and there are actually a few people from Alkmaar in the audience. But there,
The Argyle Players will be presenting Alan Bennett’s ‘Talking Heads’ – three short monologues from the award-winning radio and TV series – as their Summer production. ‘Soldiering On’ tells the story of Muriel (played by Mair Smith), whose husband has just died, leaving her rather well off, until her son
This Kingswood production is an innovative piece of children’s theatre exploring notions of how children should behave. Through a series of workshops students, under the inspiring direction of Kate Nash, were able to imaginatively link dramatised poetry by Heinrich Hoffmann and Hilaire Belloc. The structure provided an energetic showcase
Ministry of Burlesque’s Twisted Cabaret promises ‘Camp Comedy, risqué song and frisky burlesque’ and it does not disappoint! We were greeted by our host for the evening Ria Lina. Dressed in a gorgeous sparkly feathered dressed, she got the audience going with her hilarious comedy and perfect use of
FRED MACAULAY WIDCOMBE SOCIAL CLUB The prophet of Perthshire takes to the stage at the packed Social Club with his usual casual-seeming style. He says the theme of the evening is the imparting of information, and whether people should and could believe anything just because someone told them so. And
Racing Demon – David Hare Theatre Royal Bath Jonathan Church hot foot from the triumphs of Chichester launches his directing debut of the Theatre Royal Summer Season with Racing Demon and if this production of David Hare’s stunning examination of an institution in crisis is anything to go by, Bath
Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks adapted by Rachel Wagstaff Next Stage The Mission Theatre Birdsong is a popular and successful novel. A love story mingled with the brutality and reality of the trenches and the Battle of the Somme. The play focuses the action in the British trenches and behind the
