BATH Theatre Royal has been awarded £955,192 as part of the government’s £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund to help face the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic and to ensure arts venues have a sustainable future. Since closing its doors to the public in March, Bath’s historic theatre is estimated to have lost more than £1.5million,…
THERE may not be a pantomime at Salisbury Playhouse this year, thanks to the coronavirus, but there will be a show for young children and their families. Wiltshire Creative has announced the return of Little Robin Redbreast, from 1st to 27th December. This delightful festive treat, which played to sell-out audiences at the Salberg studio…
THE bad news is that there won’t, after all, be a pantomime at Bath Theatre Royal this year. The good news is that the theatre will have a welcome return for the West End comedy hit, The Play That Goes Wrong. So while Cinderella will have to wait for her prince until 2021, audiences will…
MULTI-talented actor Toby Jones, an associate artist of Bristol Old Vic, will be at the country’s oldest theatre on Thursday 8th October as the first guest in a new series, Desert Island Theatre. The acclaimed actor, whose recent successes include Uncle Vanya, The Girl and Captain America, will be at the beautiful Georgian theatre in…
IT is “in” to be “out” at Poole’s Lighthouse arts centre, where live performance returned with two capacity shows, Comedy Club 4 Kids in the afternoon, and three local bands, Live and Unheard , in the evening, both staged in the grassy amphitheatre to the side of the building. Chief executive Elspeth McBain said it…
THERE is a palpable excitement and relief in the news from the team at Poole’s Lighthouse arts centre that live performance is returning in the form of Lighthouse: OUTSIDE, a short season of weekly shows outdoors. The season continues on 3rd October, when Lighthouse Associate Artist Lorna Rees presents Cloudscapes, her uniquely memorable sound installation,…
THE West Country’s favourite comic duo, Living Spit, are coming to Dorset with one of their best-loved shows, The Six Wives of Henry VIII, at three venues and with a free online screening, from 15th to 18th October. Dorset’s rural touring arts charity Artsreach is delighted to be back with its first indoor theatre tour…
THREE of the greatest plays of the late 20th century have been chosen for the reopening season at Bath’s historic Theatre Royal. The Welcome Back Season will run from 14th October to 12th December. The first of the three modern classics chosen to reopen the main house is Harold Pinter’s masterpiece of adultery and guilt,…
SALISBURY Playhouse will re-open in October with a socially-distanced six-week season of theatre, dance, music and live screenings, running between 14th October and 21st November. To follow government guidelines for indoor performances and social distancing, the capacity of the main house will be reduced from 512 to 148, with audiences sitting in their household bubbles…
STARS of theatre and music have joined forces to put on One Enchanted Evening, a spectacular show in the ruins of Glastonbury Abbey on the evening of Sunday 30th August. It is a unique collaboration between three big names from the worlds of theatre and music, with a host of West End musical stars, plus…