The Play’s the Thing

The rambling campaigners

CAMPAIGNING theatre company Townsend Productions brings a new show with music, Behold Ye Ramblers, to Shillingstone’s Portman Hall on Saturday 23rd and Burton Bradstock village hall on Sunday 24th, both starting at 7.30pm. Behold Ye Ramblers is a new play by Neil Gore, produced in association with The Society for the Study of Labour History….

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A cracking tale

A SHOW that was first staged at Plymouth Theatre Royal and Exeter’s Northcott Theatre, comes to Dorchester Arts at the Corn Exchange on Friday 22nd March and Bridport Arts Centre on Friday 23rd, both at 7.30pm. Cracking, A Completely Made-up True Story, is a powerful dark and comic tale from the acclaimed Welsh storyteller-performer Shon…

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The Kite Runner at Bath

AN acclaimed adaptation of the best-selling novel The Kite Runner comes to Bath Theatre Royal from Monday 18th to Saturday 23rd March as part of a new nationwide tour. Epic, exhilarating and accompanied by evocative and virtuosic live drumming by tabla player Hanif Khan, this theatrical tour de force is a faithful adaptation of a…

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Jon Monie plays Grimaldi

MULTI-talented John Monie, the writer and star of Bath’s annual pantomime and a frequent performer in improv shows, tackles one of the greatest figures of pantomime and comedy history, Joseph Grimaldi, in a new play which has its world premiere at the Bath Comedy Festival from 14th to 20th April. SLAPSTICK! hauls its audiences into…

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Prepare to be terrified – The Woman in Black is back

ONE of the most chilling thrillers ever written, Susan Hill’s ghost story The Woman in Black, returns to Bath Theatre Royal from Monday 11th to Saturday 16th March, on a national tour, direct from a 33-year West End run Stephen Mallatratt’s brilliant and atmospheric stage adaptation, directed by Robin Herford, stars Malcolm James as the…

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A not-so-everyday story of WI members

ONE of the best-loved films of the past 30 years, Calendar Girls was turned into a successful musical by Gary Barlow and Tim Firth, and comes to the Theatre Royal Bath from Tuesday 5th to Saturday 9th March, with an all-star cast including Laurie Brett (EastEnders), Maureen Nolan (one of the Nolan Sisters and the…

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A timely look at Oswald Mosley

THE alarming rise of the far right across Europe and the USA is sounding alarm bells for anyone whose memory – or knowledge of history – covers the run-up to the Second World War. A provocative new play, coming to Dorchester Corn Exchange on Thursday 7th March at 7.30pm explores the legacy of the notorious…

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Hallucinogenic fun with Miracle

CORNWALL’s much-loved Miracle Theatre is back on the road this spring, with a new show, Hell’s Bells – A Hallucinogenic Whodunnit, touring to six venues in Dorset and Devon, continuing at Exeter Northcott Theatre on Thursday and Friday 21st and 22nd March and ending the run at Dorchester Corn Exchange on Wednesday 27th. Miracle is…

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Romeo and Juliet at Bath Abbey

THE ancient beautiful Bath Abbey will be a stunning venue for Bristol-based theatre company Antic Disposition’s summer 2024 production of Romeo and Juliet, from 12th to 31st August. Anyone who has been to an Antic Disposition performance, often in historic settings such as Henry V in Bath Abbey or Temple Church in London, will know…

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Beaton – out from behind the camera

FOR decades during the 20th century, Cecil Beaton chronicled the lives and fashions of the world’s most beautiful and famous people. He also kept diaries and these extraordinary documents provide the content for actor Richard Stirling who brings his acclaimed one-man show to Dorchester Corn Exchange on Thursday 22nd February. It is a peep behind…

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