Reviews
Reviews
Review: ‘Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads’ – The Argyle Players
Alan Bennett’s award-winning Talking Heads monologues, televised to considerable acclaim almost 30 years ago, are regarded as contemporary classics. In choosing three of them...
REVIEW: Les Misérables – Curtain Up Theatre Schools
Les Miserables (School Edition)
Curtain Up Theatre School
Roper Theatre,
West Wing Hayesfield Girls School
It is hard to imagine that this production of Les Miserables is the...
REVIEW: **** – North by Northwest – Theatre Royal Bath
North by Northwest
Screenwriter Ernest Lehman,
Playwright Carolyn Burns
Theatre Royal Bath
The Theatre Royal is home to this hi tech innovative stage production of the classic film...
REVIEW: **** – Wink – The Mission Theatre
Wink – Mission Theatre, Bath
26.07.2017
When TopButton Theatre Company asked the audience of their debut production Wink to describe the performance in three...
REVIEW: Edges – Exit Stage Left – Rondo Theatre
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....
REVIEW: Summer Holiday – Zenith Youth Theatre Company – Kingswood Theatre
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...
REVIEW: **** – Going Dutch – Widcombe Social Club
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...
REVIEW: Cautionary Tales – Kingswood School
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...
REVIEW: ***** – Ministry Of Burlesque Twisted Cabaret – Komedia Bath
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...
REVIEW: **** – Fred Macaulay – Widcombe Social Club
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...
REVIEW: **** – Racing Demon – Theatre Royal Bath
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...
REVIEW: Birdsong – Next Stage Theatre Company – The Mission Theatre
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...
REVIEW: **** – The Addams Family – Theatre Royal Bath
The Addams Family
Book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice
Music and Lyrics by Andrew Lipa
The Addams Family has had many incarnations from cartoons, TV series...
FRINGE REVIEW: ***** – The Accidental Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – Tobacco Tea Theatre...
The Accidental Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Tobacco Tea Theatre
Burdall’s Yard
June 10, 2017
In a world obsessed with all things Sherlock Holmes, the Accidental Adventures of Sherlock...
FRINGE REVIEW: ***** – Just In Case – Bert & Lou Theatre – Bath...
Just in Case
Bert & Lou Theatre
2 Comfortable Place
10th June, 2017
For Just In Case, audiences are invited into the home of the obsessively hoarding Wilson...
FRINGE REVIEW: **** – Ovid’s Heroines – Bath Fringe Festival
Ovid’s Heroines by James Darnton
Thereby Hangs A Tale Theatre Company
St Michael’s Church
10th June, 2017
Ovid’s Heroines, as the title suggests, resurrects the stories of Ovid’s...
REVIEW: ***** Ellipsism – Burdall’s Yard Bath Fringe
ELLIPSISM
BURDALL’S YARD
3 JUNE 2017
This beautifully eccentric retelling of the last days of Napoleon’s life is a sure fire hit. With a captivating performance from...
FRINGE REVIEW: **** – The Pub Tour – Kilter Theatre – Bath Fringe Festival
THE PUB TOUR
THE STREETS OF BATH
Kilter Theatre
This latest addition to Bath’s repertoire of walking tours comes from Kilter Theatre. Not exactly a theatre piece...
FRINGE REVIEW: **** – Tartuffe – Mission Theatre – Bath Fringe Festival
TARTUFFE
MISSION THEATRE
This production by Bath University Student Theatre of Roger McGough’s adaptation of Moliere’s 1664 play is a pleasing thing. There’s no pretence here...
FRINGE REVIEW: **** – Other Places by Harold Pinter – Bath University Student Theatre...
Other Places by Harold Pinter
Bath University Student Theatre
Museum of Bath at Work
9th June, 2017
Harold Pinter’s theatre is not something to be adapted lightly, so...
